Botticelli April 2015

Previous IQs:

A fictional character, did you give your name to a new brand of food in the past 30 years? - Dilbert: Dilberito - Wikipedia
Did you do terrible things but remain handsome until you died? - Yes, Dorian Gray.
Did your creator cry when he wrote of your death? - I’ll rephrase.

DQ:

Best known for dramatic roles?

IQs:

Before 1980, did your creator cry when he wrote of your death?
Were you a monarch who wanted to get a spaceship for your planet?
Are you an Italian woman often spoofed on SNL?

Bette Davis, Marlene Deitrich

holding 5 DQs and pondering

DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Female
  3. American
  4. Dead
  5. Last Name starts with D
  6. Died since 1950
  7. Died before 2000
  8. Known for the Arts
  9. Known for the Performing Arts
  10. Not known from TV
  11. Best known as an actress
  12. Never won an Oscar
  13. Not a blonde
  14. Occasionally a leading lady, but not always
  15. Never nominated for an Oscar
  16. Not best known for dramatic roles

Yes! I am indeed Margaret Dumont, best remembered as a foil for Groucho’s humor. And, yes, she did know what was going on.

Trivia notes: she was raised by her godfather, Joel Chandler Harris, author of the Uncle Remus stories; she was the widow of a millionaire, and did occasionally do dramatic parts, as well as comedic roles where she was a daffy airhead (think Billie Burke).

Well done yet again, astorian! Congrats.

All right, astorian! Well done.

Previous IQs:

Before 1980, did your creator cry when he wrote of your death? - Little Dorrit, created by Charles Dickens (hey, another D!).
Were you a monarch who wanted to get a spaceship for your planet? - The title character in Niven and Pournelle’s King David’s Spaceship.
Are you an Italian woman often spoofed on SNL? - Donatella Versace.

Margaret Dumont was probably the greatest “straight woman” ever. I actually considered using her months ago, so I’m glad someone else did.

Okay, I have one… P

IQs:

  1. Did you marry Michael Jackson?
  2. Were you aka Baron du Vallon de Bracieux de Pierrefonds?
  3. Did you play Bluebottle and other characters on the BBC’s The Goon Show?

Not Lisa Marie Presley
Not… Peter Sellers?

Take a DQ for #2 (and for 3 if Sellers is wrong).

Correct on Lisa and Peter.
#2 was Porthos, of the Three Musketeers.

DQ: Real?

IQs:

  1. Were you Gargantua’s son?
  2. Are you Rick Riordan’s main protagonist?
  3. Were you Candide’s teacher?

SUMMARY

  1. Real person

IQs:

Did a political rival, to put you down in a debate, use your real first name?
Did you date the same girl that Mick Jagger did?
Were you JFK’s plump press secretary?

Not Pantagruel, Percy Jackson or Pangloss

Not Pierre “Call Me Pete” DuPont
Not Pierre Salinger

I don’t know #2, but since it has to be a Pierre… did Margaret Trudeau date Mick Jagger? I’ll say “Not Pierre Trudeau.”

Correct on all three.

IQs:

  1. Did you invent a machine that made people think they were upside down?
  2. Were you John Hamilton’s best remembered role?
  3. Did you rule over the lost Christian Nestorian nation?

IQ1: Did you brothers step in to take your place in your latest movie after your death?
IQ2: Are you a college football coach who got your nickname because you wrestled a bear when you were 13?
IQ3: Were you lead singer for The Jam and The Style Council?

Correct as to all three Pierres, but it was the future Bianca Jagger who dated Pierre Trudeau, IIRC.

IQs:

Were you First Speaker of the Second Foundation?
Are you the best-known person to have been born on Corfu?
Were you the trainer of heroes in ancient Greece?

IQ1: Did you write “The Wedding Song (There is Love)”?
IQ2: Were you that person’s partner?
IQ3: Did you record “Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom)”?

Not Professor Pepperwinkle from the 1950s Superman TV show!
Not Perry WHite, from the same show!

Take a DQ for #3

Not Paul “Bear” Bryant or Paul Weller

Take a DQ for #1