Frank Whittle
DQ: Was the event considered a criminal act?
holding 2 DQs
F
- Real
- Male
- Last name does not start with F
- Dead
- Not American
- Not known for the Arts
- Not born after 1900
- Known (more or less) for politics/military
- European
- Not born before 1700
- Not from a country that speaks a Romance language
- Not a member of the royalty or nobility
- Best known for a single incident
- From the UK
- Not born after 1800
- Not a common first name
- Event occurred in the 18th Century
- Event was considered a criminal act
Previous IQs:
Were you Arthur’s tomboy gal pal? - Yes, Francine, from the kids’ books and PBS TV show Arthur.
Were you President Bartlet’s first CJCS? - Adm. Percy Fitzwallace, on The West Wing.
Were you a noted Irish freedom fighter of the 18th century? - Edward FitzGerald.
DQs:
Associated with London?
Notable incident was before 1750?
IQ:
Did you try to blow up Parliament?
Did you try to assassinate Queen Victoria?
Did you save Wilbur the pig from slaughter?
Still not Guy Fawkes.
The other two would earn you DQs, but:
F
- Real
- Male
- Last name does not start with F
- Dead
- Not American
- Not known for the Arts
- Not born after 1900
- Known (more or less) for politics/military
- European
- Not born before 1700
- Not from a country that speaks a Romance language
- Not a member of the royalty or nobility
- Best known for a single incident
- From the UK
- Not born after 1800
- Not a common first name
- Event occurred in the 18th Century
- Event was considered a criminal act
- Not associated with London
- Notable incident was not before 1750
Aaaaand - that’s twenty! Anyone who was awarded a DQ during the course of this game may now ask one DQ in the form “Are you Firstname Lastname?”
Soooo, I’m wondering if English citizens in the American colonies in the late 18th Century are considered “from the UK” rather than “American”, as technically they would have been.
Think, think, think. Well, it’s not Dick Turpin…
Are you Francis Place?
Missed most of this game, it seems…
Frank Lloyd Wright and Franz Kafka were correct. #3 was Ford Prefect, of Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. (Most Americans didn’t get the joke.)
Are you Black Francis McHugh?
I am not.
I am not.
I did actually think of Ford Prefect when I first read your question, but “Did you name yourself…?” confused me - I thought you were asking about a real person.
Previous IQs:
Did you try to blow up Parliament? - Yes, Guy Fawkes.
Did you try to assassinate Queen Victoria? - Frederick Somebodyorother, as I recall.
Did you save Wilbur the pig from slaughter? - Fern Arable, in Charlotte’s Web.
Hmmm. Given the DQ clues, I’m drawing a blank on who our mystery person may be. Lemme think…
Unless you offer some very broad hints, I don’t even have a guess.
Aha. Ford Prefect did name himself (in the context of the story) when he arrived on Earth.
I have no idea who your person is, though. 
DQs 8, 13, and 18 are important.
Hmmm.
IQ:
Did you command the troops who committed the Boston Massacre?
Total blank. No clue.
I did not.
I’ll give this a few more hours - say 8:00 pm Eastern - in case astorian or Prof P should have a sudden aha! moment.
Damn, I’m drawing a blank. Someone else may ask my “Are you Firstname Lastname?” question, if you wish.
No “ahas” from me.
I’m still without a reasonably good guess.
I have one I could throw out…
Are you Sir Francis Bond Head, governor of Upper Canada during the rebellion of 1837?