#1 is Lohengrin, title character of an opera by Wagner. In his aria where he confesses his name to the entire court of Brabant, he mentions that Parsifal is his father.
#2 is Ruggiero Leoncavallo, whose opera ‘Pagliacci’ has made him renowned. He wrote a ‘La Boheme’ - same characters as the much more famous opera by Giacomo Puccini, but a different angle on the story. See, Leoncavallo thought the tempestuous love affair between Marcello and Musetta was where the focus should be. It is rarely heard…
DQ1: Is ‘L’ the initial letter of your last name?
DQ2: Born before 1900 AD?
IQ1: Do you have a vampire for a father and a werewolf for a son?
IQ2: Are you a Viking who wears a long red tunic?
IQ3: Is plagiarism your secret to success in mathematics?
I’m not Lily Munster. Unless #2 is Lief Ericsson, take a DQ.
And one man deserves the credit, one man deserves the blame,
And Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky is not my name.
(Though I thought of using him.)
IQ1: Are Tommy’s last words a plea for someone to tell you he loves you?
IQ2: Are you a legendary Canadian folk-singer?
IQ3: Are you the first French-Canadian Prime Minister of Canada?
IQ1: Are you being taunted by your opponent in an iconic sports photo?
IQ2: Are you an electrician turned dissident turned statesman?
IQ3: God darnit, do you use yer tongue purdier than a twenty dollar whore?
Robert Todd Lincoln, at the dedication of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.
Mary Todd Lincoln, his mom.
Abraham Lincoln himself. He had a prickly relationship with his own father, alas.
DQs:
European?
Born before 1800?
Political/military?
IQs:
Were you a snooty French PM of the mid-1980s?
Did you get along pretty well with your older neighbor despite his racism?
Was this your chosen name, despite being a man in a comedy film?
Correct on Lily and Lobachevsky, of course. #2 is Lucky Eddie, of Hagar the Horrible’s crew.
Reserving my DQ until I see the answers to EH’s.
IQ1: Did you write two books about Rose and her cousins?
IQ2: Did you go on a long cruise with Professor Arronax?
IQ3: If you climb into a taxi which has appeared on the shore, will you be gone?
DQ1) Real.
DQ2) Male.
DQ3) Dead.
DQ4) Not American.
DQ5) Last name starts with L
DQ6) Born before 1900 AD
DQ7) European
DQ8) Born before 1800 AD
DQ9) Not a politician or military
Absolutely right. #3 is Wilfred Laurier, who is featured on the Canadian $5 bill.
DQ: Are you renowned for your contribution to The Arts, defined so as to include all creative and re-creative endeavours in all art forms, whether visual, musical, literary, performance or culinary?
DQ1) Real.
DQ2) Male.
DQ3) Dead.
DQ4) Not American.
DQ5) Last name starts with L
DQ6) Born before 1900 AD
DQ7) European
DQ8) Born before 1800 AD
DQ9) Not a politician or military
DQ10) Not in the Arts
DQ1) Real.
DQ2) Male.
DQ3) Dead.
DQ4) Not American.
DQ5) Last name starts with L
DQ6) Born before 1900 AD
DQ7) European
DQ8) Born before 1800 AD
DQ9) Not a politician or military
DQ10) Not in the Arts
DQ11) Scientist/inventor
DQ12) Not a native of the UK
Yes, Laurent Fabius - well done!
Lionel Jefferson and Archie Bunker had a surprisingly friendly relationship.
A Judean freedom fighter (Eric Idle) wanted his comrades to call him “Loretta” in Monty Python’s Life of Brian.
DQs:
Born east of Vienna?
Born before 1500?
IQs:
Did you order your brother to go to a less dangerous place during a battle?
Is a convention center named after you in the city of which you were once mayor?
Did Washington insist the British surrender to you at Yorktown?
DQ1) Real.
DQ2) Male.
DQ3) Dead.
DQ4) Not American.
DQ5) Last name starts with L
DQ6) Born before 1900 AD
DQ7) European
DQ8) Born before 1800 AD
DQ9) Not a politician or military
DQ10) Not in the Arts
DQ11) Scientist/inventor
DQ12) Not a native of the UK
DQ13) Born east of Vienna
DQ14) Born after 1500 AD
