Botticelli, February 2014

Thread Games
441

Not Boaz.
Not Barney Fife.
DQ.

Not Buford Pusser.
DQ.
DQ.

B

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Dead
  4. Last name does not start with B
  5. American
  6. Died after 1950
  7. Primarily known for the Arts
  8. Did not die of natural causes
  9. Not born east of the Mississippi
  10. Born south of the Mason-Dixon Line
  11. Probably best known for the performing arts, but known for other activities (artistic and otherwise - see DQ7) as well
  12. Killer did not face prosecution
  13. Did not die since 1990
  14. Actor, but not known for it (listed on IMDb with a few minor roles)
  15. Killer possibly known to public (according to which theory is believed)
  16. Death involved a vehicle, in that he died of complications from a gunshot wound received whilst sitting in a car
  17. Acting credits are in TV, but again, not widely known as an actor
  18. Not black
  19. Probably best known for music

I have combined etv’s last DQ with DQ 16, and have slightly reworded EH’s last DQ. (To me, “a musician” is an instrumentalist.)

By my count, Spoons has 4 reserved DQs, Le Ministre and Elendil’s Heir have 3 each, and fanganga and Prof P have 1 each.

I’ll be back in a few hours to answer all accumulated questions…

442

Bobby Kennedy was comforted by Juan Romero. Bette Davis was in “All About Eve” and “Now, Voyager”; and Betty White played Sue Ann Nivens on the “Mary Tyler Moore Show.”

Hm. Thinking…

443

#3 was Billy Murray. (No relation to Bill Murray.)

444

To me, a musician is one who makes music by any means. Then you can get more specific as to a composer, singer, instrumentalist, etc.

Previous IQs:

Were you the hero of the Walking Tall movies? - Yes, Buford Pusser.
Did you write the short story collection Manifest Destiny? - Barry Longyear.
Did you appear, seated, in a Pepsi ad with a singer and a dog? - Bob Dole: Britney Spears Pepsi Commercial with Bob Dole [High Quality] - YouTube

I have no idea who this guy is. I yield any of my accumulated DQs to whoever would like to ask them (just one, I guess, since we’re at 19 DQs already).

445

DQ: Rapper?

446

Stumped. I can’t even think of a useful DQ to move the puck up the ice. Just as well, seeing we don’t have any left.

Just so’s you know, making a distinction between singers and musicians is something that really ticks us singers off, as it implies that singers somehow aren’t musicians.

447

Ministre-I don’t make that distinction.

448

Yeah, to me a musician is anyone connected with music: that would include not only singers or instrumentalists, but arrangers, composers, music producers…

But I’m still coming up blank on who this guy is.

449

Add me to the camp that says that the “musician” category includes singers, composers, instrumentalists, etc.

And I’m drawing a blank as well.

450

Good heavens - only one DQ, and not a single last-minute IQ?
B

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Dead
  4. Last name does not start with B
  5. American
  6. Died after 1950
  7. Primarily known for the Arts
  8. Did not die of natural causes
  9. Not born east of the Mississippi
  10. Born south of the Mason-Dixon Line
  11. Probably best known for the performing arts, but known for other activities (artistic and otherwise - see DQ7) as well
  12. Killer did not face prosecution
  13. Did not die since 1990
  14. Actor, but not known for it (listed on IMDb with a few minor roles)
  15. Killer possibly known to public (according to which theory is believed)
  16. Death involved a vehicle, in that he died of complications from a gunshot wound received whilst sitting in a car
  17. Acting credits are in TV, but again, not widely known as an actor
  18. Not black
  19. Probably best known for music
  20. Not a rapper

Okay, one DQ for each of the six people who have already been awarded DQs, in the “Are you Firstname Lastname?” format.

A clue for those who really want one: Often wore green headgear.

451

My best guess, which is most probably wrong, is:

DQ: Are you Bobby Darin?

452

I am not.

453

I’m baffled. I yield my “Are you Firstname Lastname?” question to anyone who’d like to ask it.

454

I’ll be home around 7 EDT this evening, and will announce victory or defeat then.

455

I can only think of one American celebrity with a first name starting with B who died before his time and hasn’t already come up. I think he doesn’t fulfill all the DQs, but I’ll ask anyway. Are you Bill Hicks?

456

I am not.

That’s it? Nobody else? I am singer-songwriter, author, actor, and US Army combat medic SSG Barry Sadler.

457

Put silver wings on my son’s chest…
I can say without qualification I would never have guessed him. Good one, SCAdian!

458

Yes, indeed. A (uniformed) one-hit wonder.

459

Moving right along: I am J.
Offhand, how many of you recognise the following names?
Sergio Aragonés
Scott McCloud
Antonio Prohias
Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca
(I considered using one of these, but thought they might be too obscure.)

460

Sca-Don’t recognize any of those, nor who you did use.

IQ: Were you fixed up with the help of the A-rod people like?
IQ2- Did you write a song recounting 40 years of 20th c. history?
IQ3: Are you from the “Small Town” of Seymour, IN?