Botticelli, July 2023

[Buck_Godot]

@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness

DQ
Not my first Doctor Jon Pertwee
DQ - The first guy after Tom Baker’s long run

That puts us quite a way over 20, so no more IQs please.

1. Patrick Troughton
2. Correct (reverse the polarity of the Neurton flow!)
3. Peter Davidson

Congrats Professor, I was in the process of trying to narrow it down to her, when I read further and found that you got it. I also didn’t know her name so I wouldn’t have been able to win it.

On to G!

DQs

1. Are you a gargoyle owned by Caine and Abel?
2. Do you run a detective agency out of New Hong Kong
3. Were you a professional wrestler in the 50’s known for your lustrous golden hair.

[De_La_Rue]

Congrats, Prof.!

IQ wrap-up: 1 was Pete; 3 was St. Patrick.

IQs:
1. Was your actual first name Mohandas (the first name you’re known by is in fact an adjective meaning “Great-souled”)?
2. Were you in Conan the Destroyer?
3. Do collections of your work include Call Me When You Find America, Wouldn’t a Gremlin Have Been More Sensible?, and Guilty, Guilty, Guilty!?

[ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness]

IQ1: Will you survive, hey, hey?
IQ2: Are you little goil married to Meathead?
IQ2: Were you a frequent dancing guest star on The Gong Show?

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

@Buck_Godot

DQs

1. Are you a gargoyle owned by Caine and Abel?
2. Do you run a detective agency out of New Hong Kong
3. Were you a professional wrestler in the 50’s known for your lustrous golden hair.

1. I am not Goldie.
2. Take a DQ.
3. I am not Gorgeous George.

@De_La_Rue

IQs:

1. Was your actual first name Mohandas (the first name you’re known by is in fact an adjective meaning “Great-souled”)?
2. Were you in Conan the Destroyer?
3. Do collections of your work include Call Me When You Find America, Wouldn’t a Gremlin Have Been More Sensible?, and Guilty, Guilty, Guilty!?

1. I am not Mahatma Mohandas Gandhi.
2. Take a DQ.
3. I am not George Trudeau.

@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness

IQ1: Will you survive, hey, hey?
IQ2: Are you little goil married to Meathead?
IQ2: Were you a frequent dancing guest star on The Gong Show?

1. I am not Gloria Gaynor.
2. I am not Gloria Bunker Spitznik (sp?).
3. Take a DQ.

[ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness]

@Prof.Pepperwinkle

@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness

IQ1: Will you survive, hey, hey?
IQ2: Are you little goil married to Meathead?
IQ2: Were you a frequent dancing guest star on The Gong Show?

1. I am not Gloria Gaynor.
2. I am not Gloria Bunker Spitznik (sp?).
3. Take a DQ.

Correct
Correct - it’s spelled Stivic
Gene Gene the Dancing Machine

DQ: Real?

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

DQs:

1. Fictional

[Buck_Godot]

@Prof.Pepperwinkle

• I am not Goldie.
• Take a DQ.
• I am not Gorgeous George.

2. was yours truly Buck Godot

the other two are correct.
(I’m having a Deja vu moment that I used Gorgeous George in a previous round, but I searched for any posts I’d made about wrestlers and came up empty)

DQ:
Originally from Literature?

[Slow_Moving_Vehicle]

Congratulations, Prof! Great guess!

@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness

@Slow_Moving_Vehicle

1. Did you invent the cathode ray tube?
2. Were you a martyred Bishop of Smyrna, whose name was adopted as a username by a now-departed Doper with an interest in Episcopalian theology, hermeneutics, and church polity?
3. Did you receive a famous letter carried by and about your enslaved servant Onesimus?

Not Philo Farnsworth
DQ
Not Philemon

Just for the record, IQ2 was Polycarp.

@Buck_Godot

Did you play the Doctor who had a car named Bessy

Nitpick, because, hey, Doper: Bessie.

IQs:

1. After your acting career fell into abeyance after starring in a hit sitcom the 1970s, did you resurrect it as a commentator on professional poker?
2. Are you a primate who lives with a man with odd taste in headwear?
3. Were you a surfer girl, played in a movie by Sandra Dee and then on TV by Sally Field?

[ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness]

IQ1: Was a song of yours ubiquitous at sporting events in the 70s, 80s and 90s, only to disappear after your rather sordid arrest and conviction?
IQ2: Did you co-create the best known table top role playing game?
IQ3: Were you first person to be executed in the US after the Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in 1976?

