New Boticelli

[etv78]

Your letter is M

[Wargamer]

IQ1. Did you join the Young Guns in 1992?

IQ2. Did you go from bailbondsperson to a Public Defender?

IQ3. Did you author a controversial ruling that ruled against yourself?

[etv78]

1 and 2 need DQ, but I'm not John Marshall.

[MissTake]

IQ1 Are you the leader of the club that's made for you and me?
IQ2 Are you a friend of star crossed / ill fated lovers?
IQ3 Are you a wild and crazy guy?

[Wargamer]

1. Greg Maddux, who signed as a free agent for the Atlanta Braves in 1992, joining the 'Young Guns' rotation of Tom Glavine, John Smoltz, Steve Avery, and Pete Smith.

2. Markie Post - who played the bail bondswoman on The Fall Guy before moving on to Night Court.

DQ 1. Are you a real person?
DQ 2. Does your last name start with 'M'?

[etv78]

MissTake-
1:I'm not Mickey Mouse
2: DQ for you (know it's "Romeo & Juliet" reference)
3:I'm not Steve Martin

Wargamer:I'm a real person, but my last name doesn't start with M

[MissTake]

Originally Posted by etv78

MissTake-
1:I'm not Mickey Mouse
2: DQ for you (know it's "Romeo & Juliet" reference)
3:I'm not Steve Martin

2: Mercutio


DQ: Are you alive today?

IQ1: Were you a Queen in a Jailhouse?
IQ2: Were you in two bird named shows?
IQ3: Do people hang out without you?

[MissTake]

Originally Posted by MissTake

]IQ1: Were you a Queen in a Jailhouse?
IQ2: Were you in two bird named shows?
IQ3: Do people hang out without you?

1: Mamie Smith was a singer, known as the Queen of the Blues. Acted in Jailhouse Blues
2: Morgan Fairchild, actress, starred in Falcoln's Crest and Flamingo Road
3: Mindy Kaling, actress, stars in The Office, author of "Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?"


DQ1: Is your sport played on a grass field?
DQ2: Have you won a medal in the Olympics?
DQ3: Are there any implements used in your sport (ie, a ball, puck, club)?

[Enginerd]

IQ1: Are you an advertising icon who debuted in the 1973 film The Long Goodbye?
IQ2: Did you play an incredibly stereotyped character of a different race in 1961's Breakfast at Tiffany's?
IQ3: Did you and your family add a gospel touch to songs by Marty Stuart, Talking Heads, and The Band?

[etv78]

1:No earthly idea who that is, DQ for you
2:I'm not Mickey Rooney
3:Another DQ

[Enginerd]

Originally Posted by etv78

1:No earthly idea who that is, DQ for you
2:I'm not Mickey Rooney
3:Another DQ

Those were Morris the Cat and Mavis Staples.



DQ1: Are you male?
DQ2: Are you alive today?

[etv78]

I'm a living non-male.

[BobArrgh]

IQ1: Were you a British Prime Minister?
IQ2: Are you the actress who portrayed a British Prime Minister.
IQ3: Were you an American Secretary of State?

[Le Ministre de l'au-delà]

IQ1: Does your most famous 'set' demonstrate the border between mathematics and aesthetics?

IQ2: Are you one of the world's most famous left handed bass players?

IQ3: Are you a novelist whose work is much more famous than your husband's poetry?

[etv78]

Bob:
1)I'm not Maggie Thatcher
2)I'm not Meryl Streep
3)I'm not Madeline Albright

Le Minstre: 3 DQs!

[Le Ministre de l'au-delà]

Originally Posted by Le Ministre de l'au-delà

IQ1: Does your most famous 'set' demonstrate the border between mathematics and aesthetics?

IQ2: Are you one of the world's most famous left handed bass players?

IQ3: Are you a novelist whose work is much more famous than your husband's poetry?

Originally Posted by etv78

Le Minstre: 3 DQs!

1. Mathematician Benoit Mandelbrot wrote 'The Fractal Geometry of Nature'. The graphic representation of the Mandelbrot set, which is a two-dimensional figure of infinite depth and variability, was an astonishing example of the beauty of pure mathematics.

2. Paul McCartney, the sinister bassist for The Beatles.

3. A reference to Mary Shelley, whose novel 'Frankenstein' contributed a household word to the English language. Her husband, Percy Bysshe Shelley, never quite achieved the same level of fame.


So, then -

DQ1 - Were you born before 1980?

DQ2 - Are you best known for your accomplishments in The Arts, being here defined so as to include all visual arts, theatre, dance, music, literature or other creative endeavours, whether done for the entertainment of others or for the sake of the creative act itself?

DQ3 - Are you American?


Summary

1. Real person
2. Last name does not begin with 'M'
3. Not male
4. Alive today (asked twice)

[Wargamer]

IQ1. Are you so busy working you don't have time for Ashton Kutcher?

