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Continuing our march through the alphabet, the next letter is
H.
Previous round: Botticelli - January 2013 - Thread Games - Straight Dope Message Board
Continuing our march through the alphabet, the next letter is
H.
IQ1: Are you a government agent whose boss prefers to be seated with a bright window directly behind him?
IQ2: Do you write stories about the person above?
IQ3: Are you somehow associated with Jennifer, Macbeth, William McKinley and Elizabeth?
IQ1: Do Edith and Archie Bunker think we could use a man like you again?
IQ2: Do you disguise yourself as a musician to court Bianca?
IQ3: Are you best known today for your wall(s)?
IQ: Did you die of internal injuries on Halloween night?
Dunno any of these! Take three DQs.
Not Herbert Hoover or Hero; dunno the third.
Not Harry Houdini (the subject of an earlier Botticelli round!)
Is it OK I asked about Harry?
IQ: Did you write the first written code of law?
Yes, it’s fine that you asked about him. I was just noting the coincidence.
I’m not Hammurabi.
IQ: Were you on Melrose Place?
IQ: Are you married to a former living US president?
IQ: Did you tell Dave that you were afraid?
Matt Helm. (Mac liked to be silhouetted against a bright window so the people he was talking with couldn’t see his facial expression clearly, while he could see theirs.)
Donald Hamilton, who wrote 27 books about Helm. (I strongly recommend them if you like the genre, especially the first dozen or so - much better than James Bond. Death of a Citizen, the first books, is one of my top 20 favourite novels. The movies, on the other hand, suck big-time.)
Hecate, the Greek goddess. Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley and Me, Elizabeth is a children’s book by E L Konigsburg.
DQ1: Real?
DQ2: Male?
DQ3: American?
Yes, ‘Hoibert’ Hoover, indeed.
I’m not sure about Hero and Bianca; which Hero do you have in mind there?
#3. is Hadrian. I would have to go back and re-listen to the Mike Duncan ‘History of Rome’ podcast to dig up the justification for ‘wall(s)’ - suffice it to say, he’s best remembered for the ~80 mile wall from the North Sea to the Irish Sea, though he did build others to define what he considered the ‘limits’ of the Roman Empire.
DQ - Is ‘H’ the initial of your last name?
Thought so, just checking.
IQ: Was the tv episode when your would-be murderer’s identity was revealed one of the most watched shows in history?
Dunno the first - but not Hillary Rodham Clinton, and not HAL 9000.
Not Larry Hagman (J.R. Ewing).
Le Ministre, I though the character was named Hero. If I’m wrong, take a DQ.
H.
IQ: Were you a designer mentioned in a Billy Joel song?
IQ1: Did Bob Dylan describe you as a “friend to the poor”?
IQ2: Were you an American who founded a distillery in Canada?
IQ3: Did you choose an unusual way to impress a teenage actress?
IQ1: Did you get married to the widow next door?
IQ2: Are you a girl who wants to be a writer and a spy?
IQ3: Did you win an important battle at a bridge?
Correct on Hilary Clinton and HAL 9000. Heather Locklear starred on Melrose Place.
DQ: Still alive today?
IQ1: Are you the father of Veronica Lodge?
IQ2: Were you a robot who worked for CONTROL?
IQ3: When daylight come, do you want to go home?
Not Halston (from “You May Be Right,” IIRC?).
Dunno any of these! Three DQs.
Dunno the first; not Harriet the Spy or Horatio.
Not Henry Lodge, dunno the second, not Harry “Day-O!” Belafonte.
Dunno the first two; but I’m not Hedy, er, Hedley Lamarr.
H.
John Wesley Harding, Hiram Walker, and John Hinckley.
DQ1: Military or political figure?
DQ2: Died after 1900?
One DQ reserved.