Were you a literary character with a fishy last name? - Yes, Kilgore Trout.
Did you love the smell of napalm in the morning? - Col. Kilgore, from Apocalypse Now, and yes, as played by Robert Duvall.
Were you an old-time Hollywood director with a royalist name? - Yes, King Vidor.
On to W, then…
IQs:
Was imagery of you used, without your permission, in two movies within a few years of each other?
Did you command the USS *Monitor *in its famous 1862 clash with the CSS Virginia?
Did you command the USS Kearsarge in its famous 1864 clash with the CSS Alabama?
Kaiser Wilhelm II.
Kaiser Wilhelm I.
Flt Lt William Wales (better known as HRH Prince William of Wales).
DQ1: American?
DQ2: Living?
DQ3: Known for the Arts?
IQ1: Were you Theodore’s big brother?
IQ2: Were you George VI’s sister-in-law?
IQ3: Were you her third husband?
IQ1: Are you the alias of Bill Polk, who rides his horse Racer in search of his father’s murderer throughout Western Comics and World’s Finest Comics?
IQ2: Are you the archenemy of Dr. Fate who can control your own reincarnation?
IQ3: Are you a member of Sergeant Rock’s Easy Company who constantly frets that your number’s about to come up?
IQ1: Are you the genius member of the Newsboy Legion?
IQ2: Are you The Huntress, daughter of Batman and Catwoman of Earth-Two?
IQ3: Are you the Asian sidekick of the Crimson Avenger?
Wally Cleaver.
Wallis Warfield Simpson.
HRH the Duke of Windsor.
DQ1: Best known for performance art?
DQ2: Born east of the Mississippi?
One DQ reserved.
IQ1: Did you work with William, Leonard, and George?
IQ2: Were you a fictional Russian spy who defected to the US?
IQ3: Did you paint soup cans?
IQ1: Do you play drums for The Maniaks, DC’s parody of The Monkees?
IQ2: Are you one of the Three Dimwits, whom the Flash frequently foiled?
IQ3: Are you a.k.a. Richard Grey Jr, the first Black Condor?
Was imagery of you used, without your permission, in two movies within a few years of each other? - William J. Clinton, in Contact and The Siege.
Did you command the USS *Monitor *in its famous 1862 clash with the CSS Virginia? - Capt. John L. Worden (the only man wounded in the battle).
Did you command the USS Kearsarge in its famous 1864 clash with the CSS Alabama? - Capt. John A. Winslow.
DQs:
Last name start with W?
A producer or impresario?
Born north of the Mason-Dixon Line?
IQs:
Were you badly defeated by Congressman David Joyce (R-Ohio) in Nov. 2014?
Were you a regular on Whose Line Is It Anyway?
Was Archibald Butt a trusted aide of yours?
Died after 1950 7) Best known for the creative arts, allied with the performing arts
Born west of the Mississippi
Last name starts with W
Born north of the Mason-Dixon line
KO and EH: Take replacement DQs. I fouled up on #7 above, so it isn’t likely you both would have asked about director/producer/impressarios (which I am not).