Botticelli - January 2024

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Previous IQs:

Were you “the Unspeakable”? - Yes, Hastur
Did you write about that entity? - Yes, H.P. Lovecraft
Did you adopt the magical Matilda? - Miss Honey

DQs:

Prominently appears in a work of art?
Greatest fame before 2000?

242

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.
  22. Does not prominently appear in a work of art.
  23. Greatest fame achieved after 2000.
243

Last DQ:

Traveled in space?

244

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.
  22. Does not prominently appear in a work of art.
  23. Greatest fame achieved after 2000.
  24. Traveled in space.
245

Not a clue.

246

I have a very precise category of person I think it is, but I have no idea who an actual person in that category is named.

247

I’m kinda in the same boat. Think think think….

248

I’ll give you another hint, for freebies: the artistic work for which H is noted was a musical performance. I suppose that could be considered “prominently appearing in a work of art”.

249

Since I haven’t been playing this round, I looked him up. Never heard of him.

I was surprised by how many people fit both DQ15 and DQ24.

250

Wow, I didn’t think this would be that tough. Okay, please get in your firstname-lastname guesses by midnight Eastern Wednesday, January 31.

251

Hmm. There can’t be all that many Canadians who’ve been into space who fit these clues, but I can’t think of any of them.

252

Still a blank.

253

Are you astronaut Chris Hatfield?

254

Ding-ding-ding-ding! And we have our winner!

Yes, I am astronaut, singer, former International Space Station commander, and Canadian national treasure Chris Hadfield!!, who came to public notice in 2013, when I performed David Bowie’s “Space Oddity” aboard the ISS.

Congratulations, @De_La_Rue! Your round.

255

Wow! Amazing job De La Rue!

I remember somebody doing Space Oddity in space, but that’s as close as I’d have come.

256

Congrats, me!

Next month’s thread will be started tomorrow (next month).

257

I remember the astronaut and the performance but not his name. Well done, DLR!

258

Awesome work, De_La_Rue! From #21 I figured it was an astronaut, and made my last guess to make it obvious, but I simply could not remember the name of any Canadian astronaut. Glad someone got it sorted!

259

New thread is here.