Botticelli, July 2011

Sigh. I’m still in a slump. Ask a DQ.

IQ: Were you considered one of the greatest ever in your field, only to lose your world title by default?

Not Bobby Fischer.

Can’t think of this one- ask a DQ.

Not Abe Fortas

Yep.

No, he was LBJ’s buddy. I was thinking of Fred Vinson, later appointed Chief Justice by Truman.

DQ: Male?

IQ: Were you a much-respected colleague of Edward R. Murrow?

In Beethoven’s only opera, Florestan is a political prisoner of the nobleman Don Pizzaro, held without trial in a secret cell. Florestan’s wife, Leonore, disguises herself as a boy and works at the prison for a couple of years, trying to find her husband and rescue him. The name she takes is also the title of the opera - Fidelio.

DQ: Are you male?

Not Fred Friendly

Yes, male.

  1. Fictional
  2. Male

Since two people asked my gender, one of you is entitled to another DQ.

IQ: Does your wife hate it when you hire O’Reilly, because he works for cheap?

DQ, take two: Is ‘F’ the initial of your last name?

IQ: Did your husband play a test pilot?

Not Basil Fawlty

Yes.

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. Last name starts with “F”

Apart from Green Lantern and the guys in The Right Stuff, I can’t think of any movies about test pilots..

Ask a DQ

Correct!

I’m willing to back down on a DQ if this is thought too cryptic, but I was going for Burger King’s “Have it your way” (not sure if they are using this in the US as well as the UK). The target then becomes obvious - Frank Sinatra (“I did it My Way”). While I wait for a ruling on that, another IQ: Do both you and your best friend have names related to your jobs?

IQ: Are you a significant character in Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? who does NOT appear in Blade Runner?

Not too cryptic- take yur DQ with a clear conscience.

I haven’t read the book in 20+ years. Ask a DQ.

Farrah Fawcett’s husband Lee Majors played a test pilot on The Six Million Dollar Man.

DQ: American?

IQ: Were you an investigative journalist on a fictional TV news show?

No

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. Last name starts with “F”
  4. Not American