1 and 2 as you said, for number 3 the conversational test I was thinking of is the Turing Test for artificial intelligence, named after Alan Turing
My initial letter is C. Have at it.
IQ1: Were you the first Lord Protector??
IQ2: Did you use a converted minesweeper to explore?
IQ3: Did you play the oldest of three boys in a TV show?
IQs:
- Were you the first Holy Roman Emperor?
- Were you known for saying “Delenda est Charthago!” (Carthage must be destroyed!)?
- Are you Rokk Krinn’s superhero name?
Way to go, fanganga!
Previous IQs:
Did you have a fateful encounter in Hackensack, N.J.? - That’s where Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton had their duel (both are “A’s,” as it happens).
Did you authorize the 54th Mass., the black infantry unit featured in the movie Glory? - Gov. John Andrew of Massachusetts.
Are you the current Duke of York? - Yes, Prince Andrew.
New IQs:
In your youth, did you write a letter on university stationery that your aides later widely distributed?
Were you the longtime secretary to that person?
Did your lover’s wife refer to you as “the Rottweiler”?
I am not Oliver Cromwell
I am not … Jacques Costeau?
I am not … Leonardo di Caprio?
I am not Charlemange
I am not Cicero
I don’t know to whom you refer
3 DQs
IQ1: Was your best-known role that of a physician on a TV medical drama of the 1970s?
IQ2: Are you a transsexual whose mother is a famous actress and singer?
IQ3: Did you say, “Good night, David” as part of your broadcast?
Correct on Cromwell and Costeau.
David Cassidy, who played Keith Partridge.
DQ: Real?
IQ1: Did you play Lionel Twain?
IQ2: Did you and your partner often go to see Mr Whoopee for advice?
IQ3: Did you write about John Grimes?
Correct on #1
#2 was Cato the Elder, not Cicero
#3 was Cosmic Boy, from the Legion of Superheroes
DQs:
- Male?
- Does your first name start with C?
IQs:
- Were you a 1st Century A.D. Roman Emperor?
- Were you the wife of Agamemnon?
- Were you a Jewish High Priest in 1 Century A.D. Jerusalem?
Previous IQs:
In your youth, did you write a letter on university stationery that your aides later widely distributed? - Bill Clinton wrote to his draft board while at Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar.
Were you the longtime secretary to that person? - Betty Currie, dragged into Lewinskygate, much to her chagrin.
Did your lover’s wife refer to you as “the Rottweiler”? - Camilla Parker-Bowles, of whom Princess Diana was not a fan.
DQs:
Real?
American?
One DQ reserved.
IQs:
Have you played an orphan’s sweetheart, a lawyer’s troubled young wife, and a coldhearted corporate bitch?
Are you the current Duke of Rothesay?
Although your first name was Stephen, did you rarely use it?
0 for 3
0 for 3
I am not Caligula
I don’t know to whom you refer
I don’t know to whom you refer
DQ
I am not… Prince Charles?
DQ
My initial letter is C and…
1: I am not real
2: I am not male
3: My first name begins with C
4: I am not American
Right on Caligula.
#2 was Clytemnestra.
#3 was Caiaphas.
DQs:
- Created in the 20th Century?
- Originally from a literary work (that is, written rather than TV, movie, radio, etc.)
Truman Capote, in Murder by Death.
Tennessee Tuxedo’s friend Chumley.
A Bertram Chandler.
Three DQs pending.
IQ1: Were you a US president whose first name was John?
IQ2: Were you Buck’s brother (and Blanche’s brother-in-law)?
IQ3: Did you often collaborate with Frederik Pohl?
Previous IQs:
Have you played an orphan’s sweetheart, a lawyer’s troubled young wife, and a coldhearted corporate bitch? - Charlize Theron, in The Cider House Rules, Devil’s Advocate and Prometheus.
Are you the current Duke of Rothesay? - Yes, Prince Charles (it’s his Scottish title).
Although your first name was Stephen, did you rarely use it? - Grover Cleveland.
DQs:
European?
Would be alive today, if real?
First appeared in a book?
IQs:
Were you a noted American abolitionist?
Were you a person named after him and later famous in another field?
Did you write Vixen 03?
Number 1 was looking for Chad Everett, who starred in “Medical Center.” Number 2 is Chaz Bono, former female, whose mother is Cher. Number 3 is Chet Huntley, of The Huntley-Brinkley Report, on NBC News.
Three DQs reserved.
Some of these IQs feel like I’ll get them with more pondering time. I’ll answer the DQs for now.
My initial letter is C and…
1: I am not real
2: I am not male
3: My first name begins with C
4: I am not American
5: I was created in the twentieth century
6: I originally appeared in a book
7: I am not European
8: My death has not been written
IQs:
- Are you quoted as saying, “I’ve never been hurt by what I have not said.”?
- Were you based on a local cheese wheel?
- Did you utter completely true prophecies which were completely disregarded?
I am not John Calvin Coolidge
pass
pass
I am not … Ty Cobb the abolitionist?
nor am I … Ty Cobb the sportsman?
pass
Previous IQs:
Were you a noted American abolitionist? - Cassius Clay.
Were you a person named after him and later famous in another field? - Cassius Clay AKA Muhammad Ali.
Did you write Vixen 03? - Clive Cussler.
DQs:
Asian?
Ever appeared in a big-screen movie?
Generally considered a “good guy”?
IQs:
Were you a member of Congress who got an aircraft carrier named after him?
Did Dame Judi Dench play you in her youth, and again in the past three months?
Will you be starring in the upcoming movie The Monuments Men?
Correct on Coolidge.
Clyde Barrow.
Cyril M Kornbluth.
DQ: First appeared in print after 1950?
Four DQs reserved.
IQ: Are you a creation of Earl Derr Biggers?
1: Pure guess here, but since so much gets attributed to him… I am not Winston Churchill
2: All I can think of is Horace the Talking Cheese from the Tiffanny Aching books, and I doubt that’s correct
3: I am not Cassandra.
1: There are so few aircraft carriers I should know this, but I’m drawing a blank…mostly Presidents who came up through governorships or the Senate… Was Nimitz elected to Congress, and did he have a first name beginning with C? I’m going to guess Chester Nimitz.
2: Another guess… Cordelia from King Lear?
3: And a third guess… Cate Blanchett?
pass
My initial letter is C and…
1: I am not real
2: I am not male
3: My first name begins with C
4: I am not American
5: I was created in the twentieth century
6: I originally appeared in a book
7: I am not European
8: My death has not been written
9: I am not Asian
10: I have not appeared in a big-screen movie
11: I am generally not considered a goodie
12: My first appearance in print was after 1950