1 was Carrie Fisher; 2 was correct; close enough on Edward Drinker Cope.
1 DQ reserved.
IQs:
1. Are you the Hellblazer?
2. Did you write The House on Mango Street?
3. Were you the first criminal caught by radio?
Swept me.
IQ:
- Are you a nightmare who has teeth where his eyes should be.
- Do you wield a large club that can produce a surprisingly large number of gadgets despite your extremely primitive appearance.
- Is your proportional hazards model one of the primary tools in survival analysis.
#1 is correct.
#2 was the ancient librarian Callimachus.
#3 was Irene Cara.
2 DQs reserved.
3 DQs.
IQs:
- I am not John Constantine.
- I am not Sandra Cisneros (although you just got major cred for mentioning one of my favorite poets).
- DQ.
- I am not the Corinthian.
- I am not…Conan the Barbarian?
- Not even a guess. DQ.
DQs:
- Real.
- Not male.
- Surname begins with C.
- American.
- Dead.
- Not best known for politics/military.
3 was Hawley Crippen.
DQs:
1. known for the arts?
2. died before 1900?
DQs:
- Real.
- Not male.
- Surname begins with C.
- American.
- Dead.
- Not best known for politics/military.
- Known for the arts.
- Died after 1900.
DQs:
- Known for the performing arts?
- Died after 1980?
IQs:
- Did you originate the lead role in Hello, Dolly! on Broadway?
- Did you have a hit record singing a duet with your father who’d been dead for a number of years?
- Did you and your brother have a hit with Superstar?
IQs:
- I am not Carol Channing.
- I am not Natalie Cole (and thanks for the earworm!)
- I am not Karen Carpenter. (a much better earworm.)
DQs:
- Real.
- Not male.
- Surname begins with C.
- American.
- Dead.
- Not best known for politics/military.
- Known for the arts.
- Died after 1900.
- Not known for the performing arts.
- Died before 1980.
Swept me!
IQs:
- Are you a living American feminist painter who renamed herself after a city?
- Did you write Silent Spring?
- Were you the turtle character in Pogo?
- I am not…Chicago?
- I am not Rachel Carson.
- I am not Churchy LaFemme.
Correct on all three. The first one’s Judy Chicago.
Swept again!
Cosmo Topper, Cimorene, Caroline Chausseur
DQ:
- Known for painting?
Two DQs reserved.
DQs:
- Real.
- Not male.
- Surname begins with C.
- American.
- Dead.
- Not best known for politics/military.
- Known for the arts.
- Died after 1900.
- Not known for the performing arts.
- Died before 1980.
- Known for painting.
- Correct
- CAPTAIN CAAAAAVEMAN!
- Sir David Cox. (not knowing a lot of actors or authors I have to get my DQs where I can
)
DQ:
- Known primarily for fine art. (e.g. not like Norman Rockwell)
- Known for realist paintings.
DQs:
- Real.
- Not male.
- Surname begins with C.
- American.
- Dead.
- Not best known for politics/military.
- Known for the arts.
- Died after 1900.
- Not known for the performing arts.
- Died before 1980.
- Known for painting
- Known for fine art.
- Known for realistic paintings, but in the sense of being figurative rather than abstract.
Previous IQs:
Did you say you forgot your own name when you met your future spouse? - Bill Clinton, when introduced to her in the Yale Law Library
Were you that spouse? - Hillary, natch
Are you their best-known child? - Chelsea Clinton
DQs:
Best known for oil paintings?
Two DQs reserved.
IQs:
Were you a female American painter who studied in Paris and was known for her paintings of mothers and children?
Were you a female American painter known for her still-life works and landscapes of the Southwest?
Were you one of the two men who would be king, in Kipling’s tale?
IQs:
- Did you write The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody?
- Did you voice the March Hare in Disney’s animated Alice In Wonderland?
- Was your name misspelled in that movie?
Woop! Woop! Woop! @Elendil_s_Heir bears the bell away!
Yes, I am Mary Cassatt, 1844 - 1926, an American painter who lived and worked in France, one of only two women whose paintings hang in the Impressionist wing of the Musee d’Orsay.
Congratulations, EH! The bottle stands by you, sir!