Botticelli - Aug. 2021

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Paul McCartney, yes, yes

DQ: Died in incident best known for?

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M.

  1. real
  2. male
  3. last name started with M
  4. deceased
  5. not known for the Arts
  6. American
  7. died before 1950
  8. best known from a single incident or thing
  9. sorta kinda known for politics
  10. died after 1900
  11. not known for criminal activity
  12. died before 1925
  13. not known for business
  14. not known for science
  15. known, in part, from the military
  16. died during WWI
  17. Caucasian
  18. did not die in an accident
  19. did not die in incident best known for
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Bat Masterson, FW Murnau, JP Morgan.

Someone can take my three DQs as I have absolutely nothing to go on.

284

Taking MissTake’s DQs:

  1. Known for being the first at something or in something?
  2. Died because of WWI?
  3. Over the age of 40 when he died?
285

M.

  1. real
  2. male
  3. last name started with M
  4. deceased
  5. not known for the Arts
  6. American
  7. died before 1950
  8. best known from a single incident or thing
  9. sorta kinda known for politics
  10. died after 1900
  11. not known for criminal activity
  12. died before 1925
  13. not known for business
  14. not known for science
  15. known, in part, from the military
  16. died during WWI
  17. Caucasian
  18. did not die in an accident
  19. did not die in incident best known for
  20. not known for being the first at something or in something
  21. did not die because of WWI
  22. over the age of 40 when he died
286

Well, I’m stumped again.

287

Final DQ: person who something is named after?

288

M.

  1. real
  2. male
  3. last name started with M
  4. deceased
  5. not known for the Arts
  6. American
  7. died before 1950
  8. best known from a single incident or thing
  9. sorta kinda known for politics
  10. died after 1900
  11. not known for criminal activity
  12. died before 1925
  13. not known for business
  14. not known for science
  15. known, in part, from the military
  16. died during WWI
  17. Caucasian
  18. did not die in an accident
  19. did not die in incident best known for
  20. not known for being the first at something or in something
  21. did not die because of WWI
  22. over the age of 40 when he died
  23. not a person after whom something is named

Please ask all earned “Are you Firstname Lastname?” questions by noon EST tomorrow.

289

Maybe it’ll come to me…

290

It didn’t come to me.

291

Right, then, I am

Alfred Thayer Mahan

A senior US Navy officer, historian and a noted writer on the importance of sea power, whose theories Theodore Roosevelt strongly backed: Alfred Thayer Mahan - Wikipedia

I see from a word search that I or others have used him as a Botticelli IQ clue 21 times over the years, most recently in January.

292

I remember reading about him from time to time, but wouldn’t have come up with him on my own. Good one.

Carry on, EH!

293

Thanks!

And away we go: Botticelli - Sept. 2021