3 more DQs for you.
Lester Pearson, former Canadian Prime Minister, was “Mike” to everyone who knew him. Allegedly, his first flight instructor thought “Lester” was a sissy name, and re-christened him “Mike.”
“Pistol Pete” Maravich, the highest scorer in NCAA basketball history (and the last white player to lead the NBA in scoring!), died while playing a pickup basketball game with James Dobson.
Henry Purcell was the only great English composer… until the 20th century, when a BUNCH of them came along.
DQ: Are you best known as a singer or musician?
DQ: Are you under 40 years old?
DQ: Are you (or have you ever been) widely regarded as a sex symbol?
IQ: Have you been nominated for an Academy award for Best Original Score?
DQ1: Have sang and played an instrument, but that is not what I am best known for.
DQ2: No
DQ3: No
There’s a lot to choose from. Let’s go with I am not Paul Williams, nominated for Phantom of the Paradise and The Muppet Movie
Recap:
‘P’
- Male
- Real person
- Last name does not start with ‘P’
- Born after 1900
- Not dead
- Have acted, but not famous for being an actor
- Not a politician
- Work in some field of show business
- American
- Have sang and played an instrument, but not best known for singing or playing
- Not under 40 years old
- Never regarded as a sex symbol
Were you overshadowed by your co-star, who sang “Da Doo Ron Ron”?
Was the song “I WIll Always Love You” written as a tribute and a fond goodbye to you?
Did you get millions of Americans snarling “Kiss Mah Grits”?
No, I am not Parker Stevenson, who co-starred with Shaun Cassidy in The Hardy Boys. Thanks for the junior high flashback.
Dolly Parton wrote the song, but I don’t who it was about. Take a DQ.
No, I am not Polly Holiday, who played Flo on the 1970s sitcom Alice
astorian - the P in question is male.
I was thinking of Philip Glass.
I’m terrible at wording these questions. I’m determined to get better at this! 
IQ: Did you have a brief appearance as a drunken peasant named Albert Dreary eating a carrot in The Fellowship of the Ring?
Good work on Parker Stevenso nand Polly Holliday.
“I WIll Always Love You” was Dolly Parton’s farewell to her longtime singing partner Porter Waggoner.
DQ: Are you a producer or director in the TV or movie business?
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“Johnny, angry Johnny, this is Jezebel in hell” is a line from the song Angry Johnny by Poe, the stage name of Anne Decatur Danielewski.
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I don’t remember Martin saying that line in The Jerk. I was thinking of Ed Platt, to whom Don Adams (as Maxwell Smart) directed the line “Sorry about that, Chief!”
DQ: Are you a comedian?
DQ: Are you black?
IQ: Is your daughter named after a soft drink and a generic term for a protagonist?
(Guess) - Did Peter Jackson give himself a cameo a la Hitchcock? If so, then no, I am not Peter Jackson. If not, go ahead and ask a DQ.
No
No
No
Take another DQ
Recap:
‘P’
- Male
- Real person
- Last name does not start with ‘P’
- Born after 1900
- Not dead
- Have acted, but not famous for being an actor
- Not a politician
- Work in some field of show business
- American
- Have sang and played an instrument, but not best known for singing or playing
- Not under 40 years old
- Never regarded as a sex symbol
- Not a producer or director in the TV or movie business
- Not a comedian
- Not black
Are the policemen of London widely known by a nickname given in honor of you?
Are you an American icon (but NOT in sports) who was a runner-up to Jim Thorpe at the 1912 Olympic pentathlon?
Were you playing guitar while another guy in your band smashed his, in the club scene in Antonioni’s film*** Blow Up?***
#1 (Guess) “Bobby” is named after PM Robert Peel?
#2 No idea - take a DQ
#3 (Guess) Not Jimmy Page? That’s about the right time frame although I don’t remember the Yardbirds being famous for smashing stuff - that was more The Who’s territory.
Take 1-3 DQs, depending on how my guesses went.
Does your biopic begin with an iconic image of you in front of a US flag?
Sir Robert Peel is 100% correct (London police have often been called “Bobbies” or “Peelers”) , as is Jimmy Page (the Yardbirds were playing “Stroll on,” a revised version of “Train Kept a Rolling” in that scene).
General George Patton was a runner up at the Olympic Pentathlon in 1912.
DQ: Are you best known as a performer of some kind?
No, I am not General Patton
No
Recap:
‘P’
- Male
- Real person
- Last name does not start with ‘P’
- Born after 1900
- Not dead
- Have acted, but not famous for being an actor
- Not a politician
- Work in some field of show business
- American
- Have sang and played an instrument, but not best known for singing or playing
- Not under 40 years old
- Never regarded as a sex symbol
- Not a producer or director in the TV or movie business
- Not a comedian
- Not black
- Not best known as a performer of some kind.
Penn Jillette (of Penn and Teller) named his daughter Moxie Crimefighter.
DQ: Are you a composer?
IQ: Were you the title character in a story by Edward Everett Hale?
IQ: Was your father a sportswriter who covered the Cleveland Browns for many years?
DQ: I’ll say yes. At the risk of giving it away, I’d say composing (in a broad sense) is my #2 claim to fame.
No idea for either IQ. 2 DQs for you.
Recap:
‘P’
- Male
- Real person
- Last name does not start with ‘P’
- Born after 1900
- Not dead
- Have acted, but not famous for being an actor
- Not a politician
- Work in some field of show business
- American
- Have sang and played an instrument, but not best known for singing or playing
- Not under 40 years old
- Never regarded as a sex symbol
- Not a producer or director in the TV or movie business
- Not a comedian
- Not black
- Not best known as a performer of some kind.
- Composing is one of my more recognized talents.
Philip Nolan was the title character of The Man Without a Country.
Actress Patricia Heaton’s father, Chuck, was the sportswriter.
DQ: Are you known for writing words (poetry, novels, lyrics, etc.)?
DQ: Are you known for committing an indiscretion (crime, sex scandal, etc.)?
IQ: Have you coached baseball at Limestone College?