Botticelli, July 2023

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181

2 was Dipper Pines, in Gravity Falls.

DQ: known for music?
1 DQ reserved from before.

182
  1. Was Don Quixote
    The other two are correct.

DQ: Known for Music?

183

DQs:

  1. Real.
  2. Surname begins with “D”.
  3. Living.
  4. Not male.
  5. American (So far.)
  6. Not born before 1970, but only barely.
  7. Known for the performing arts.
  8. Caucasian/white.
  9. Born before 1975.
  10. Not known for acting.
  11. Published author, but not primarily known for writing.
  12. Known for music.

@Buck_Godot, you were ninja’d by @De_La_Rue, so take another DQ.

184

DQ:
Vocalist?

IQ:

  1. Were you a dystopian superhero played by Sylvester Stallone
  2. Were you Arnold Schwarzenegger’s twin Brother?
  3. Did you star in Ishtar?
185

DQs:

  1. Real.
  2. Surname begins with “D”.
  3. Living.
  4. Not male.
  5. American (So far.)
  6. Not born before 1970, but only barely.
  7. Known for the performing arts.
  8. Caucasian/white.
  9. Born before 1975.
  10. Not known for acting.
  11. Published author, but not primarily known for writing.
  12. Known for music.
  13. Vocalist and instrumentalist, but probably thought of more as a singer.
186
  1. I am not Judge Dredd.
  2. I am not Danny DeVito.
  3. I am not Dustin Hoffman.
187

DQ: known for rock or pop music?

188

DQs:

  1. Real.
  2. Surname begins with “D”.
  3. Living.
  4. Not male.
  5. American (So far.)
  6. Not born before 1970, but only barely.
  7. Known for the performing arts.
  8. Caucasian/white.
  9. Born before 1975.
  10. Not known for acting.
  11. Published author, but not primarily known for writing.
  12. Known for music.
  13. Vocalist and instrumentalist, but probably thought of more as a singer.
  14. Known for rock/pop, but only in the sense that the music isn’t country or jazz or classical.
189

So, probably a 90s vocalist… Hmmm. Well, it’s not one of the Spice Girls.

DQ: Last name starts with DA -to- DE?

IQs:

  1. Did you star opposite Jeff Goldblum in The Fly?
  2. Are you Frank Zappa’s musician son?
  3. Did you paint Nude Descending A Staircase?
190

IQs:

1. Are you on this cover of a just-released crossover comic?
2. Are you on this cover of a just-released crossover comic?
3. Are you the creators of the show in the top half (the right-side up, if you will) of this cover?

For posterity, in case it disappears, the cover is for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Stranger Things #1.

191

Definitely not one of the Spice Girls.

IQs:

  1. I am not Geena Davis.
  2. I am not Dweezil Zappa.
  3. I am not Marcel Duchamp.

Take 3 DQs - I’ve never seen either of these franchises.

DQs:

  1. Real.
  2. Surname begins with “D”.
  3. Living.
  4. Not male.
  5. American (So far.)
  6. Not born before 1970, but only barely.
  7. Known for the performing arts.
  8. Caucasian/white.
  9. Born before 1975.
  10. Not known for acting.
  11. Published author, but not primarily known for writing.
  12. Known for music.
  13. Vocalist and instrumentalist, but probably thought of more as a singer.
  14. Known for rock/pop, but only in the sense that the music isn’t country or jazz or classical.
  15. Last name does not start “Da” - “De”.
192

1 and 2 were Dustin and Donatello; 3 was the Duffer brothers, creators of Stranger Things.

DQs:
1. famous between 1990-2000?
2. known for one song?

1 DQ reserved.

193

Swept me!

IQs:

  1. Did you have a big hit with My Heart Will Go On?
  2. Did you have a hit with a duet with Elton John?
  3. Do you host The Price Is Right?
194
  1. I am not Celine Dion.
  2. I am not Kiki Dee.
  3. I am not Drew Carey.

DQs:

  1. Real.
  2. Surname begins with “D”.
  3. Living.
  4. Not male.
  5. American (So far.)
  6. Not born before 1970, but only barely.
  7. Known for the performing arts.
  8. Caucasian/white.
  9. Born before 1975.
  10. Not known for acting.
  11. Published author, but not primarily known for writing.
  12. Known for music.
  13. Vocalist and instrumentalist, but probably thought of more as a singer/songwriter
  14. Known for rock/pop, but only in the sense that her music isn’t country or jazz or classical. Closer to the Indigo Girls than Billie Eilish.
  15. Last name does not start “Da” - “De”.
  16. Probably most famous at very end of 1990s/early 2000s.
  17. Known more for her body of work than one particular song.
195

IQs:

  1. Are you Sean Astin’s mom?
  2. Did you play Lizzie McGuire on TV?
  3. Are you a retired New York Yankee who was inducted in the MLB Hall of Fame the first year you were eligible?
196

IQs:
1. Did you hide company property stolen from your employer in a Barbasol shaving cream can?
2. Were you a participant in a gunfight, and a dentist by trade (thus your nickname)?
3. Were you Mattie Ross in True Grit, and Lane’s mom 16 years later in Better Off Dead?

1 DQ reserved.

197

I’m getting swept a lot, need to up my game.
DQ:

  1. Are you a mutant Kelad scientist whose creations were the scourge of the galaxy.
  2. Did you have a change to destroy said creations at their origin but, even knowing what they would become, decided against it.
  3. Is your origin intermingled with the origin of some of the entities on the Cover that De_La_Rue posted
198

DQs:

Best known as a solo artist?
Won major awards?

199

Typo: Should read “Did you have a chance to destroy said creations at their origin but, even knowing what they would become, decided against it?”

200

Previous IQs:

Were you the first black President, in the novel and movie The Man? - Sen. Douglass Dilman
Did that guy’s first name come from you? - Frederick Douglass
Did Jerry Ford, while in the House, try to get you impeached? - Justice William O. Douglas

Douglas(s) x3!

Three DQs reserved.

Hmm. Not sure who this is….