Botticelli February 2015

[astorian]

SUMMARY

1. Real
2. Male
3. First name starts with M
4. Alive
5. Not known for involvement in the arts
6. Not American
7. Not a politician or military figure… but had some political significance
8. Born slightly before 1970
9. European
   10 Not from a country that speaks a Romance language
10. Not from anywhere in the UK
11. Not known for science
12. Not involved in sports or games
13. Not known as a businessman or entrepreneur of any kind
14. Best known for just one famous incident
15. Speaks a Germanic language
    17 ) The incident I’m known for was one of a kind, but not a “record”
16. The incident was not evil, but it was illegal and he was arrested for it.
17. Incident happened before 1999
18. Incident was probably a lark; definitely not an act of civil disobedience

[astorian]

@Knowed_Out

IQ1: Are you an AI from 1984 who had frequent bandwidth problems?
IQ2: Are you the actor who portrayed him?
IQ3: Are you the primary protagonist from the Gears of War video game series?

Stumped on all 3 of these

[Knowed_Out]

IQ1: Are you an AI from 1984 who had frequent bandwidth problems?
IQ2: Are you the actor who portrayed him?
IQ3: Are you the primary protagonist from the Gears of War video game series?

Stumped on all 3 of these

M-m-m-Max Headroom, Matt Frewer, Marcus Fenix

Time to ponder…

[Elendil_s_Heir]

Previous IQs:

Did you serve in the U.S. Army in South Korea as a noncom and later run for President? - Yes, Michael Dukakis.
Were you a knockout, jazz-loving, French-speaking hologram? - Minuet, on ST:TNG: Minuet - YouTube
Did Jon Stewart bestow this nickname on VPOTUS? - He dubbed Joe Biden “Gabby McGillicuddy.”

I think I know this.

IQ:

Did you fly a small plane into Red Square, embarrassing the Soviet military?

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

Ooo, good guess, EH!

[astorian]

@Elendil_s_Heir

IQ:

Did you fly a small plane into Red Square, embarrassing the Soviet military?

YESSSSSS! I am MATHIAS RUST, the German teenager who flew into Red Square.

Bravo, EH!

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

Way to go, EH!

[Elendil_s_Heir]

Woohoo! An offbeat and interesting Cold War tale, I’ve always thought: Mathias Rust - Wikipedia

OK, our next letter is

A.

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

IQs:

1. Were you a 19th Century British painter of scenes from classical antiquity?
2. Are you an Israeli sculptor inspired by hard edge painting?
3. Did you write The Divine Comedy?

[astorian]

IQ1) Are you an Armenian-American who led Notre Dame to two NCAA football titles?

IQ2) Are you a general better known for your facial hair than your military career?

IQ3) Did Wallace Shawn share a meal and a famous conversation with you?

[Knowed_Out]

Good show EH! I had totally forgotten about Mathias Rust, but he was a perfect choice for the mystery guest.

IQ1: Did you win the Nobel Peace Prize for your “Reverence for Life” philosophy in 1952?
IQ2: Are you a MLB shortstop and manager nicknamed “Blackie” and “The Swamp Fox”?
IQ3: Are you a Boston native who had various careers such as schoolteacher, lawyer, trapper, journalist, poet, pro-slavery advocate, Freemason, and a Confederate General of Indian cavalry regiments?

[Elendil_s_Heir]

@Prof.Pepperwinkle

IQs:

1. Were you a 19th Century British painter of scenes from classical antiquity?
2. Are you an Israeli sculptor inspired by hard edge painting?
3. Did you write The Divine Comedy?

Dunno the first two; not Dante Aligheri (sp?).

@astorian

IQ1) Are you an Armenian-American who led Notre Dame to two NCAA football titles?

IQ2) Are you a general better known for your facial hair than your military career?

IQ3) Did Wallace Shawn share a meal and a famous conversation with you?

Dunno, and not Ambrose Burnside or Andre Whathislastname.

@Knowed_Out

…
IQ1: Did you win the Nobel Peace Prize for your “Reverence for Life” philosophy in 1952?
IQ2: Are you a MLB shortstop and manager nicknamed “Blackie” and “The Swamp Fox”?
IQ3: Are you a Boston native who had various careers such as schoolteacher, lawyer, trapper, journalist, poet, pro-slavery advocate, Freemason, and a Confederate General of Indian cavalry regiments?

