Yay!
This time I’m A.
All right, Prof. P.! Well done.
Previous IQs:
Were you a mathematician with a four-syllable-long last name? - Yes, Fibonacci
Did you and your nephew both play the same role? - Ralph Fiennes and his nephew played an adult and a young Voldemort
In a movie, did your father prefer your older brother to you? - Faramir, son of Denethor and brother of Boromir in LOTR
On to A…
IQs:
Did you joke that you would be burying your wallet as well as a fictional creation of yours?
Is your cute puppy named Pal?
Did your father say “One land, one king” in a movie?
Take 3 DQs.
By the way, it’s been awhile since we did an A-Z alphabetic run. Does everyone want to?
Sure, let’s do it!
Previous IQs:
Did you joke that you would be burying your wallet as well as a fictional creation of yours? - Arthur Conan Doyle, in killing off Sherlock Holmes in “The Final Problem”
Is your cute puppy named Pal? - Arthur, in the PBS kids’ cartoon of the same name
Did your father say “One land, one king” in a movie? - Said by Uther, father of Arthur, King of the Britons, in Excalibur
Arthur x3!
DQs:
Real?
Male?
Last name start with A?
IQs:
Were you Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain’s commanding officer at the outset of the Civil War?
Was Gilraen your mother?
Did your wife teach you to read?
IQs:
- Is your band the Tijuana Brass?
- Were you nicknamed the “Austrian Oak”?
- Were you on the (US) dollar coin?
DQs:
- Real
- Female
- First name starts with A
#3. I am not Andrew Jackson (???). Take 2 DQs for the others.
#1. I am not Herb Alpert.
#2. Take a DQ.
#3. I am not Susan B. Anthony.
Previous IQs:
Were you Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain’s commanding officer at the outset of the Civil War? - Col. Adelbert Ames, later a Carpetbagger governor of Mississippi
Was Gilraen your mother? - Aragorn, in LOTR
Did your wife teach you to read? - Almost; it was Andrew Johnson
DQs:
Living?
American?
Best known for the Arts?
IQs:
Were you a leonine Christ figure?
Have you been played by Welsh, English (twice) and Swiss actors?
Did you meet your fictional future royal husband in Warsaw?
DQs:
- Real
- Female
- First name starts with A
- Living
- American
- Not known for the Arts, but known from the Arts
- I am not Aslan.
Take 2 DQs.
IQ1: Did you write a book titled “Steal This Book”?
IQ2: Were you a socialite who frequently appeared as a panelist on What’s My Line?
IQ3: Does a certain telephone prank ask that you be released before you suffocate?
#1. I am not Abbie Hoffman.
Take a DQ for #2. I’m only coming up with Dorothy Kilgallen.
#3. I am not Prince Albert.
Not sure I understand the answer to DQ6.
Previous IQs:
Were you a leonine Christ figure? - Yes, Aslan, in the C.S. Lewis books
Have you been played by Welsh, English (twice) and Swiss actors? - Adolf Hitler, played over the years by Anthony Hopkins, David Bamber, Alec Guinness and Bruno Ganz
Did you meet your fictional future royal husband in Warsaw? - Irene Adler, the only woman known to have bested Sherlock Holmes
DQs:
Born since 1950?
Considered a beauty?
IQs:
Were you a notorious FBI turncoat?
Did your theories on naval power influence TR?
Were you US minister to the UK during the American Civil War?
#2 (the “Austrian Oak” ) is Arnold Schwarzenegger.
DQ:
The subject of an artistic, dramatic etc. work?
IQs:
- Do you own Garfield?
- Did you succeed Garfield?
- Did you play Spider-Man in 2012?
Arlene Francis
DQ: Known for a business or product?
IQ1: Did you compose the Symphony From the New World?
IQ2: Did you compose Fanfare for the Common Man?
IQ3: Did you compose Sabre Dance?
DQs:
- Real
- Female
- First name starts with A
- Living
- American
- Not known for the Arts, but known from the Arts
- Born before 1950
- Not considered a beauty
- The subject of an artistic, dramatic, etc. work
- Known for a business or product
Take 3 DQs.
#1. I am not Jon Arbuckle.
#2. I am not Chester A. Arthur.
#3. I am not Andrew Garfield.
#1. I am not Antonin Dvorak.
#2. I am not Aaron Copeland.
#3. I am not Aram Khatchaturian.
Not only did he sweep me, he spelled all the names right.
IQ1: Are you head coach of the Kansas City Chiefs?
IQ2: Are you head coach of the LA Chargers?
IQ3: Are you head coach of the Miami Dolphins?
Previous IQs:
Were you a notorious FBI turncoat? - Aldrich Ames
Did your theories on naval power influence TR? - Alfred Thayer Mahan
Were you US minister to the UK during the American Civil War? - Henry Adams
DQs:
Subject of a song?
Greatest fame before 1980?
Associated with either NYC or LA?
IQs:
Were you a rocker with an alliterative name?
Were you a lunar rebel?
Were you the longtime Congressman from Harlem?