Botticelli - June 2017

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381

I have to help Madame P. with a show, and won’t be back on the SDMB until Monday. If the game’s still going on, I’ll ask some IQ’s then.

382

Yes – that’s why I stopped playing for a few days. As I said, I was planning a G, and didn’t want to have ‘G’ answers fresh in my mind when I finally got to do it.

Not Genghis Khan.
DQ.
DQ. (Mulder was the guy, right? But I’m not Gillian Whatsis, either, so don’t ask. :D)

383

Previous IQs:

Was a military spaceship named after you mentioned in a recent Joe Haldeman sf novel? - Golda Meir, in Marsbound
Did your monarch complain, “He addresses me as if I were a public meeting”? - William Gladstone; Queen Victoria said this
Were you a noted German tank commander? - Yes, Heinz Guderian

DQs:

Real?
Male?

IQs:

Did your supporters come up with a humorous scientific way to state your last name?
Did you serve as Secretary of Labor, UN Ambassador and on SCOTUS?
Did you write the screenplay for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid?

384

correct, Glenn Miller
I screwed #3 up, so that one’s tossed out.

DQ: Last name start with G?

385

IQ1: Did Emma Watson play you in the Harry Potter films?
IQ2: Did Francis McDormand play you in Fargo?
IQ3: Did you marry Rosie Cotton?

386

Three DQs.

Not Hermione Granger.
DQ.
DQ (though the name does sound familiar).
G

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Last name does not start with G
387

correct, Marge Gunderson, Samwise Gamgee

DQ: Alive?
DQ: American?

388

IQ1: Are you Howard Stern’s long time producer, nicknamed Baba Booey?
IQ2: Are you a chameleon actor who has played Commissioner Gordon, Sid Vicious, Lee Harvey Oswald and Count Dracula?
IQ3: Did you win a Best Actor award in 1978 for your portrayal of Buddy Holly?

389

Previous IQs:

Did your supporters come up with a humorous scientific way to state your last name? - Barry Goldwater AKA Au H2O
Did you serve as Secretary of Labor, UN Ambassador and on SCOTUS? - Arthur Goldberg
Did you write the screenplay for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid? - William Goldman

DQs:

Best known for the arts?
Born since 1964?

One DQ reserved.

IQs:

Was your creator not sure whether or not you’d been reincarnated?
Did your husband have the unfortunate alternate name “Teleporno”?
Are you a British dog who hangs out with a silly inventor?

390

DQ.
DQ.
Not Gary Busey.

DQ.
DQ.
Not Gromit.

G

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Last name does not start with G
  4. Dead
  5. Not originally American, but known for things done in America
  6. Known, but probably not best known, for the Arts
  7. Not born after 1964
391

Gary Dell’Abate, Gary Oldman, correct

Gary x 3!

DQ: Known for a product, business, or service?

holding a DQ

392

G

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Last name does not start with G
  4. Dead
  5. Not originally American, but known for things done in America
  6. Known, but probably not best known, for the Arts
  7. Not born after 1964
  8. Not known for a product, business, or service
393

IQ1: Are you the first African-American cast member of SNL?
IQ2: Did you play a maid named Florence Johnston on a 70s/80s sitcom?
IQ3: Are you Florence Johnston’s boss?

394

DQ.
DQ – I can picture her, but can’t remember her name.
Not George Jefferson.

395

Previous IQs:

Was your creator not sure whether or not you’d been reincarnated? - J.R.R. Tolkien wrote this of the Elf-lord Glorfindel
Did your husband have the unfortunate alternate name “Teleporno”? - Galadriel’s husband was AKA Celeborn
Are you a British dog who hangs out with a silly inventor? - Yes, Gromit

DQs:

Better known for politics or the military?
Died after 1900?

IQs:

Did you have a dog named Sweetlips and a horse named Nelson?
Was John Schofield a subordinate of yours?
Was your son the only Duke of Sussex to date?

396

Garrett Morris, Marla Gibbs, correct

holding 3 DQs

397

DQ.
Not U S Grant.
Not George … III?

G

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Last name does not start with G
  4. Dead
  5. Not originally American, but known for things done in America
  6. Known, but probably not best known, for the Arts
  7. Not born after 1964
  8. Not known for a product, business, or service
  9. Not better known for politics or the military
  10. Died after 1900
398

DQ: Primarily known for a single event?

399

Previous IQs:

Did you have a dog named Sweetlips and a horse named Nelson? - George Washington
Was John Schofield a subordinate of yours? - Not U.S. Grant by that point in the Civil War, but George H. Thomas
Was your son the only Duke of Sussex to date? - Yes, George III

George x3!

DQs:

Born in Europe?
Considered a “good guy” in history?

IQs:

Are you the best-known person from New Rumley, Ohio?
Did the same actor play you as played U.S. Grant and Prof. Moriarty?
Did the same actor play you as played a Minnesota murder victim?

400

Three DQs.

G

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Last name does not start with G
  4. Dead
  5. Not originally American, but known for things done in America
  6. Known, but probably not best known, for the Arts
  7. Not born after 1964
  8. Not known for a product, business, or service
  9. Not better known for politics or the military
  10. Died after 1900
  11. Not primarily known for a single event
  12. Born in Europe
  13. Considered a “good guy”