Botticelli - January 2015

IQs:

  1. Were you one of the 5 artists in the Hoosier Group?
  2. Were you another of the 5 artists in the Hoosier Group?
  3. Did you write, direct and star in the highly acclaimed BBC famous radio series The Goon Show?

Correct.
Correct.
Henry Morton Stanley.
DQ: Born after 1970?
IQ1: Do you write about the Emberverse?
IQ2: Did you lead the second party to each the South Pole?
IQ3: Did you star in a show with Carroll, Jean, and Rob?

IQ1: Are you the first American woman in space?
IQ2: Are you a talk show hostess who wears red glasses?
IQ3: Do you like me, do you really like me?

Oll korrect as to mine (although Lincoln appointed Salmon P. Chase as Chief Justice of the United States, not “just” an Associate Justice).

IQs:

Were you the Tory hero of Jeffrey Archer’s political novel First Among Equals?
Are you a comedian and actor who served in the U.S. Air Force?
Are you a former president of Oberlin College and head of the Aspen Institute?

SUMMARY

  1. Real Person
  2. Male
  3. Still alive
  4. American
  5. Last name starts with S
  6. Not involved in the arts
  7. Not involved in politics or military affairs
  8. Not involved in sports
  9. Born before 1970

Not Spike Milligan.

But I’ve never heard of the “Hoosier Group,” so take 2 DQs.

Not Robert “Scott of the Antarctic” Scott

Not Sally Struthers.

Take a DQ for #1

Not Sally Ride, Sally Jesse Raphael or Sally Field

No idea on #1 or #3, so take two DQs.

Not Sinbad

Previous IQs:

Were you the Tory hero of Jeffrey Archer’s political novel First Among Equals? - Simon Kerslake
Are you a comedian and actor who served in the U.S. Air Force? - Yes, Sinbad (whom I once met)
Are you a former president of Oberlin College and head of the Aspen Institute? - S. Frederick Starr

DQs:

Born north of the Mason-Dixon Line?
Businessman / tycoon?

IQs:

Did Mike Myers play you, a precocious British kid in his tub?
Did you play Gen. Buck Turgidson?
Did you have a memorable shore leave on Argelius?

SUMMARY

  1. Real Person
  2. Male
  3. Still alive
  4. American
  5. Last name starts with S
  6. Not involved in the arts
  7. Not involved in politics or military affairs
  8. Not involved in sports
  9. Born before 1970
  10. Businessman/tycoon
  11. Born north of the Mason-Dixon Line

Not Simon
Not Sterling Hayden
for #3, just guessing… not Mr. Spock?

IQ1: Did you establish an American brokerage and banking company in San Francisco named after you?
IQ2: Are you known as “The Man Who Broke The Bank of England” from a short sale you made during the 1992 Black Wednesday UK currency crisis?
IQ3: Are you a Mexican tycoon who was considered the richest man in the world from 2010-2013?

Previous IQs:

Did Mike Myers play you, a precocious British kid in his tub? - Yes, Simon.
Did you play Gen. Buck Turgidson? - Not Sterling Hayden; he played Gen. Jack D. Ripper. Geoge C. Scott played Turgidson (“I’m not saying we won’t get our hair mussed, Mr. President”).
Did you have a memorable shore leave on Argelius? - Chief Engineer Montgomery “Scotty” Scott became a suspect in two murders on Argelius.

DQs:

Best known for work in the tech sector?
Famous by 1993?

IQs:

Were you an iconic role for a famous Method actor?
Were you the woman he cried out for?
Were you a villain played by Russell Crowe early in his career?

Not Charles Schwab or Carlos Slim

Take a DQ for #2

SUMMARY

  1. Real Person
  2. Male
  3. Still alive
  4. American
  5. Last name starts with S
  6. Not involved in the arts
  7. Not involved in politics or military affairs
  8. Not involved in sports
  9. Born before 1970
  10. Businessman/tycoon
  11. Born north of the Mason-Dixon Line
  12. Famous before 1993
  13. Not involved in the technology field

Not Stanley Kowalski

Not STELLLLLAAAAAAAAA!!!
Take a DQ for #3

They are T. C. Steele and Otto Stark (there were three others).
Correct on Spike.

DQ: Last name starts with SA-to-SI?

1 DQ reserved.

SUMMARY

  1. Real Person
  2. Male
  3. Still alive
  4. American
  5. Last name starts with S
  6. Not involved in the arts
  7. Not involved in politics or military affairs
  8. Not involved in sports
  9. Born before 1970
  10. Businessman/tycoon
  11. Born north of the Mason-Dixon Line
  12. Famous before 1993
  13. Not involved in the technology field
  14. Last name starts with SJ-SZ

S M Stirling.
Correct.
Correct.
DQ: In merchandising?
IQ1: Did you, Zal, and Denny sit at the Night Owl?
IQ2: Was God your co-pilot?
IQ3: Did your songs include “One Hippopotami”?