Here is my guess: are you Virginia O’Hanlon?
Stumped - I’ll pass on a guess.
The suspense is killing me.
This is correct: Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus - Wikipedia
AppallingGael has disabled PMs and has not responded to my email of five days ago, asking if he’d done research (forbidden under Botticelli rules) or knew this from memory. If he doesn’t respond in the next, say, 24 hours, I’ll start the next round here.
I did not realize I had PMs off, but I certainly did not see that it was going to be an issue in this game. I have played enough games here that it would be quite surprising if I did not know the rules by now, and so I resent bitterly the insinuation that I have chosen this moment to cheat. I am no longer interested in playing with Elendil’s Heir, so he or anyone else may feel free to start the next round.
Sorry to have offended you. My apologies. Start the next round, if you wish.
:: sigh ::
OK, then.
Next letter: J.
IQ1: Are you famous for your paintings of the American flag?
IQ2: Was the lead guitarist of the Grateful Dead named after you?
IQ3: Were you kidnapped by a fan in the novel that inspired the movie Field of Dreams?
No, I’m not Jasper Jones, Jorge Garcia, or Shoeless Joe Jackson.
Jasper Johns is correct.
But Jerry Garcia was named after Jerome Kern
And the guy who got kidnapped in the novel Shoeless Joe was Jerome David (JD) Salinger.
DQ1: Real person?
DQ2: Male?
IQ1: Are you the only British monarch to bear this name?
IQ2: Are you one of Brazil’s best known songwriters?
IQ3: Are you a French Renaissance composer who composed at least a hundred settings of the Mass?
IQ: Were you the first literary character ever to be described as “Dead As A Doornail”?
IQ: Was it your lifelong dream to become “a double-naught spy” like James Bond?
IQ: Was “The Great White Hope” based on your life and boxing career?
I’m not King John, dunno about the Brazilian or the Frenchman.
You got me on all three.
J.
- Real person
- Male
Quite right on King John.
Antonio Carlos Jobim, nicknamed ‘Tom’, is the composer of ‘The Girl from Ipanema’, ‘One Note Samba’, ‘Corcovado’ (known in English as ‘Quiet Nights’) and many others.
Josquin des Prez composed secular music as well, but he is (arguably) best known for his masses, including ‘Missa Pange Lingua’, ‘Missa Sine Nomine’ and two 'Missa L’Homme Armé’s. (I hope the fact I was listening to him last night on my iPod doesn’t count as research…)
DQ1 - Were you born since 1900?
DQ2 - Are you an American?
- Jacob Marley was described as “dead as a doornail” in Dickens’ ***A Christmas Carol.
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Jethro Bodine wanted to be a “double naught spy,” when he wasn’t relaxing in the “cee-ment pond.”
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The play and movie The Great White Hope were inspired by Jack Johnson, the first black heavyweight boxing champion.
DQ: Born after 1900?
DQ: American?
Umm, Astorian? Are you sure you want to ask those DQs?
J.
- Real person
- Male
- Born after 1900
- American
Great minds think alike! astorian, ask two other DQs, if you please.
DQ1: Still Alive?
DQ2: Known as a performer on stage, screen or television?
DQ3: Last name start with J?
I think you just have two DQs coming your way, don’t you, astorian? Want me to answer the first two?
Okay, take the first 2.