Botticelli - August 2016

Thread Games
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I should know all of these, but I’m drawing a blank. Take three DQs.

42

#1 was Mary Renault.
#2 was Richard Kiley.
#3 was Merrilee Rush.

3 DQs reserved.

43

Ah, yes, Mary Renault! The other two I wouldn’t have gotten no matter what.

44

DQ: known for fashion or design?

45

R.

  1. female
  2. real
  3. last name starts with R
  4. dead
  5. died after 1900
  6. died after 1950
  7. known for the Arts
  8. not American
  9. European
  10. not known for acting
  11. died after 2000
  12. not an author
  13. not known for the performing arts
  14. not British or Irish
  15. known for the visual arts
  16. not known for fashion or design
46

DQ: known as a painter, illustrator or print artist?

47

R.

  1. female
  2. real
  3. last name starts with R
  4. dead
  5. died after 1900
  6. died after 1950
  7. known for the Arts
  8. not American
  9. European
  10. not known for acting
  11. died after 2000
  12. not an author
  13. not known for the performing arts
  14. not British or Irish
  15. known for the visual arts
  16. not known for fashion or design
  17. not known as a painter, illustrator or print artist
48

…which leaves sculptors, cartoonists, architects…

Need to puzzle on this one some more. Where’d everyone go? EH and I are the only ones who’ve posted in days.

49

DQ: best known as a photographer?

50

I’ve been stupid busy at work … plus I have literally no idea what the answer could be. :slight_smile:

51

R.

  1. female
  2. real
  3. last name starts with R
  4. dead
  5. died after 1900
  6. died after 1950
  7. known for the Arts
  8. not American
  9. European
  10. not known for acting
  11. died after 2000
  12. not an author
  13. not known for the performing arts
  14. not British or Irish
  15. known for the visual arts
  16. not known for fashion or design
  17. not known as a painter, illustrator or print artist
  18. not best known as a photographer
52

IQs:

  1. Did news of your death prompt an ensign to throw a palm tree overboard?
  2. Can you “turn the world on with your smile”?
  3. Are you aka the Atom?
53

Dunno, not Mary Richards (The Mary Tyler Moore Show) or… Radioactive Man?

54

#1 was Mr. Roberts from the movie of the same name.
Correct on Mary.
#3 is Ray Palmer.

2 DQs. Gotta think some more.

55

Weekend trip to Washington - back online late Sunday.

56

DQs:

  1. Known as a sculptor or architect?
  2. French?
57

R.

  1. female
  2. real
  3. last name starts with R
  4. dead
  5. died after 1900
  6. died after 1950
  7. known for the Arts
  8. not American
  9. European
  10. not known for acting
  11. died after 2000
  12. not an author
  13. not known for the performing arts
  14. not British or Irish
  15. known for the visual arts
  16. not known for fashion or design
  17. not known as a painter, illustrator or print artist
  18. not best known as a photographer
  19. not known as a sculptor or architect
  20. not French

OK, we’re into the final round. Please ask your earned “Are you Firstname Lastname?” questions, one apiece, by noon EST Tuesday.

58

I’m passing. Again.

59

I continue to have absolutely nothing.

60

OK, time’s up. I am

Leni Riefenstahl

A trailblazing German director, best known for the propaganda films she made for the Nazis. Surprised to see she lived until 2003: Leni Riefenstahl - Wikipedia