Botticelli - December 2014

Take 3 DQs.

Take 3 DQs.

Take a DQ for #1.
2: I am not Pol Krinn, Magnetic Kid.
3. I am not Les Paul.

  1. I am not Platinum.
  2. I am not Merv Pumpkinhead.
  3. Okay, take a DQ.

DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Last name starts with P
  4. Dead
  5. American
  6. Born before 1900
  7. Not known for the Arts
  8. Known for military or war achievements, but it’s not what he’s best known for

Previous IQs:

Were you a spy whose cover was blown by a top State Department official? - Valerie Plame
Did you reveal that Ronald Reagan was a real go-getter control freak behind the scenes? - SNL’s Phil Hartman: https://screen.yahoo.com/president-reagan-mastermind-000000075.html
Did you once briefly play a stabby Father Christmas? - Peter Jackson; at the end here: Hot Fuzz Intro - YouTube

DQs:

Born before 1850?
Known as businessman/inventor?
Born east of Miss. River?

IQs:

Were you Adm. Farragut’s half-brother?
Are you credited with devising a popular kind of scam?
Were you Brett’s buddy on the Nostromo?

The first was Paul Levitz, who quickly ended up writing LSH and later did a few other, less important tasks for DC.

Reserving my DQ

IQ1: Are you the subject of a biographical song by They Might Be Giants?
IQ2: Are you a member of the Flash’s rogues gallery who later reformed for quite a while?
IQ3: Are you a newspaper editor who references a person from antiquity whenever you are startled?

DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Last name starts with P
  4. Dead
  5. American
  6. Born before 1900
  7. Not known for the Arts
  8. Known for military or war achievements, but it’s not what he’s best known for
  9. Born before 1850
  10. Not known as a businessman/inventor
  11. Born east of the Mississippi River

Gee, I guess it’s time to watch Alien again.

I am not Mr. Ponzi.
Take 2 DQs for the others.

I am not the Pied Piper. I am not Perry White.
Take a DQ for #1.

Aww, I was hoping you actually were James K. Polk, the answer to IQ1, as he matches all the DQs so far nicely.

Great Ceasar’s Ghost, you got the second two correct!

Polk is Madame Pepperwinkle’s favorite president. She even has the Polk presidential Pez dispenser.

Phil Collins moonlighted from Genesis as drummer of Brand X

Floyd Patterson lost his heavyweight title to Ingemar Johansson, then won it back.

Michael (The Omnivore’s Dilemma) Pollan is brother of actress Tracy Pollan, Michael J Fox’s wife

DQ1) Ever held political office?

DQ2) Born after 1800?

Will reserve 1

IQ1) Were you the winningest major league pitcher of the 1970s?

IQ2) Were you a TV star and director of the St. Louis Zoo?

IQ3) Did you write the oft-played folkie ballad “The Wedding Song (There Is Love)”?

  1. I am not Noel Paul Stookey. Take 2 DQs for the others.

DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Last name starts with P
  4. Dead
  5. American
  6. Born before 1900
  7. Not known for the Arts
  8. Known for military or war achievements, but it’s not what he’s best known for
  9. Born before 1850
  10. Not known as a businessman/inventor
  11. Born east of the Mississippi River
  12. Born before 1800
  13. Did hold political offices

Professor Ojo. He lost his eyes as a result of an accident in an atomic power plant and held a grudge.

DQ: Political office held in Washington DC?

Pat Nixon.
P G T Beauregard.
George Pullman.
DQ1: Born north of the Mason-Dixon line?
DQ2: Died after 1825?
One DQ reserved.
IQ1: Did you write Common Sense?
IQ2: Did you command the first USS Providence?
IQ3: Did you command the expedition that opened Japan to Western trade?

IQ1: Are you the real identity of the Star-Spangled Kid, who later became Skyman?
IQ2: Are you the real identity of Brainiac?
IQ3: Are you one of the founding members of the Fearsome Five, longtime foes of the Teen Titans?

Jim Palmer of the Orioles was the winningest pitcher of the 70s.
And Marlin (Wild Kingdom) Perkins was director of the St. Louis Zoo

Correct on Paul (call me Noel Paul) Stookey

DQ) Ever serve in Congress?

DQ2) Born before 1750?