- Take a DQ.
- I am not Ivan Skavinsky Skvar.
- Take a DQ.
IQ1: I am not Isaac Hayes.
IQ2: I am not Ilya Kuryakin.
IQ3: I am not Ivan Grozny (“the Terrible”).
DQs:
- real
Correct on all three. (Ivan Grozny* was Ivan IV, by the way.)
*Groznyj, by the transliteration scheme I was taught.
Previous IQs:
Did you do very badly when you gave your deposition in a sexual-harassment lawsuit? - Isaiah Thomas, at the time a top official at Madison Square Garden
Did you record “Baby’s Got It”? - Ike Turner: - YouTube
Did you write bios of Benjamin Franklin and Steve Jobs? - Yes, Walter Isaacson
DQs:
Male?
Living?
IQs:
Were you, according to legend, introduced to the great man you were named after while you were still a babe in arms?
Was a pumpkin hurled at you by a horseman?
Did Bill Clinton hearken back to your story in a eulogy?
IQ1: Were you the best-known queen of Castile?
IQ2: Were you one of Sgt Fury’s Howling Commandos?
IQ3: Were you Manasseh’s great-grandfather?
Respectively:
I am not Washington Irving.
I am not Ichabod Crane.
Take a DQ.
IQ1: I am not Isabella.
IQ2: I am not…Izzy Pinkerton?
IQ3: I am not Isaac? If not Isaac, take a DQ.
DQs:
1. real
2. male
3. living
Correct.
Close – Izzy Cohen. (Pvt Pinkerton – he of the bumbershoot – was named Percy.)
Correct.
DQ: Known for the arts?
[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:179, topic:854923”]
IQs:
- Did you record Wintersong with Sara Bareilles?
- Did you battle Abdul Abulbul Ameer?
- Did you play Kinch on Hogan’s Heroes ?
- Take a DQ.
- I am not Ivan Skavinsky Skvar.
- Take a DQ. [/quote]
#1 is Ingrid Michaelson.
#2 is correct.
#3 was Ivan Dixon.
2 DQs reserved.
IQ1: Did your son Strephon want to marry Phyllis?
IQ2: Did you design the Great Western and the Great Eastern?
IQ3: Did you feature in a sequel to Half Magic?
Previous IQs:
Were you, according to legend, introduced to the great man you were named after while you were still a babe in arms? - Yes, Washington Irving, by his nanny on a NYC street
Was a pumpkin hurled at you by a horseman? - Yes, his literary creation, Ichabod Crane
Did Bill Clinton hearken back to your story in a eulogy? - Isaac’s sacrifice, at the funeral of Israeli PM Yitzhak Rabin
DQ:
American?
IQs:
Did you have very hard feelings for Sen. Richard Lugar?
Did Seven of Nine consider you almost a son?
Did Elrond warn you not to take the One Ring?
IQ1: I am not…Iphigenia?
IQ2: I am not Isambard Kingdom Brunel.
IQ3: I am not…Iris?
Respectively:
Take a DQ.
Take a DQ.
Take a DQ.
DQs:
1. real
2. male
3. living
4. known for the arts
5. American
Iolanthe.
Correct.
Ivanhoe.
DQ1: Known for writing?
DQ2: Born after 1980?
Pssst…
Ah, thanks, SCA. Then I will not ask one earned DQ.
IQs:
Did you have very hard feelings for Sen. Richard Lugar? - Imelda Marcos; she blamed the senator for urging the Reagan Administration not to prop him up when massive street protests broke out in Manila and elsewhere
Did Seven of Nine consider you almost a son? - Icheb, on Star Trek: Voyager
Did Elrond warn you not to take the One Ring? - Isildur, Elendil’s (first) heir
DQs:
First name start with I?
Has won a top award in his field?
IQs:
Did you say, in a biopic, “It’s late, we’re all tired, let’s go home”?
Have you been talked about as the possible next 007?
Were you FDR’s Secretary of the Interior?
Respectively:
Take a DQ.
I am not Idris Elba.
Take a DQ.
DQs:
- real
- male
- living
- known for the arts
- American
- not known for writing prose
- born before 1980
- first name starts with I
- has won a top award in his field
IQs:
Did you say, in a biopic, “It’s late, we’re all tired, let’s go home”? - Ingrid Bergman, playing Golda Meir; it was her complete speech at the end of a long political fundraising dinner
Have you been talked about as the possible next 007? - Yes, Idris Elba
Were you FDR’s Secretary of the Interior? - Harold Ickes
DQs:
Known for writing poetry or lyrics?
One DQ reserved.
IQs:
Were you the protagonist of A Confederacy of Dunces?
Were you played by a guy who later abruptly quit a cop show?
Are you an author related to a prominent South American political family?
DQs:
- Known for the performing arts?
- Born before 1960?
Respectively:
I am not Ignatius O’Reily.
Take a DQ.
I am not Isabel Allende.
DQs:
1. real
2. male
3. living
4. known for the arts
5. American
6. not known for writing prose
7. born before 1980
8. first name starts with I
9. has won a top award in his field
10. partially known for writing poetry or lyrics
11. known for the performing arts
12. born before 1960
IQs:
- Were you a pianist and composer who spoke out for Polish independence?
- Were you a dancer who died when your scarf was caught in the axles of the car in which you were riding?
- Did you have more shoes than just about anybody?
IQs:
Were you the protagonist of A Confederacy of Dunces? - Yes, Ignatius O’Reilly
Were you played by a guy who later abruptly quit a cop show? - Inigo Montoya (Mandy Patinkin later left Criminal Minds on short notice)
Are you an author related to a prominent South American political family? - Yes, Isabel Allende
DQs:
Best known as a singer?
Born east of the Mississippi River?
IQs:
Were you Hillary’s top healthcare task force aide?
Did you try to steal a robot in order to “live” longer?
Were you and your brother both noted in American musical circles before 1973?
1. Take a DQ.
2. I am not Isadora Duncan.
3. I am not Imelda Marcos.
Take a DQ.
There’s a Star Wars short story in which bounty hunter droid IG-88 uploads himself into the Death Star–does that count? If not, take a DQ.
Take a DQ.
DQs:
- real
- male
- living
- known for the arts
- American
- not known for writing prose
- born before 1980
- first name starts with I
- has won a top award in his field
- partially known for writing poetry or lyrics
- known for the performing arts
- born before 1960
- best known as a singer
- born east of the Mississippi River