2 was Dale Earnhardt (and that should be “on it”); 3 was Dipper Pines.
DQs:
1. British?
2. died before 1900?
- Did you invent the concept of “atoms”?
- Were you the defense attorney at the Scopes Monkey Trial?
- Did you write “The Mystery of Edwin Drood”?
“Died before 1900” has already been asked, the answer is yes.
Oh, hell. OK: died after 1800?
DQs:
- Real
- Male
- Last name starts with D
- Not American
- Dead
- Not known from the arts
- European
- Known for a specialized field of writing
- Not known for politics
- Known for Science
- Died before 1900
- British
- Died after 1800
- I am not John Dalton.
- I am not Clarence Darrow.
- I am not Charles Dickens.
I had Democritus in mind for #1, but that works too.
IQs:
- Are you an attorney who led Major League Baseball’s investigation into Pete Rose’s gambling activities, and also served as Donald Trump’s personal attorney during the Mueller investigation?
- Are you Obelix’s pet?
- Did you draw the first hundred or so issues of Fantastic Four?
Still sitting on a DQ.
IQs:
1. Did you direct The Dead Zone?
2. Were you president of the CSA?
3. …What’s it like in New York City, I’m a thousand miles away but tonight you look so pretty, yes you doooo…Times Square can’t shine as bright as yoooou
DQ: are you a chemist or physicist?
<twiddles thumbs>
DQs:
- Real
- Male
- Last name starts with D
- Not American
- Dead
- Not known from the arts
- European
- Known for a specialized field of writing
- Not known for politics
- Known for Science
- Died before 1900
- British
- Died after 1800
- Chemist or physicist
Mea culpa. Take 3 DQs.
- I am not Jack Kirby, who doesn’t start with a D.
Take 2 DQs.
- I am not Jefferson Davis. Take 2 DQs.
And that takes us over 20 DQs.
Please, no more IQs, and ask all outstanding DQs by 10pm EDT tomorrow.
Previous IQs:
You were Lincoln’s campaign manager, and he put you on the Supreme Court. - Judge David Davis
Some (not many) historians believe you were POTUS for a single day. - Sen. David Rice Atchison
You were a political patron and eventual frenemy of Winston Churchill’s. - David Lloyd George
David x3!
DQs:
Chemist?
Was knighted or ennobled?
One DQ reserved.
Can I use a DQ to guess your name at this point, or do I need to wait until all DQs have been asked?
- Danny Huston (John, Walter, Angelica)
- Dan Patrick
- Dan Patrick Pfugh
4 DQs reserved
1 was David Cronenberg; 3 was Delilah (in “Hey There Delilah”, by the Plain White T’s).
2 DQs reserved.
Doodles Weaver
Demi Moore (Ghost)
Dani Moonstar, of the New Mutants
Three DQs reserved.
If you have a DQ, you can use it for a “Firstname Lastname” question at any time – I’ve done it at least once. It’s best to make sure there are no unanswered IQs first, in case a correct guess has already been asked.
DQ: are you Sir Humfrey Davy?
