August 2014 Botticelli

1.Real
2.Female
3.Living
4.American
5.Last initial “B”
6.Not in Arts
7.Not an athlete
8.Born after 1950
9.Born north of the Mason-Dixon line
10.Born east of the Mississippi
11.Not a journalist
12.Not a TV personality
13.Famous due to husband
14.Husband has held federal elected office
15.Associated with politics, though not a politician

IQ: Are you Joe Biden’s wife?

Ver nice Prof! I am indeed Jill Biden. Knew knowing her hubby held federal office would be the clincher.

(Well, it was either her or Michelle O. Bama.)

Thanks, etv78!

I am I!

I kept having to hammer the first lady’s name out of my head. :slight_smile:

IQ1: Did you portray Jack Donaghy’s ex-wife Bianca in 30 Rock?
IQ2: Are you a longtime NBC news journalist and the first American television correspondent to be accredited in the Soviet Union?
IQ3: Did you and your father attempt to escape from Crete with wings constructed from feathers and wax?

IQ: Was your boss obsessed with the,animal who crippled him?
IQ2:Were you a pianist turned politician?

IQ1: Were you the founder of the Society of Jesus?
IQ2: Did you earn the sobriquet Groznyj?
IQ3: Were you the last surviving Yahi?

Take 2 DQs for the first two. I am not Icarus.

I am not Ignace Paderewski. Take a DQ for the first question.

I am not St. Ignatius. Take 2 DQs for the others.

Call me Ishmael

DQ: Real?

All right,** Prof. P.**!

Previous IQs:

Was a Kubrick movie named after you? - Barry Lyndon
Were you a French sexbomb of the Sixties? - Yes, Brigitte Bardot
Were you the lead singer of the Go-Gos? - Yes, Belinda Carlisle

On to I.

IQs:

Were you Sid Caesar’s longtime costar?
Are you a Latin American novelist with a good political pedigree?
Were you said to have sacrificed financially to support an explorer?

IQ1: Are you a blond, ex-Marine newspaper reporter and crime solver?
IQ2: Do you make money whenever people buy “Pizza Pizza” or Justin Verlander shirts?
IQ3: Did you once jave a pet horse named Gary?
IQ4: Were you part of a love triangle that included Brom Bones?

Isabella Rossini, Irving R. Levine, correct

DQ: Male?

Holding a DQ

IQ1: Are you a punk artist, real name James Newell Osterberg, Jr?
IQ2: Did you leave Guns N’ Roses for the Ju Ju Hounds?
IQ3: Are you the leader of Jethro Tull?

Held DQ in reserve for 15 seconds: First name starts with I?

I am not Imogene Coca. Take a DQ for #2. I am not Queen Isabella of Spain.

Welcome the game, astorian! Typically we only allow three guesses per round here, but this once I’ll allow it. Take 3 DQs for the first three.
#4: I am not Ichabod Crane.

I am not Iggy Pop. I am not Ian Anderson. Take a DQ for #2 (oh, and there it is…)

DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Last name starts with I

**I wil lstick to 3 or less henceforth- I used to play this games a lot, but it’s been over a year, so I forgot the etiquette.
IQ1: Are you a blond, ex-Marine newspaper reporter and crime solver?

Irwin “Fletch” Flecther (Chevy CHase didn’t match the book character)

IQ2: Do you make money whenever people buy “Pizza Pizza” or Justin Verlander shirts?

Mike Ilitch, owner of both Little Caesar’s Pizza and the Detroit Tigers

IQ3: Did you once have a pet horse named Gary?

Reverend Jim Ignatowski, from sitcom Taxi

DQ1: Are you still alive?

DQ2: Were you born in North America

DQ3: Were/are you in show business (broadly defined)?