Botticelli - January 2025

Adam Worth was called, by the chief of Scotland Yard, “the Napoleon of Crime.”
#1 is Prof. Moriarty.
#2 is Macavity, the Mystery Cat.
#3 was Mark Hamill. Robert Englund went to audition for the part of Han Solo. He obviously didn’t get it, but told Mark that they were looking for someone like him.

DQs:

  1. Actor?
  2. European?

2 DQs reserved.

  1. Correct
  2. Minnie Driver (Amelia Fiona “Minnie” Driver)
  3. Correct

Minnie x3!

DQ:

Born before 1925?

IQs:
1. Are your notebooks radioactive?
2. Do you go on wacky dimension-spanning adventures with your cynical hard-drinkin’ genius grandfather Rick?
3. Did you work with David Lynch on The Elephant Man and David Cronenberg on The Fly?

IQs:

  1. Did you write The Economic Consequences of the Peace?
  2. Were you the Jets’s leader in receiving yardage during the Joe Namath years?
  3. Were you a beatnik played by Bob Denver?

I am not Marie Curie or Morty and take a DQ.

I am not John Maynard Keynes, take a DQ and I am not Maynard.

DQs:

  1. Male
  2. Known for the arts
  3. Born before 1950.
  4. Real
  5. First name begins with M.
  6. Living
  7. Known for the performing arts
  8. Not American
  9. Not an actor
  10. European
  11. Born after 1925. (are you sure you meant 1925?)

DQs:

  1. British or Irish?
  2. Singer or musician?

Correct on #1. #2 was Don Maynard. #3 was Maynard G. Krebs.

Maynard x3!

1 DQ reserved.

IQs:

  1. Did you portray H. G. Wells in Time After Time?
  2. Were you a member of the Toronto stage cast of Godspell who went on to become a noted comic star?
  3. Were you another member of the Toronto stage cast of Godspell who went on to become a noted comic star?

I am not Malcolm McDowell and take 2 DQs.

Correct on Malcolm. Martin Short and Andrea Martin got their starts in Toronto.

2 DQs reserved.

DQs:

  1. Male
  2. Known for the arts
  3. Born before 1950.
  4. Real
  5. First name begins with M.
  6. Living
  7. Known for the performing arts
  8. Not American
  9. Not an actor
  10. European
  11. Born after 1925. (are you sure you meant 1925?)
  12. British
  13. Singer/musician

DQ: Predominantly a solo act (as opposed to part of a group)?

IQs:

  1. Did you play a guitar in The Monkees?
  2. Did you play the drums in The Monkees?
  3. Did you star in an eponymous mid-season comedy/variety show, which opened with animation by Terry Gilliam?

Both Mickey Dolenz and Mike Nesmith have already been used. I am not Monty Python.

DQs:

  1. Male
  2. Known for the arts
  3. Born before 1950.
  4. Real
  5. First name begins with M.
  6. Living
  7. Known for the performing arts
  8. Not American
  9. Not an actor
  10. European
  11. Born after 1925. (are you sure you meant 1925?)
  12. British
  13. Singer/musician
  14. Has been both in a group and solo. Might be better known as part of a group.

I gotta pay better attention.

#3 is Marty Feldman.

1 DQ reserved

IQs:

  1. Were you a member of the band Scaffold and brother to Paul McCartney?
  2. Does Eddie Izzard usually imitate your voice when he’s talking as God in his monologues?
  3. Were you Wally Cox’s college roommate who left you because he couldn’t deal with your pet wolverine?

3 (Davids) was Mel Brooks.

DQ: known for rock music?

IQs:
1. Welcome! Everything is fine. Were you the architect of Eleanor’s “Good Place” community on The Good Place?
2. Were you Norma Jean DiMaggio on your Department of Defense USO ID card?
3. Were you the Elephant Man?