Botticelli - Jan 2021

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Ted Raimi, Sam Raimi, Michael Rapaport

DQs
Born after 1940?
Known for character work?
Won awards?

22

R
1, Real
2. Male
3. Last name starts with R
4. Known for the Arts
5. Living
6. American
7. Best known for the performing arts
8. Have acted, but am by no means primarily known for acting
9. Not born since 1960
10. Born after 1940?
11. Not really known for character work
12. Have received things that you may or may not consider to be awards

23

DQs:

  1. Known as a singer or musician?
  2. Caucasian?
24

IQs:

  1. Are you an actress from Puerto Rico who is one of the few to have achieved the EGOT?
  2. Are you best known these days for singing the chorus on an Eddie Money song?
  3. Did you “Love a Rainy Night” in 1980?
25

IQs

Uno) Did you sing the bridge parts in Pink Floyd’s “Time”?
B) Were you the guest singer for Pink Floyd’s “Have a Cigar”?
iii) Did you lose money giving 3 sold out shows in Wembley Arena on consecutive nights?

26

DQ.
DQ.
Not … Ronnie Milsap?

Three DQs.


R
1, Real
2. Male
3. Last name starts with R
4. Known for the Arts
5. Living
6. American
7. Best known for the performing arts
8. Have acted, but am by no means primarily known for acting
9. Not born since 1960
10. Born after 1940?
11. Not really known for character work
12. Have received things that you may or may not consider to be awards
13. Known as a singer or musician
14. Caucasian

27

Welcome, glowacks! Enjoy the game.

28

Rita Moreno, Ronnie Spector (on “Take Me Home Tonight”) and Eddie Rabbitt.

DQs:
Known as a songwriter?
Born after 1950?
From the NYC area?

29

Rick Wright, Roy Harper, Rick Wakeman

DQs:

Uno) Do you have a first name and have it start with a letter no later in the alphabet than M?
B) Is the second letter of your last name either nonexistent or an ‘a’ or ‘e’?
iii) Did you come to musical prominence as a member of a group?

30

Welcome aboard, glowacks! Glad to have you here.

Previous IQs:

Did you play the same character in two superhero movies, but looking a lot different? - Ryan Reynolds played Deadpool in a Wolverine movie and then in his own movie
Are you a black musician who performed at Oberlin College several times in the Eighties? - Sonny Rollins
Were you a frequent guest on Seventies game shows? - I’ll rephrase

Two DQs reserved.

IQs:

You were not Rich Little. Were you a frequent guest on Seventies game shows?
Did Sam Neill play you, a spy ultimately captured and killed by Stalinist Russia?
Were you poisoned by Anton Karidian’s daughter?

31

Not Charles Nelson Reilly.
DQ.
DQ.


R
1, Real
2. Male
3. Last name starts with R
4. Known for the Arts
5. Living
6. American
7. Best known for the performing arts
8. Have acted, but am by no means primarily known for acting
9. Not born since 1960
10. Born after 1940?
11. Not really known for character work
12. Have received awards
13. Known as a singer or musician
14. Caucasian
15. Known (but not primarily) as a songwriter
16. Not born after 1950
17. Not from the NYC area
18. Do not have a first name that starts with a letter no later in the alphabet than M
19. Second letter of my last name is not nonexistent, an ‘a’ or an ‘e’
20. Did not come to musical prominence as a member of a group

Note the change to #12.


KO’s and EH’s unasked DQs will bring us up to 27, so no more IQs, please. Ask all remaining earned DQs by 1300 EST tomorrow (Thu 31 Dec).



<Max>EH missed getting a third DQ by thiiiiiis much.</Max>

32

American male solo musician/singer, born 1941-1950. Has acted. Has written songs.
Last name starts with Rh-Ry. First name starts with N-Z.

Just a bit of synthesis.

33

Throwing this out there - Do you want to bang on your drums all day?

34

MissTake[Member](https://boards.straightdope.com> /g/Member)

(Botticelli - Jan 2021 - #33 by MissTake)

Throwing this out there - Do you want to bang on your drums all day?

Yeah, he’s one of two I have in mind.

35

Great minds, yadda yadda…

36

Hey – where’d everybody go? I hate to end the game with that many unasked DQs…

37

Randall Cunningham, Ben Rothlesberger, Matt Ryan

So Miss Take didn’t guess it?

DQ: Considered a One Hit Wonder?
DQ: Best known for a seasonal song?
DQ: Related to other famous musicians?

38

Previous IQs:

You were not Rich Little. Were you a frequent guest on Seventies game shows? - Yes, Charles Nelson Reilly
Did Sam Neill play you, a spy ultimately captured and killed by Stalinist Russia? - The title character of Reilly, Ace of Spies
Were you poisoned by Anton Karidian’s daughter? - Kevin Riley, on Star Trek: The Original Series

Reilly/Riley x3!

I see I missed the 1pm deadline, but if will SCAdian permit, I yield my four reserved DQs to whoever would like to ask them, one per customer.

39

I’ll take one:

DQ: Known for pop music?

40

R
1, Real
2. Male
3. Last name starts with R
4. Known for the Arts
5. Living
6. American
7. Best known for the performing arts
8. Have acted, but am by no means primarily known for acting
9. Not born since 1960
10. Born after 1940?
11. Not really known for character work
12. Have received awards
13. Known as a singer or musician
14. Caucasian
15. Known (but not primarily) as a songwriter
16. Not born after 1950
17. Not from the NYC area
18. Do not have a first name that starts with a letter no later in the alphabet than M
19. Second letter of my last name is not nonexistent, an ‘a’ or an ‘e’
20. Did not come to musical prominence as a member of a group
21. Not considered a One Hit Wonder
22. Not best known for a seasonal song
23. Not related to other famous musicians
24. Known for pop music


Okay – three hours past the deadline. Prof, kit, EH, KO, Miss T, and glow, y’all have until 1600 tomorrow to ask your “Are you Firstname Lastname?” questions.