DQ: Are or were you a head of state?
Previous IQs:
Did you say you’d be willing to take the janitor’s advice, if it was useful? - John F. Kennedy, eager for ideas as to how to match the Soviets in space exploration.
Are you the daughter of that person? - Caroline Kennedy.
Did you marry someone who was very hospitable to Winston Churchill late in Churchill’s life? - Jackie Kennedy, who eventually married Aristotle Onassis. The Greek billionaire deeply admired Churchill and hosted him many times on his yacht Christina.
DQs:
Ever been elected in what was widely considered a fair and open election?
Do you now hold any political office?
One DQ reserved.
IQs:
Did you admire a woman’s painting of you in her presence?
Did you promise to return at Boreth?
Did you receive a naval burial at sea even though you weren’t technically entitled to it?
I am not Bob Kane or Gene Kelly. 1 DQ.
I am a current or former head of state indeed.
I have never been elected in what is considered a fair and open election and I currently am in office.
I am not Kahless or DeForest Kelley (?)
K
- Real
- Male
- K is the initial of my last name
- Alive
- Born in the Northern hemisphere
- Not American
- Not born after 1950
- Not European
- Asian
- Not known for the arts
- Born east of Moscow
- Known for my work in the political sphere
- Current or former head of state
- Never elected in a fair and open election
- Currently holds a political office
IQ: Did you harbor a terrorist group that killed 3000 civilians?
Correct on Kane and Kelly. The author of “Up the Down Staricase” was Bel Kaufman.
DQ: Been in office over ten years?
More IQs:
IQ1: Were you and your forces driven out of mainland China, so you ended up leading Taiwan instead?
IQ2: Did you author the line, “We have met the enemy and he is us”?
IQ3: Do you hold political office in an Asian country that has been occupied by US and allied forces since 2001?
Previous IQs:
Did you admire a woman’s painting of you in her presence? - Khan Noonien Singh, seeing Marla McGivers’s romanticized painting of him in her quarters.
Did you promise to return at Boreth? - Yes, the Klingon hero-emperor Kahless.
Did you receive a naval burial at sea even though you weren’t technically entitled to it? - John F. Kennedy Jr., by order of President Bill Clinton due to the Kennedy family’s contributions to the U.S.
As to our mystery person, I suspect Spoons has it.
Two DQs reserved just in case.
I am not Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.
I’ve been in office for over 10 years but I’m not Chiang kai-Shek or Hamid Karzai. DQ for number 2.
K
- Real
- Male
- K is the initial of my last name
- Alive
- Born in the Northern hemisphere
- Not American
- Not born after 1950
- Not European
- Asian
- Not known for the arts
- Born east of Moscow
- Known for my work in the political sphere
- Current or former head of state
- Never elected in a fair and open election
- Currently holds a political office
- Been in office over 10 years
IQ: Was your nation invaded in 1950?
Correct on Chiang Kai-shek and Hamid Karzai. The author of the quotation was Walt Kelly, the creator of the “Pogo” comic strip.
DQ reserved for now.
Huh. I coulda sworn it would be Hamid Karzai.
DQ:
Born in or south of Beijing?
One DQ reserved.
IQs:
Was your autobiography entitled True Compass?
Were you, perhaps unfairly, shown to be a villain in Breaker Morant?
Did you keep a dented helmet in your office?
Only Syngman Rhee in mind but not K so DQ.
I am not Ted Kennedy. 2 DQs
I was born slightly south of Beijing but you can consider my birthplace on the same latitude.
K
- Real
- Male
- K is the initial of my last name
- Alive
- Born in the Northern hemisphere
- Not American
- Not born after 1950
- Not European
- Asian
- Not known for the arts
- Born east of Moscow
- Known for my work in the political sphere
- Current or former head of state
- Never elected in a fair and open election
- Currently holds a political office
- Been in office over 10 years
- Born slightly south of Beijing but can be considered same latitude
DQ: Communist?
Used to be a commie.
K
- Real
- Male
- K is the initial of my last name
- Alive
- Born in the Northern hemisphere
- Not American
- Not born after 1950
- Not European
- Asian
- Not known for the arts
- Born east of Moscow
- Known for my work in the political sphere
- Current or former head of state
- Never elected in a fair and open election
- Currently holds a political office
- Been in office over 10 years
- Born slightly south of Beijing but can be considered same latitude
- Used to be a communist
I’ll bring this one forward.
DQ: Holding office in the People’s Republic of China?
Me too. Oh well.
I’m not Chinese so no.
K
- Real
- Male
- K is the initial of my last name
- Alive
- Born in the Northern hemisphere
- Not American
- Not born after 1950
- Not European
- Asian
- Not known for the arts
- Born east of Moscow
- Known for my work in the political sphere
- Current or former head of state
- Never elected in a fair and open election
- Currently holds a political office
- Been in office over 10 years
- Born slightly south of Beijing but can be considered same latitude
- Used to be a communist
- Not holding office in China
Well, I’m stumped.
Lost me several DQs back.
Previous IQs:
Was your autobiography entitled True Compass? - Yes, Ted Kennedy.
Were you, perhaps unfairly, shown to be a villain in Breaker Morant? - Lord Kitchener.
Did you keep a dented helmet in your office? - Bobby Kennedy: http://www.jfklibrary.org/Asset-Viewer/lwwajKKLZU65_BjvYDzDig.aspx
A non-Chinese former Commie, now in public office, could be someone in Cambodia (who’s the president there now?), Laos or perhaps Hong Kong. Hmm.
Three DQs earned, but just one left. What shall I ask?
Same latitude as Beijing so can’t be SE Asia.
The 'stans are up around the latitude of Beijing, I think - anyone know who the honchos there are?
Or maybe something in the Caucasus?