Botticelli - December 2015

I am not Sylvester Pendleton, nor either the Star-Spangled Kid or Stripesy.

Curses. Foiled again.

IQ1: Did Hal Jordan succeed you as Green Lantern?
IQ2: Are you a Legion of Super-Heroes member whose real name is Dirk Morgna?
IQ3: Are you the Elongated Man’s wife?

  1. I am not Abin Sur.
  2. I am not Sun Boy.
  3. I am not Sue Dibny.

Previous IQs:

Did you insult Lincoln when you both worked on the McCormick Reaper case? - Edwin Stanton, a noted trial lawyer at the time and later Lincoln’s Secretary of War.
Did Lincoln tell you, after accepting a diplomat’s credentials, who he would be appointing as postmaster in Detroit? - William H. Seward, Secretary of State.
Were you appointed Chief Justice of the United States in late 1864? - Salmon P. Chase.

DQs:

American?
Died since 2000?
Best known for the arts?

IQs:

Did you describe yourself as “an old Aberdeen pub-crawler?”
Did your dad have a unique doctorate?
Did you have a bird as a middle name?

DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Last name starts with S
  4. Dead
  5. American
  6. Died before 2000
  7. Not known for the arts

Take 3 DQs.

Previous IQs:

Did you describe yourself as “an old Aberdeen pub-crawler?” - Cmdr. Montgomery “Scotty” Scott.
Did your dad have a unique doctorate? - Scott Evil.
Did you have a bird as a middle name? - Robert Falcon Scott, the Antarctic explorer.

Scott x3!

DQs:

Political/military?
Died before 1900?
Born north of the Mason-Dixon Line?

IQs:

Were you Charles Seymour’s chief political rival?
Did Mike Myers play you, a little British boy in his tub?
Did Alan Arkin play you in a movie that stated that the Nixon who went to China was not the Nixon who came back?

DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Last name starts with S
  4. Dead
  5. American
  6. Died before 2000
  7. Not known for the arts
  8. Political/military
  9. Died before 1900
  10. Born north of the Mason-Dixon Line

#3. I am not Simon. Take 2 DQs for the others.

IQ1: Are you the original Vigilante’s Asian sidekick, first incarnation as Jimmy Leong and later as Victor Leong?
IQ2: Are you Supergirl’s Supercat?
IQ3: Are you the strongest member of Granny Goodness’s Female Furies?

#2. I am not Streaky. I misremember #3, so take 2 DQs.

Stuff the Chinatown kid, correct, Stompa

DQ: Died before 1800?

holding a DQ

IQ1: Are you the first black Green Lantern?
IQ2: Did you help Darkseid murder Highfather’s wife?
IQ3: Are you a Golden Age Green Lantern villain who was named for a nursery rhyme character who was born on a Monday?

DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Last name starts with S
  4. Dead
  5. American
  6. Died before 2000
  7. Not known for the arts
  8. Political/military
  9. Died before 1900
  10. Born north of the Mason-Dixon Line
  11. Died after 1800

I am not John Stewart.
Take a DQ for #2.
I am not Solomon Grundy.

Previous IQs:

Were you Charles Seymour’s chief political rival? - Simon Kerslake, in Jeffrey Archer’s British political thriller First Among Equals.
Did Mike Myers play you, a little British boy in his tub? - Simon, on SNL, always talking about his “drawrings.”
Did Alan Arkin play you in a movie that stated that the Nixon who went to China was not the Nixon who came back? - Yes, Simon, in the movie of the same name.

Simon x3!

DQs:

Best known for Civil War fame?
Ever held Federal office?

IQs:

Were you the sole Confederate Vice President?
Were you, born in Vermont and elected in Penna., played by a Texan?
Were you captain of the CSS Alabama?

I had to look up Tommy Lee Jones to see where he was from, but, yes,

I am Thaddeus Stevens! Good one, EH!

Woohoo! Quite a cheery fellow, was our Thaddeus: http://media-2.web.britannica.com/eb-media/19/70619-004-C81DC8F1.jpg

Other previous IQs:

Were you the sole Confederate Vice President? - Alexander Stephens.
Were you captain of the CSS Alabama? -Raphael Semmes.

Thanks. Next round to start later today.

We haven’t done it in awhile, so our letter is

B

IQs:

  1. Did you write The Birth of the Messiah and The Death of the Messiah?
  2. Did you write My Last Duchess?
  3. Did you write The Pilgrim’s Progress?