No, I’m not Frodo Baggins (or any other hobbit, for that matter)
I saw Bart Starr’s Lincoln-Mercury dealership on a visit to Alabama about 35 years ago.
DQ: Are you known for writing for one or more of the media mentioned in Summary Answer #9?
IQ: Are you the more famous sister of baseball pitcher Randy Moffitt?
IQ: Are you the inspiration for Michael Ondaatje’s early success 'The Collected Works of…"?
IQ: When you died, did you take the music out with you?
IQ: Was Straker your partner in an antiques firm?
No, I’m not Billie Jean King.
Yes, I am known as a writer in one of those four fields
- Real person
- Male
- First name starts with “B”
- Dead
- Born in the 20th century
- Not involved with sports/athletics
- American
- Not involved in politics
- Best known for work in music, theater, movies or literature.
- Best known for work done between 1950-2000
- Best known as a writer in the field of music, theater, movies or literature.
No I’m not… Buddy Holly? (I’m guessing this is an “American Pie” reference.)
I’m not familiar with this book, so take a DQ.
No, I’m not the vampire Barlowe from “Salem’s Lot.”
Without an “e” on the end, but correct. Well done.
IQ: Were you Mr. Plow’s business rival?
“The Collected Works of Billy the Kid” was first produced as a play in the early 70s by Tarragon Theatre in Toronto and then published as poetry. Not surprisingly, William Bonney, aka Billy the Kid, features prominently throughout.
DQ: Did you win at least one Oscar for your script writing?
IQ: Does your phenomenal strength derive from the fact that you are the son of the wind?
No, I never wrote a movie screenplay.
- Real person
- Male
- First name starts with “B”
- Dead
- Born in the 20th century
- Not involved with sports/athletics
- American
- Not involved in politics
- Best known for work in music, theater, movies or literature.
- Best known for work done between 1950-2000
- Best known as a writer in the field of music, theater or literature.
- Never wrote a movie screenplay.
I’m stumped- ask your next DQ.
One of the rare “Simpsons” episodes I’ve actually seen. I remember the “Mr. Plow” song Homer set to the Roto-Rooter Jingle.
No, I’m not Barney.
IQ: Were Mina and Renfield secondary characters of yours?
Not Bram Stoker.
A reference to the Mahabharata - Kunti uses her mantra to summon Vayu, the deva of the wind, and the resultant child, Bhima is the second of the Pandava brothers. He was said to have the strength of ten thousand elephants.
So, let’s narrow this down a bit more…
DQ: Are you a writer of novels and/or short stories?
IQ: Were you at the centre of the quarrel between Agamemnon and Achilles?
The answer to the last IQ there is “Bob Beamon” - I have heard the expression “That’s a Beamon jump ahead of the others”. I’ll take a DQ for that - still waiting for a ruling on my first IQ!
DQ: Is your work usually comic in nature?
IQ: Are you a British comedian, who came up with the famous one-liners (among others): “You should always go to other people’s funerals, otherwise they won’t come to yours” and “When I was asked as a boy what I wanted to do when I grew up and I said I wanted to be a comedian, they laughed. They’re not laughing now”?
IQ: Are you an American comic of great longevity who was a favourite among the troops?