Botticelli - June 2017

Correct, Correct, and Lady Gaga.

DQ: Born after 1959?

IQs:

  1. Were you a comic strip character whose catchphrase was “After you, Alfonse!”?
  2. Were you Mr. Shean’s comedic partner in vaudeville?
  3. Did you star opposite Maurice Chevalier in Gigi?

DQ Roundup

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Alive
  4. First name starts with G
  5. Born before 1959

Take 3 DQs

Is #1 one of the three bats from Pogo?

#1 is Gaston from the early 20th Century strip Alphonse and Gaston. The 3 Bats from Pogo were Bewitched, Bothered and Bemildred.

#2 is Gallagher. They had a hit song called Mr. Gallagher and Mr. Shean.

#3 is Hermione Gingold. I had an English Lit teacher who refused to believe there was such a name.

DQ: Known for the Arts?

2 DQs reserved.

DQ Roundup

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Alive
  4. First name starts with G
  5. Born before 1959
  6. Known for the Arts

DQ: Known for the performing arts?

DQ Roundup

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Alive
  4. First name starts with G
  5. Born before 1959
  6. Known for the Arts
  7. Known for the Performing Arts

DQ: Known as an actor?

IQs:

  1. Were you the announcer on Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In?
  2. Did you write & draw the comic strip Little Orphan Annie?
  3. Are you the Good Witch of the South?

DQ Roundup

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Alive
  4. First name starts with G
  5. Born before 1959
  6. Known for the Arts
  7. Known for the Performing Arts
  8. Has acted, but not known as an actor

not Gary Owens, don’t remember, not Glenda?

Correct on Gary Owens.
Harold Gray was #2.
Correct on Glinda.

DQ: Best known as a singer or musician?

Previous IQs:

Were you “the Sledge of Nashville”? - George Henry Thomas, during the Civil War
A real person, do you appear in a single scene of Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell? - King George III
Were you the best-known person to hail from New Rumley, Ohio? - George Armstrong Custer

George x3!

DQs:

American?
Has won a top award in his field?
White?

IQs:

Were you first elected to the U.S. Senate from Colorado in 1974?
Are you credited with inventing Dungeons & Dragons?
Are you a noted Civil War historian?

DQ Roundup

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Alive
  4. First name starts with G
  5. Born before 1959
  6. Known for the Arts
  7. Known for the Performing Arts
  8. Has acted, but not known as an actor
  9. Not best known as a singer or musician
  10. American
  11. Has not won a top award in his field
  12. White

not Gary Hart, not Gary Gygax, DQ

Previous IQs:

Were you first elected to the U.S. Senate from Colorado in 1974? - Yes, Gary Hart
Are you credited with inventing Dungeons & Dragons? - Yes, Gary Gygax
Are you a noted Civil War historian? - Gary Gallagher

Gary x3!

DQ:

Comic/comedian?

IQs:

Does your act usually involve you bashing a watermelon?
Did you star in Shakes the Clown?
Did you costar in the 1970s Buck Rogers?

DQ Roundup

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Alive
  4. First name starts with G
  5. Born before 1959
  6. Known for the Arts
  7. Known for the Performing Arts
  8. Has acted, but not known as an actor
  9. Not best known as a singer or musician
  10. American
  11. Has not won a top award in his field
  12. White
  13. Not a comic/comedian (at least not intentionally)

not Gallagher, not Bobcat Goldthwaite (that movie is so sick, but I love it), DQ

IQs:

  1. Did Michael McKean portray you in Clue?
  2. Are you Lumpy Brannum’s best known character?
  3. Did the Kingsmen sing about you in 1964?