Way to go, Spoons! The letters we’ve used so far:
Yes, George Balanchine
Boston Corbett, a U.S. cavalryman
Billy Crystal, in When Harry Met Sally
Sorry for the delay, folks. Your letter is…
W.
IQ: Are you the British general after whom a beef dish is named?
IQ: Do people ask “where are you”?
I am neither the Duke of Wellington nor Waldo.
IQ1: Were you an electrician who became President?
IQ2: Were you an entertainer, best known for your rendition of a song about water?
IQ3: Do you have a state named after you?
IQ1: Woodrow Wilson? If not, take a DQ.
IQ2: Roger Whittaker? Again, if not, take a DQ.
IQ3: I’m not George Washington.
IQ1: Do you and your friends hang out at Stan Mikita Doughnuts?
IQ2: Is your visit to Dr. Bucke the subject of the film “Beautiful Dreamers”?
IQ3: Were you the organist and choirmaster at St. Mary Magdalene’s Anglican Church?
Lech Walesa
Andy Williams
I was thinking William Penn, but my query was waaaay too broad, I know.
DQ1: Are you male?
DQ2: Are you currently alive?
Summary for W:
- Male.
- Alive
IQs:
After your husband died, did you burn all but a few letters from your long correspondence with him?
Are you Nebraska’s best-known author?
Does legend have it that, while a babe in arms, you were presented to the man after whom you were named?
IQ: Are you a Senator once married to Liz Taylor?
IQ1: Were you Chuck Noland’s only friend?
IQ2: Have you single-handedly kept the ACME corporation in business for over 60 years?
IQ3: Did you play a drug kingpin in a critically-acclaimed TV Series?
I’m not Lois Wilson. DQs on the other two.
I’m not Michael Wilding.
I’m neither Wilson the volleyball nor Wile E. Coyote. One DQ.
Wood Harris played Baltimore kingpin Avon Barksdale in The Wire.
DQ: Are you American?
I am American.
Summary for W:
- Male
- Alive
- American
IQ1: Do you shill stuff for diabetes care?
IQ2: Were you, as eye candy, replaced by Barnacle Boy?
IQ3: Are you punctuationally challenged?
I actually meant John Warner.
IQ: Are you a record setting WR for the Patriots?
I’m not Wilford Brimley. The second is a reference to Spongebob, but I’m lost as to whom it might be; and I have no idea who might be punctuationally challenged (though I’m sure I’ll kick myself when I find out). Two DQs.
DQ for you on the Patriots question. You can take one also on the John Warner one–Wilding was the only “W” husband of Liz Taylor I could think of.