My letter is H and:
1: I am real
2: My** last name** starts with H
3: I am female.
4: I am not from the Americas **
5: I was born before 1970**
6: I am not known for the arts
7: I am not alive
8: I was born east of the Mississipi River
9: I am not European
10: I was born before 1900
11: I am known for** the sciences**
12: I am not Asian
13: I was born before 1800
DQ: Born before 1000 AD?
1DQ reserved.
IQ: Were you the “father of chemistry”?
My letter is H and:
1: I am** real**
2: My** last name** starts with H
3: I am female.
4: I am not from the Americas **
5: I was born before 1970**
6: I am not known for the arts
7: I am not alive
8: I was born east of the Mississipi River
9: I am not European
10: I was born before 1900
11: I am** known for the sciences**
12: I am** not Asian**
13: I was born before 1800
14: I was born** before 1000AD**
I am not Fritz Haber.
Haber was the father of chemical warfare.
ibn-Hayyam was an alchemist, and the father of chemistry.
2 DQs reserved.
H Rider Haggard (She).
Henry VIII. Though come to think of it, I believe she was actually Catherine…
Prince Harry of Wales (Weapons of Choice, by John Birmingham).
DQs reserved.
IQ: Were you a philosopher and mathematician murdered by a Christian mob in Alexandria?
Congratulations, SCAdian - I am indeed Hypatia.
Good job, SCAdian!
Previous IQs:
Did your name come up several times in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid? - Wealthy businessman E.H. Harriman, whose trains Butch and Sundance kept robbing.
Did you help negotiate the Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty for the U.S.? - Averill Harriman (E.H.'s grandson, I believe).
Did Frank Sinatra snap at you at a party? - Hubert Humphrey, to whom Sinatra allegedly said, “Hands off the threads, creep,” when Humphrey kept touching his shoulder.
Good job, SCAdian! Very good choice, fanganga. I know the name but wouldn’t have thought of her.
She was the only first-millenium African woman I could think of other than Hatshepsut, who had already been ruled out. I agree that this was a good choice.
I had names picked out for J, H and L, but not for I. Go ahead and start asking questions while I think of someone.
I am I.
IQs:
There’s even been a recent movie about Hypatia, but I haven’t seen it: Agora (film) - Wikipedia
On to I…
IQs:
Were you Sid Caesar’s longtime female costar?
Are you a novelist with Latin American political connections?
Were you a cleric after whom an American university was named?
I felt we were due a woman, and I first knew of her through a “Women in Science” poster in my school.
My questions:
IQ1: Are you the nominal mummy in the recent films with Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz?
IQ2: Was your father commanded to sacrifice you?
IQ3: Was your name used by the narrator of Moby Dick?
IQ1: Are you a flute player who owns several salmon farms in New England?
IQ2: Do you portray Emperor Palpatine in the Star Wars movies?
IQ3: Did you replace David Coverdale as the lead singer of Deep Purple?
DQ.
Not Idi Amin.
Not Iris Whateverhernamewas.
Not Imogene Coca.
DQ.
Not Ignatius Loyola.
Not Imhotep.
Not Isaac.
Not Ishmael.
Three DQs.
#1 was Illya Kuryakin, who worked with Napoleon Solo in The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Correct on Idi Amin and Iris West Allen.
DQ: Real?
IQs:
:smack:
Not … Ivan Skavinsky Skavar?
DQ.
DQ.
:smack:
I