Botticelli - January 2013

IQs:

Were you Lincoln’s plump campaign manager?
Do you always wear outdated clothing and speak in lame rhymes?
Do you always wear glasses and have a tie that curls up at the end?

Correct on Daredevil.
Danny Deever.
Anthony J Drexel Biddle, a truly fascinating man.

DQs:

Real?
Male?

IQs:

Did you sing a song about your ol’ bamboo?
Did you speak for a bear, a horsey sheriff and a blue dog?
Were you Miss Jane Hathaway’s employer?

IQ1: No idea. Guess you’re going to teach me a little more about Lincoln. :slight_smile:

IQ2: No idea, though I’m sure that I will :smack: when you tell me.

IQ3: I’m not Dilbert.

In all, two DQs for you.

I have no doubt that you are correct on Deever, but if I recall the Kingston Trio song correctly, Tom Dooley was to be hanged in the morning as well.

Checking … ah, yes, here it is: “When the sun rises tomorrow, Tom Dooley… must hang…”

Tell you what: since as you will see, you have two DQs outstanding, I’ll answer those two that you’ve just asked now, and you can hit me with an extra IQ in your next batch. Fair enough?

IQ1: I’m not Dick Van Dyke in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

IQ2: No idea. DQ for you.

IQ3: I’m not Mr. Drysdale from “The Beverly Hillbillies.”

So, on to your two DQs:

I am not real.
I am male.

Summary for D:

  1. Not real.
  2. Male.

IQ1: Are you being pursued by a giant hedgehog?

IQ2: In the middle of life’s journey, did you find yourself lost in a dark wood?

IQ3: Were transformed into a laurel tree when you were pursued by a god?

Correct on Dick Van Dyke and Milburn Drysdale.
Daws Butler was the voice of Yogi Bear, Quick Draw McGraw and Huckleberry Hound.

Works for me. It’s late here, though, and I need to hit the rack, so I’ll be back with more questions tomorrow evening. Unless somebody finishes this before then…

For IQ1, I have no clue. DQ for you.

IQ2 is, of course, Dante Aligheri. You gave me the line from the first canto of his Inferno.

IQ3 is difficult. I’ll guess Demeter. A DQ for you if I am wrong.

IQ1: Did you never solve the mystery of Edwin Drood?

IQ2: Are you a double-dealing do-badder who drives a mean machine?

IQ3: Did Mom always like you best?

IQ1: I am not Charles Dickens, who never finished writing the mystery of Edwin Drood.

IQ2: No idea. Take a DQ.

IQ3: I’m not Dick Smothers (according to his brother Tom).

David Davis, an Illinois judge whom Lincoln eventually appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Disco Stu, on The Simpsons.
Yes, Dilbert.

DQs:

American?
Last name start with D?

IQs:

Are you a funny (to some) and very short golf instructor?
Was Poole your shipmate?
Did your father hear you die from orbit?

Yes, American.
Last name does not start with D.

Summary for D:

  1. Not real.
  2. Male.
  3. American.
  4. Last name does not start with D.

I’m not Dorf.
I’m not Dave Bowman.
No idea; take a DQ.

Yes, Dorf.
Yes, Dave Bowman from 2001: A Space Odyssey.
I was thinking of David Marcus’s murder in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock.

DQ:

First appeared since 1950?

IQs:

Is a currently-playing major motion picture based, in part, on your book?
Did only one of your two brothers ever say anything?
Is Swiper your nemesis?

Dante is, of course, correct.

#1 is Dinsdale Piranha, of the infamous Piranha Brothers. He was deathly afraid of a giant hedgehog named Spiny Norman…

#3 is Daphne, who was transformed into a laurel tree by Gaia to escape the amourous advances of Apollo. I’m sorry to say Demeter never got metamorphosed into anything..

So - I’ll hold on to my DQs for the moment, until I hear the answer to Elendil’s Heir’s DQ…

Dick Dastardly, co-star with Muttley in several Hanna-Barbera series.

DQ: Have you been portrayed on screen?

IQ1: Did you create your stage name by combining the names of your first band’s saxophonist and singer?
IQ2: Are you a guitarist who created your band’s first hit single’s signature distorted sound by slicing your amp with a razor blade?
IQ3: Did your boss frequently instruct you to book 'em?

IQs:

Do you normally wear a sailor’s hat and jumper, with no pants?
Did your mother teach you that whatever will be, will be?
Did you practice speaking with a mouthful of pebbles?

Did you and your father both receive the Medal of Honor?

Yes, first appeared since 1950.

Summary for D:

  1. Not real.
  2. Male.
  3. American.
  4. Last name does not start with D.
  5. First appeared since 1950.

I don’t know about the motion picture or the Swiper questions (two DQs); but I can assure you that I am not Darryl, brother of Larry (the only one of us three who speaks) and Darryl.

:smack: I twigged on “mean machine” and thought it might have something to do with the movie The Longest Yard, but I could not think of any D characters. Oh well–good question!

Yes, I have been portrayed on screen.

  1. Not real.
  2. Male.
  3. American.
  4. Last name does not start with D.
  5. First appeared since 1950.
  6. Been portrayed on screen.

For IQ1, I am not Elton John.

For IQ2, I have no idea. DQ for you.

For IQ3, I’m not Danno, from “Hawaii Five-O.”

For the first, I’m not Donald Duck.

For the second, I’m not Doris Day.

For the third, I’m not Eliza Doolittle.

For the last, I have no idea. DQ for you.

Another :smack: moment. The answer cannot be Elton John. Another DQ for you, ChockFull.

Eliza Doolittle? Did she really? I was thinking of Demosthenes…

Douglas MacArthur received the Medal of Honor in World War II, some 80 years after his father received it during the Civil War.

DQ:

Did you first appear in pront (novel/short story/poem)?

IQs:

Did you ask a punk if he felt lucky?
Did you play an explosives expert in the Aegean, a legendary British spy and a multi-tasking butler?
Did you and three of your brothers play for Essendon in the '80s and '90s?