Ahem.
#1. I am not Theodore Sturgeon.
Take 2 DQs.
Previous IQs:
Were you a sf writer with a fishy name? - Yes, Theodore Sturgeon
Were you the Man with the Golden Gun? - Scaramanga
Did you command the notorious commerce raider CSS Alabama? - Capt. Raphael Semmes
DQs:
Businessman/entrepreneur?
Famous wife?
IQs:
Were you a Greek statesman noted for his booming voice?
Were you a Greek statesman after whom an Ohio town was named?
Were you a Roman statesman after whom an Ohio town was named?
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DQs:
- Real
- Male
- Last name starts with S
- Dead
- Not known for the Arts
- Died before 1950
- Not known for sports
- American
- Not political/military
- Died after 1866
- Businessman/entrepreneur
- Wife wasn’t famous
#3. I am not Seneca (??)
Take 2 or 3 DQs.
Previous IQs:
Were you a Greek statesman noted for his booming voice? - Stentor
Were you a Greek statesman after whom an Ohio town was named? - Solon
Were you a Roman statesman after whom an Ohio town was named? - Yes, Seneca
DQs:
Led a company which made a tangible product?
Company still exists under his name?
IQs:
Did your friends call you “Cump”?
Were you Ike’s first White House chief of staff?
Did an actor from Modern Family once voice an animal who was your de facto parent?
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DQs:
- Real
- Male
- Last name starts with S
- Dead
- Not known for the Arts
- Died before 1950
- Not known for sports
- American
- Not political/military
- Died after 1866
- Businessman/entrepreneur
- Wife wasn’t famous
- Company created tangible products
- Company still exists with his name as part of it
Take 3 more DQs.
IQ1: Did you co- found not one but two firearms-related companies?
IQ2: Did you claim Moroni showed you some golden plates?
IQ3: Did David Lynch give you the director’s credit for the extended TV version of Dune?
1 was Igor Sikorsky
2 was Eero Saarinen
DQs:
- Is the tangible product household related?
- Is the tangible product electronic?
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DQs:
- Real
- Male
- Last name starts with S
- Dead
- Not known for the Arts
- Died before 1950
- Not known for sports
- American
- Not political/military
- Died after 1866
- Businessman/entrepreneur
- Wife wasn’t famous
- Company created tangible products
- Company still exists with his name as part of it
- Tangible products are not household related
- Tangible products are not electronic
Well, I did think this one was gonna be harder than that.
Yes, I am
Horace Smith
co-founder of
Smith & Wesson.
Great job, Chock!
Cool! The only partial S name American companies from that time frame I could think of were Sears&Roebuck and Smith&Wesson, and Sears didn’t produce anything tangible, unless you count catalogs.
Catching up…
Joseph Smith and Alan Smithee
Next round…
I am I
Congratulations Chock!
IQs:
- Did you write about a disappearing schoolmaster?
- Are you that schoolmaster?
- Were you the first and only PM of India?
Not Washington Irving
Not Ichabod Crane
Assuming you meant “first and only female PM”, I am not Indira Gandhi
IQs:
- Are you best remembered for your Pop Art “Love” sculpture?
- Did I kill your father and must now prepare to die?
- Did you play Magneto in the X-Man franchise?
Take a DQ
Not Inigo Montoya
Not Ian McKellen
Good job, CFOHG!
Previous IQs:
Did your friends call you “Cump”? - Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman
Were you Ike’s first White House chief of staff? - Sherman Adams
Did an actor from Modern Family once voice an animal who was your de facto parent? - Sherman from Mr. Peabody & Sherman
Sherman x3!
On to I.
IQs:
Is a major American college named after you, although it isn’t your “I” name that’s used?
Were you Sid Caesar’s comedic sidekick?
Are you a Latinx author of a noted political family?
#1 was Robert Indiana.
Correct on the others.
DQ: Real?
DQs:
I
- Fictional