DQ:
- Is Eminem the real you?
- Did you write a subversive ABC book under the pseudonym “Uncle Shelby”?
- Are you a flash cartoon character who can answer emails surprisingly well despite the fact that you always wear boxing gloves?
Previous IQs:
Did a comedian play you, irritated at his friends, in a 1970s comedy special? - Socrates (“Why did no one ever bother to say, ‘Socrates, hemlock is poison’?”
Were you that comedian? - Yes, Steve Martin
Was one of your last TV appearances on the action series SWAT? - Not Phil Silvers, but Sal Mineo
DQs:
Other nationality is from the British Isles?
Good guy?
IQs:
Were you eventually given the first name Hikaru?
Did T’Pring prefer you?
But she was betrothed to you?
1. I am not Slim Shady.
2. I am not Shel Silverstein.
3. I am not Strong Bad.
Respectively:
I am not Sulu.
I am not S’tonn.
DQs:
1. fictional
2. male
3. American and other nationality
4. is a living character in-story/stories
5. not from prose literature
6. first name starts with S
7. has appeared in movies, but not best known for them
8. other nationality is European
9. first appeared before 1950
10. first appeared after 1900
11. originally a side character, also went on to appear as main character in own stories
12. from stories sometimes with fantastical and sci-fi elements (or arguably always with a fantastical element)
13. other nationality is from the British Isles
14. more or less “good”
DQ: Originally from a cartoon/comic book/comic strip/animation?
Nicely done. I thought I would get you with at least one of the last two.
IQ
- Are you the original lesbian?
- Are you a philosophical radio host operating out of Cilcily AK?
- Did you fight a robotic bigfoot in an unusual two part episode?
1 was the lovely and talented Sabrina Lloyd.
DQ: Created by an American author?
IQs:
- Are you a music teacher in Lima, Ohio?
- Are you IQ 1’s nemesis and archenemy?
- Did you stage manage George IV’s 1822 official visit to Edinburgh, and create the “tartan, kilts, and haggis” stereotype of Scotland?
1. I am not Sappho.
2. Take a DQ.
3. I am not Steve Austin.
1. Take a DQ.
2. I am not Sue Sylvester.
3. Take a DQ.
DQs:
1. fictional
2. male
3. American and other nationality
4. is a living character in-story/stories
5. not from prose literature
6. first name starts with S
7. has appeared in movies, but not best known for them
8. other nationality is European
9. first appeared before 1950
10. first appeared after 1900
11. originally a side character, also went on to appear as main character in own stories
12. from stories sometimes with fantastical and sci-fi elements (or arguably always with a fantastical element)
13. other nationality is from the British Isles
14. more or less “good”
15. originally from a cartoon/comic book/comic strip/animation
16. created by an American
IQs:
- Did you take over Barney Google’s comic strip?
- Did Alan Arkin play you in a 1980’s sci-fi comedy?
- Are you Barney Google’s horse?
1 was Will Schuster, whom you clearly had in mind but could remember. Correct on 2, 3 was Sir Walter Scott.
DQs:
- Last name starts A - M?
- From a TV cartoon?
Swept me (although it’s Stonn, not S’tonn). Bonus points for your clever use of the Nimoy book cover, too!
IQs:
Did Audrey Hepburn play you opposite William Holden?
Did Julia Ormond play you opposite an actor who got his start as a carpenter?
Did you star in an early Seventies educational film on career development?
1. I am not Snuffy Smith.
2. …is this Simon, who was previously used by Elendil’s Heir?..if so, I’m not him.
3. I am not Sparkplug.
Respectively:
I am not Sabrina.
I am not Sabrina in the remake with Harrison Ford.
I am not Sabrina the Teenage Witch.
