SUMMARY
- Real
- Male
- Dead
- American
- Not involved in the arts
- Not a military figure
- Died after 1900
- First name starts with A
- Born after 1850
Not Arwen Evenstar
Take a DQ for #2 and #3
IQs:
- Did Mickey Rooney play you in a series of box-office smash hits?
- Were you the main character in an old time radio series that began with your mother calling your name?
- Did you teach people to dance “in a hurry”?
Not Andy Hardy
Not Henryyyyyyy! Henry Aldrich (“Coming, Mother!”)
Not Arthur Murray
Andre Norton.
Andrew North. (Actually, “Andre” was itself a pen name - her real name was Alice.)
Correct.
DQ1: Born east of the Mississippi?
DQ2: Known for work in science?
IQ1: Are you Pod and Homily’s daughter?
IQ2: Were you CinC in the Middle East at the beginning of WW II?
IQ3: Did you take over that job from #1?
correct, Alfred Knopf. Alfred x3!
DQ: Political figure?
holding 2 DQs
SUMMARY
- Real
- Male
- Dead
- American
- Not involved in the arts
- Not a military figure
- Died after 1900
- First name starts with A
- Born after 1850
- Born East of the Mississippi
- Not involved in science
- Not involved in politics
No idea on any of these- take 3 DQs
IQ1: Did the Copperheads of mid 19th century America consider you their greatest enemy?
IQ2: Are you a psychologist who created the theory of “hierarchy of needs” named after himself?
IQ3: Are you the first practicing Jew to be elected Mayor of New York City?
Not Abraham Lincoln
Not Abraham Maslow
Not… Abe Beame? (I grew up in New York, but didn’t know he was the first Jewish mayor; he sure wasn’t the last!)
Correct on all three.
IQs:
- Were you one of the first ancient Greek playwrights whose works are still performed?
- In memoriam of etv78: Are you the NY Yankee third baseman?
- Are you aka Will Everett?
Not Aristophanes or Aeschylus
Not A-Rod
No idea on WIll Everett- ask a DQ
Will Everett was Amazing Man.
DQ: Died after 1980?
Arrietty (from the “Borrowers” kids’ books by Mary Norton).
Archibald Wavell.
Claude Auchinleck (“the Auk”).
DQ1: Sports figure?
DQ2: Died after 1960?
One DQ reserved.
IQ1: Did Patton call you the “world champion” tank commander?
IQ2: Were you an overweight actor named Roscoe?
IQ3: Was your head caught in a tree branch while you were fleeing from a battle?
Previous IQs:
Were you also known as Undomiel? - Yes, Arwen, Elrond’s daughter.
Was your mom buried in one place in a book, and in another place in a movie? - Aragorn’s mom Gilraen was, in Tolkien’s LOTR books, said to be buried in Annuminas (sp?), while in the DVD extras from the Peter Jackson movies, we see her grave in Rivendell.
Were you a maid and cook who misunderstood just about every order she was ever given? - Amelia Bedelia, from the kids’ books.
DQs:
Businessman/inventor?
Best known for a single incident?
IQs:
Did you eject just moments before your ride crashed?
Were you J.L. Chamberlain’s superior officer, and later a Carpetbagger governor?
Did you celebrate Communion in a unique place?
IQs:
- Are you a cockroach who typed in lower case?
- Were you one of the stars in We’re No Angels?
- Were you a Serbian king who was assassinate by your palace guard, and whose naked and mutilated corpse was thrown from the palace window to the cheers of the crowd?
correct x3
Don’t know why the bio said “first practicing Jew,” which implies there may have been Jewish mayors before him who didn’t attend synagogue. /shrug
IQ1: In honor of etv78, are you the A-Rod everybody likes?
IQ2: Did Bill Hader play you as an undercover agent in Men in Black III?
IQ3: Are you considered the pioneer of motion-capture acting?
SUMMARY
- Real
- Male
- Dead
- American
- Not involved in the arts
- Not a military figure
- Died after 1900
- First name starts with A
- Born after 1850
- Born East of the Mississippi
- Not involved in science
- Not involved in politics
- Died before 1960
- Best known for involvement in sports
- A “businessman” of sorts, not an inventor
- Best known for one particular incident
Not Fatty Arbuckle or Absalom
Take a DQ for #1
No idea on any of these- ask 3 DQs