Botticelli, July 2011

[Elendil_s_Heir]

IQ: Were you named after a famous ornithologist just because your creator liked the sound of the name?

[astorian]

@Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela

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?

No

1. Real person
2. Male
3. First name starts with “B”
4. Dead
5. Born in the 20th century
6. Not involved with sports/athletics
7. American
8. Not involved in politics
9. Best known for work in music, theater, movies or literature.
10. Best known for work done between 1950-2000
11. Best known as a writer in the field of music or theater
12. Never wrote a movie screenplay.
13. Never wrote novels or short stories

[astorian]

@Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela

IQ: Were you at the centre of the quarrel between Agamemnon and Achilles?

No, not Briseis

[astorian]

@Dead_Cat

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?

SOME of my best known work is sort of funny… but most of it isn’t comical.

1. Real person
2. Male
3. First name starts with “B”
4. Dead
5. Born in the 20th century
6. Not involved with sports/athletics
7. American
8. Not involved in politics
9. Best known for work in music, theater, movies or literature.
10. Best known for work done between 1950-2000
11. Best known as a writer in the field of music or theater
12. Never wrote a movie screenplay.
13. Never wrote novels or short stories
14. Not generally regarded as humorous or comical
    Pay attention to #11- we’ve weeded out movies and literature, leaving only two other fields.

[astorian]

@Elendil_s_Heir

IQ: Were you named after a famous ornithologist just because your creator liked the sound of the name?

Not James Bond.

[astorian]

@Dead_Cat

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?

Not Bob Hope.

As for the British comedian… not sure but I’ll take a stab and say “No, I’m not Benny Hill.”

[astorian]

@Dead_Cat

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!

I’m biased, but I think Raymond Burr was an acceptable answer, though Mr. Burns is much better. However, I REALLY feel I shouldn’t have gotten credit for Sir Toby Belch, since he was just one of 4 names I suggested.

So, since I owe SOMEBODY a DQ, go ahead and take it.

[Elendil_s_Heir]

IQ: Did you coproduce several early Genesis albums, and compose the six-second Microsoft start-up music theme?

[astorian]

@Elendil_s_Heir

IQ: Did you coproduce several early Genesis albums, and compose the six-second Microsoft start-up music theme?

Jonathan King & Hugh Padgham are the only Genesis producers I know off the top of my head… so ask a DQ.

[Dead_Cat]

@astorian

Not Bob Hope.

As for the British comedian… not sure but I’ll take a stab and say “No, I’m not Benny Hill.”

Bob Hope was indeed who I was thinking of - I didn’t know enough about him to make the question less obvious. But I’m afraid the British comedian was Bob Monkhouse - probably not so well known in the States I’m afraid.

@astorian

I’m biased, but I think Raymond Burr was an acceptable answer, though Mr. Burns is much better. However, I REALLY feel I shouldn’t have gotten credit for Sir Toby Belch, since he was just one of 4 names I suggested.

So, since I owe SOMEBODY a DQ, go ahead and take it.

Sounds fair, thanks!

DQ1: Did you ever/usually perform your own material?

DQ2: Are you a playwright?

IQ1: Have you got a country named after you?

IQ2: Are you an author who’s best known for travel writing but has also written about the sciences?

[astorian]

DQ1: Did you ever/usually perform your own material?

No.
DQ2: Are you a playwright?

No.

IQ1: Have you got a country named after you?

No, I’m not Simon Bolivar.
IQ2: Are you an author who’s best known for travel writing but has also written about the sciences?

I don’t know who this is- take a DQ.

1. Real person
2. Male
3. First name starts with “B”
4. Dead
5. Born in the 20th century
6. Not involved with sports/athletics
7. American
8. Not involved in politics
9. Best known for work in music, theater, movies or literature.
10. Best known for work done between 1950-2000
11. Best known as a writer in the field of music
12. Never wrote a movie screenplay.
13. Never wrote novels or short stories
14. Not generally regarded as humorous or comical
15. Not a playwright
16. Rarely performed my own material.
    Pay attention to #11- we’ve eliminated all the other fields of endeavor now.

[Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela]

IQ: Are you a doctor respected for humanitarian work in China?

[Sternvogel]

IQ: Were you married to “Mr. Eddie’s Father”?

[astorian]

@Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela

IQ: Are you a doctor respected for humanitarian work in China?

Ask a DQ.

[astorian]

@Sternvogel

IQ: Were you married to “Mr. Eddie’s Father”?

I know that what “Mrs Livingston” used to call Bill Bixby on “Courtship of Eddie’s Father,” but I don’t know who Bill Bixby was married to.
So, ask a DQ.

[Johnny_Q]

IQ: Are you known for singing falsetto with your brothers?

[Sternvogel]

@astorian

I know that what “Mrs Livingston” used to call Bill Bixby on “Courtship of Eddie’s Father,” but I don’t know who Bill Bixby was married to.
So, ask a DQ.

Brenda Benet was his first of three wives.

DQ: Did you write was is considered pop music?

IQ: Were you originally named Mary Collins?

[astorian]

@Johnny_Q

IQ: Are you known for singing falsetto with your brothers?

Not Barry Gibb

[astorian]

@Sternvogel

Brenda Benet was his first of three wives.

DQ: Did you write was is considered pop music?

IQ: Were you originally named Mary Collins?

Yes, I wrote pop music… but I’m actually highly regarded in more than one musical genre.

1. Real person
2. Male
3. First name starts with “B”
4. Dead
5. Born in the 20th century
6. Not involved with sports/athletics
7. American
8. Not involved in politics
9. Best known for work in music, theater, movies or literature.
10. Best known for work done between 1950-2000
11. Best known as a writer in the field of music
12. Never wrote a movie screenplay.
13. Never wrote novels or short stories
14. Not generally regarded as humorous or comical
15. Not a playwright
16. Rarely performed my own material.
17. A successful songwriter in pop and at least one other genre.
    Oh, and I’m not Bo Derek.

[Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela]

Originally Posted by **Le Ministre de l’au-delà **
IQ: Are you a doctor respected for humanitarian work in China?

@astorian

Ask a DQ.

So you’re not Norman Bethune, who died in China serving as a field surgeon during the Japanese invasion in the late 1930s.

DQ: Were you also a conductor/band leader?