DQs:
1. fictional
2. male
3. American and other nationality
4. is a living character in-story/stories
5. not from prose literature
6. first name starts with S
7. has appeared in movies, but not best known for them
8. other nationality is European
9. first appeared before 1950
10. first appeared after 1900
11. originally a side character, also went on to appear as main character in own stories
12. from stories sometimes with fantastical and sci-fi elements (or arguably always with a fantastical element)
13. other nationality is from the British Isles
14. more or less “good”
15. originally from a cartoon/comic book/comic strip/animation
16. created by an American
17. last name starts A - M
18. not originally from but has appeared in multiple TV cartoons
Swept me.
IQs:
- Did your men give you the honorific “Ironbutt” becaise of how long you could stay in the saddle?
- Was playing you in a biopic the one role Zoe Saldana wishes she hadn’t taken?
- Were you an ancient Athenian poet and social reformer?
Previous IQs:
Did Audrey Hepburn play you opposite William Holden? - Yes, the title role in Sabrina
Did Julia Ormond play you opposite an actor who got his start as a carpenter? - Yes, in the remake
Did you star in an early Seventies educational film on career development? - Not Sabrina the Teenage Witch, but William Shatner (and he was surprisingly good)!
DQ:
Originally from newspaper comics?
IQs:
Did you play the bad guy in The Black Hole?
Were you teaching at a Louisiana military academy when the Civil War broke out?
Did a young Carl Sagan irritate you?
1. Take a DQ.
2. I am not Nina Simone.
3. I am not Solon.
Respectively:
I am not Sean Connery.
I am not William Tecumseh Sherman.
I am not Carl Sagan.
DQs:
1. fictional
2. male
3. American and other nationality
4. is a living character in-story/stories
5. not from prose literature
6. first name starts with S
7. has appeared in movies, but not best known for them
8. other nationality is European
9. first appeared before 1950
10. first appeared after 1900
11. originally a side character, also went on to appear as main character in own stories
12. from stories sometimes with fantastical and sci-fi elements (or arguably always with a fantastical element)
13. other nationality is from the British Isles
14. more or less “good”
15. originally from a cartoon/comic book/comic strip/animation
16. created by an American
17. last name starts A - M
18. not originally from but has appeared in multiple TV cartoons
19. did not originate in newspaper comics
#1 was Simon Bolivar.
The others are correct.
1 DQ reserved.
DQ: Human?
IQs:
- Did you write Oedipus Rex?
- Are you a Canadian First Nations singer-songwriter who won an Oscar for (writing) “Up Where We Belong” for An Officer And A Gentleman?
- Are you the man, at least for St. Louis fans?
Previous IQs:
Did you play the bad guy in The Black Hole? - Not Sean Connery, but Maximilian Schell
Were you teaching at a Louisiana military academy when the Civil War broke out? - Yes, William T. Sherman
Did a young Carl Sagan irritate you? - Not Sagan himself (he wasn’t that annoying), but Stanley Kubrick, when introduced to him by Arthur C. Clarke, which is why Sagan didn’t help out with 2001: A Space Odyssey after an initial consultation
DQs:
From Marvel Comics?
One DQ reserved.
1. I am not Sophocles.
2. I am not Buffy Saint-Marie.
3. I am not Stan Musial.
DQs:
1. fictional
2. male
3. American and other nationality
4. is a living character in-story/stories
5. not from prose literature
6. first name starts with S
7. has appeared in movies, but not best known for them
8. other nationality is European
9. first appeared before 1950
10. first appeared after 1900
11. originally a side character, also went on to appear as main character in own stories
12. from stories sometimes with fantastical and sci-fi elements (or arguably always with a fantastical element)
13. other nationality is from the British Isles
14. more or less “good”
15. originally from a cartoon/comic book/comic strip/animation
16. created by an American
17. last name starts A - M
18. not originally from but has appeared in multiple TV cartoons
19. did not originate in newspaper comics
20. not human (but considered as human, in nonhuman form, by creator)
21. not from Marvel comics
OK, we’ve gone past 20, so no more IQs. Please ask all earned DQs by 11:02PM EDT Saturday.
DQ: From superhero comics?