Botticelli, June 2011

IQ: Did you play the drums on Judas Priest’s “Sin After Sin” album?

IQ: Are you currently starring on a CBS TV series, in a role that was played by a member of the opposite sex four decades ago?

IQ: Were you a Greek historian who became a Roman citizen?

Yes.

I am Pheidippides, sometimes spelled Phidippiedes or Philippides.

Well done, Astorian!

No, I’m not Simon Phillips.

I don’t know; I can offer you no incentive to explain yourself, however.

No, I’m not Plutarch.

You are not Roger Tory Peterson. Too late for a DQ. Well done, astorian,

In the original CBS televisio nseries Hawaii Five-O, Kono was a Hawaiian cop played by an actor named Zunu.

In the current version of Hawaii Five-O, Kono is played by actress Grace Park.

So, it’s my turn again? Okay.. we’ll go back to the letterM.

IQ: Do you prefer to drop the first and last parts of your name, and simply call yourself Sam?

This is depressing- a DQ right off the bat!

Mahasamatman, from Roger Zelazny’s Lord of Light. (He preferred to drop the Maha- and -atman.)

DQ: Male?

Yes.

  1. Male

Easy ones first…

IQ: Are you the superior of a certain oversexed British agent?

IQ: Do you have a habit of bashing people’s heads in wit a somewhat expensive tool?

You are correct.

Too bad I can’t use my DQ in this round…

IQ: Were you supposedly the inspiration for Sam Malone on Cheers?

No, I am not… M.

No, I am not Maxwell Edison.

No, I am not the magnificent Cleveland Indians pitcher “Sudden Sam” McDowell.

IQ: Do you have a habit of downgrading your threats if the recipient doesn’t find them credible?

IQ: Were you refused sanctified burial because your sudden death onstage allowed no time for you to renounce your sinful career as an actor?

No, I am not Moliere.