Not Porter or Lyle Waggoner.
Take a DQ for #3
Correct, correct and Robert Wagner.
DQ: Known for politics/military?
SUMMARY
- Real
- Male
- American
- Dead
- First name starts with W
- Not involved in the arts
- Born between 1800 and 1950
- Not a politician or military figure
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IQ1: Are you a professional wrestler who proclaims to be “The Eater of Worlds” and “The True Face of Fear”?
IQ2: Are you known as the “Ivy League Imposter”?
IQ3: Are you thought to have killed 23 men and children in Atlanta Ga. in 1979-1981?
Not Wayne Williams.
Take DQs for 1 and 2[/uote]
Bray Wyatt, Alex Wheeler, correct
DQ: Known for a single historical event?
holding a DQ
SUMMARY
- Real
- Male
- American
- Dead
- First name starts with W
- Not involved in the arts
- Born between 1800 and 1950
- Not a politician or military figure
- Not famous for a single event
IQs:
- Are you “a dealer in magical spells”?
- Would you gladly pay me Tuesday for a hamburger today?
- Did you get bounced from the Miss America title because you had posed in the nude?
IQ1: Was Marion Davies your mistress?
IQ2: Did you pull off a hoax where you convinced the Prussian military that you were the Captain of Köpenick?
IQ3: Did you create a hoax that your pseudonym Diedrich Knickerbocker had gone missing?
Previous IQs:
Did a TV version of you say your middle name was Hamish? - Yes, Dr. John H. Watson
Did you mistakenly think your infant daughter had figured out gravity? - William J. Clinton, not long after Chelsea was born and she (for a little while, at least) would not roll off the top of the bed.
Was your successor known as “His Accidency”? - Yes, William Henry Harrison, succeeded by his Vice President, John Tyler.
DQ:
Businessman/tycoon?
IQs:
Was your Wild West Show a huge success?
Did friends call you “Cump?”
Did you have a dog named Sweetlips and a horse named Nelson?
Not J. Wellington Wimpy or Vanessa Williams.
Take a DQ for #1 (which I probably should know)
Not William Randolph Hearst, or Washington Irving.
Take a DQ for #2
SUMMARY
- Real
- Male
- American
- Dead
- First name starts with W
- Not involved in the arts
- Born between 1800 and 1950
- Not a politician or military figure
- Not famous for a single event.
- Was a very wealthy and successful businessman
Not William “Buffalo Bill” Cody
For a minute, I thought you misspelled the nickname of hockey goalie Lorne “Gump” Worsley! Then I realized you meant William “Cump” (short for Tecumseh) Sherman
Take a DQ for #3
Correct on Wimpy and Vanessa.
#1 is John Wellington Wells, title character of the operetta The Sorcerer by Gilbert & Sullivan.
DQ: Do you have an unusual first name?
SUMMARY
- Real
- Male
- American
- Dead
- First name starts with W
- Not involved in the arts
- Born between 1800 and 1950
- Not a politician or military figure
- Not famous for a single event.
- Was a very wealthy and successful businessman
- My first name isn’t extremely common, but it wouldn’t raise any eyebrows.
IQs:
- Are you “Some Pig!”?
- Is your name the eponymous title of a Monkees song?
- Did you room with Marlon Brando in college but left because of his pet wolverine?
Wilhelm Vogt
DQ: Known for a particular product or service?
holding a DQ
IQ1: Were you the leading scorer for the UNC Tar Heels before playing 12 seasons for the LA Lakers?
IQ2: Were you a small forward for the Atlanta Hawks nicknamed the Human Highlight Reel?
IQ3: Are you currently North America’s only black billionaire?
Correct.
Oops - correct on both counts. :o
Correct.
IQ1: Were you a US president named Thomas?
IQ2: According to a song, did you spend a month in a Memphis jail for asking a green-eyed girl a question?
IQ3: Does a North Carolina university bear your name?
IQs:
Was your Wild West Show a huge success? - Yes, Buffalo Bill
Did friends call you “Cump?” - Yes, Gen. Sherman
Did you have a dog named Sweetlips and a horse named Nelson? - George Washington
DQ:
Best known for manufacturing?
IQs:
Did you allow open access to the Dead Sea Scrolls?
Did you command the USS Kearsarge in its 1864 victory over the CSS Alabama off the coast of Cherbourg, France?
Did you burn almost all of your husband’s letters before you died?
SUMMARY
- Real
- Male
- American
- Dead
- First name starts with W
- Not involved in the arts
- Born between 1800 and 1950
- Not a politician or military figure
- Not famous for a single event.
- Was a very wealthy and successful businessman
- My first name isn’t extremely common, but it wouldn’t raise any eyebrows.
- My name is closely associated with one particular type of product