Not Wilbur or Mr .Webster
Take a DQ for #3
Not James Worthy or Oprah Winfrey
Take a DQ for #3
Not Woodrow Wilson
Take a DQ for #2
Not Joe Wakeforest (couldn’t help it… take a DQ for #3)
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 well known and closely associated with one particular type of product
- I had a very large manufacturing operation, but that’s not all I’m known for
Take a DQ for 1 & 2
Not Martha Washington
Correct on Wilbur. I had in mind D. W. Washburn, but Mr. Webster works, too.
1 DQ reserved.
Dominique Wilkins
DQ: Is the product food or drink?
holding a DQ
IQ1: Are you the British hero of the Battle of Waterloo for whom Beef Wellington is named?
IQ2: Is a dish of diced chicken in a cream sauce most likely named after you?
IQ3: Is the process of transforming a community or society to resemble a theme park named after you?
Correct.
Buford Wilson (second verse).
Washington Duke.
DQs reserved.
IQ: Do a land and a world bear your name?
DQ: Born before 1900?
Previous IQs:
Did you allow open access to the Dead Sea Scrolls? - Huntington Library chief William A. Moffett.
Did you command the USS Kearsarge in its 1864 victory over the CSS Alabama off the coast of Cherbourg, France? - Capt. John A. Winslow.
Did you burn almost all of your husband’s letters before you died? - Yes, Martha Washington.
DQs:
Noted for poor labor relations?
Born east of the Miss. River?
IQs:
Did your wife Lurleen once hold your best-known job?
Did you allegedly meet the man whose name you bore while you were still an infant?
Did you build the Brooklyn Bridge?
Not Arthur Wellesley or Walt Disney
Take 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
- My first name isn’t extremely common, but it wouldn’t raise any eyebrows.
- My name is well known and closely associated with one particular type of product
- I had a very large manufacturing operation, but that’s not all I’m known for
- Not involved with foods or beverages
- Born before 1900
Not Walt Disney
Not George Wallace or Wahington Roebling.
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
- My first name isn’t extremely common, but it wouldn’t raise any eyebrows.
- My name is well known and closely associated with one particular type of product
- I had a very large manufacturing operation, but that’s not all I’m known for
- Not involved with foods or beverages
- Born before 1900
- May have faced some kind of labor unrest at some point, but there’s no description of it in basic encyclopedia entries
- Born well East of Mississippi
IQs:
- Did you team up with Henry Wells to create American Express & the Pony Express?
- Does your company make household appliances, especially refrigerators you can be sure of?
- Did children in the late 1950’s draw on their TV screens with crayons to help you?
Previous IQs:
Did your wife Lurleen once hold your best-known job? - Yes, George Wallace, Governor of Alabama.
Did you allegedly meet the man whose name you bore while you were still an infant? - Washington Irving was presented to George Washington by his nanny, or so the story goes.
Did you build the Brooklyn Bridge? - Yes, Washington Roebling.
DQ:
Born south of the Mason-Dixon Line?
Hmmm. Not sure who this guy is…
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 well known and closely associated with one particular type of product
- I had a very large manufacturing operation, but that’s not all I’m known for
- Not involved with foods or beverages
- Born before 1900
- May have faced some kind of labor unrest at some point, but there’s no description of it in basic encyclopedia entries
- Born well East of Mississippi
- Born well north of the Mason-Dixon line
Not William Fargo or Winky Dink.
Now, here’s a valid answer to #2 AND a hint… I had to look this up, because I thought it was POSSIBLE you’d gotten the answer right. Turns out you didn’t.
So you get a DQ for #2. But more importantly, you get a big hint that the correct answer has a connection to refrigeration.
I’m not George Westinghouse, but I have quite a few things in common with him.