I
- Real
- Dead
- Male
- From the US
- First name stars with I
- Not known for military or war endeavors
- Died after 1900
- Died after 1950
- Best known for the arts, broadly defined
- Born east of the Mississippi River
- Known for the performing arts
As you said, Ira Hayes
As you said, Isaac Asimov
AS you said, Igor Sikorsky
DQ: Best known from film?
2 dqs left
DQ: Died after 2000?
3 DQs reserved.
Previous IQs:
Were you a fictional scientist who took advantage of an android? - Dr. Ira Graves, on an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, who put his consciousness into Data.
Did you complain about the location shoot of Ghostbusters? - This was also Isaac Asimov (he griped about the congestion around his Manhattan apartment), who I see has since been asked about, so I’ll withdraw it.
Did you have reason to hate Richard Lugar? - Imelda Marcos, whose husband Ferdinand was driven from office and had to leave behind all her shoes, in part because Sen. Lugar advised the Reagan Administration not to try to prop up the Marcoses in the face of the popular protests against them.
DQs:
Won a major prize in his field?
Caucasian?
IQs:
Were you Elendil’s son?
Are you the host of NPR’s This American Life?
Are you a noted recent basketball star?
Not Isildur.
DQ.
DQ.
I
- Real
- Dead
- Male
- From the US
- First name stars with I
- Not known for military or war endeavors
- Died after 1900
- Died after 1950
- Best known for the arts, broadly defined
- Born east of the Mississippi River
- Known for the performing arts
- Not best known from film
- Died after 2000
- Won a major prize in my field
- Not Caucasian
DQ: Musician?
1 DQ left
I
- Real
- Dead
- Male
- From the US
- First name stars with I
- Not known for military or war endeavors
- Died after 1900
- Died after 1950
- Best known for the arts, broadly defined
- Born east of the Mississippi River
- Known for the performing arts
- Not best known from film
- Died after 2000
- Won a major prize in my field
- Not Caucasian
- Not a musician
Interesting - I’ve had two people in mind all along, and it wasn’t until this DQ that I finally had to flip a coin to decide between them…
DQ: Are you an actor?
2 DQs reserved.
IQ: Were you the “token black” on Hogan’s Heroes?
Yes! I am actor, director, and producer Ivan Dixon, best known for playing S/Sgt Ivan Kinchloe on Hogan’s Heroes.
Yay!
I am J.
grats Professor!
IQ1: Is your most infamous act an unprecedented demonstration of love for Jodie Foster?
IQ2: Have both Keanu Reeves and Matt Ryan portrayed you?
IQ3: Did you and Al Michaels provide commentary for many a game of Monday Night Football?
Take 3 DQs.
IQ1: Is an SI unit named after you?
IQ2: Were you responsible for an infamous mass suicide by poison?
IQ3: Do your friends all drive Porsches, must you make amends?
Take a DQ for #1.
I am not Jim Jones.
I am not Janis Joplin.
Ooo, good one - and congrats, Prof. P.!
Previous IQs:
Were you Elendil’s son? - Yes, Isildur
Are you the host of NPR’s This American Life? - Ira Glass
Are you a noted recent basketball star? - Allen Iverson
On to J…
IQs:
Did a peer call you a “dunsel”?
Did the book God’s Secretaries discuss you at some length?
Did you try to find out what happened to Strangways?
IQ1: Were you an RAF veteran and an FRCVS?
IQ2: Was your son executed after he succeeded you in a top job?
IQ3: Was William of Orange your son-in-law?
James Prescott Joule
As you said, Jim Jones.
As you said, Janis Joplin
DQ1: real?
IQ1: Would I call you by your title and surname if I’m nasty?
IQ2: Do you repeatedly ask if someone is a threat or a menace?
IQ3: Are you the Martian Manhunter?
John Hinckley (shot Reagan), John Constantine, John Madden
3x John!
DQ: Alive?
DQ: Male?
DQ: From the US?
Unless #1 is John Duns Scotus, take a DQ.
Take 2 DQs for the others.