Botticelli February 2025

[SunUp]

@Elendil_s_Heir

Did you live in the eaves of Rhosgobel?
Have you played different British Prime Ministers in two TV series since 2010?
Did you badly lose the Battle of Chickamauga?

This sounds like something from the legendarium. Ah, take a DQ.
I am not Rory Kinnear.
I am not William Starke Rosecrans.

@NellietheElephant

Did you have a close relationship with Nathaniel Branden?

Were you ever Secretary of State?

Do you sell hamburgers?

Take a DQ.
I am not Rex Tillerson.
I am (was?) not… Ray Kroc?

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

IQs:

1. Were you a football player who also wrote a book on needlepoint for men?
2. Were you the mother of Jacob and Esau?
3. Were you the jazz bandleader on the highly acclaimed, pneumocatatstrophic, antepythonal, brass-tinted 1950’s BBC radio series The Goon Show?

[knoodler]

IQs:

1. Were you and your husband denied clemency by incoming president Eisenhower?
2. Were you a neighbor and best friend to a working woman named Mary?
3. Were you a former pinup girl who later joined a gospel quartet that included Jane Russell?

[SunUp]

@Prof.Pepperwinkle

1. Were you a football player who also wrote a book on needlepoint for men?
2. Were you the mother of Jacob and Esau?
3. Were you the jazz bandleader on the highly acclaimed, pneumocatatstrophic, antepythonal, brass-tinted 1950’s BBC radio series The Goon Show?

I am not Rosie Grier.
I am not Rac- er, Rebecca.
I am not a Goon Show trivia expert, so take a DQ.

@knoodler

1. Were you and your husband denied clemency by incoming president Eisenhower?
2. Were you a neighbor and best friend to a working woman named Mary?
3. Were you a former pinup girl who later joined a gospel quartet that included Jane Russell?

I am not Ethel Rosenberg.
Take 2 DQs.

R

1. Real
2. Female
3. Living
4. American
5. Born since 1950

[knoodler]

@SunUp

@knoodler

1. Were you and your husband denied clemency by incoming president Eisenhower?
2. Were you a neighbor and best friend to a working woman named Mary?
3. Were you a former pinup girl who later joined a gospel quartet that included Jane Russell?

I am not Ethel Rosenberg.
Take 2 DQs.

1. Correct
2. Rhoda Morgenstern
3. Rhonda Fleming

DQ:

1. Last name begin with R?
2. Known for arts?

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

@SunUp

@Prof.Pepperwinkle

1. Were you a football player who also wrote a book on needlepoint for men?
2. Were you the mother of Jacob and Esau?
3. Were you the jazz bandleader on the highly acclaimed, pneumocatatstrophic, antepythonal, brass-tinted 1950’s BBC radio series The Goon Show?

I am not Rosie Grier.
I am not Rac- er, Rebecca.
I am not a Goon Show trivia expert, so take a DQ.

Correct, correct, and Ray Ellington.

DQ: Born since 1980?

[Elendil_s_Heir]

Previous IQs:

Did you live in the eaves of Rhosgobel? - Radagast the Brown
Have you played different British Prime Ministers in two TV series since 2010? - Yes, Rory Kinnear, in both Black Mirror and The Diplomat
Did you badly lose the Battle of Chickamauga? - Yes, Gen. William S. Rosecrans

DQ:

Considered a beauty?

IQs:

Did you lead the same US Cabinet department twice, almost 30 years apart?
Were you a shrubber who lamented the saying of “Ni” to peasants?
Did you capture Kaskaskia and Vincennes?

[SunUp]

R

1. Real
2. Female
3. Living
4. American
5. Born since 1950
6. Last name begins with R.
7. Known for the arts
8. Born since 1980
9. Somewhat considered a beauty, but YMMV

[SunUp]

@Elendil_s_Heir

Did you lead the same US Cabinet department twice, almost 30 years apart?
Were you a shrubber who lamented the saying of “Ni” to peasants?
Did you capture Kaskaskia and Vincennes?

I should know this, but take a DQ.
I am not Roger, the Shrubber.
I am not George Rogers Clark.

