Botticelli, April 2012 - Le Ministre de l'au-delà, chooser; initial Q

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William Yancey, sent to London and Paris by Jefferson Davis; the British and French declined to grant diplomatic recognition to the CSA.
Yasmine Bleeth of Baywatch was admired by the two Friends pals.
“Yankee Doodle” was not a compliment originally.

Mmm, bacon! DQs:

Born since 1950?
European?
Entertainer?

IQs:

Were you married to a duke but seduced by a king?
Are you the first black woman to serve on the Supreme Court of Ohio?
Did your character serve on the Palomino?

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IQ1: Were you an All-Pro lineman for the Rams in the 70’s?
IQ2: Did you inherit the wind in your most famous movie role?
IQ3: Did you have the right stuff?

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IQs first…

  1. No, I’m not Ygraine, mother of Arthur Pendragon by Uther Pendragon, but married to the Duke of Tintagel.

  2. and 3. Gah! Take two more DQs.

  1. No idea; take another DQ.

  2. No, I’m not Dick York appearing in the film ‘Inherit the Wind’.

  3. No, I’m not Chuck Yeager. (sp?)

Yes.
No.
Yes, in the broader sense of the word.

**Summary - Y
**

  1. Real person.
  2. Last name begins with the letter ‘Y’.
  3. Still alive.
  4. Not American.
  5. Male.
  6. Born since 1950.
  7. Not European.
  8. Entertainer.

Outstanding DQs -

3 (2 previous and 1 from this post) to Wargamer
2 to Elendil’s Heir

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The All-Pro lineman was Jack Youngblood.

DQ: Are you from North America?
DQ: Do you mainly perform your entertainment style live for audiences, as opposed to recording it for later viewing/listening/consumption?
DQ: Have you won any major awards in your field of performance such as an Oscar/Emmy/Grammy?

IQ: Did you run a Baltimore PD squad back in the 90s?

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IQ first…

I don’t know; take a DQ.

  1. Yes.
  2. No, with a caution about the verb ‘perform’, which is a little misleading.
  3. Yes, with the same caution about the word ‘performance’.

Summary - Y

  1. Real person.
  2. Last name begins with the letter ‘Y’.
  3. Still alive.
  4. Not American.
  5. Male.
  6. Born since 1950.
  7. Not European.
  8. Entertainer.
  9. I am from North America.
  10. I do not do my work in front of live audiences.
  11. I have won major awards for my work.

Outstanding DQs -
2 to Elendil’s Heir
1 to Wargamer

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Yaphet Khotto played the lieutenant in charge of the Baltimore PD’s homicide squad on NBC’s Homicide:Life on the Streets.

DQ: Are you a writer?

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Yancey Thigpen was a pro-bowl wide receiver with the Pittsburgh Steelers.

DQ: [reserved until Wargamer’s question is answered]
IQs:
IQ1: Did you write two songs about heroin addiction after the untimely deaths of two colleagues?
IQ2: Did you win perhaps the most ironic Nobel Peace Prize?
IQ3: Did you sit across the table from #2 in Oslo?

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IQs first…

  1. No, I’m not Neil Young.
  2. No, I’m not Yasser Arafat.
  3. No, I’m not Yitzak Rabin.

Yes.

Summary - Y

  1. Real person.
  2. Last name begins with the letter ‘Y’.
  3. Still alive.
  4. Not American.
  5. Male.
  6. Born since 1950.
  7. Not European.
  8. Entertainer.
  9. I am from North America.
  10. I do not do my work in front of live audiences.
  11. I have won major awards for my work.
  12. I am a writer.

Outstanding DQs -
2 to Elendil’s Heir
1 to Enginerd

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Nitpick: His castle was Tintagel, but he was Duke of Cornwall.

The first black woman to serve on the Supreme Court of Ohio is Yvette McGee Brown.
The actress Yvette Mimeaux (sp?) appeared in the Disney movie The Black Hole as a crewmember of the exploratory starship Palomino.

DQs:

Mexican?
Novelist?

IQs:

Is the name of your best-known character usually misspelled?
Did the hero marry your character’s sister?
Like Nelson Mandela, were you a reformer elected president of your country after earlier being imprisoned?

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DQ: Do you write in English?

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IQs first…

I sense I should know the answer to all three of these, but I don’t. That’s three DQs for you; shall I gift wrap them?

No.
No.
Summary - Y

  1. Real person.
  2. Last name begins with the letter ‘Y’.
  3. Still alive.
  4. Not American.
  5. Male.
  6. Born since 1950.
  7. Not European.
  8. Entertainer.
  9. I am from North America.
  10. I do not do my work in front of live audiences.
  11. I have won major awards for my work.
  12. I am a writer.
  13. Not Mexican.
  14. Not a novelist.

Outstanding DQs -

1 to Enginerd
3 to Elendil’s Heir

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Ahem…

It was close to a simulpost - just didn’t want you to miss it.

IQ1: Are you a cross-dressing Talmudic student?
IQ2: Are you one of the best known athletes in your home country, despite playing on the other side of the world?

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And, in fact, I had missed it. Thank you for bringing it to my attention.

Yes.

  1. No, I’m not Yentl.
  2. No, I’m not Yao Ming.

Summary - Y

  1. Real person.
  2. Last name begins with the letter ‘Y’.
  3. Still alive.
  4. Not American.
  5. Male.
  6. Born since 1950.
  7. Not European.
  8. Entertainer.
  9. I am from North America.
  10. I do not do my work in front of live audiences.
  11. I have won major awards for my work.
  12. I am a writer.
  13. Not Mexican.
  14. Not a novelist.
  15. I write in English.

Outstanding DQs -

3 to Elendil’s Heir

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IQ1: Are you Fat?
IQ2: Is your character’s destiny tinged green?
IQ3: Are you a Malayasian distaff butt kicker?

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IQ1: Did you travel 20 million miles to Earth?
IQ2: Can you cook?
IQ3: Were you one of the founders of Bagism?

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You know, I’ve never seen ‘Hidden Dragon, Crouching Tiger’. 1 and 3 are surely Chow Yun Fat and Michelle Yeoh. They were all after a jade sword, if I remember my mother-in-law spoiling the film correctly, but I don’t know the names of any of the characters. That’s a DQ for you!

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Sean Young played Rachael, the replicant love interest in Blade Runner.
Burt Young played Adrienne’s brother in the Rocky movies.
Kim Young Sam (his full name is always used) was elected president of South Korea after earlier being a political prisoner.

Hmm. So we have a living male award-winning Canadian writer, less than 62 years old, whose last name begins with “Y.” I don’t know anyone who fits that description.

I yield my three earned DQs to whoever would like to ask them.

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He could be from Central America or the Caribbean - he’s not necessarily Canadian.

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  1. No, I’m not Yan of ‘Yan can Cook’.

1 and 3 ring vague bells, but earn you DQs.

Addressing the red herring dept. - I feel the need to clarify two points.

  1. Just to re-iterate - Not American, but could easily be mistaken for one.

  2. Perhaps I should change the answer to DQ number 10 to ‘I do not do my work directly in front of its audiences.’

I shall say no more…

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Hmm, could also be a writer/director for films or TV. Mistaken easily does seem to scream “CANADIAN!” doesn’t it?