Botticelli - August 2024

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Not Sir Run Run Shaw, dunno, and not James R. (later and more enduringly T.) Kirk.

Not Raskalnikov (sp?), dunno, and not Rimsky-Korsikov (sp?).

R.

  1. real
  2. male
  3. first name begins with R
  4. dead
  5. American
  6. died before 1924
  7. not known from the Arts
  8. first name not Robert or Richard
  9. from North America
  10. died after 1850
  11. not really known for having something named after him
  12. kinda sorta known for politics/military/government
  13. last name starts with A-M
  14. died after 1889
  15. died after 1900
  16. last name stars with A-G
  17. didn’t serve in the Spanish-American War
  18. didn’t serve in WWI

With reserved DQs that should get us to 20, so no more IQs, please.

322

1 was J. Arthur Rank; 2 was Ronda Rousey.

2 DQs reserved.

323

Correct on Raskolnikov.
#2 was the Comte de Rochefort.
Correct on Rimsky-Korsakov.

DQ: Known for writing?

324

DQ: Second letter of ‘R’ name is A or E?

325

See DQ 7, and take another DQ, Prof. P.

R.

  1. real
  2. male
  3. first name begins with R
  4. dead
  5. American
  6. died before 1924
  7. not known from the Arts (including writing)
  8. first name not Robert or Richard
  9. from North America
  10. died after 1850
  11. not really known for having something named after him
  12. kinda sorta known for politics/military/government
  13. last name starts with A-M
  14. died after 1889
  15. died after 1900
  16. last name stars with A-G
  17. didn’t serve in the Spanish-American War
  18. didn’t serve in WWI
  19. second letter of “R” name is not A or E
326

Thank you.

DQ: Known for business?

327

DQ: Were you executed for treason by the UK government?

328

R.

  1. real
  2. male
  3. first name begins with R
  4. dead
  5. American
  6. died before 1924
  7. not known from the Arts (including writing)
  8. first name not Robert or Richard
  9. from North America
  10. died after 1850
  11. not really known for having something named after him
  12. kinda sorta known for politics/military/government
  13. last name starts with A-M
  14. died after 1889
  15. died after 1900
  16. last name stars with A-G
  17. didn’t serve in the Spanish-American War
  18. didn’t serve in WWI
  19. second letter of “R” name is not A or E
  20. known, in part, for business
  21. not executed for treason by the UK government

Please ask all earned DQs by noon EST tomorrow.

329

DQ: Were you a captain of industry?

330

DQs:
1. known for science?
2. unusual first name?

331

R.

  1. real
  2. male
  3. first name begins with R
  4. dead
  5. American
  6. died before 1924
  7. not known from the Arts (including writing)
  8. first name not Robert or Richard
  9. from North America
  10. died after 1850
  11. not really known for having something named after him
  12. kinda sorta known for politics/military/government
  13. last name starts with A-M
  14. died after 1889
  15. died after 1900
  16. last name stars with A-G
  17. didn’t serve in the Spanish-American War
  18. didn’t serve in WWI
  19. second letter of “R” name is not A or E
  20. known, in part, for business
  21. not executed for treason by the UK government
  22. not a captain of industry
  23. not known for science
  24. not a particularly unusual first name

Right, then. Tawk amongst yourselves, and then please ask your earned “Are you Firstname Lastname?” questions by noon EST Thursday.

332

Roger? Rupert? Ronald? Roderick? Roland? Russell? Rip? Ross? Rufus? Roy? Robin? Rutherford? Riley? Ripley?

333

Known for business and, probably, government, died 1900-1924. Not comin’ up with anything yet.

334

Someone who died on the Titanic, maybe?

335

Were you appointed the chair of Semitic Languages at Princeton?

336

That is not a “Are you Firstname Lastname?” question.

337

Are you Rudolph Ernst Brünnow?

338

Are you Russell Stover?

339

I am neither of those fellas. I am, instead,

Judge Roy Bean

The celebrated and/or notorious Texas jurist, portrayed by Paul Newman in a 1972 comedy Western: Roy Bean - Wikipedia

340

Love that movie. Good choice, EH!