Botticelli, Aug. 2011

The villain in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cats was Macavity (the master of depravity), whom T.S. Eliot based on Sherlock Holmes’ foe Moriarty..

DQ: Does your last name begin with “R”?

Not a painter.

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. American
  4. Dead
  5. Known for accomplishments in the arts
  6. Known for accomplishments in the visual arts
  7. Not known for photography
  8. Not known for painting

I don’t know the bad breath guy, so another DQ. BAck later.

I may have dabbled ever so briefly in the movie business, but basically that one’s a no.

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. American
  4. Dead
  5. Known for accomplishments in the arts
  6. Known for accomplishments in the visual arts
  7. Not known for photography
  8. Not known for painting
  9. Not known for work in movie business

Are you an actor who found a way to mention your real last name (a long, Slavic name) in many of the movies you appeared in?

Mao Tse-tung. A perv with poor dentistry.

DQ: Sculptor?

IQ: Did your best-known painting perhaps reflect an unusual meteorological phenomenon?

IQ: Were you John Thaw’s most recognizable role?

No, I am not Juan Marichal?

No, I am not Karl Malden.

No, I am not Screamin’ Edward Munch.

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. American
  4. Dead
  5. Known for accomplishments in the arts
  6. Known for accomplishments in the visual arts
  7. Not known for photography
  8. Not known for painting
  9. Not known for work in movie business
  10. Not a sculptor

Is he the one who murdered Stanford White?, Dunno, Macbeth?

IQ: Did you write “A Mighty Fortress Is Our God”?

Hmm, nice iambiac title. If it isn’t John Milton, take a DQ.

I was looking for Man Ray.

IQ: Are you a domestic whose brother is riff-raff?

No, the murderer of Stanford White was Henry something Thaw. John Thaw played the role of Inspector Morse, Christian name Endeavour in the television series based on Colin Dexter’s series of first-rate detective novels. Thaw’s portrayal of the irascible Morse is a prime example of an actor who so thoroughly makes the part his own that the reader cannot help but picture that actor as he reads, even if he has not seen the episode in question.

DQ: Were you born in the twentieth century?

'Twas Martin Luther

DQ: Establishment or cutting-edge artist for your time?

IQ: In your work, did you sometimes move bodies around for more dramatic effect?

No, and I don’t know who you mean. So two DQ’s between Man Ray and this.

I was.

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. American
  4. Dead
  5. Known for accomplishments in the arts
  6. Known for accomplishments in the visual arts
  7. Not known for photography
  8. Not known for painting
  9. Not known for work in movie business
  10. Not a sculptor
  11. Born in the twentieth century

I’ll say “cutting-edge” just to choose one, but I am far from the Robespierrean level of revolutionary.

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. American
  4. Dead
  5. Known for accomplishments in the arts
  6. Known for accomplishments in the visual arts
  7. Not known for photography
  8. Not known for painting
  9. Not known for work in movie business
  10. Not a sculptor
  11. Born in the twentieth century
  12. Slightly cutting-edge

No, I am not Matthew Brady.

IQ: Are you a catcher most famous for dropping a third strike in a crucial game?