…you know, you’re right, and I believe I was thinking that meant musical performer only.
DQ: known for writing?
Swept me
IQ1: Were you a member of The Rutles and Monty Python?
IQ2: Were you a member of The Rutles, but not of Monty Python, although you made musical contributions to the latter?
IQ3: Are you the best-known flautist in rock?
Previous IQs:
Do you host NPR’s Science Friday? - Ira Flatow
Did you found the Society of Jesus? - Yes, St. Ignatius Loyola
Pretending to be a villain, did you offer a choice between cake or death? - Yes, Eddie Izzard
DQ:
Best known as a writer?
IQs:
Did you play a Vorta once on DS9?
Were you a prominent Texas socialite with an unfortunate name?
Were you revealed in 1986 to have a gigantic shoe collection?
IQs:
1. Did you write The Rite of Spring?
2. Were you a muckraker who wrote about Standard Oil?
3. Did you have a categorical imperative, and were also a real pissant who was very rarely stable?
DQs:
- Real
- First name begins with I
- Male
- Naturalized American citizen
- Dead
- Known from the Arts
- Not best known as a performer, although he did occasionally
- Not an impresario
- Born in Europe
- Died before 2000
- Died after 1950.
- Known for a particular type of writing
EH. Take another DQ. DLR already asked that.
- I am not Eric Idle.
- I am not Danny Inness.
- Take a DQ.
#3. I am not Imelda Marcos.
Take 2 DQs.
- I am not Igor Stravinsky.
- Take a DQ. I ought to know that one.
- I am not Immanuel Kant.
2 was Ida Tarbell.
DQ: known for composing?
DQs:
- Real
- First name begins with I
- Male
- Naturalized American citizen
- Dead
- Known from the Arts
- Not best known as a performer, although he did occasionally
- Not an impresario
- Born in Europe
- Died before 2000
- Died after 1950.
- Known for a particular type of writing
- Known for songwriting & composing
Yes
It’s Neil Innes, but close enough
Ian Anderson, of Jethro Tull
DQ: Associated with musical theatre?
DQs:
- Real
- First name begins with I
- Male
- Naturalized American citizen
- Dead
- Known from the Arts
- Not best known as a performer, although he did occasionally
- Not an impresario
- Born in Europe
- Died before 2000
- Died after 1950.
- Known for a particular type of writing
- Known for songwriting & composing
- Associated with musical theater
Thanks, Prof. P.
Previous IQs:
Did you play a Vorta once on DS9? - This guy: Iggy Pop | Memory Alpha | Fandom
Were you a prominent Texas socialite with an unfortunate name? - This gal: Ima Hogg - Wikipedia
Were you revealed in 1986 to have a gigantic shoe collection? - Yes, Imelda Marcos, former first lady of the Philippines
DQs:
Naturalized before 1939?
Two DQs reserved.
IQ1: Did you write Kate Smith’s best known song?
IQ2: Was one of your best known films parodied in the second Bill & Ted movie?
IQ3: Did you ask Sam to play “As Time Goes By”?
Next up…F
Irving Berlin - of course! 
How could I not have guessed him? Good one.
On to F.
IQs:
Were you chair of the RNC in the Reagan years?
Did you, it was said, eat worms?
Did command Hill Street Station?
Take 2 DQs
Not Capt. Frank Furillo
IQs:
1. Did you run, as Lola?
2. Did you play the bongos, sketch a nude Marie Curie, and pick locks in your spare time?
3. Did the devil make you do it?
IQs:
- Did you play Crazy Guggenheim on TV?
- Are you Jay Garrick, Barry Allen, Wally West and/or Bart Allen, depending on the series?
- Did you voice Charlie on Charlie’s Angels?
Previous IQs:
Were you chair of the RNC in the Reagan years? - Frank Fahrenkopf
Did you, it was said, eat worms? - Frank Burns, on MASH
Did command Hill Street Station? - Yes, Capt. Frank Furillo, on Hill Street Blues
Frank x3!
DQs:
Real?
Male?
IQs:
Were you the in-the-field reporter for FYI?
Was Miep Gies a good friend of the family of which you were the patriarch?
Did you supposedly tell a client, “Just move your desk”?
F
1.Real
2. Male