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Re #4 and #7: Born in the Americas according to some sources, born elsewhere according to others; best known for activities in North America.
Previous IQs:
Did you talk by phone to a time-traveling teacher from Maine in a recent novel? - Yes, JFK, in Stephen King’s 11/22/63
Were you that person’s spouse, who did the same? - Yes, Jackie Kennedy, ditto.
Did you play Bruce Willis’s younger self in Looper? - Joseph Gordon-Levitt: LOOPER - Official Trailer (HD) - YouTube.
DQs:
First name start with J?
IQs:
Did Sherlock Holmes help you in your quarrel with the Red-Headed League?
Did you once spend all night in the Old Cuyahoga County Courthouse?
Did you always have some mighty fine wine?
Correct on #1. #2 was Jellia Jamb. #3 was Johnny Quick.
2 DQs reserved.
Not Jabez Whatsisface.
DQ.
Not Jeremiah the bullfrog.
J
Re #4 and #7: Born in the Americas according to some sources, born elsewhere according to others; best known for activities in North America.
Jumpin’ Jehoshaphat, correct x2
DQ: Mexican?
IQ1: Are you a serpent so big you can encircle the Earth and swallow your own tail?
IQ2: Are you a May Day participant who dresses in foliage garlands and dances?
IQ3: Do you whiffle through the tulgey wood and burble as you come?
Not Jormungandr.
DQ.
Not the Jabberwock.
J
Re #4 and #7: Born in the Americas according to some sources, born elsewhere according to others; best known for activities in North America.
correct, Jack-in-the-Green, correct
Can we assume from now on that the DQ “American?” means “was this person born in the USA?” and not “is this person from a place that has America in the name, like Central America, South America, North America, etc?”
holding a DQ
Yes, Knowed Out, that has always been my understanding re: “American.” With Native Americans it gets a little trickier, though, depending upon dates and citizenship status.
Previous IQs:
Did Sherlock Holmes help you in your quarrel with the Red-Headed League? - Yes, Jabez Wilson.
Did you once spend all night in the Old Cuyahoga County Courthouse? - Joss Whedon, directing a scene from The Avengers: I was an Avengers extra - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board
Did you always have some mighty fine wine? - Yes, Jeremiah the Bullfrog, from the song.
DQ:
Best known for a single incident?
IQs:
Did Finney hate and try to frame you?
Were you Finney’s daughter?
Were you a noted potter of early Ohio history?
DQ: Native American?
1 DQ reserved.
IQs:
IQ1: Did your brother market Billy Beer?
IQ2: Are you considered to be the father of the US Navy?
IQ3: Was your birth name Thayendanegea?
Kindly disregard the above IQs.
IQ: Is Cap’n Crunch’s archenemy a parody of you (at least in name)?
Of course, by that definition George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, &c, wouldn’t be Americans…
I am not Jerry Mahoney, Joy Adamson, Jimmy Dorsey, Jimmy Carter, John Paul Jones, Joseph Brant, or any of the three potential DQs EH asked about.
I am, however, Baratarian pirate Jean Lafitte, born (according to various sources) in France, Spain, New York, or what in later years became Haiti, and known amongst other things for my part in the defence of New Orleans.
Sure, ask all the easy IQs right before someone guesses the right answer…
Gaaaah ok, how about “American?” means “Born in or became a citizen of the USA, inclusive of its military bases, possessions, and embassies, or is commonly identified as being from the USA even though other nationalities may apply?”
Grats, Perfesser.
In the past we have said “American” when we meant a U.S. citizen, but “American (for some definitions of American)” when it was something else, including Canadian, Mexican, etc., etc.
I don’t see a need to change.
I am M.
IQ1: Does a song about you mention the lantern in front of a barracks gate?
IQ2: Were you the best-known singer of that song?
IQ3: Were you really Norma Jeane Baker?
Good name - well played, Prof. P.
Previous IQs:
Did Finney hate and try to frame you? - James T. Kirk, in the ST:TOS Episode “Court Martial.”
Were you Finney’s daughter? - Jamie, named after Kirk.
Were you a noted potter of early Ohio history? - Jabez Vodrey of East Liverpool.
On to M.
IQs:
Did your theories on naval power strongly influence Theodore Roosevelt?
Did you give your name to a mental disorder that one wouldn’t want one’s parents to have?
Was your middle name Brinton?
Take 3 DQs.
IQ1: Are you a two-inch alien worm that runs the Monster Society of Evil, early foes of Captain Marvel?
IQ2: Are you the leader of the Metropolis criminal organization Intergang, nicknamed “Ugly”?
IQ3: Are you a Doom Patrol alumnus who married Elasti-Girl?