[Elendil_s_Heir]

Donald Rumsfeld led the Department of Defense for both Gerald Ford and George W. Bush. On the other two, correct and correct.

DQ:

Actress?

IQs:

Did Erwin Griswold (perhaps jokingly) ask why you were at a particular place?
Was it said that your roommate was the loneliest man in baseball?
Were you a notable Old Testament woman?

[knoodler]

IQs:

1. Did Jennifer Lawrence portray a younger version of a character you played?
2. Were you married to a man once known as “the baddest man on the planet”?
3. Did you perform on the most-watched televised event of the year while in your first trimester?

[SunUp]

@Elendil_s_Heir

Did Erwin Griswold (perhaps jokingly) ask why you were at a particular place?
Was it said that your roommate was the loneliest man in baseball?
Were you a notable Old Testament woman?

I am not… Rusty Griswold? (on reflection, I think I’m missing a Ruth here)
I am not Babe Ruth.
I am not Ruth.

@knoodler

1. Did Jennifer Lawrence portray a younger version of a character you played?
2. Were you married to a man once known as “the baddest man on the planet”?
3. Did you perform on the most-watched televised event of the year while in your first trimester?

I am not Rebecca Romijn.
Take two DQs.

[kitap]

@kitap

IQs:

1. Did you accompany Prince Inga in his quest to free his parents in one Oz book?
2. Are you the best known Masterharper of Pern?
3. Did you play Cosmo Topper in 3 films in the 1930s?

Rinkitink, Robinton and Roland Young.

3 DQs reserved

[knoodler]

@SunUp

@knoodler

1. Did Jennifer Lawrence portray a younger version of a character you played?
2. Were you married to a man once known as “the baddest man on the planet”?
3. Did you perform on the most-watched televised event of the year while in your first trimester?

I am not Rebecca Romijn.
Take two DQs.

1. Correct
2. Robin Givens
3. Rhianna

2 DQs reserved

[SunUp]

Whoops, overlooked the DQ.

R

1. Real
2. Female
3. Living
4. American
5. Born since 1950
6. Last name begins with R.
7. Known for the arts
8. Born since 1980
9. Somewhat considered a beauty, but YMMV
10. Not an actress

[knoodler]

DQs:

1. First name begins A - M?
2. Stage performer?

IQs:

1. Did you amputate a finger while playing in a professional sport?
2. Were you a top country music performer despite having a disability?
3. Did you consider a career in boxing and baseball before starting a popular southern rock band?

[Elendil_s_Heir]

Previous IQs:

Did Erwin Griswold (perhaps jokingly) ask why you were at a particular place? - Ruth Bader Ginsburg (he was dean of Harvard Law School, and actually supported admitting women to HLS)
Was it said that your roommate was the loneliest man in baseball? - Yes, Babe Ruth, long known for going out on the town
Were you a notable Old Testament woman? - Yes, Ruth

Ruth x3!

DQ:

Has won a top award in her field?

IQs:

Did you dub your Vermont country house Hildene?
Were you actually not Prince Joffrey’s biological father?
Did you wear two pairs of sunglasses in a Seventies movie?

[kitap]

DQ:

1. Caucasian?

Two DQs reservedr

[SunUp]

@knoodler

1. Did you amputate a finger while playing in a professional sport?
2. Were you a top country music performer despite having a disability?
3. Did you consider a career in boxing and baseball before starting a popular southern rock band?

I am not Ronnie Lott.
I am not Ronnie Milsap.
I am not… oh, let’s say Ronnie Spector, just for grins.

@Elendil_s_Heir

Did you dub your Vermont country house Hildene?
Were you actually not Prince Joffrey’s biological father?
Did you wear two pairs of sunglasses in a Seventies movie?

I am not… Robert Todd Lincoln?
I am not Robert Baratheon.
I am not Robert Stack.

[SunUp]

R

1. Real
2. Female
3. Living
4. American
5. Born since 1950
6. Last name begins with R.
7. Known for the arts
8. Born since 1980
9. Somewhat considered a beauty, but YMMV
10. Not an actress
11. First name begins A-M
12. Stage performer
13. Has won a top award in her field
14. Caucasian