IQ2. Were you once married to Ashton Kutcher?

IQ3. Were you America's Sweetheart back in 1984 after the L.A. Olympics?

[Spoons]

IQ1: Did you, to your friend's great surprise, enjoy a cereal that was supposed to be good for you?

IQ2: Did you create the game show, "Jeopardy"?

IQ3: Are you Dick Dastardly's sidekick?

[etv78]

Wargamer:
I'm not Demi Moore or Mary Lou Retton

Mistake:
I'm living, but 3 DQs (you're tough)

Ministre:

I wasn't alive b4 1980
I, like Bruce Springesteen, was "Born in the USA"
I'm not in the arts

[etv78]

Spoons

1: I'm not Mikey
2: I'm not Merv Griffin
3: Need a DQ

[Wargamer]

The first IQ is Mila Kunis - Kutcher's That 70's Show co-star who has recently been rumored to be dating Kutcher, but not seriously as her career is keeping her busy.

DQ - Are you noted for your fame as an athlete?

IQ1 - Did your Dad famously get you a dog in the last month of two of 2008?

IQ2 - Is it possible your Austrian husband Wihl Be Bahk?

IQ3 - Did you win seiben in Munchen?

[etv78]

Wargamer
I'm a famous former athlete
3 more DQs

To all: I promise she's not obscure!

[Enginerd]

IQ: Are you married to a former Red Sox shortstop?

[etv78]

Enginerd-I'm not Mia Hamm

[Enginerd]

IQ: Were you the youngest player ever to make the cut for a major LPGA event?

[etv78]

Enginerd-I'm not Wiesie (if it's someone else DQ)

[Wargamer]

1. Mylia Obama (sp?), who's father got them a dog after winning the Presidential election.

2. Maria Shriver - married to The Governator.

3. Mark Spitz, who won seven gold medals at the Olympic Games in Munich.

DQ: Is your sport contested at the Olympics?
DQ: Is your sport a team sport?
DQ: Do you play your sport professionally?

DQ Summary


1. Real person
2. Last name does not begin with 'M'
3. Not male
4. Alive today (asked twice)
5. Famous former athlete
6. Born in the USA
7. Born after 1980
8. Not in the arts.

[etv78]

My individual Olympic sport, in which I did medal, is not contested on grass, though it does use impliments (of a sort)

[Le Ministre de l'au-delà]

IQ1: Did you claim your piano didn't have any wrong notes?

IQ2: Were you the leader of a big band whose plane went missing in action en route to Paris?

IQ3: Were you the bass player and producer of Miles Davis' hugely successful album 'Tutu'?

[Le Ministre de l'au-delà]

Originally Posted by Le Ministre de l'au-delà

IQ1: Did you claim your piano didn't have any wrong notes?

IQ2: Were you the leader of a big band whose plane went missing in action en route to Paris?

IQ3: Were you the bass player and producer of Miles Davis' hugely successful album 'Tutu'?

Just to clear up from the last round, these are

1. Thelonious Sphere Monk, the brilliant but eccentric jazz pianist and band leader.

2. Glenn Miller, missing in action from the Second World War, possibly a victim of friendly fire.

3. Marcus Miller, funkmeister, composer of most of the album 'Tutu', and Grammy award winning producer.

[MissTake]

Originally Posted by Wargamer

IQ1. Are you the most famous man to enter the Women's US Open?

IQ2. Were you sent for by a mother to cheer up her son?

IQ3. Would the citizens of Rock Ridge give you 24 hours to come up with a solution?

I have no idea to any of these. I hear Rock Ridge and think Blazing Saddles. Take 3 DQs

Originally Posted by PacifistPorcupine

I was thinking of Roald Amundsen.

DQ1: Were you real?

Yes, I was real

Originally Posted by Le Ministre de l'au-delà

Well done, MissTake!

IQ1: Is your best known accomplishment a long list of synonyms?

IQ2: Are you one of France's best known playwrights?

IQ3: Did you depict the mythic character of Cyrano de Bergerac?

IQ1: No idea, DQ
IQ2: I am not Racine
IQ3: I am only familiar with Gerard Depardeau as Cyrano, so take a DQ

Originally Posted by Enginerd

#1 was German mathematician Bernhard Riemann. I wasn't thinking of Robert Johnson for #3, but it's a valid answer, so I'll rephrase the question.

IQ3b: Are you a contemporary eclectic slide guitar virtuoso?

IQ3b: I am not Gary Rossington.

[Le Ministre de l'au-delà]

Originally Posted by Le Ministre de l'au-delà

Well done, MissTake!

IQ1: Is your best known accomplishment a long list of synonyms?

IQ2: Are you one of France's best known playwrights?

IQ3: Did you depict the mythic character of Cyrano de Bergerac?

