My initial is A and
DQ1: I am real.
DQ2: I am male.
DQ3: I am dead.
DQ4: I am not American.
DQ5: A is the initial letter of my first name.
DQ6: I died before 1900 AD
DQ7: I died after 1500 AD
DQ8: I am European
DQ9: I am not British
DQ10: I am not a political or military figure
DQ11: I died after 1800 AD
IQ1: Are you the composer who gave us ‘Rule, Brittania’?
IQ2: When your boss left you in charge, did you turn out to be a hypocrite who gave in to his basest impulses?
IQ3: Are you a guitarist famous for animal noises?
DQ1: Known for the arts?
DQ2: From a German-speaking country?
IQ1: Are you a 19th-century English village carpenter?
IQ2: Were you and your friend known for being excessively polite to each other?
IQ3: In 1815, did you (and others) take a little trip?
I don’t know to whom you are referring
I am not Charles Addams
I am not … Alexander Pushkin?
I’m 0 for 3 on this one, I’m afraid. Use your DQs wisely.
I knew this one once… I don’t any more…I am not…William Alexander?
I’m sorry, I don’t know who you’re referring to
I’m sorry, I don’t know who you’re referring to.
Again, 0 for 3, my shins will not recover from the kicking I am about to give them.
DQ1: I am real.
DQ2: I am male.
DQ3: I am dead.
DQ4: I am not American.
DQ5: A is the initial letter of my first name.
DQ6: I died before 1900 AD
DQ7: I died after 1500 AD
DQ8: I am European
DQ9: I am not British
DQ10: I am not a political or military figure
DQ11: I died after 1800 AD
DQ12: I am not from a German speaking country
DQ13: I am not known for the arts.
#1. is Thomas Arne, Baroque composer and contemporary of Bach and Handel.
#2. is Angelo, from Shakespeare’s “Measure for Measure”.
#3. is Adrian Belew, guitarist for Frank Zappa, Talking Heads, Laurie Anderson and King Crimson. His best known works include ‘Big Electric Cat’, ‘The Momur’, ‘Elephant Talk’ and ‘The Lone Rhino’. He once jokingly told someone trying to interview King Crimson that his greatest musical influence was ‘going to the zoo’.
DQ1: French?
DQ2: Known for pure or applied science/technology/mathematics?
I’ll reserve one DQ for the moment, if it please you.
Ah, I’d have missed the Rule Brittania one anyway - turns out it was James Thompson I was thinking of, and he was the poet/lyricist. It seems like I’m on a one man quest to turn this game into malapropagation II.
DQ1: I am real.
DQ2: I am male.
DQ3: I am dead.
DQ4: I am not American.
DQ5: A is the initial letter of my first name.
DQ6: I died before 1900 AD
DQ7: I died after 1500 AD
DQ8: I am European
DQ9: I am not British
DQ10: I am not a political or military figure
DQ11: I died after 1800 AD
DQ12: I am not from a German speaking country
DQ13: I am not known for the arts.
DQ14: I am French
DQ15: I am known for my contribution to science/technology/mathematics.
Hull House, a charitable institution, was founded by Jane Addams. Righto on Charles Addams. John Quincy Adams went with his father John Adams to Paris, then Russia, then back to Paris on his own.
So, 19th Century French Scientist whose first name begins with A.
I’ll hold onto my DQs whilst I think…
Adam Bede, from the novel Adam Bede.
Alphonse. (“After you, Gaston.” “Oh, no, Alphonse, after you.” “No, no, Gaston, I insist, after you.” &c, &c, &c…)
Andrew Jackson. (“In eighteen-fourteen we took a little trip / Along with Colonel Jackson down the mighty Mississip’.”)
Might be helpful to know if he’s early or late 19th century…
DQ: Died after 1850?
Two DQs reserved.
DQ: Physicist?
IQs:
Was your tomb desecrated by arguably your greatest foe?
Did your detractors give you the nickname “Nuclear”?
You were a fictional woman. Was your death the subject of a beautiful piece of music?
Albus Dumbledore’s tomb was broken into by Lord Voldemort
Fearsome, Prada-wearing fashionista Anna Wintour
Aase, Peer Gynt’s mom: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AB4m885sTeE
DQs:
Inventor?
Nobel Prize winner?
One DQ reserved.
Emphasis added. The battle itself was in Jan. 1815.
Oops. I yield one DQ, due to the typo.
One DQ reserved.
(Thank you, EH!)
DQ1: I am real.
DQ2: I am male.
DQ3: I am dead.
DQ4: I am not American.
DQ5: A is the initial letter of my first name.
DQ6: I died before 1900 AD
DQ7: I died after 1500 AD
DQ8: I am European
DQ9: I am not British
DQ10: I am not a political or military figure
DQ11: I died after 1800 AD
DQ12: I am not from a German speaking country
DQ13: I am not known for the arts.
DQ14: I am French
DQ15: I am known for my contribution to science/technology/mathematics.
DQ16: I am a physicist
DQ17: I am not an inventor
DQ18: I was not awarded a Nobel Prize, as they were established in 1895 and first awarded in 1901, when I was in no position to claim anything as…
DQ19: I died before 1850
IQ1)Is a unit of electric current named after you?
I was worried this one was going to go over because nobody asked about my last name, which also began with A, and by which I am much better known
I am Andre-Marie Ampere!
Congratulations to Zakalwe.