Botticelli August 2023

[Elendil_s_Heir]

@Buck_Godot

IQ:

1. Was a book and movie made of your adventures with an enlarged fruit
2. Did you carry seven million dollars in cash across the desert on foot to pay the bail of a Mexican drug lord.
3. Did you play the cyclops and the Coen brother’s re-imagining of the Odyssey.
   .

Dunno, dunno and not John Goodman.

[Elendil_s_Heir]

@De_La_Rue

IQs:
1. Did Sam save you and thus change history (in the show, at least) in an episode of Quantum Leap?
2. Did a practical joker print a message on the back of your uniform stating that you were a jerk?
3. Did Jim Freund, host of the Hour of the Wolf radio show, call you up and ask how to pronounce the name of one of your characters?

Not JFK, dunno and dunno.

[Elendil_s_Heir]

@Slow_Moving_Vehicle

IQs:

1. Did you command one of the fleets involved in the Battle of Jutland?
2. Are you a Gumby Cat known to Munkustrap?
3. Do you keep one fingernail painted with red polish, to distract attention from your other fingers while you work?

Not Jellicoe, not The Jellicle Cat and dunno.

[Elendil_s_Heir]

J.

1. real
2. last name begins with J
3. male
4. dead
5. not from the USA
6. died before 1900
7. not known from the Arts
8. Caucasian
9. known for politics/military, indirectly
10. died after 1700
11. European
12. not of Noble birth
13. year apparently unknown, but probably died before 1800
14. from the Anglo-Irish isles
15. not known for a connection to the American colonies
16. not English

As that brings us up to more than 20 earned DQs, no more IQs, please.

[De_La_Rue]

@De_La_Rue

IQs:
1. Did Sam save you and thus change history (in the show, at least) in an episode of Quantum Leap?
2. Did a practical joker print a message on the back of your uniform stating that you were a jerk?
3. Did Jim Freund, host of the Hour of the Wolf radio show, call you up and ask how to pronounce the name of one of your characters?

@Elendil_s_Heir

Not JFK, dunno and dunno.

1 was Jackie Kennedy; 2 was James T. Kirk, in the Star Trek the Animated Series episode “The Practical Joker”; 3 was J.R.R. Tolkien. (Freund asked him how to pronounce the name of Gandalf, which Tolkien said rhymed with “half”…which he pronounced like “have”.)

3 DQs reserved.

[Buck_Godot]

@Buck_Godot

• Was a book and movie made of your adventures with an enlarged fruit
• Did you carry seven million dollars in cash across the desert on foot to pay the bail of a Mexican drug lord.
• Did you play the cyclops and the Coen brother’s re-imagining of the Odyssey.

1. James Trotter of James and the giant peach.
2. James (Jimmy) McGil in Better call Saul
3. Correct.

DQ:
Involved tangentially in a rebellion against England?

1DQ resverved

[Slow_Moving_Vehicle]

@Elendil_s_Heir

@Slow_Moving_Vehicle

IQs:

1. Did you command one of the fleets involved in the Battle of Jutland?
2. Are you a Gumby Cat known to Munkustrap?
3. Do you keep one fingernail painted with red polish, to distract attention from your other fingers while you work?

Not Jellicoe, not The Jellicle Cat and dunno

IQ1 correct. IQ2 was Jenny Anydots (all cats are Jellicle cats). IQ3 is Penn Jillette, of Penn and Teller.

2 DQs reserved.

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

DQ: Are you Robert Jenkins, famous for losing your ear?

And I have been reminded that James 6 of Scotland was the same as James 1 of England, so that’s my last DQ.

[Slow_Moving_Vehicle]

@Prof.Pepperwinkle

DQ: Are you Robert Jenkins, famous for losing your ear?

And I have been reminded that James 6 of Scotland was the same as James 1 of England, so that’s my last DQ

Great guess, @Prof.Pepperwinkle! I’m holding my DQs until EH responds, but I think you might have it.

[Elendil_s_Heir]

Damn, you’re good, Prof. P.! But then, we all knew that. For I am indeed

Robert Jenkins

whose injury at the hands of Spanish officials led to perhaps the silliest-named conflict in history, the War of Jenkins’ Ear: Robert Jenkins (master mariner) - Wikipedia

Well done.

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

I wasn’t sure if it was Robert or Richard. Very nice choice, EH!

I am…

[Elendil_s_Heir]

IQs:

Did you provide the middle name of a legendary starship captain?
Did you provide the middle name of a Civil War general from Ohio?
Did you warn King Arthur and his knights about a small, unlikely but lethal foe?

[De_La_Rue]

Congrats, Prof.!

IQs:
1. Did you describe the internet as a series of tubes?
2. Did you play Dr. Hickenlooper in Asteroid City?
3. Did the buck stop at your desk?

[kitap]

Congrats!

1. Did you play Elizabeth Burke on White Collar?
2. Are you the heroine of Gail Carriger’s Finishing School quartet?
3. Were you the little brother in the movie Labyrinth?

[Slow_Moving_Vehicle]

Great one, Prof!

IQs:

1. Is your iconic duet with Mick Jagger sometimes called “Lips and Hips”?
2. Are you the Hag o’ the Chalk?
3. Did you write The Mosquito Coast and The Great Railway Bazaar?

[SCAdian]

IQ1: Did you invent the Chicago typewriter?
IQ2: Did you steal a pig and run away?
IQ3: Did you steal a piece of beef?

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

@Elendil_s_Heir

IQs:

Did you provide the middle name of a legendary starship captain?
Did you provide the middle name of a Civil War general from Ohio?
Did you warn King Arthur and his knights about a small, unlikely but lethal foe?

1. I am not Tiberius Caesar.
2. I am not Tecumseh.
3. I am not the one some call… Tim.

@De_La_Rue

IQs:

1. Did you describe the internet as a series of tubes?
2. Did you play Dr. Hickenlooper in Asteroid City?
3. Did the buck stop at your desk?

1. I am not Donald Trump (??)
2. Take a DQ.
3. I am not Harry Truman.

@kitap

• Did you play Elizabeth Burke on White Collar?
• Are you the heroine of Gail Carriger’s Finishing School quartet?
• Were you the little brother in the movie Labyrinth?

3. I am not Toby.
   Take 2 DQs.

@Slow_Moving_Vehicle

IQs:

1. Is your iconic duet with Mick Jagger sometimes called “Lips and Hips”?
2. Are you the Hag o’ the Chalk?
3. Did you write The Mosquito Coast and The Great Railway Bazaar?

1. I am not Tina Turner (??)
   Take 2 DQs.

@SCAdian

IQ1: Did you invent the Chicago typewriter?
IQ2: Did you steal a pig and run away?
IQ3: Did you steal a piece of beef?

#2. I am not Tom, Tom, the Piper’s Son.
Take 2 DQs.

[SCAdian]

@Prof.Pepperwinkle

@SCAdian

Q1: Did you invent the Chicago typewriter?
IQ2: Did you steal a pig and run away?
IQ3: Did you steal a piece of beef?

#2. I am not Tom, Tom, the Piper’s Son.
Take 2 DQs.

John Taliaferro Thompson
correct
Taffy (…was a Welshman, Taffy was a thief.)

Let’s start with the basics…
DQ1: Real?
DQ2: Female?

[SCAdian]

IQ1: Was the Dragon Lady your frequent opponent?
IQ2: Did you command the winning side at Tsushima?
IQ3: Were you the best-known prime minister of Nihon?

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

#1. I am not Terry of Terry and the Pirates.
Take 2 DQs.