Botticelli August 2023

DQs

  1. Real
  2. Last name only starts with F
  3. Male
  4. Dead
  5. Not known for politics
  6. American
  7. Died after 1920
  8. Known for the Arts
  1. was Michael Fassbender, in 12 Years A Slave, Shame, and as Eric “Magneto” Lensherr in X-Men: First Class.
  2. was Dennis Franz, of Die Harder and NYPD Blue.
  3. was Franz, one half of “Hans and Franz”, played by Dana Carvey and Kevin Nealon on Saturday Night Live.

2 DQs reserved, pending answers to previous DQs

Previous IQs:

Did your dad eat very messily after sending you off to your likely death? - Faramir, son of Denethor, in LOTR: ROTK
Were you the police captain in charge of Hill Street Station? - Frank Furillo, on Hill Street Blues
Did you say in an 1856 speech in Cleveland that the relationship between the different races was the most important issue facing the United States? - Frederick Douglass

DQs:

Best known for the performing arts?
Died after 1970?
Won a top award in his field?

IQs:

Did you say that Washington’s New Jersey campaign of 1776-77 was “the most brilliant of any recorded in the annals of military achievements”?
Was a small town just north of Calcutta, Ohio named after you?
Were you Frasier and Lilith’s only child?

IQs:
1. Did you ask for the same thing Rodney Dangerfield never got?
2. Did Will Eisner do a graphic novel about you (a previously existing character)?
3. “Surely you’re joking, Mr…”

DQs

  1. Real
  2. Last name only starts with F
  3. Male
  4. Dead
  5. Not known for politics
  6. American
  7. Died after 1920
  8. Known for the Arts
  9. Not known for the performing arts
  10. Died after 1970
  11. Won top awards in his field
  1. I am not Ben Franklin (??).
    Take 2 DQs.
  1. I am not Aretha Franklin.
  2. Take a DQ.
  3. I am not Richard Feynman.

2 was Fagin.

DQ: known for the literary arts?

Previous IQs:

Did you say that Washington’s New Jersey campaign of 1776-77 was “the most brilliant of any recorded in the annals of military achievements”? - Not Ben Franklin, but Frederick the Great of Prussia
Was a small town just north of Calcutta, Ohio named after you? - Noah Frederick (Fredericktown)
Were you Frasier and Lilith’s only child? - Frederick Crane, on Cheers and Frasier

Frederick x3!

DQs:

Best known for the visual arts?
Famous spouse?
Considered handsome?

IQs:

Did you head the RNC in the Eighties?
Were you the action guy of FYI?
Did you tell foes, via radio, to “stick that in your obsidian pipe and smoke it”?

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DQs

  1. Real
  2. Last name only starts with F
  3. Male
  4. Dead
  5. Not known for politics
  6. American
  7. Died after 1920
  8. Known for the Arts
  9. Not known for the performing arts
  10. Died after 1970
  11. Won top awards in his field
  12. Known for the literary arts
  13. Best known for the visual arts, but for the literary end of his field
  14. No famous spouse
  15. Not considered handsome

#2. I am not Frank Fontana.
Take 2 DQs.

IQs:

  1. Are you the less-famous Communist writer?
  2. Did you create Elektra?
  3. Did your research into electromagnetism lead directly to the invention of electric motors, and help make electric power common?

DQs:

  1. Known for graphic novels?
  2. First name starts A - M?

IQs:
1. Are you a Great Lakes Avenger whose “action figure” had infinite points of articulation?
2. Are you the much-better-known hero the above character is sometimes mistaken for?
3. Are you a trend forecaster who coined the term “cocooning”?

Previous IQs:

Did you head the RNC in the Eighties? - Frank Fahrenkopf
Were you the action guy of FYI? - Yes, Frank Fontana, on Murphy Brown
Did you tell foes, via radio, to “stick that in your obsidian pipe and smoke it”? - Maj. Frank Burns, on MASH

Frank x3!

DQs:

Skilled at photography?
Won a Pulitzer?

IQs:

Does a popular golf course in Akron, Ohio bear your name?
Did you host a PBS series on the Constitution and the press?
Could Chevy Chase tell us all today that you’re still dead?

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DQs

  1. Real
  2. Last name only starts with F
  3. Male
  4. Dead
  5. Not known for politics
  6. American
  7. Died after 1920
  8. Known for the Arts
  9. Not known for the performing arts
  10. Died after 1970
  11. Won top awards in his field
  12. Known for the literary arts
  13. Best known for the visual arts, but for the literary end of his field
  14. No famous spouse
  15. Not considered handsome
  16. Not known for graphic novels, but works have been collected into something similar
  17. First name starts with A-M.
  18. Not skilled at photography
  19. Did not win a Pulitzer
  1. I am not Frederick Engels.
  2. I am not Frank Miller.
  3. Take a DQ.
  1. I am not Flatman (??)
  2. I am not Mr. Fantastic.
  3. Take a DQ.

#3. I am not Generalissimo Francisco Franco.
Take 2 DQs.

Well, that’s way over 20, so no more IQs please.
Kindly ask all remaining DQs by 6pm EDT tomorrow.
And, YES,. if you think you know who it is, by all means ask your FNLNQ! (First Name Last Name Question) at any time.

Boy things are moving fast.

  1. Yes, Flash Thompson
  2. Correct
  3. Phil Foglio

DQ: Known for comics?

3 (trend forecaster) was Faith Popcorn.

1 DQ reserved, I’d better use it wisely.

DQs

  1. Real
  2. Last name only starts with F
  3. Male
  4. Dead
  5. Not known for politics
  6. American
  7. Died after 1920
  8. Known for the Arts
  9. Not known for the performing arts
  10. Died after 1970
  11. Won top awards in his field
  12. Known for the literary arts
  13. Best known for the visual arts, but for the literary end of his field
  14. No famous spouse
  15. Not considered handsome
  16. Not known for graphic novels, but works have been collected into something similar
  17. First name starts with A-M.
  18. Not skilled at photography
  19. Did not win a Pulitzer
    20. Known for comic books

Correct on Engels and Miller; IQ3 was Michael Faraday.

Well, this scuppers me - I don’t know any comic book artists besides Mike Dringenberg and Dave McKean. So I’ll try to help the rest of yez out.

DQs:

  1. Known for superhero comics?
  2. Known for a grimdark aesthetic?

DQs

  1. Real
  2. Last name only starts with F
  3. Male
  4. Dead
  5. Not known for politics
  6. American
  7. Died after 1920
  8. Known for the Arts
  9. Not known for the performing arts
  10. Died after 1970
  11. Won top awards in his field
  12. Known for the literary arts
  13. Best known for the visual arts, but for the literary end of his field
  14. No famous spouse
  15. Not considered handsome
  16. Not known for graphic novels, but works have been collected into something similar
  17. First name starts with A-M.
  18. Not skilled at photography
  19. Did not win a Pulitzer
  20. Known for writing comic books
  21. Known for superhero comics
  22. Not known for the grimdark aesthetic