Botticelli - Jan. 2016

Thread Games
101

Reasking DQ: Was the particular event a crime?

102

#1 was Dan Fogelberg. Correct on 2 and 3. (And Glenn was alive, AFAIK, when I asked that. Pfui.)

1 DQ reserved.

103

F.

  1. real
  2. male
  3. last name starts with F
  4. dead
  5. American
  6. not known for the arts
  7. died before 1950
  8. not known for political/military work
  9. died after 1850
  10. not known for business
  11. not known for science
  12. died after 1900
  13. known for one particular event
  14. not a crime
104

That’s what I thought you meant. (I’ve always played with both first and last names, especially with ambiguous possibilities like this - obviously if #1 was Ford, the #2 [his father] was also Ford.)

Edsel Ford.
Henry Ford.
Genie Francis (General Hospital).
DQs reserved.

105

DQ: Known for an athletic feat?

106

F.

  1. real
  2. male
  3. last name starts with F
  4. dead
  5. American
  6. not known for the arts
  7. died before 1950
  8. not known for political/military work
  9. died after 1850
  10. not known for business
  11. not known for science
  12. died after 1900
  13. known for one particular event
  14. not a crime
  15. not known for an athletic feat
107

DQ: Known for discovering something?

108

IQs:

  1. Are you the Norse god of abundance?
  2. Were you a founder of the school of thought called German idealism?
  3. Were you a female 20th Century American abstract expressionist painter?
109

Dunno the first two; not Mary Cassatt.

F.

  1. real
  2. male
  3. last name starts with F
  4. dead
  5. American
  6. not known for the arts
  7. died before 1950
  8. not known for political/military work
  9. died after 1850
  10. not known for business
  11. not known for science
  12. died after 1900
  13. known for one particular event
  14. not a crime
  15. not known for an athletic feat
  16. not known for discovering something
110

#1 was Frey. #2 was Johann Fichte.
#3 was Helen Frankenthaler. Mary Cassatt was an Impressionist.

DQ: Is something named after you?

2 DQs reserved.

111

F.

  1. real
  2. male
  3. last name starts with F
  4. dead
  5. American
  6. not known for the arts
  7. died before 1950
  8. not known for political/military work
  9. died after 1850
  10. not known for business
  11. not known for science
  12. died after 1900
  13. known for one particular event
  14. not a crime
  15. not known for an athletic feat
  16. not known for discovering something
  17. something is named after me
112

DQ: Is the something edible?

1 DQ left

113

F.

  1. real
  2. male
  3. last name starts with F
  4. dead
  5. American
  6. not known for the arts
  7. died before 1950
  8. not known for political/military work
  9. died after 1850
  10. not known for business
  11. not known for science
  12. died after 1900
  13. known for one particular event
  14. not a crime
  15. not known for an athletic feat
  16. not known for discovering something
  17. something is named after me
  18. that something is not edible

…unless you have very unusual tastes.

114

DQ: Last name consists of one syllable?

115

IQ1: Is a trigonometric series used to determine heat transfer and vibrations named for you?
IQ2: Are you the voice of Yoda and Miss Piggy?
IQ3: Are you the former police commissioner and mayor of Philadelphia and also the name of a character used by the Jerky Boys?

116

Not Fibonacci, Frank Oz or Frank Rizzo.

F.

  1. real
  2. male
  3. last name starts with F
  4. dead
  5. American
  6. not known for the arts
  7. died before 1950
  8. not known for political/military work
  9. died after 1850
  10. not known for business
  11. not known for science
  12. died after 1900
  13. known for one particular event
  14. not a crime
  15. not known for an athletic feat
  16. not known for discovering something
  17. something is named after me
  18. that something is not edible
  19. last name consists of more than one syllable
117

Joseph Fournier, correct x2

2 DQs in reserve

not a scientist, not a discovery, yet known for a single event… somebody who became a word maybe?

118

Maybe… maybe not. One DQ (oh, all right, two, since you earned them) left to ask.

119

OK, I’ll end it.

DQ: Connected to transportation?

120

F.

  1. real
  2. male
  3. last name starts with F
  4. dead
  5. American
  6. not known for the arts
  7. died before 1950
  8. not known for political/military work
  9. died after 1850
  10. not known for business
  11. not known for science
  12. died after 1900
  13. known for one particular event
  14. not a crime
  15. not known for an athletic feat
  16. not known for discovering something
  17. something is named after me
  18. that something is not edible
  19. last name consists of more than one syllable
  20. not connected to transportation

You have one more earned DQ.