I am F:
- Real
- Last name begins with F
- Male
- Dead
IQ1: Did you score more kills as a Marine fighter pilot than anyone else during WWII?
IQ2: Were you the first Republican presidential candidate?
IQ3: Did you sing “Saginaw, Michigan”?
Ugh, that’s a sweep for 3 DQs. Simon and Garfunkel mention Saginaw in “America”, but that’s not it.
Joe Foss.
John C Fremont.
Lefty Frizzell.
DQ1: Known for the Arts?
DQ2: American?
One DQ reserved.
I am F:
- Real
- Last name begins with F
- Male
- Dead
- Not known for the Arts
- American
Previous IQs:
Did you write about Riverworld? - Yes, Philip Jose Farmer.
Did you play Atty. Douglas Wambaugh? - Fyvush Finkel (sp?), on Picket Fences.
Did a Supreme Court justice say you had “a second-rate intellect but a first-rate temperament”? - Oliver Wendell Holmes said this of FDR.
DQs:
Died since 1964?
Political/military?
IQs:
Were you originally known as Leslie King?
Did your coworkers look at your wedding movie without your knowledge or permission?
Were you named after a car and knew where your towel was?
I am F:
- Real
- Last name begins with F
- Male
- Dead
- Not known for the Arts
- American
- Died prior to 1964
- Somewhat associated with (political/military)
Frank Zappa?
DQ
Ford Prefect. Quite the frood.
IQ1: Were you a Virgininan who signed the Declaration of Independence?
IQ2: Were you the first host of Jeopardy!?
IQ3: Did you write the Boston Cooking-School Cook Book?
Previous IQs:
Were you originally known as Leslie King? - That was Gerald Ford’s birth name.
Did your coworkers look at your wedding movie without your knowledge or permission? - Maj. Frank Burns on MASH* (one of my favorite episodes).
Were you named after a car and knew where your towel was? - Yes, Ford Prefect. A hoopy frood indeed.
DQs:
Ever held elective office?
Died after 1864?
IQs:
Did Murphy Brown stay at a place named after you?
Did you give a speech in front of a giant poster of yourself?
Did Churchill mock your name?
I am F:
- Real
- Last name begins with F
- Male
- Dead
- Very unlikely to be known for the Arts*
- American
- Died prior to 1964
- Somewhat associated with (political/military)
- Never held elective office
- Died prior to 1864
*I had to modify 5 as in reading about our guest I found an offhand mention of a work of his art currently on display. I don’t know if it’s being displayed on its merits or merely as a curiosity of a work by someone otherwise famous, but I’ll mention it in passing.
Ugh, that’s a sweep. 3 DQ for you.
I didn’t know the answer to 1, and I’m not aware of a really good way of ensuring that our guest doesn’t fall under that broad question, but his name doesn’t appear in either the Murphy Brown article or the list of episodes with summaries. Oh, and now I know the intended answer, retroactively, hehe. DQ.
I’m not Charles Foster Kane, and DQ.
IQ1: Did John Hinkley shoot Ronald Reagan out of love for you?
IQ2: Did you play a misogynist priest, a starship captain, and a mystery writer?
IQ3: Are you heaviest of the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers?
Francis Lightfoot Lee.
Art Fleming.
Fannie Farmer.
DQ1: Caucasian?
DQ2: Noted as an explorer?
Two DQs reserved.
I’m not Jodie Foster, and 2xDQ
I am F:
- Real
- Last name begins with F
- Male
- Dead
- Very unlikely to be known for the Arts
- American
- Died prior to 1964
- Somewhat associated with (political/military)
- Never held elective office
- Died prior to 1864
- Caucasian
- Not known as an explorer
Nathan Fillion, Fat Freddy
DQ: Known for participation in a war?
holding a DQ
IQ1: Are you the grimacing leader of the Howling Commandos?
IQ2: Are you an Austrian archduke a Scottish band named themselves after?
IQ3: Are you a friend of the Tick with the same name as an operetta by Johann Strauss II?
I am F:
- Real
- Last name begins with F
- Male
- Dead
- Very unlikely to be known for the Arts
- American
- Died prior to 1964
- Somewhat associated with (political/military)
- Never held elective office
- Died prior to 1864
- Caucasian
- Not known as an explorer
- Known for indirect participation in a war