IQ: Are you a scientist whose greatest achievement was organizational in nature?
IQ: Were you the husband of a longtime To Tell the Truth panelist?
IQ: Did you contribute vocals to your father’s only U.S. Top 40 hit?
No, I am not Professor Mendeleev (who created the periodic table).
No, I am not Kitty Carlisle’s husband Moss Hart.
Fer sher, I am so toootally not, like, Moon Unit Zappa. (Like, GAGA me!)
IQ: Did Robin Williams appear in the music video for your 1 pop hit?
IQ: Does your boss dismiss your occasional mishaps because you’re from Barcelona?
IQ: Are you a hyperactive British comedian who also judges a TV talent show?
IQ: Are you one of the best-known commentators in your field, with a game franchise named after you?
IQ: Did you admit being less than presentable before a big gig?
IQ: Is your best known work an opera libretto for your more famous older brother?
No, I’m not Bobby McFerrin.
Ask a DQ- I’m stumped.
No, I’m not John Madden.
But I don’t know the British comic- ask a DQ.
This doesn’t sound familiar- ask a DQ.
No, I’m not… whoever the libretto writing brother is.
Ask a DQ.
Modest Ilich Tchaikovsky, younger brother to Piotr Ilich Tchaikovsky, was a man of letters. In addition to the libretto for the Rachmaninov opera ‘Francesca da Rimini’, he adapted Pushkin’s ‘Queen of Spades’ for P. I. Tchaikovsky’s opera.
DQ: Are you now, or have you ever been, renowned for athletic achievements?
Marshall Mathers AKA Eminem rapped in “Lose Yourself,” “Got vomit on my sweater / Mom’s spaghetti,” about his garb just before an early performance.
DQ: Entertainer (Singer, songwriter, actor, actress, comedian, etc.)?
IQ: Did your only child become an educational publisher in Vermont?
Manuel the waiter, from the British comedy Fawlty Towers. His boss, played by John Cleese, always apologized to the hotel guests after one of Manuel’s mistakes (or when covering his own mistakes by blaming them on Manuel) with the catchphrase “We’re so sorry, he’s from Barcelona”
DQ: Is your loosely defined arts involvement televised?
IQ: Are you a jackass with a skateboard?
No.
. Male
2. Real person
3. Born in the 20th century
4. Vaguely, loosely in "the arts (broadly defined)
5. Not in cartoons
6. Not a political figure
7. Not a philanthropist
8. American
9. Last name starts with “M”
10, Still alive
11. Generaly liked, rarely hated… though more than a few people think I’m an idiot.
12. Not a businesman/entrpreneur
13. My first name starts with a letter from A through M.
14. Not involved in athletics.