Botticelli - July 2021

Thread Games
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Previous IQs:

Were you a Republican US senator from Minnesota? - Rudy Boschwitz
Were you a Democratic US senator of Native American ancestry? - Ben Nighthorse Campbell
Have you played a concierge, a Federal prosecutor, a network executive and a computer genius? - Bob Balaban, in The Grand Budapest Hotel (although Adrien Brody is in that movie, he doesn’t play a concierge), Absence of Malice, Seinfeld and 2010: The Year We Make Contact

DQs:

Best known for the visual arts?
Greatest fame before 1914?

One DQ reserved.

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DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Dead
  4. Not American
  5. European
  6. Died after 1900
  7. Last name starts with B
  8. Known for the Arts
  9. Died before 1970
  10. Not best known for a single incident.
  11. Not from the British Isles.
  12. Not best known for the performing arts.
  13. Born South of Vienna
  14. Born East of Vienna
  15. Greatest fame before 1939
  16. Not an author or poet
  17. Not known for the visual arts
  18. Greatest fame after 1914
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DQ: Known for architecture?

One DQ reserved

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Whoops. Forgot to give the answers.

Correct
Frank Beard, the only member who did not sport a beard during their 70s and 80s peak
Billy Gibbons

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DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Dead
  4. Not American
  5. European
  6. Died after 1900
  7. Last name starts with B
  8. Known for the Arts
  9. Died before 1970
  10. Not best known for a single incident.
  11. Not from the British Isles.
  12. Not best known for the performing arts.
  13. Born South of Vienna
  14. Born East of Vienna
  15. Greatest fame before 1939
  16. Not an author or poet
  17. Not known for the visual arts
  18. Greatest fame after 1914

Architecture is considered to be one of the visual arts. Chock, take another guess.

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Hmm… We’ve eliminated performing, literary and visual arts… Architecture is considered visual for these purposes…

DQ: Are you a non-artist connected to the Arts - for example, a promoter, curator, benefactor or patron, or someone on the business side of things?

Still holding my other DQ.

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DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Dead
  4. Not American
  5. European
  6. Died after 1900
  7. Last name starts with B
  8. Known for the Arts
  9. Died before 1970
  10. Not best known for a single incident.
  11. Not from the British Isles.
  12. Not best known for the performing arts.
  13. Born South of Vienna
  14. Born East of Vienna
  15. Greatest fame before 1939
  16. Not an author or poet
  17. Not known for the visual arts
  18. Greatest fame after 1914
  19. Not a non-artist connected to the Arts

Re: #12. This fellow did perform his own works but isn’t best remembered for the performances.

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DQ: Composer?

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DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Dead
  4. Not American
  5. European
  6. Died after 1900
  7. Last name starts with B
  8. Known for the Arts
  9. Died before 1970
  10. Not best known for a single incident.
  11. Not from the British Isles.
  12. Not best known for the performing arts.
  13. Born South of Vienna
  14. Born East of Vienna
  15. Greatest fame before 1939
  16. Not an author or poet
  17. Not known for the visual arts
  18. Greatest fame after 1914
  19. Not a non-artist connected to the Arts
  20. Composer

That’s 20. No more IQs. Please ask all unasked DQs by Noon EDT tomorrow.

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DQ:

Native speaker of Italian?

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DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Dead
  4. Not American
  5. European
  6. Died after 1900
  7. Last name starts with B
  8. Known for the Arts
  9. Died before 1970
  10. Not best known for a single incident.
  11. Not from the British Isles.
  12. Not best known for the performing arts.
  13. Born South of Vienna
  14. Born East of Vienna
  15. Greatest fame before 1939
  16. Not an author or poet
  17. Not known for the visual arts
  18. Greatest fame after 1914
  19. Not a non-artist connected to the Arts
  20. Composer
  21. Not a native speaker of Italian
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Okay! No more DQs. Please ask your final “Are you Firstname Lastname?” questions by 6 pm EDT tomorrow.

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Early 20th Century composer from Southeast Europe. Could be from Austria, somewhere in the Balkans, Romania, Hungary, Greece…
I have a feeling I’m gonna smack my head when I see the answer. Still pondering…

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Are you Berthold Brecht?

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Good guess, but I am not.

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Are you Bela Bartok?

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Yes! Well played, Miss Take!

I am Hungarian composer

Bela Bartok

https://i0.wp.com/www.bookofdaystales.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/bb1.jpg

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Good job, MissTake!

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Going to do a (hopefully) quick one:

I am Q

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IQs:

  1. Did you play the daughter in The Goodbye Girl?
  2. Did you play Benny in Benny and Joon?
  3. Did you play the lead in Zorba the Greek?