Botticelli, July 2023

[De_La_Rue]

IQs:
1. Were you a 1920s rocket pioneer?
2. Told you couldn’t join a beach club due to your religion, did you respond “My son’s half-Jewish–can he go in the water up to his knees?”
3. Since you were trapped there for decades while still looking like a child, do you MUFFIN FLUFFing hate Fairyland?

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

@Elendil_s_Heir

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?

1. I am not George Washington (?)
   Take 2 DQs.

@De_La_Rue

IQs:

1. Were you a 1920s rocket pioneer?
2. Told you couldn’t join a beach club due to your religion, did you respond “My son’s half-Jewish–can he go in the water up to his knees?”
3. Since you were trapped there for decades while still looking like a child, do you MUFFIN FLUFFing hate Fairyland?

1. I am not Goddard (?)
2. I am not Groucho Marx.
3. I am not Gertrude.

[Elendil_s_Heir]

Previous IQs:

Did you have to borrow money from a neighbor to travel to a new job in 1789? - Yes, George Washington, land-rich but cash-poor, making his way from Mount Vernon to NYC
Did you say you wouldn’t mind swearing an oath before every meal, if you had to? - George H. Thomas, a Virginian who remained loyal to the US at the outbreak of the Civil War
Did you give the Harvard U. commencement address in 1947? - George C. Marshall, announcing what would become known as the Marshall Plan (and one of my future professors was in the crowd to hear it in person)

George x3!

DQs:

European character?
Good guy?

IQs:

Were you, in some retellings of Arthurian legend, Sir Launcelot’s son?
Did you once play Tom Hanks’s cranky old dad?
Were you the only woman known to have served on the White Council?

[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)
8. European character
9. Good guy

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

@Elendil_s_Heir

Were you, in some retellings of Arthurian legend, Sir Launcelot’s son?
Did you once play Tom Hanks’s cranky old dad?
Were you the only woman known to have served on the White Council?

1. I am not Galahad.
2. I am not Jackie Gleason.
3. I am not Galadriel.

#1 might be Gawain, but I’m gonna go with Galahad.

[Elendil_s_Heir]

Swept me!

IQs:

Have you played a witch-hunter, an MI6 agent and a kidnap victim?
Was the jet in which you set a speed record later lost at sea?
Did JFK call to wish you a happy birthday just hours before the fateful Dallas motorcade?

[De_La_Rue]

@Prof.Pepperwinkle

1. I am not Goddard (?)
2. I am not Groucho Marx.
3. I am not Gertrude.

A clean sweep!

IQs:
1. Did you have to have adventures with Billy and Mandy?
2. Could you (allegedly) write in Latin with one hand and Greek with the other, at the same time?
3. In a Kenneth Branagh adaption of an Agatha Christie book, does your character have enough champagne

to fill the Nile?

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

@Elendil_s_Heir

IQs:

Have you played a witch-hunter, an MI6 agent and a kidnap victim?
Was the jet in which you set a speed record later lost at sea?
Did JFK call to wish you a happy birthday just hours before the fateful Dallas motorcade?

Take 3 DQs.

@De_La_Rue

IQs:

1. Did you have to have adventures with Billy and Mandy?
2. Could you (allegedly) write in Latin with one hand and Greek with the other, at the same time?
3. In a Kenneth Branagh adaption of an Agatha Christie book, does your character have enough champagne to fill the Nile?

#1. I am not the Grim Reaper.
#2. I am not Pres.James A. Garfield
#3. Take a DQ.

[Slow_Moving_Vehicle]

@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

IQ1 was Gabe “Welcome Back, Kotter” Kaplan. Correct on the other two.

DQ: Created by British author(s)?

IQs:

1. Did Sir Gawain cut your head off, in a Middle English poem?

2. Do historians now think you suffered from porphyria, rather than mental illness?

3. Were you invited into Pink Floyd to cover for and eventually replace Sid Barrett, when his mental illness grew too severe to continue his career?

@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.

Just want to express my admiration for this one - three Gary G’s. Nice!

[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)
8. European character
9. Good guy
10. British author(s)

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

@Slow_Moving_Vehicle

IQs:

1. Did Sir Gawain cut your head off, in a Middle English poem?
2. Do historians now think you suffered from porphyria, rather than mental illness?
3. Were you invited into Pink Floyd to cover for and eventually replace Sid Barrett, when his mental illness grew too severe to continue his career?

#1. I am not the Green Knight.
Take 2 DQs.

[Slow_Moving_Vehicle]

@Prof.Pepperwinkle

@Slow_Moving_Vehicle

IQs:

1. Did Sir Gawain cut your head off, in a Middle English poem?
2. Do historians now think you suffered from porphyria, rather than mental illness?
3. Were you invited into Pink Floyd to cover for and eventually replace Sid Barrett, when his mental illness grew too severe to continue his career?

#1. I am not the Green Knight.
Take 2 DQs

You surprise me, Prof - I thought that if you missed one, it would be the first question, but you’d nail the second two.

IQ1 is correct. IQ2 is “Mad” King George III. IQ3 was David Gilmour.

DQ:

1. Originally from prose?

One DQ reserved.

[De_La_Rue]

@Prof.Pepperwinkle

#1. I am not the Grim Reaper.
#2. I am not Pres.James A. Garfield
#3. Take a DQ.

3 (Nile) was Gal Gadot.

DQ: created after 1960?

IQs:
1. Did Mark Twain help publish and edit your memoirs?
2. Do you show up in Midnight in Paris, played by Kathy Bates?
3. Are you Eric Powell’s brutish, hulking character, who along with Franky fights the forces of the Zombie Priest?

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

@Slow_Moving_Vehicle

DQ:

1. Originally from prose?

This question has already been asked. #5 above.

[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)
8. European character
9. Good guy
10. British author(s)
11. Created after 1960

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

@De_La_Rue

IQs:

1. Did Mark Twain help publish and edit your memoirs?
2. Do you show up in Midnight in Paris, played by Kathy Bates?
3. Are you Eric Powell’s brutish, hulking character, who along with Franky fights the forces of the Zombie Priest?

Take 3 DQs.

[Slow_Moving_Vehicle]

@Prof.Pepperwinkle

@Slow_Moving_Vehicle

DQ:

1. Originally from prose?

This question has already been asked. #5 above

Thank you, I missed that.

Revised DQ:

From a novel?

Still one DQ reserved.

[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)
8. European character
9. Good guy
10. British author(s)
11. Created after 1960
12. From a series of novels

[De_La_Rue]

@Prof.Pepperwinkle

Take 3 DQs.

1 was Ulysses S. Grant; 2 was Gertrude Stein; 3 was the Goon.

DQs:
1. adapted into film?
2. from science fiction or fantasy?
3. created after 1990?

[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)
8. European character
9. Good guy
10. British author(s)
11. Created after 1960
12. From a series of novels
13. Adapted into film
14. From science fiction or fantasy
15. Created after 1990