Dunno, not Sparky Anderson (just guessing), and dunno.

[astorian]

Ara Parseghian was the Notre Dame coach

Ambrose Burnside was a Civil War general known for his facial hair (which gave us the word “sideburns”)

Wallace Shawn had a meal and a conversation with actor Andre Gregory in the cult movie My Dinner With Andre.
DQ1) Real person?

DQ2) Male?

DQ3) Last name start with A?

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

IQs:

1. Were you a 19th Century British painter of scenes from classical antiquity?
2. Are you an Israeli sculptor inspired by hard edge painting?
3. Did you write The Divine Comedy?

Dunno the first two; not Dante Aligheri (sp?).

#1 was Lawrence Alma-Tadema. #2 is Yaacov Agam.
Correct on Dante.

2 DQs reserved.

[astorian]

IQ1) Were you written out of TV’s most popular Western because the actor who played you got too big for his britches, and wanted to do work that was more politically and socially progressive?
IQ2) Was your husband based on “The Bayonne Bleeder,” aka Chuck Wepner?
IQ3) Did you name your immensely successful electronics corporation after the Latin word for “sound”?

[Knowed_Out]

IQ1: Did you win the Nobel Peace Prize for your “Reverence for Life” philosophy in 1952?
IQ2: Are you a MLB shortstop and manager nicknamed “Blackie” and “The Swamp Fox”?
IQ3: Are you a Boston native who had various careers such as schoolteacher, lawyer, trapper, journalist, poet, pro-slavery advocate, Freemason, and a Confederate General of Indian cavalry regiments?

Dunno, not Sparky Anderson (just guessing), and dunno.

Albert Schweitzer, Alvin Dark, Albert Pike

holding 3 DQs

[Knowed_Out]

IQ1: Did you serve 7 years for shooting the wife of your lover Joey Buttafuoco?
IQ2: Are you a five-time Grammy Award winner for your album Back to Black who died of alcohol poisoning at age 27?
IQ3: Are you the author of The Joy Luck Club?

[SCAdian]

IQ1: Were you Napoleon’s boss?
IQ2: Did you want to see Mr Watson?
IQ3: Did you write The Gulag Archipelago?

[Elendil_s_Heir]

astorian, I answered two out of your first three DQs (as to Ambrose Burnside and Andre) correctly. Which of your first three DQs would you like me to answer?

@astorian

IQ1) Were you written out of TV’s most popular Western because the actor who played you got too big for his britches, and wanted to do work that was more politically and socially progressive?

IQ2) Was your husband based on “The Bayonne Bleeder,” aka Chuck Wepner?

IQ3) Did you name your immensely successful electronics corporation after the Latin word for “sound”?

Dunno any of these.

@Knowed_Out

IQ1: Did you serve 7 years for shooting the wife of your lover Joey Buttafuoco?
IQ2: Are you a five-time Grammy Award winner for your album Back to Black who died of alcohol poisoning at age 27?
IQ3: Are you the author of The Joy Luck Club?

Not Amy LNU, dunno, and not Amy Tan.

@SCAdian

IQ1: Were you Napoleon’s boss?
IQ2: Did you want to see Mr Watson?
IQ3: Did you write The Gulag Archipelago?

Not Archibald, dunno, and not Alexander Solzhenitsyn (sp?).

[SCAdian]

@SCAdian

IQ1: Were you Napoleon’s boss?
IQ2: Did you want to see Mr Watson?
IQ3: Did you write The Gulag Archipelago?

@Elendil_s_Heir

Not Archibald, dunno, and not Alexander Solzhenitsyn (sp?).

I’ll take your word for it that somewhere, somewhen, a Napoleon worked for an Archibald, and will rephrase the question.
“Mr Watson, come here - I want to see you.” – Alexander Graham Bell.
You spelt the last name right, but not the first name. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn.
DQ reserved pending resolution of astorian’s DQs.
IQ1: Did your employees often pass through Del Floria’s tailor shop?
IQ2: Were you Dr Ray Palmer?
IQ3: Were you Dr Henry Pym?