I feel like I have to clarify Political/Military - L was not an elected official or an official military officer, but was a major impact in both.
I think you’re talking about “Me and you and a dog named Boo,” but I don’t remember the artist. Take 3 DQs.
DQ, not Stanislaw Lem, not Ms. Lovelace, whose first name I don’t recall
#1 was Lorenz Hart.
Correct on Stanislaw Lem.
Correct on Ada Lovelace.
DQ: Asian?
Originally Posted by atimnie View Post
IQ1: Did you sing about a road trip with a dog in the 70s under this name?
IQ2: Are you the person who wrote the song under your real name?
IQ3: Are you the lead singer for “Last Song” group, Edward Bear?
I think you’re talking about “Me and you and a dog named Boo,” but I don’t remember the artist. Take 3 DQs.
Right on the song, sung by Lobo, nom de tune of Kent Lavoie. Edward Bear’s lead singer was Larry Evoy.
DQ1: Australian?
DQ2: Popular?
DQ3: Over 50 when he died?
Previous IQs:
Did you sometimes act as bodyguard to President Lincoln? - Ward Hill Lamon, U.S. marshal for the District of Columbia, who sometimes slept outside Lincoln’s White House door, heavily armed and wrapped in a blanket
Did you run for reelection to the U.S. Senate and also for VPOTUS in 1988? - Lloyd Bentsen of Texas
Did you famously draw an economic projection on a cocktail napkin? - Arthur Laffer
DQ:
Appointed national official?
Two DQs reserved.
IQs:
Were you Jackie Kennedy’s social secretary?
Were you one of the Mod Squad (character name)?
Were you another (actual name)?
DQ Cauldron
- Real
- Male
- Last name starts with L
- Political/Military
- Dead
- Not an elected official, but has had major political impact
- Not American
- Greatest fame since 1950
- Not European
- Died after 1980
- Asian
- Not Australian
- Not popular in the US
- Over 50 when he died
- Not appointed to national office
/slap I remember watching him debate Dan Quayle. “I knew Jack Kennedy, and you sir, are no Jack Kennedy!”
3 DQs
Previous IQs:
Were you Jackie Kennedy’s social secretary? - Letitia Baldridge
Were you one of the Mod Squad (character name)? - Linc
Were you another (actual name)? - Peggy Lipton
DQs:
Was a foe of the US?
Had eyes with epicanthic folds?
Best known for a single incident?
Two DQs reserved.
IQs:
Were you nearly disemboweled by cannonfire during the American Civil War?
Were you Emperor of Humanity in Niven and Pournelle’s sf novel The Mote in God’s Eye?
Did you lead the army destroyed despite its valiant stand at Thermopylae?
IQs:
- Did you hang around with a cartoon hyena named Hardy Har-Har?
- Were you referenced in a song by Blessid Union of Souls? (sic)
- Were you known as “the man of a thousand faces”?
DQ Cauldron
- Real
- Male
- Last name starts with L
- Political/Military
- Dead
- Not an elected official, but has had major political impact
- Not American
- Greatest fame since 1950
- Not European
- Died after 1980
- Asian
- Not Australian
- Not popular in the US
- Over 50 when he died
- Not appointed to national office
- Foe of USA
- Not East Asian (is that what you meant?)
- Best known for a single incident
3… 2… 1…
DQ, DQ, not Leonidas?
DQ, DQ, not Lon Chaney
IQs:
- Did you hang around with a cartoon hyena named Hardy Har-Har?
- Were you referenced in a song by Blessid Union of Souls? (sic)
- Were you known as “the man of a thousand faces”?
DQ, DQ, not Lon Chaney
Lippy the Lion; Leonardo de Caprio (“Hey, Leonardo, She Likes Me For Me”), and correct.
2 DQs reserved.
Previous IQs:
Were you nearly disemboweled by cannonfire during the American Civil War? - Confederate Gen. Leonidas Polk
Were you Emperor of Humanity in Niven and Pournelle’s sf novel The Mote in God’s Eye? - Leonidas XI
Did you lead the army destroyed despite its valiant stand at Thermopylae? - Yes, the older Leonidas
Leonidas x3!
Four DQs reserved.
IQs:
Were you the mastermind behind the 9-11 attacks?
Did you produce the original Battlestar Galactica?
Was a fort in Pennsylvania named after you?
Yes, I am Osama bin Ladin.
I thought you guys would get this sooner given the date.
Well played, EH…
Thanks! Good one, KO. The possible 9-11 connection just occurred to me today.
Our next letter is
T
IQ1: Are you Stephen King’s wife?
IQ2: Did Billy Clyde Tuggle try to kill you on All My Children?
IQ3: Are you a gospel singer, member of the Imperials but better known as a solo artist?
IQs:
- Did you illustrate Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland?
- Did you create Samurai Jack and the Powerpuff Girls?
- Did you play Jesus in The Big Lebowski?