Botticelli - July 2015

[astorian]

SUMMARY

1. Real
2. Male
3. American
4. First name starts with “F”
5. Dead
6. Certainly no artist, but had some involvement in the arts***
7. Born West of the Mississippi
8. Believe it or not… I didn’t die before OR after 1950!
9. I suppose I WAS a businessman/entrepreneur of a sort, but most people wouldn’t remember or describe me that way.
   *** Not to be coy here… I would have scoffed at the idea that I was an artist of any kind, and yet my career led me to direct involvement in more than one of “the arts”

[astorian]

@Elendil_s_Heir

Were you the politician who invited Lije Baley to Aurora?
Were you married to a fat man who shared your profession but cheated on you?
Are you Arthur’s tomboy best friend?

Not Francine

Take DQs for #1 and #2

[Knowed_Out]

Is this mike on? check… one… two… three…

@Knowed_Out

IQ1: Are you the Norse goddess of foreknowledge and wisdom and wife of Odin?
IQ2: Are you a Norse fertility god, fated to die at the hands of Surtr at Ragnarok?
IQ3: Are you IQ2’s twin sister, a Norse love goddess whose chariot is pulled by cats?

[astorian]

@Knowed_Out

IQ1: Are you the Norse goddess of foreknowledge and wisdom and wife of Odin?
IQ2: Are you a Norse fertility god, fated to die at the hands of Surtr at Ragnarok?
IQ3: Are you IQ2’s twin sister, a Norse love goddess whose chariot is pulled by cats?

Not Frigg or Freya?

Take however many DQs you deserve

[Elendil_s_Heir]

Previous IQs:

Were you the politician who invited Lije Baley to Aurora? - Han Fastolfe, in Asimov’s The Robots of Dawn.
Were you married to a fat man who shared your profession but cheated on you? - Frida Kahlo, married to fellow artist Diego Rivera.
Are you Arthur’s tomboy best friend? - Yes, Francine.

DQs:

Won a top award in his field?
Best known for a single incident?

IQs:

Were you a high-achieving kid who briefly went through a Goth phase?
Were you either of a pair of tailors in Oscar?
Did you get very bad news in 1781, sink into a chair and moan, “Oh, God, it’s all over”?

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

@Prof.Pepperwinkle

IQs:

1. Did Roger Moore play you in an action/adventure move of the late 1970’s?
2. Did you play Mary in the early 1960’s Babes In Toyland?
3. Did you create Candid Camera?

@astorian

Not Rufus ffolkes

Not Alan Funt
Take a DQ for #2

Correct, Annette Funicello, Correct.

DQ: Unusual first name?

Soooo, he died in 1950 exactly.

[astorian]

SUMMARY

1. Real
2. Male
3. American
4. First name starts with “F”
5. Dead
6. Certainly no artist, but had some involvement in the arts***
7. Born West of the Mississippi
8. Believe it or not… I didn’t die before OR after 1950!
9. I suppose I WAS a businessman/entrepreneur of a sort, but most people wouldn’t remember or describe me that way.
10. Common first name
11. My main occupation was unusual enough that it didn’t HAVE any major awards for me to win (you’d have a hard time naming anyone else who was famous for doing the same job as me)
12. Not known for just one incident

*** Not to be coy here… I would have scoffed at the idea that I was an artist of any kind, and yet my career led me to direct involvement in more than one of “the arts”

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

IQs:

1. Did you used to test a light bulb by putting it in your mouth?
2. Were you the star of a risque comics series by Wally Wood?
3. Were you the star of a risque comics series by Harvey Kurtzman & Will Elder?

[astorian]

@Prof.Pepperwinkle

IQs:

1. Did you used to test a light bulb by putting it in your mouth?
2. Were you the star of a risque comics series by Wally Wood?
3. Were you the star of a risque comics series by Harvey Kurtzman & Will Elder?

Not Uncle Fester of*** The Addams Family***

Take DQS for the other 2 (I’m not up on my risqué comics, I guess).

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

@Prof.Pepperwinkle

IQs:

1. Did you used to test a light bulb by putting it in your mouth?
2. Were you the star of a risque comics series by Wally Wood?
3. Were you the star of a risque comics series by Harvey Kurtzman & Will Elder?

@astorian

Not Uncle Fester of*** The Addams Family***

Take DQS for the other 2 (I’m not up on my risqué comics, I guess).

Correct on Fester. #2 was Sally Forth, #3 was Little Annie Fanny.

2 DQs reserved.

[Knowed_Out]

@astorian

Not Frigg or Freya?

Take however many DQs you deserve

correct, Frey, correct

holding a DQ

IQ1: Is a zoo in Gainesville Texas named after you?
IQ2: Does a petroleum company logo bear your last name and a road number?
IQ3: Are you originally a comic book artist who went on to direct The 300?

[astorian]

@Knowed_Out

correct, Frey, correct

holding a DQ

IQ1: Is a zoo in Gainesville Texas named after you?

YESSSSS!!!

I am Texas-born hunter FRANK BUCK!!!

My life’s work was capturing wild animals alive and unharmed, for sale to zoos, circuses and collectors. I wrote several best-selling novels based on my adventures, most notably Bring 'Em Back Alive, and appeared in several jungle-themed movies.

Nice job, Knowed Out!

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

Good choice, astorian. I’ve heard of him, but it’s been years.

Great job, KO!

[Knowed_Out]

That was harder than it looked.

The next letter is B.

[astorian]

IQ1) Did you flee from Ireland after being tricked into thinking you’d shot your beloved’s fiancé?

IQ2) Are you an acclaimed dancer and choreographer who scored one (and only one) pop hit as a singer in 1982, at the ripe old age of 39?

IQ3) Did you play the organ for a band founded as a “songwriters’ collective” by students at the Charterhouse School in Smithfield, England?

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

IQ’s:

1. Did you write Bring 'Em Back Alive?
2. Are you aka Daniel Patrick Cassidy?
3. Were you known as “The Great Profile”?

[TexCat]

IQ’s:

1. Did you write a mystery series about a burglar who owned a bookstore?
2. Are you that burglar?
3. Are you an Astro’s catcher and 2nd baseman in the hall of fame?

[SCAdian]

IQ1: Were you called The Vamp?
IQ2: Were you called The It Girl?
IQ3: Were you John and Lionel’s sister?

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

Welcome to the neighborhood, TexCat!

[SCAdian]

Oh, yeah - welcome back!