IQ: Were you “Mighty”?
Not Don Quixote; not Vidkun Quisling of Norway.
Not Q the omnipotent alien or Q the long-suffering MI6 gadget guy; not… Quincy?
Not Qbert.
Not Quinn.
This may be a very short round. I hope you’re each thinking of X, Y or Z names to use in the next round. Let’s hit these obscure letters, sportsfans!
IQ: Did you criticize a fictional broadcaster for her lack of “family values”, and receive a big Take That.
IQ1: Were you a flautist and composer?
IQ2: Were you one of two rival cereal mascots?
IQ2: Were you one of two rival cereal mascots?
IQs:
- Were you the son of a noted inventor with his own cartoon series?
- Were you the father of #1?
- Were you a western law officer/horseman with a burro sidekick?
IQ: Were you a 70s boxer who later battled brain damage?
IQ2: Are you the drummer in a late night house band?
Not Vice President Dan Quayle, who was no fan of Murphy Brown’s lifestyle.
Drawing a blank. Take three DQs.
Take three DQs.
Take two DQs!
Jerry Quarry and Questlove (“Jimmy Fallon”)
DQ: Living?
DQ2:American?
Johann Quantz.
Quisp (or Quake), from the '60s Quaker Oats cereal.
Quake (or Quisp), from the '60s Quaker Oats cereal. ![]()
DQ1: Real?
DQ2: Male?
1 DQ reserved.
IQ1: Did you hold a top office previously held by your father?
IQ2: Were you a Maine werewolf?
IQ3: Are you a pet belonging to Andy and Roger’s son?
IQ1: Did you make a movie whose male characters were named after colours?
IQ2: Are you acquainted with Ishmael?
IQ3: Are you the Joker’s gal-pal?
IQ: Were a Indiana U basketball player who later played for the Celtics?
IQ2: Are you a former Notre Dame QB who’s been a bust?
IQ3: Are you an NFL defensive player with a positionally appropriate last name?
Correct on Q and Q. Number three was Queequeg, the harpoonist from the Pequod.
IQ1: Do you have a history with Notre Dame Cathedral?
IQ2: Did you have a sidekick called Speedy?
IQ3: Are you also called “the Feathered Serpent”?
Jonny Quest, Dr. Benton Quest, and Quickdraw McGraw.
I’ll hold off the DQs for now, if I may.
Not John Quincy Adams. Dunno the other two.
Not Quentin Tarantino, Queequeg (again), or… I knew this once, but I forgot. Take a DQ.
Dunno any of these. Three DQs.
Not Quasimodo, dunno the second, or Quetzalcoatl.
Q.
- not living
- not American
- fictional
- male
DQs:
- Originally from a work in English?
- Protagonist of the story?
- Originally from literature?
Correct on Adams.
Quentin Collins, from Dark Shadows.
Jason Fox’s iguana, Quincy.
DQ1: European?
Two DQs reserved.
IQ1: Were you a doctor played by half of the Odd Couple?
IQ2: Did the crew of your ship mutiny?
IQ3: Did you search for ancient gold mines in South Africa?
Those were:
Quinn Buckner
Brady Quinn
Quentin Jammer (he’s a CB)
DQ1: Created by a European?
DQ2: Created after 1900?
DQ3: Ever appear on screen?
The Joker’s gal-pal is Harley Quinn.
DQ reserved for now. More IQs:
IQ1: Are you the hero of a movie that took place in Australia and starred Tom Selleck?
IQ2: Are you a “Glee” character who survived a serious car accident that resulted from texting and driving?
IQ3: Are you the Shakespearean character who runs the Boar’s Head Tavern?
Spoons-Is the deli meat named after the tavern?
IQs:
- Are you the sleuth of “The Cat Who…” mystery series?
- Were you the professor in a 1950’s British TV series, leading to “Five Million Years To Earth”?
- Were you the Man of La Mancha?