Botticelli - February 2018

[Knowed_Out]

I’m drawing a blank as well.

[Elendil_s_Heir]

@Prof.Pepperwinkle

One idea, so…

Are you Vandemar from Neil Gaiman’s Neverwhere?

I am not, but you’re kinda sorta warm.

[Knowed_Out]

Are you Varys from Game of Thrones?

[Elendil_s_Heir]

I am not.

[Dead_Cat]

I’m ready to concede defeat on this one, haven’t had any further inspiration (I suspect I haven’t heard of the character as I haven’t read a lot of sci-fi or fantasy).

[Elendil_s_Heir]

OK, time’s up, and I am

Vinculus

The scruffy London street magician/charlatan and prophet in Susanna Clarke’s bestselling novel Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, and the BBC miniseries it inspired: BBC One - Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell - Vinculus

[Dead_Cat]

Nice one - I’ve heard of the book/series, but not the character (never read/watched it).

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

I’ve read the book and seen the mini-series. I remember the character well. Great choice, EH!

[Knowed_Out]

I tried watching the miniseries but couldn’t get into it.

[Elendil_s_Heir]

I liked the book much more than the miniseries, but enjoyed both. Right, then - our next letter is

W

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

IQs:

1. Did you live in The White House, but your POTUS husband did not?
2. In the land of Oz are you renowned for being Highly Magnified and Thoroughly Educated?
3. Did you have a hit with Classical Gas?

[Elendil_s_Heir]

@Prof.Pepperwinkle

IQs:

1. Did you live in The White House, but your POTUS husband did not?
2. In the land of Oz are you renowned for being Highly Magnified and Thoroughly Educated?
3. Did you have a hit with Classical Gas?

Not Martha Washington (some other White House, I assume?), dunno, and not Mason Williams.

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

@Prof.Pepperwinkle

IQs:

1. Did you live in The White House, but your POTUS husband did not?
2. In the land of Oz are you renowned for being Highly Magnified and Thoroughly Educated?
3. Did you have a hit with Classical Gas?

@Elendil_s_Heir

Not Martha Washington (some other White House, I assume?), dunno, and not Mason Williams.

#1 is correct. Martha’s first husband (Mr. Custis) named his mansion The White House.
#2 is the Wogglebug.
#3 is correct.

DQ: Real?

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

IQs:

1. Is your catchphrase “As you wish”?
2. Did you pal around with Artemus Gordon?
3. Did you draw and write Calvin and Hobbes?

[Knowed_Out]

IQ1: Are you a company clerk from Ottumwa, Iowa?
IQ2: Did John Goodman play you in The Big Lebowski?
IQ3: Are you a talk show hostess frequently parodied by Gilda Radner on SNL?

[Knowed_Out]

@Prof.Pepperwinkle

#2 is the Wogglebug.

H.M. (Highly Magnified) Woggle-Bug, T.E. (Thoroughly Educated)

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

@Knowed_Out

H.M. (Highly Magnified) Woggle-Bug, T.E. (Thoroughly Educated)

Yeah, but I already referenced that in the question, so didn’t feel the need to repeat it.

[Elendil_s_Heir]

@Prof.Pepperwinkle

IQs:

1. Is your catchphrase “As you wish”?
2. Did you pal around with Artemus Gordon?
3. Did you draw and write Calvin and Hobbes?

Not Westley from The Princess Bride, James West or Ohio’s own Jim Watterson

@Knowed_Out

IQ1: Are you a company clerk from Ottumwa, Iowa?
IQ2: Did John Goodman play you in The Big Lebowski?
IQ3: Are you a talk show hostess frequently parodied by Gilda Radner on SNL?

Not Walter “Radar” O’Reilly, the not-to-be-trifled-with Walter “Mark it zero” Sobchak or Baba Wawa, er, Barbara Walters

W.

1. real

[Knowed_Out]

@Prof.Pepperwinkle

Yeah, but I already referenced that in the question, so didn’t feel the need to repeat it.

I just like saying it.

[Knowed_Out]

Schwept

IQ1: Were you the Republican candidate for US president in 1940?
IQ2: Are you a Doper and the protagonist of Aldous Huxley’s novel Island?
IQ3: Did Carol Burnett play you in a recurring sketch with Tim Conway as his bimbo secretary?