Botticelli - June 2013

Correct on Agatha Christie and Carl Sandburg.
#2 is Roseanne Cash (Johnny’s daughter).
DQ: Musician (singer, songwriter, instrumentalist)?
IQ1: Did your number one son often assist you?
IQ2: Were you a cavalry lieutenant colonel, brevet major general?
IQ3: Did you kill the Emperor’s nephew, then flee to the United States?

Confucius say: I am not Charlie Chan. Take DQs for the other two, please.

DQ1) Alive.
DQ2) Real.
DQ3) Female.
DQ4) Not involved in athletics.
DQ5) Not a politician.
DQ6) Involved in the arts.
DQ7) American.
DQ8) Born before 1960.
DQ9) Not a musician.

Correct on Charlie Chan.
George Armstrong Custer.
Kwai Chang Caine, from the TV series Kung Fu.
DQ1: Actress (stage/TV/film)?
DQ2: Still an active participant in your field?

IQ: Does your boyfriend live with an annoying astrophysicist?

IQ1: Does no one in the village allow you to sing at feasts?
IQ2: Are you a king who is obdurate on the subject of burying traitors?
IQ3: Did Paul Bettany play you as a gambling herald?

DQ1) Alive.
DQ2) Real.
DQ3) Female.
DQ4) Not involved in athletics.
DQ5) Not a politician.
DQ6) Involved in the arts.
DQ7) American.
DQ8) Born before 1960.
DQ9) Not a musician.
DQ10) Actress.
DQ11) Still working, but not nearly as active in her field.

Well, it’s not the Big Bang Theory, so take a DQ.

I am not Creon. Take two DQs.

#1. was Cacaphonix, from the Asterix series. In the Village of the Indomitable Gauls, Cacaphonix is the bard whom no one appreciates. At the end of many of the adventures, he can be seen gagged and tied to a tree…
#2. Creon is, of course, correct.
#3. was Geoffrey Chaucer, who was played by Paul Bettany in “The Knight’s Tale”.

DQ1: Best known for film work?
DQ2: Is ‘C’ the initial letter of your last name?

DQ1) Alive.
DQ2) Real.
DQ3) Female.
DQ4) Not involved in athletics.
DQ5) Not a politician.
DQ6) Involved in the arts.
DQ7) American.
DQ8) Born before 1960.
DQ9) Not a musician.
DQ10) Actress.
DQ11) Still working, but not nearly as active in her field.
DQ12) Not known for film work.
DQ13) C is not the initial of the last name.

DQ: Ever win an Emmy?

IQ1: Did you name your son after the day and month of his birth?
IQ2: Were you Mr Tudball?
IQ3: Were you Eunice and Mrs Wiggins?

DQ1) Alive.
DQ2) Real.
DQ3) Female.
DQ4) Not involved in athletics.
DQ5) Not a politician.
DQ6) Involved in the arts.
DQ7) American.
DQ8) Born before 1960.
DQ9) Not a musician.
DQ10) Actress.
DQ11) Still working, but not nearly as active in her field.
DQ12) Not known for film work.
DQ13) C is not the initial of the last name.
DQ14) Has never won an Emmy.

I am not the very funny Tim Conway. I am not the hilarious Carol Burnett.
Take a DQ for the first one.

:: clears throat ::

Fletcher Christian’s son (born on Pitcairn Island) was born on a Thursday in October, and was named Thursday October Christian.
Correct on Tim Conway and Carol Burnett, of course.

Oh, man, how did I miss your post?

Unless #2 is Churchill, take 3 DQs.

Not Churchill.

Henry Clay.
Vice President John C. Calhoun’s pro-nullification views were countered by President Andrew Jackson, who gave the toast at a White House dinner, “Our Federal Union - it must and shall be preserved!”
Calvin, of Calvin & Hobbes.

DQs:

Has appeared on TV in the past two years?
Was once a castmember of a big-ratings show?
Best known as a comic actress?

IQs:

Did you have a torrid affair with a married man at Hilton Head, S.C.?
Did your character exult at having a sink between your bed and that of a friend?
Have you played a rich but foolish New Yorker, a tough-as-nails high school student, and the First Lady?

DQ1) Alive.
DQ2) Real.
DQ3) Female.
DQ4) Not involved in athletics.
DQ5) Not a politician.
DQ6) Involved in the arts.
DQ7) American.
DQ8) Born before 1960.
DQ9) Not a musician.
DQ10) Actress.
DQ11) Still working, but not nearly as active in her field.
DQ12) Not known for film work.
DQ13) C is not the initial of the last name.
DQ14) Has never won an Emmy.
DQ15) Has appeared on TV within the last two years.
DQ16) Was a cast member for a big ratings show.
DQ17) Not best known as a comic actress.