Botticelli - July 2022

Respectively:
I am not Oliver Stone.
I am not Oolon Colluphid.
I am not Odilo Globocnik.

1. Take a DQ.
2. Take a DQ.
3. I am not Omar Sharif.

DQs:
1. fictional
2. male
3. not originally from a work of prose fiction
4. not American
5. first appeared before 1900
6. only name starts with O
7. European
8. first appeared before 1800
9. protagonist
10. not originally from a play (but has appeared in one)
11. from antiquity
12. from Greek or Roman myth
13. human

#1 was Onesimus.
#2 was Obadiah.
Correct on Omar.

DQs:

  1. Tragic figure?
  2. Nobility?

DQs:
1. fictional
2. male
3. not originally from a work of prose fiction
4. not American
5. first appeared before 1900
6. only name starts with O
7. European
8. first appeared before 1800
9. protagonist
10. not originally from a play (but has appeared in one)
11. from antiquity
12. from Greek or Roman myth
13. human
14. endured tragedy
15. not noble (in some accounts said to be son of a king, if that counts)

IQ: Are you an Argonaut who was eventually torn to pieces by Maenads (or Bacchantae, depending on the version)?

I am indeed Orpheus! Next game goes to the Prof.

Thanks!

I am

A!

IQs:
1. Is it like RAY-EE-AAAAY-AIN on your wedding day?
2. Were you an 18th-century US president, or his son?
3. Did you coach the Philadelphia Eagles?

IQs:

  1. I am not Alanis Morissette.
  2. I am not John Adams.
  3. Take a DQ.

Ah, Orpheus - good one!

Previous IQs:

Did you briefly appear on the street in the political comedy Dave? - Not Oliver Stone (he was in it, but not in the street), but Tip O’Neill
Did you disbelieve yourself into oblivion? - Not Oolon Colluphid, but the title character of the terrific short story “Obstinate Uncle Otis” by Robert Arthur Jr.
Did you supposedly become the South African minister of justice? - Not Odilo Globocnik (still, bonus points for naming, from memory, an obscure Nazi thug!), but Otto, from A Fish Called Wanda

On to A…

IQs:

Did you lose the Battle of Fredericksburg?
Were you a Civil War general and later a carpetbagger Governor of Mississippi?
Were you Sauron, in disguise?

Take 3 DQs.

3 (Eagles coach) was Andy Reid.

DQ: real?

DQ:

  1. Fictional

Previous IQs:

Did you lose the Battle of Fredericksburg? - Maj. Gen. Ambrose Burnside
Were you a Civil War general and later a carpetbagger Governor of Mississippi? - Adelbert Ames
Were you Sauron, in disguise? - Annatar (“Lord of Gifts”), when he was involved in the making of the great Rings

DQs:

Male?
American?
Last name starts with A?

IQs:

Are you the current Duke of York?
Were you legendarily struck by a British officer when you refused to polish his boots?
Were you a Governor of Massachusetts who appeared briefly in the movie Glory?

IQs:
1. Did you have a Famous School for Comedians?
2. Did you join a Spanish study group at a Community college, with Jeff, Troy, Pierce, and Shirley?
3. Did you invent the doorknob, and also dynamite?

DQ:

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. American
  4. Last name starts with A

#1. I am not Prince Andrew (??)
Take 2 DQs.

#1. I am not Austin Pendleton (??)
2. Take a DQ.
3. I am not Alfred Nobel.

1 was Albert Brooks; 2 was Annie, on Community; 3 was correct (no-bell, geddit?..OK, I’m sorry.).

DQs:
1. protagonist?
2. from a filmed dramatic work (i.e. movie, TV, etc.)?

DQ:

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. American
  4. Last name starts with A
  5. Not the protagonist
  6. Not originally from a filmed dramatic work, but has been in numerous ones.
  1. Did you write The Satan Bug?
  2. Did you write The Earth Book of Stormgate?
  3. Did you write Quasar, Quasar Burning Bright?

Previous IQs:

Are you the current Duke of York? - Yes, Prince Andrew
Were you legendarily struck by a British officer when you refused to polish his boots? - Andrew Jackson, when he was a boy
Were you a Governor of Massachusetts who appeared briefly in the movie Glory? - John Andrew

Andrew x3!

DQs:

Would be alive today, if real?
First appeared since 1950?

IQs:

Are you the London detective protagonist of Len Deighton’s SS-GB?
Are you a hard-drinking, relentlessly-womanizing spy with the codename “Duchess”?
Did you command the USS Enterprise, NX-01?