IQs:
- Did you have a stand-up comedy duo with Avery Schreiber?
- Did you star opposite Steve Martin in The Jerk?
- Did you have a big hit with White Christmas?
Not Buford Pusser, Jack Benny or… Ray Bradbury?
Dunno, but not Bernadette Peters or Bing Crosby.
B.
- real
- last name starts with B
- male
- dead
- not American
- died before 1900
- not known for politics/military
- not known for the arts
- European
#1 was Jack Burns. Correct on the others.
DQ: Known for Science?
B.
- real
- last name starts with B
- male
- dead
- not American
- died before 1900
- not known for politics/military
- not known for the arts
- European
- known for science
Otto Binder - all 1974 deaths
DQ: From a country that speaks a Germanic language?
IQ1: Is a law named after you that describes the inversely proportional relationship between the absolute pressure and volume of a gas?
IQ2: Are you a Middle Ages scholar also known as Doctor Mirabilis?
IQ3: Is a model of the atom named after you?
Dunno, dunno, and not Bohr.
B.
- real
- last name starts with B
- male
- dead
- not American
- died before 1900
- not known for politics/military
- not known for the arts
- European
- known for science
- from a country that speaks a Germanic language
Robert Boyle, Roger Bacon, correct
DQ: died before 1800?
DQ: is science field related to astronomy?
IQ1: Does a law named after you describe the relative distances of planets from their primary?
IQ2: Were you also called Thayendanegea?
IQ3: Did you invent the ballpoint pen?
IQs:
- Are you the central character in a trilogy by Jonathan Stroud?
- Are you the head of Muppet Labs?
- Are you #2’s woeful assistant?
Not Brahe, dunno, and not… Bic?
Dunno (although my dad’s middle name is Stroud), not Dr. Bunsen Honeydew, and not Beaker (meep!).
B.
- real
- last name starts with B
- male
- dead
- not American
- died before 1900
- not known for politics/military
- not known for the arts
- European
- known for science
- from a country that speaks a Germanic language
- died after 1800
- not best known from science field related to astronomy
#1 is the djinni Bartimaeus. Correct on the others.
DQ: Known for the field of chemistry?
IQ1: Are you a character actor and environmental activist best known for playing Dr. Victor Ehrlich on the television series St. Elsewhere?
IQ2: Did you invent the V-2 rocket for Nazi Germany and the Saturn V for the United States?
IQ3: Did you expand on Fritz Harper’s process to fix nitrogen into mass production of fertilizer and explosives?
IQs:
- Did you write The Life And Adventures of Santa Claus?
- Were you a member of the Beatles?
- Do you have me “rockin’ and a-rollin’, rockin’ and a-reelin’”?
Not Ed Begley Jr., Dr. Werner von Braun, or… dunno.
Dunno, not Pete Best, and not Ba Ba Ba Ba Baba Ran, er, Barbara Ann.
B.
- real
- last name starts with B
- male
- dead
- not American
- died before 1900
- not known for politics/military
- not known for the arts
- European
- known for science
- from a country that speaks a Germanic language
- died after 1800
- not best known from science field related to astronomy
- known for the field of chemistry
I realized I spelled a name wrong, so I’m re-asking an IQ.
IQ1: Did you expand on Fritz Haber’s process to fix nitrogen into mass production of fertilizer and explosives?
IQ2: Is a laboratory burner named after you?
IQ3: Are you an alchemist who thought phlogiston was released during combustion?
#1 was L. Frank Baum. Correct on 2 and 3.
DQ: British?
Johann Bode.
Joseph Brant.
Laszlo Biro. (The Brits call ballpoints “biros.”)
Three DQs reserved.
Yes, I am
Robert Bunsen
of Bunsen burner fame: Robert Bunsen - Wikipedia
Good job, Knowed Out! I knew it was probably only a matter of time, after Prof. P.'s out-of-left-field IQ about Dr. Bunsen Honeydew.
Congrats, KO!