Botticelli - January 2015

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
  15. Involved in merchandising (sells a product or service)

Not (John) Sebastian, from the Mamas & the Papas’ “Creeque Alley.”

Take two DQs for the others

George Soros

DQ: Known for a scandal/crime/court case?

IQ1: Were you forced to sell the Los Angeles Clippers and banned from the NBA?
IQ2: Are you the new owner of the Clippers?
IQ3: Were you the leader of RCA, claiming to have been the only one manning the telegraph key during the sinking of the Titanic?

Previous IQs:

Were you an iconic role for a famous Method actor? - Yes, Brando as Stanley.
Were you the woman he cried out for? - Yes, “Stellaaaaaaa!”
Were you a villain played by Russell Crowe early in his career? - SID, a computerized killer, in Virtuosity.

DQ:

Generally considered good-looking?

IQs:

Did you, an actress, have to put on a lot of weight for an iconic role?
Were you said by a comic to be obsessed with fellatio?
Were you that comic?

Not Donald Sterling or Steve Ballmer

Take a DQ for 3

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
  15. Involved in merchandising (sells a product or service)
  16. Not known for crime or scandal
  17. Not especially handsome or ugly.

David Sarnoff

DQ: Known for food and drink?

Correct.
Flying Tiger and USAAF P-40 pilot Robert Scott. His autobiography, God Is My Copilot, was turned into a movie with the same name.
Allan Sherman (best known for “Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh”).
DQ reserved.
IQ1: Did you write about Jake Stonebender and Mike Callahan?
IQ2: Are Mike and Boo your friends?
IQ3: Were you the host of Toast of the Town?

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
  15. Involved in merchandising (sells a product or service)
  16. Not known for crime or scandal
  17. Not especially handsome or ugly.
  18. Not connected to food or drink

Take a DQ for #1

Not James “Sully” Sullivan from Monsters Inc.

Not Ed Sullivan

Callahan’s Crosstime Saloon and its sequels were written by Spider Robinson.
Correct.
Correct.
DQ: Connected to transportation?
One DQ reserved.

DQ: Is your name synonymous with your product? (e.g., Campbell’s, Swanson’s, Ford, Otis)

IQ1: Did the Crash Test Dummies sing about how Superman never made any money rescuing the world from you?
IQ2: Did you build the First Temple in Jerusalem?
IQ3: Are you an R&B artist known for hits like Got to Get You Off My Mind and Everybody Needs Somebody to Love?

:: taps mic ::

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
  15. Involved in merchandising (sells a product or service)
  16. Not known for crime or scandal
  17. Not especially handsome or ugly.
  18. Not connected to food or drink
  19. No involvement in transportation
  20. My product/company is not named after me

Not Solomon Grundy or King Solomon

Don’t know #3… but I think we’re out of DQs. So, people can start taking guesses.

A hint: I appeared in many TV ads for my product.

I didn’t see these, and don’t know #2 or #3.

For #1… not SHelley Winters in*** Poseidon Adventure.***

Since you SHOULD have gotten some DQs much earlier, I’ll bend rules and let you have them… as a bonus for you AND the rest.

Solomon Burke

thinking…

Thanks!

Previous IQs:

Did you, an actress, have to put on a lot of weight for an iconic role? - Shelly Winters didn’t have to put on weight for The Poseidon Adventure; she just was that size IIRC. I was thinking of Sally Field, who had to bulk up to play the First Lady in Lincoln.
Were you said by a comic to be obsessed with fellatio? - Richard Simmons
Were you that comic? - Sam Kinnison

Hmm. Still not sure who this is. I yield my earned DQs, one per customer, to whoever’d like to ask them.

DQ: Do you sell a service rather than a product?