Botticelli: Early December 2012

Thread Games
61

Define “musician”. Are you using Webster’s #1: “composer, conductor, or performer of music” or #2: synonym for instrumentalist? If #1 then yes. If #2, then no.
no
no

1 & 2: I am neither Superman actor George Reeves nor Christopher Reeve.
3: Another DQ.

Summary:
R

  1. Not alive today
  2. Male
  3. Real
  4. Last name begins with ‘R’
  5. American
  6. Best known for the creative arts
  7. Born after 1900
  8. Actor, among other talents.
  9. Musician in the broad sense, but not an instrumentalist.
  10. Died after 1980
  11. Not best known for movie roles.
62

IQ: Are you famous for dancing with Steve Martin?

63

Yes, the two Supermans. Well done!
Keanu Reeves: Sad Keanu | Know Your Meme

DQ:

In the cast of a well-known TV series?

IQs:

Did you make your home in Rhosgobel?
Did Gregory Hines play different characters of this same name in three movies?
Were you Nixon’s Secretary of State?

64

Not Gilda Radner

no

3 more DQs. I know Kissinger replaced somebody, presumably somebody whose name begins with R.

Summary:
R

  1. Not alive today
  2. Male
  3. Real
  4. Last name begins with ‘R’
  5. American
  6. Best known for the creative arts
  7. Born after 1900
  8. Actor, among other talents.
  9. Musician in the broad sense, but not an instrumentalist.
  10. Died after 1980
  11. Not best known for movie roles.
  12. Not in the cast of a well-known TV series.
65

IQ: Was his nickname an animal of a certain color?

66

Radagast the Brown, one of Gandalf’s colleagues, soon to appear in the Hobbit movies.
Hines played three otherwise-unrelated characters named Ray.
William P. Rogers was Kissinger’s predecessor.

DQs:

Noted as a singer?
Noted for appearances on stage?
Best known as a solo musician?

IQs:

A singer-actor, was your horse stuffed and mounted after you died?
Did you call your famous political dad in a TV commercial?
Did the butler offer to hold your trident?

67

a DQ for you.

yes
no
Hmm…I’d say my best known musical work was a solo piece. But the vast majority of my body of work was as part of a larger group.

Not Roy Rogers.
Take DQs for the other 2.

Summary:
R

  1. Not alive today
  2. Male
  3. Real
  4. Last name begins with ‘R’
  5. American
  6. Best known for the creative arts
  7. Born after 1900
  8. Actor, among other talents.
  9. Musician in the broad sense, but not an instrumentalist.
  10. Died after 1980
  11. Not best known for movie roles.
  12. Not in the cast of a well-known TV series.
  13. Noted as a singer
  14. Not noted for stage appearances
  15. Best known musical work was a solo piece, but most singing work was a part of a larger group.
68

Cashing in my DQs from post #58 -

DQ1: Is the style of your music generally considered to be Rock (or one of its sub-genres)?

DQ2: Were you born after 1950?

69

No
No

Summary:
R

  1. Not alive today
  2. Male
  3. Real
  4. Last name begins with ‘R’
  5. American
  6. Best known for the creative arts
  7. Born after 1900
  8. Actor, among other talents.
  9. Musician in the broad sense, but not an instrumentalist.
  10. Died after 1980
  11. Not best known for movie roles.
  12. Not in the cast of a well-known TV series.
  13. Noted as a singer
  14. Not noted for stage appearances
  15. Best known musical work was a solo piece, but most singing work was a part of a larger group.
  16. Musical style not generally considered to be Rock
  17. Born before 1950.
70

IQ1: Did you play a variety show host in the film ‘All that Jazz’?

IQ2: Were you famous for your rendition of ‘Old Man River’?

IQ3: Did you record the album ‘No Tenors Allowed’ with Thomas Hampson?

71

Yes, Roy Rogers.
Ron Reagan Jr., in a VISA ad (the President did not appear).
Prince Ruprecht (Steve Martin), in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqMc9B7uDV8

DQ:

Country western singer?

Two DQs reserved.

72

IQ1: Not Roy Schieder? Never saw the film, but I know he was the star and the Bob Fosse stand-in.
IQ2: Not Paul Robeson
IQ3: DQ for you.

Did record some county-western material, but that’s not the genre most associated with.

I should amend my previous rock answer similarly. Did record some doo-wop and worked with Elvis, but not best known for rock.

Summary:
R

  1. Not alive today
  2. Male
  3. Real
  4. Last name begins with ‘R’
  5. American
  6. Best known for the creative arts
  7. Born after 1900
  8. Actor, among other talents.
  9. Musician in the broad sense, but not an instrumentalist.
  10. Died after 1980
  11. Not best known for movie roles.
  12. Not in the cast of a well-known TV series.
  13. Noted as a singer
  14. Not noted for stage appearances
  15. Best known musical work was a solo piece, but most singing work was a part of a larger group.
  16. Main musical style not generally considered to be Rock, but did record some doo-wop and worked with Elvis.
  17. Born before 1950.
  18. Did record some country-western, but again, not primary musical style.
73

Charlie Rich (1932-1995); the ‘Silver Fox’ (played himself in a Clint Eastwood movie, but most famous for “Behind Closed Doors” (1974; charted at #1 country music, top 20 crossover)

DQ reserved until I think of a good one.

74

I can’t figure out who this is. I yield my two remaining DQs to any other players who would like to ask them - one apiece.

75

DQ: Grammy winner?

76

No

Summary:
R

  1. Not alive today
  2. Male
  3. Real
  4. Last name begins with ‘R’
  5. American
  6. Best known for the creative arts
  7. Born after 1900
  8. Actor, among other talents.
  9. Musician in the broad sense, but not an instrumentalist.
  10. Died after 1980
  11. Not best known for movie roles.
  12. Not in the cast of a well-known TV series.
  13. Noted as a singer
  14. Not noted for stage appearances
  15. Best known musical work was a solo piece, but most singing work was a part of a larger group.
  16. Main musical style not generally considered to be Rock, but did record some doo-wop and worked with Elvis.
  17. Born before 1950.
  18. Did record some country-western, but again, not primary musical style.
  19. Not a Grammy winner
77

IQ: Did your biggest hit chart the week after you perished in a plane crash?

78

Yes, I’m quite baffled myself. I’m taking the combination of ‘Actor, among other talents’ and 'not best known for movie roles to mean that he must have appeared in some films, however minor a role he may have played in however minor a film. Otherwise, with no film, tv or stage, where does the acting come in?

It may be a gross assumption to make that this is a singer best known to us through recordings (‘Not noted for stage appearances’ doesn’t necessarily eliminate concerts…) but despite ‘some’ country and ‘some’ doo-wop/Elvis work, we don’t know which genre we should know this person for.

Hmm. Anyone have any ideas?

79

DQ for you. The only 'R’s killed in a plane crash I can think of are Ritchie Valens and Ronnie Van Zant, who both had their biggest hits while still alive.

80

DQ: Is your music still heard on the radio?

(I was thinking Redding, though it was probably a car wreck)