Botticelli - January 2024

DQs:

  1. Real.
  2. Male.
  3. Alive
  4. Surname begins with “H”.
  5. Not from the United States of America.
  6. Not primarily known for the arts, but did have one artistic work of note.
  7. Not known for business.
  8. Not from Europe.
  9. Born before 1960.
  10. Not known for politics.

Correct, “Professor” Harold Hill, and Mr. Hooper.

DQ: Born before 1945?

1 DQ reserved.

Previous IQs:

Are you a top government official with the middle name Devi? - VPOTUS Kamala Harris
Were you Florida Secretary of State in Nov. 2000? - Katherine Harris, prominent in the Bush v. Gore showdown
Did you play a grumpy military officer in a single scene of The Guns of Navarone before you went on to more famous roles? - Richard Harris, long before he was Marcus Aurelius or Dumbledore

Harris x3!

DQ:

From the Northern Hemisphere?
From the Western Hemisphere?

One DQ reserved.

IQs:

Were you “the Unspeakable”?
Did you write about that entity?
Did you adopt the magical Matilda?

IQs:
1. Are you the alter ego of Miley Stewart?
2. Did you win the first season of Survivor?
3. Were you Barack Obama’s attorney general?

DQ: Asian?

  1. I am not Hastur.
  2. I am not Harold Phillips Lovecraft.
  3. Take a DQ.
  1. I am not Hannah Montana.
  2. I am not Richard Hatch.
  3. Take a DQ.

DQs:

  1. Real.
  2. Male.
  3. Alive
  4. Surname begins with “H”.
  5. Not from the United States of America.
  6. Not primarily known for the arts, but did have one artistic work of note.
  7. Not known for business.
  8. Not from Europe.
  9. Born before 1960.
  10. Not known for politics.
  11. Born after 1945.
  12. From the Northern Hemisphere.
  13. From the Western Hemisphere.
  14. Not Asian.

3 was Eric Holder.

DQ: Canadian?

DQ: Known for writing?

1 DQ reserved.

DQs:

  1. Real.
  2. Male.
  3. Alive
  4. Surname begins with “H”.
  5. Not from the United States of America.
  6. Not primarily known for the arts, but did have one artistic work of note.
  7. Not known for business.
  8. Not from Europe.
  9. Born before 1960.
  10. Not known for politics.
  11. Born after 1945.
  12. From the Northern Hemisphere.
  13. From the Western Hemisphere.
  14. Not Asian.
  15. Canadian.
  16. Not known for writing.

DQ: Known for sports?

DQ: First name A-M?

IQ1: Did you host a game show simultaneously in the U.S. and Canada?
IQ2: Did you play in the 1974 Summit Series hockey matches against the Soviet Union team?
IQ3: Did your death end the line of Anglo-Saxon kings of Britain?

IQs:
1. Were you chief of police in Hawkins, Indiana?
2. …Or the actor who plays him?
3. Were you a rear admiral and pioneering computer programmer, who liked telling the story of a literal computer bug (a moth found in a relay)?

  1. Take a DQ.
  2. I am not…Gordie Howe?
  3. I am not Harold Godwinsson.

Take three DQs.

DQs:

  1. Real.
  2. Male.
  3. Alive
  4. Surname begins with “H”.
  5. Not from the United States of America.
  6. Not primarily known for the arts, but did have one artistic work of note.
  7. Not known for business.
  8. Not from Europe.
  9. Born before 1960.
  10. Not known for politics.
  11. Born after 1945.
  12. From the Northern Hemisphere.
  13. From the Western Hemisphere.
  14. Not Asian.
  15. Canadian.
  16. Not known for writing.
  17. Not known for sports.
  18. First name begins with A - M.

And that’s going to bring us to over twenty DQs. Please ask your remaining DQs by midnight, Eastern on Sunday, January 28.

Howie Mandel, Marc Howe (Gordie’s son) and correct.

DQ1: Ontarian?

1 DQ reserved.

DQ: Known for criminal activities?

1 was Chief Jim Hopper, on Stranger Things; 2 was David Harbour; 3 was Grace Hopper.

3 DQs reserved.

DQs:

  1. Real.
  2. Male.
  3. Alive
  4. Surname begins with “H”.
  5. Not from the United States of America.
  6. Not primarily known for the arts, but did have one artistic work of note.
  7. Not known for business.
  8. Not from Europe.
  9. Born before 1960.
  10. Not known for politics.
  11. Born after 1945.
  12. From the Northern Hemisphere.
  13. From the Western Hemisphere.
  14. Not Asian.
  15. Canadian.
  16. Not best known for writing, but has published an autobiography.
  17. Not known for sports.
  18. First name begins with A - M.
  19. Ontarian.
  20. Not known for criminal activity.

Please note that I’ve revised the response to DQ 16, after further research.

DQ: known from science?

2 DQs reserved.

DQs:

  1. Real.
  2. Male.
  3. Alive
  4. Surname begins with “H”.
  5. Not from the United States of America.
  6. Not primarily known for the arts, but first came to widespread public notice as a result of one artistic work.
  7. Not known for business.
  8. Not from Europe.
  9. Born before 1960.
  10. Not known for politics.
  11. Born after 1945.
  12. From the Northern Hemisphere.
  13. From the Western Hemisphere.
  14. Not Asian.
  15. Canadian.
  16. Not best known for writing, but has published an autobiography.
  17. Not known for sports.
  18. First name begins with A - M.
  19. Ontarian.
  20. Not known for criminal activity.
  21. Not a professional scientist, but known for something that involved a lot of science, both theoretical and applied.

Please note that upon further reflection, I’ve revised the answer to DQ 6, as well.