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

Thread Games
101

No idea on any; take three DQs.

102

IQ1: I seem to recall that being Marco Polo; if I’m wrong, take a DQ.

IQs 2 and 3: Take two DQs.

103

DQ2: I am real, not fictional.
DQ3: I am male.

Summary:

  1. M is the first letter of my last name.
  2. I am real, not fictional.
  3. I am male.
104

IQs 1 and 3: No idea; take two DQs.

IQ2: No, I am not Phil Mickelson, pro golfer.

105

IQ 1: Ken Mattingly, who missed flying on Apollo 13 due to the aforementioned measles exposure.

IQ 3: Michael Jordan, who played for the Birmingham Barons during his first ‘retirement’ from the NBA in 1994.

  1. M is the first letter of my last name.
  2. I am real, not fictional.
  3. I am male
    DQ 4: Are you still alive?
    DQ 5: Is your fame related to a field of artistic endeavor, such as singing, acting, writing, etc?
106

:smack: on both! I rewatched Apollo 13 when it was on TV recently, and I well remember Michael Jordan’s baseball experience back in 1994. I guess I need more morning coffee!

DQ4: I am not alive.
DQ5: My field is not related to the arts.

Summary:

  1. M is the first letter of my last name.
  2. I am real, not fictional.
  3. I am male.
  4. I am not alive.
  5. My field is not related to the arts.
107

There are a few more DQs out there to be asked, so I will wait until we get a few more of those answered first.

108

IQ1: Are you a renowned Belgian cyclist?

IQ2: Were you the first commander of the Plymouth Colony militia?

IQ3: Are you an experienced English drummer?

109

IQ1: No idea; take a DQ.

IQ2: No, I am not Miles Standish. (I think this is Standish–if I’m wrong, take a DQ.)

IQ3: No, I am not Mitch Miller, drummer for the Jimi Hendrix Experience.

110

IQ1: Are you a jazz guitarist from Missouri?

IQ2: Are you premier of the province of Québec for whom a large region is named?

111

Right on 2 and 3 - the Belgian cyclist is Eddy Merckx.

DQ6: Are you North American?

112

No idea; take a DQ.

Le Ministre, as per your edit note, I’m ignoring your IQ2.

113

No, I am not North American.

Summary:

  1. M is the first letter of my last name.
  2. I am real, not fictional.
  3. I am male.
  4. I am not alive.
  5. My field is not related to the arts.
  6. I am not North American.
114

IQ: Was a German city renamed in your honor after the Downfall?

115

IQ1: Are you only pawn in game of life?
IQ2: Did you talk about pop muzic in New York, London, Paris, and Munich?
IQ3: Did you come home on Halloween?

116

I have no idea; take a DQ.

IQ1: No idea; take a DQ.

IQ2: No, I am not M, who had a hit with “Pop Muzik” in–oh, 1979? 1980? Around there, anyway.

IQ3: No, I am not Michael Myers, of the Hallowe’en series of movies.

117

Matt Damon played Will Hunting in <I>Good Will Hunting</i>. He delivered the famous line after getting the phone number of Skylar, played by Minnie Driver.

DQ: Are you European?
DQ2: Are you famous as a politician or statesman?

118

You are not Mongo from Blazing Saddles

DQ: Were you born after 1900?

119

The IQ refers to Karl Marx, who after World War II, had the East German city of Chemnitz renamed Karl Marx Stadt in his honor by the Communist government. (Downfall referring to the German movie about Hitler’s last days in the bunker in Berlin in 1945-as seen in numerous Youtube video parodies when Hitler goes ballistic about silly things).

Summary:

  1. M is the first letter of my last name.
  2. I am real, not fictional.
  3. I am male.
  4. I am not alive.
  5. My field is not related to the arts.
  6. I am not North American.

Unanswered DQs (at them moment)

  1. European?
  2. Politician?
  3. Born after 1900?

I think I’ll hold my DQ until we see the answers for 7, 8, and 9.

120

Alfred Thayer Mahan.
SecState George C. Marshall, when asked how he “felt” about a proposed bill.
Former Canadian prime minister Brian Mulroney, at Reagan’s funeral in 2004.

I’ll reserve my three DQs for now, too.