Botticelli - June 2017

Correct.
Crystal Gayle.
Correct. (I very much prefer her version.)
DQ: Known for playing a team sport?

Ah, Crystal Gayle. I knew she is Loretta Lynn’s sister but didn’t know her as “Brenda Webb.”

Agreed on Roseanne Cash, and that’s saying something b/c I’m a huge Johnny Cash fan.

C.

DQ1: Real
DQ2: Last name starts with C
DQ3: Male
DQ4: Living
DQ5: American
DQ6: Not known for the Arts
DQ7: Not known for politics/military
DQ8: Not born after 1960
DQ9: Not associated with business or product
DQ10: Born after 1945
DQ11: Greatest fame before 2000
DQ12: Not best known from a single incident
DQ13: Known for sports
DQ14: Not known for playing a team sport

DQ: Known from the Olympic Games?

2 DQs reserved.

C.

DQ1: Real
DQ2: Last name starts with C
DQ3: Male
DQ4: Living
DQ5: American
DQ6: Not known for the Arts
DQ7: Not known for politics/military
DQ8: Not born after 1960
DQ9: Not associated with business or product
DQ10: Born after 1945
DQ11: Greatest fame before 2000
DQ12: Not best known from a single incident
DQ13: Known for sports
DQ14: Not known for playing a team sport
DQ15: Not known from the Olympic Games.

DQ: Golfer?

C.

DQ1: Real
DQ2: Last name starts with C
DQ3: Male
DQ4: Living
DQ5: American
DQ6: Not known for the Arts
DQ7: Not known for politics/military
DQ8: Not born after 1960
DQ9: Not associated with business or product
DQ10: Born after 1945
DQ11: Greatest fame before 2000
DQ12: Not best known from a single incident
DQ13: Known for sports
DQ14: Not known for playing a team sport
DQ15: Not known from the Olympic Games
DQ16: Not a golfer

IQ1: Did you start your fictional existence as a 19th-century detective, continue as a 20th-century detective, and end up as a 20th-century spy?
IQ2: Were you a Martian whose name was a portmanteau of your parents’ names?
IQ3: Were you a Dashiell Hammett detective whose name was never mentioned?

IQ1: ?
IQ2: I am not…John Carter (?)
IQ3: ?

DQ: Known for racecar driving, tennis, wrestling or boxing?

IQs:

Were you the U.S. Attorney who saw to Martha Stewart’s successful prosecution for insider trading? - James Comey, who’s been in the news for other stuff lately
Did you fly across America “crash by crash”? - Cal Rodgers - they really oughta make a movie about him: Calbraith Perry Rodgers - Wikipedia
Did you write a book about the experience of portraying Shakespeare’s Richard III? - British actor Simon Callow

DQ:

Best known for playing in the U.S.?

Two DQs reserved.

C.

DQ1: Real
DQ2: Last name starts with C
DQ3: Male
DQ4: Living
DQ5: American
DQ6: Not known for the Arts
DQ7: Not known for politics/military
DQ8: Not born after 1960
DQ9: Not associated with business or product
DQ10: Born after 1945
DQ11: Greatest fame before 2000
DQ12: Not best known from a single incident
DQ13: Known for sports
DQ14: Not known for playing a team sport
DQ15: Not known from the Olympic Games
DQ16: Not a golfer
DQ17: Known for racecar driving, tennis, wrestling, or boxing
DQ18: Arguably best known for playing in the U.S.

DQ: Known for wrestling or boxing?

C.

DQ1: Real
DQ2: Last name starts with C
DQ3: Male
DQ4: Living
DQ5: American
DQ6: Not known for the Arts
DQ7: Not known for politics/military
DQ8: Not born after 1960
DQ9: Not associated with business or product
DQ10: Born after 1945
DQ11: Greatest fame before 2000
DQ12: Not best known from a single incident
DQ13: Known for sports
DQ14: Not known for playing a team sport
DQ15: Not known from the Olympic Games
DQ16: Not a golfer
DQ17: Known for racecar driving, tennis, wrestling, or boxing
DQ18: Arguably best known for playing in the U.S.
DQ19: Not known for wrestling or boxing

Oh, all right:

DQ:

Known for racecar driving?

I’m picturing a dartboard with all the darts stuck in the wall instead of the target.

C.

DQ1: Real
DQ2: Last name starts with C
DQ3: Male
DQ4: Living
DQ5: American
DQ6: Not known for the Arts
DQ7: Not known for politics/military
DQ8: Not born after 1960
DQ9: Not associated with business or product
DQ10: Born after 1945
DQ11: Greatest fame before 2000
DQ12: Not best known from a single incident
DQ13: Known for sports
DQ14: Not known for playing a team sport
DQ15: Not known from the Olympic Games
DQ16: Not a golfer
DQ17: Known for racecar driving, tennis, wrestling, or boxing
DQ18: Arguably best known for playing in the U.S.
DQ19: Not known for wrestling or boxing
DQ20: Not known for racecar driving

Are you Jimmy Connors?

Yep! That’s who I am. Jimmy Connors. I’m not any sort of tennis fan, but I’d watch Connors just about every chance I got. Glued to the set.

Good one! Well done, KO.

OK, let’s go with R.

Good job, KO!

IQs:

  1. Were you assassinated by Sirhan Sirhan?
  2. Were you the title character in a Broadway musical where Bob Hope made his debut?
  3. Are you aka Cliff Steele?