Botticelli - July 2015

[Knowed_Out]

@Prof.Pepperwinkle

IQs:

1. Did you have a hit with I Can’t Smile Without You?
2. Did you have a hit with The Wind Beneath My Wings?
3. Are you aka Erica Abi Wright?

not Barry Manilow, not Barbra Streisand, dunno

[Elendil_s_Heir]

Is DQ answer #7 purposefully plural?

Previous IQs:

Did you protect black servants threatened during the New York City Draft Riots? - John Wilkes Booth (which I was surprised to recently learn).
Were you Dr. Johnson’s biographer and boon companion? - The inimitable Boswell.
Were you a U.S. senator who went a little crazy during his reelection campaign? - Michelle Bachmann was never a senator, nor male; this was the title character in the movie Bulworth.

DQs:

Born in or after 1950?
Died in or after 2000?
Married to another famous person?

IQs:

Did you sing of a geometric shape in a granular medium?
Was your official residence a basement in Russell?
Have you played a concierge, a Vietnam vet and a weatherman?

[astorian]

DQ1) Are you a two-time NFL rushing champion who’s much better known as a lawyer?

DQ2) Did you write a book entitled “Slouching Toward Gomorrah”?

DQ3) Were you a foreman of the loading dock at the Prendegast Tool & Dye company?

[TexCat]

@Knowed_Out

Here’s 3 DQs as a welcome back gift.

Thanks!!

@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?

1. Lawrence Block
2. Bernie Rhodenbarr
3. Craig Biggio

DQ: Known for the sciences?

[SCAdian]

@SCAdian

IQ1: Did you play Ann Romano’s daughter?
IQ2: Did you play Fanny Brice and Dolly Levi?
IQ3: Did you play a woman who fed a crocodile?

@Knowed_Out

not Valerie Bertinelli, not Barbra Streisand(?), dunno

Correct.
Correct.
Betty White (Lake Placid).
One DQ reserved.
IQ1: Were you a member of the Invaders and the Kid Commandos?
IQ2: Were you the youngest person to hold the Miss America title?
IQ3: Were you the first black US Navy diver?

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

IQs:

1. Did you have a hit with I Can’t Smile Without You?
2. Did you have a hit with The Wind Beneath My Wings?
3. Are you aka Erica Abi Wright?

not Barry Manilow, not Barbra Streisand, dunno

Correct on #1.
Bette Midler had the hit with Wind Beneath My Wings.
#3 is better known as Erykah Badu.

2 DQs reserved.

[Knowed_Out]

DQ Roundup

1. Real
2. Female
3. Dead
4. Known for the arts, but not most famous for it
5. American
6. Died after 1900
7. Last name starts with B
8. Born in or after 1900
9. Not involved in politics
10. Not born in or after 1950
11. Died in or after 2000
12. Married to another famous person
13. Not known for the sciences

[Knowed_Out]

@astorian

IQ1) Are you a two-time NFL rushing champion who’s much better known as a lawyer?

IQ2) Did you write a book entitled “Slouching Toward Gomorrah”?

IQ3) Were you a foreman of the loading dock at the Prendegast Tool & Dye company?

dunno, not Robert Bork, not Archie Bunker(?)

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

DQs:

1. Caucasian?
2. Known as a beauty?

[Knowed_Out]

@SCAdian

IQ1: Were you a member of the Invaders and the Kid Commandos?
IQ2: Were you the youngest person to hold the Miss America title?
IQ3: Were you the first black US Navy diver?

not Bucky(?), dunno x2

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

IQs:

1. Did you write The Master and Margarita?
2. Did you write Cousin Bette?
3. Did you write Peter and the Starcatchers with Ridley Pearson?

[Knowed_Out]

DQ Roundup

1. Real
2. Female
3. Dead
4. Known for the arts, but not most famous for it
5. American
6. Died after 1900
7. Last name starts with B
8. Born in or after 1900
9. Not involved in politics
10. Not born in or after 1950
11. Died in or after 2000
12. Married to another famous person
13. Not known for the sciences
14. Caucasian
15. Beauty is a matter of debate, but she has inspired others to copy her

[Knowed_Out]

@Prof.Pepperwinkle

IQs:

1. Did you write The Master and Margarita?
2. Did you write Cousin Bette?
3. Did you write Peter and the Starcatchers with Ridley Pearson?

take 3 DQs

[SCAdian]

@SCAdian

IQ1: Were you a member of the Invaders and the Kid Commandos?
IQ2: Were you the youngest person to hold the Miss America title?
IQ3: Were you the first black US Navy diver?

@Knowed_Out

not Bucky(?), dunno x2

Correct.
Marian Bergeron (she was 15).
BMCM Carl Brashear, portrayed by Cuba Gooding Jr in Men of Honor.
Three DQs reserved.
IQ1: Were you editor of Cosmopolitan for several decades?
IQ2: Was your older son called by his first name, repeated?

[Elendil_s_Heir]

@Elendil_s_Heir

…
IQs:

Did you sing of a geometric shape in a granular medium?
Was your official residence a basement in Russell?
Have you played a concierge, a Vietnam vet and a weatherman?

Ahem.

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

IQs:

1. Did you write The Master and Margarita?
2. Did you write Cousin Bette?
3. Did you write Peter and the Starcatchers with Ridley Pearson?
   take 3 DQs

#1 was Mikhail Bulgakov. #2 was Honore de Balzac. #3 was Dave Berry.

3 DQs reserved.

[TexCat]

IQs:

1. Are you the female tennis player who won “The Battle of the Sexes” in 1973?
2. Are you the male tennis player that she beat?
3. Are you the female athlete and golfer with a museum in Beaumont, TX?

[Knowed_Out]

@SCAdian

IQ1: Were you editor of Cosmopolitan for several decades?
IQ2: Was your older son called by his first name, repeated?

take 2 DQs

[Knowed_Out]

Did you sing of a geometric shape in a granular medium?
Was your official residence a basement in Russell?
Have you played a concierge, a Vietnam vet and a weatherman?
Ahem.

Sorry, pulled an **astorian **there.

dunno x2, not Matthew Broderick(?)

[Knowed_Out]

@TexCat

IQs:

1. Are you the female tennis player who won “The Battle of the Sexes” in 1973?
2. Are you the male tennis player that she beat?
3. Are you the female athlete and golfer with a museum in Beaumont, TX?

not Billie Jean King, not Bobby Riggs, dunno