[De_La_Rue]

@Prof.Pepperwinkle

1. I am not Mahatma Mohandas Gandhi.
2. Take a DQ.
3. I am not George Trudeau.

1 was correct; 2 was Grace Jones; 3 was Garry Trudeau, which I think doesn’t count because you got the name beginning with G wrong.

DQ: female?

(1 possible DQ reserved.)

IQs:
1. Did you direct Lady Bird, Little Women, and a hotly anticipated (and hot pink) film opening Friday?
2. Did you pinch-hit for the Browns in 1951, wearing the number 1/8, and were the shortest player to ever appear in a baseball game?
3. What’s Eating you?

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

DQs:

1. Fictional
2. Originally from literature
3. Male

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

@Slow_Moving_Vehicle

IQs:

1. After your acting career fell into abeyance after starring in a hit sitcom the 1970s, did you resurrect it as a commentator on professional poker?
2. Are you a primate who lives with a man with odd taste in headwear?
3. Were you a surfer girl, played in a movie by Sandra Dee and then on TV by Sally Field?

#1. Take a DQ.
#2. I am not Curious George.
#3. I am not the girl midget Gidget.

@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness

IQ1: Was a song of yours ubiquitous at sporting events in the 70s, 80s and 90s, only to disappear after your rather sordid arrest and conviction?
IQ2: Did you co-create the best known table top role playing game?
IQ3: Were you first person to be executed in the US after the Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in 1976?

#1. I am not Gary Glitter (?)
#2. I am not Gary Gygax.
#3. Take a DQ.

@De_La_Rue

IQs:

1. Did you direct Lady Bird, Little Women, and a hotly anticipated (and hot pink) film opening Friday?
2. Did you pinch-hit for the Browns in 1951, wearing the number 1/8, and were the shortest player to ever appear in a baseball game?
3. What’s Eating you?

First off, take a DQ for Garry Trudeau, since that was my significant goof.

Take 2 DQs.
#3. I am not Gilbert Grape.

[De_La_Rue]

@Prof.Pepperwinkle

Take 2 DQs.
#3. I am not Gilbert Grape.

1 was Greta Gerwig; 2 was Eddie Gaedel.

DQs:
1. created before 1900?
2. originally from prose?
3. first name begins with G?

[Elendil_s_Heir]

Way to go, CFOHG!

Previous IQs:

Were you US Ambassador to France and died while swimming in a hotel pool? - Pamela Harriman, during the Clinton Administration
Were you a prominent young actress on Dallas? - Yes, Victoria Principal
Were you a longtime US senator from Rhode Island? - Claiborne Pell

IQs for the new round to follow.

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

DQs:

1. Fictional
2. Originally from literature
3. Male
4. Created after 1900
5. Originally from prose
6. First name begins with G

[ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness]

@Prof.Pepperwinkle

@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness

IQ1: Was a song of yours ubiquitous at sporting events in the 70s, 80s and 90s, only to disappear after your rather sordid arrest and conviction?
IQ2: Did you co-create the best known table top role playing game?
IQ3: Were you first person to be executed in the US after the Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in 1976?

#1. I am not Gary Glitter (?)
#2. I am not Gary Gygax.
#3. Take a DQ.

Correct, Correct, Gary Gilmore

DQ: Created by American(s)?

[ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness]

IQ1: Were you a migrant farm worker and Lennie’s best friend?
IQ2: Did you think frankincense was a good gift for an infant?
IQ3: Are you never late nor are you early, but you arrive precisely when you mean to?

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

DQs:

1. Fictional
2. Originally from literature
3. Male
4. Created after 1900
5. Originally from prose
6. First name begins with G
7. Not created by American(s)

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness

IQ1: Were you a migrant farm worker and Lennie’s best friend?
IQ2: Did you think frankincense was a good gift for an infant?
IQ3: Are you never late nor are you early, but you arrive precisely when you mean to?

#1. I am not George, who knows about the rabbits.
#2. I am not Gaspar.
#3. I am not the Grey Pilgrim, Gandalf.

[Elendil_s_Heir]

IQs:

Did you have to borrow money from a neighbor to travel to a new job in 1789?
Did you say you wouldn’t mind swearing an oath before every meal, if you had to?
Did you give the Harvard U. commencement address in 1947?