Originally Posted by MissTake

IQ1: No idea, DQ
IQ2: I am not Racine
IQ3: I am only familiar with Gerard Depardeau as Cyrano, so take a DQ

Jean Racine indeed!

1. is Peter Mark Roget, whose best known work is the Thesaurus that bears his name.

3. is the playwright who wrote 'Cyrano de Bergerac', Edmond Rostand. Cyrano was a real-life writer in the 1600s, but he is much better known as the central figure in Rostand's play than for who he really was.

So -

DQ1 - Were you born before 1900 AD?

DQ2 - Are you best known for your accomplishments in The Arts, being here defined so as to include all visual arts, cinema, theatre, dance, music, literature or other creative endeavours, whether done for the entertainment of others or for the sake of the creative act itself?

[MissTake]

Originally Posted by Le Ministre de l'au-delà

DQ1 - Were you born before 1900 AD?

DQ2 - Are you best known for your accomplishments in The Arts, being here defined so as to include all visual arts, cinema, theatre, dance, music, literature or other creative endeavours, whether done for the entertainment of others or for the sake of the creative act itself?

I only know Racine thanks to a silly decision to translate Phaedra from English to Spanish in high school. *shudder*

DQ1: No, I was born after 1900 AD
DQ2: Yes

Yanno, I read the IQ, have no idea. Then, upon the answer being revealed, I say "OH!" I should have known Roget, for heaven's sake!

[PacifistPorcupine]

IQ1: Did you have to return five Olympic medals because of doping?

[MissTake]

IQ1: Did you have a rough transition when you moved from sand to hardwood?
IQ2: Have you recently been inducted into a Hall of Fame?
IQ3: Have you ever been attacked by a knife-wielding person?

[etv78]

Mistre
1-DQ for you
2-I'm not Jimmy Dorsey (?!) otherwise DQ
3-Yet another DQ

Pacifist-I'm not Marion Jones

MissTake
1-DQ
2-DQ
3-I'm not Monica Seles

Misstake might have it, but I forgot she's a HoFer

[MissTake]

I'm a what?

1: Misty Mae-Treanor, sand volleyball player who didn't do so well on "Dancing With the Stars"
2: Michelle Kwan was just inducted into the Skating Hall of Fame

[etv78]

Knew MissTake probably had it! I am:



Michelle Kwan!

All bow to MissTake!

[MissTake]

I won my first time playing? Sah-weet!

If you don't mind, I'm not going to start a new thread.

Your letter is R

[etv78]

Are you the mascot for the world's leading burger chain?

[MissTake]

No, I'm not Ronald McDonald

[etv78]

Does "Everybody Love" you?

[MissTake]

No, I'm not Ray Romano

[Baffle]

IQ1: Did you tell your successor to "win one" for you, quoting your famous movie role?
IQ2: Is Hollywood inordinately concerned with the movement of your opposable appendages?
IQ3: Are you the central character in the foundation myth of a major ancient civilization?

[MissTake]

Baffle:
1: I am not Ronald Reagan
2: No idea, DQ for you
3: I think I have an idea? but no, it's not me. Another DQ

[Baffle]

IQ2 was Roger Ebert, whose thumbs are the world's most famous movie critics.
IQ3 was Romulus, legendary founder of Rome.

DQ1: Are you male?
DQ2: Are you alive?

[Enginerd]

IQ1: Is there a method of numerical integration named after you?
IQ2: Were you a catcher known for your sense of humor and the 1983 World Series MVP?
IQ3: Are you an eclectic slide guitar virtuoso?

[MissTake]

Originally Posted by Enginerd

IQ1: Is there a method of numerical integration named after you?
IQ2: Were you a catcher known for your sense of humor and the 1983 World Series MVP?
IQ3: Are you an eclectic slide guitar virtuoso?

IQ1: Math are hard. No idea. DQ
IQ2: I am not Rick Dempsey
IQ3: I am not Robert Johnson

[Enginerd]

Originally Posted by MissTake

IQ1: Math are hard. No idea. DQ
IQ2: I am not Rick Dempsey
IQ3: I am not Robert Johnson

#1 was German mathematician Bernhard Riemann. I wasn't thinking of Robert Johnson for #3, but it's a valid answer, so I'll rephrase the question.

IQ3b: Are you a contemporary eclectic slide guitar virtuoso?


DQ: Are you a real person (as opposed to a fictional character)?

on preview: I'll reserve the DQ until PacifistProcupine's question is answered.

[Enginerd]

Originally Posted by Enginerd

on preview: I'll reserve the DQ until PacifistProcupine's question is answered.

DQ: Are (were) you American?



IQ (we're going to keep this up until you get it or give up, damn it! ):
Are you a contemporary, eclectic slide guitar virtuoso also known for recent collaborations with artists from around the world?