I am not Neville Chamberlain, Nicholas Pileggi, or Nora Ephron.
Nicholas (“Wiseguy”/“Goodfellas”) Pileggi is absolutely right. And his wife Nora Ephron based Steve Martin’s “My Blue Heaven” on Henry Hill’s criminal exploits while in the Witness Relocation Program.
But the guitarist for the Thamesmen (later called Spinal Tap) was Nigel “This One Goes to Eleven” Tufnel.
DQ: Have you appeared in a movie made since 1980?
I already asked a Nigel Tufnel question. See post #195.
Sigh… never mind. Erase my DQ.
IQ1: Did you sing “Dites-Moi” with your boyfriend’s kids?
IQ2: Are you ready for your closeup?
IQ3: Did Bugs Bunny help transform your name into a synonym for “idiot,” when you were originally known as a mighty hunter and warrior?
Correct as to Natalie Wood and Natalie Portman (as to The Social Network). The last is Natalie Merchant, though.
DQ: Would this character be alive in 1950?
IQ: Was the man who raised you from birth very sorry to see you leave when you grew up?
IQ: Are you an actress with the same last name as a hero of early Texas?
IQ: Did you get the unwelcome nickname “Commissary”?
Actually, the Eskimos were an NFL team of the 1920’s, and were also known as Ernie Nevers’ Eskimos after their star running back.
DQ: Married in your films?
IQ: Did you have a dog whose name is invaluable to crossword constructors?
(Either I’ve solved this one, or I’m way off base…)
Or maybe I should be punished for my extreme failure to learn by having to answer twice. But as will soon become clear, it is academic here.
I am not Norma Desmond or Nimrod. I remember Mary Martin and Mitzi Gaynor, but not the character’s name in South Pacific.
I thought of Merchant shortly after posting, then I thought of Natalie Imbruglia.
Would be alive in 1950.
I am not Nathaniel Banks or Nancy Travis. Don’t know who #1 refers to. But as I was saying…
Yes and YES, I AM NORA CHARLES, heroine of the “Thin Man” films as played by Myrna Loy, but little more than the detective’s wife in the Hammett novel. ANd of course, co-owner of the adorable Asta.
Congrats, Sternvogel!
Glad my hunch was correct. Let’s see for whom the V in this next round will stand for “victory”.
Wait, Nelly Forbush! Too late? Anyway…
IQ: Was the Shaw title “Arms and the Man” taken from the opening of your best-known work?
IQ: Did you play quarterback for the Cincinnati Bengals and the Chicago Fire?
IQ: Were you taking home $162 a week as a Philadelphia police detective in the late 1960’s?
IQ: Were you the first white child born in England’s American territory?
IQ: Were you fatally crowned with gold?
IQ: Did your mom insist you hold her hand whenever you went downstairs?
- Were you mentioned in an Eighties hit song about a nervous schoolteacher (written and sung by a former schoolteacher)?
- Did you torture a cop while listening to Stealer’s Wheel?
- Did you direct your wife in the movie that gave us “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas”?
I am not Virgil (the Roman poet).
I am not Virgil Carter (who did play for the Bengals – if he was never on the Fire, take a DQ).
No good guess for IQ3, so take a DQ for that.
I am not Virginia Dare.
I am not Viracocha (guess on that one, so a DQ may be forthcoming).
I am not (the then-future Queen) Victoria, who reigned from 1837-1901. (99% sure on that one)
I’m guessing the former schoolteacher is Sheryl Crow, and I believe she mentioned Paul Verlaine in a song. Take a DQ if I am wrong.
I know the song in IQ2 is “Stuck in the Middle With You”, and that the scene was in either Pulp Fiction or Reservoir Dogs. Not sure if you’re looking for actor or character, but I’m not sure of the identity of either one, so I’ll guess the character’s first name is Vincent. Since he undoubtedly has a last name, however, I’ll let you take a DQ in any case.
I know I am not Vincente Minnelli (not 100% sure of the spelling, but I’m sticking to the letter of the “no looking stuff up unless it involves something I don’t know about V” rule)
Vincente Minnelli is 100% correct. He directed his wife Judy Garland (who sang “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas”) in the movie Meet Me in St. Louis.
In the movie Reservoir Dogs, the cop was tortured by “Mr. Blonde” (Michael Madsen), whose real name was Vic Vega.
The former schoolteacher was Sting, who mentioned Vladimir Nabokov in the Police hit “Don’t Stand So Close to Me.”
DQ1: Real person?
DQ2: Male?
IQ1: Were you the first Minnesota Twin to win an MVP award?
IQ2: Are you a long-time Congressman with an aircraft carrier named after him?
IQ3: Did you draw the cover of the Beatles’ ***Revolver ***album?