Did you write a commercial jingle that became one of the Carpenters’ biggest hit singles?
DQ1: Yes
DQ2: Yes
IQ: I don’t know. Take a DQ
I am still not Paul Williams (Post #24)
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.
- Known for writing words
- Known for committing an indiscretion, defined as crime, sex scandal, etc.
The answer is Gaylord Perry, who previously gained fame as a “spitball” pitcher.
I don’t have any real idea of who the mystery person is, so I’ll try to narrow down the answer to #19.
DQ: Does your noted indiscretion involve homosexual activity?
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.
- Composing is one of my more recognized talents.
- Known for writing words
- Known for committing an indiscretion, defined as crime, sex scandal, etc.
- Noted indiscretion did not involve homosexual activity
I went back through the thread and see there are no outstanding DQs. Although we’re at 20, I don’t mind keeping it open for IQs another day to earn “Are you _____?” style questions. If nobody solves it (I thought Sternvogel was getting close with DQs 17, 18 & 19) by 5:00 PM Pacific time tomorrow 11/9, I’ll reveal the answer.
Accepting your kind invitation…
IQ: Did a moviehouse incident lead to the closing of your playhouse?
IQ: While attending Harvard during a hiatus from your show biz career, did you write a letter to the school paper about the situation in the Middle East?
Did you ever write a smash hit song whose title came from the inscription on your father’s tombstone?
No, I am not Paul Reubens AKA Pee-Wee Herman
I don’t know, but…
Yes, I am legendary record producer Phil Spector!!!
Best known for the Wall of Sound production style, I am also a prolific songwriter. Before getting into production, I was the guitarist and back up vocalist for The Teddy Bears, whose hit “To Know Him Is To Love Him” was inspired by the inscription on my father’s tombstone. As for acting, I had a small role in Easy Rider. As for my “noted indiscretion”, I’m currently serving a 19 year-to-life sentence for second degree murder.
Good job, astorian.
Damn! That was a good one! I vow to be smarter in the next game.
Quit that snickering!!!
My turn again, eh? Okay, let’s go with…
G
IQ: Do you need to watch out for that tree?
IQ: Did you build the walls of Uruk?
IQ: Did you release the first country album to debut at #1 on the Billboard charts?
This was a reference to Natalie Portman.
As for the new game–
IQ: Were you married to a woman who had earlier appeared on a TV show in which her legs were seen, but never her face?
IQ: Did your original name mean “He Who Yawns”?
IQ: Were you Commissioner of Baseball?
IQ: Were you a fictional chief of police?
IQ: Is your nickname The Great White Shark?
IQ: Are you a Michelin star recipient as well as an author?
Not George of the Jungle, not… Gilgamesh (?), and definitely not Garth Brooks.
Not Grant Tinker (once married to Mary Tyler Moore, whose legs appeared on the detective series “Richard Diamond”)
Not basebal lcommissioner Bart Giamatti
But I don’t know he who yawns, so ask one DQ.
Not Batman’s pal Jim Gordon
Not golfer Greg Norman
Don’t know the Michelin star winner, but I’ll guess… not Gordon Ramsay?
(If that’s wrong, ask a DQ)
You got all of mine. Rats. ::goes off to think up more questions::
IQ: Were you president and CEO of a local chain of auto service centers founded by her grandfather located in Arizona?
IQ: Did you receive the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress in 1935 and 1936?
IQ: Did you work as one half of a comedy team at the radio station KXOL in Fort Worth, Texas?
No idea about the auto service center…
No idea about the Texas comedy team.
As for the actress, I’ll take a guess and say, “No, I’m not… Greta Garbo.”
You get 2 DQs for sure. 3 if Garbo is wrong.