Botticelli - June 2017

not Kurt Russel?, not Roy Rogers?, DQ

DQ, not Richard Strauss, DQ

IQ1 is Reg Cathey

IQ3 is “Ralph S. Mouse” (from Beverly Cleary’s Runaway Ralph and others)

DQ: European?
DQ: Known from the movies?

Randolph Scott.
Correct.
Ricky Nelson.
2 DQs reserved.

IQ1: Did you trade quips with Danny Zuko and lead the Pink Ladies?
IQ2: Were you a regular on Laugh-In who commonly played a character who would beat on people with her purse?
IQ3: Were you a Hall of Fame Yankees shortstop known for your small stature, fielding, bunting and slap-hitting approach, and who won the AL MVP in 1950?

Previous IQs:

Were you one of the Istari? - Yes, Radagast, from Tolkien’s LOTR
Did Pontius Pilate decide to free you? - Roderick (start at 1:49): Monty Python's Life of Brian - I shall release Brian - YouTube
Did he decide to free you, too? - Roger (see above)

DQs:

Actor?
Has received a top award in his field?

IQs:

Were you the villain of Conan Doyle’s “The Speckled Band”?
Were you captain of the Imperial battlecruiser MacArthur?
Did you own the Cafe Americain?

DQ Roundup

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Living
  4. First name starts with R
  5. Born before 1960
  6. Known for the Arts
  7. Not American
  8. European
  9. Has done movies
  10. Actor
  11. Has won a top award in his field

DQ, not Ruth Buzzi, DQ

I totally forgot about that scene. He has a wife too, you know. Incontinentia Buttocks.

take 3 DQs

IQ1 was Rizzo (Grease)
IQ2: Yes, Ruth Buzzi
IQ3 was Phil Rizzuto

2 DQs reserved

IQ: Did you direct and star in The Fearless Vampire Killers?

dunno

#1 was Robin Williams (Flubber was a remake of The Absent-Minded Professor.)
Correct on #2.
#3 was Roberta Flack.

DQ: Common first name?

1 DQ reserved.

Previous IQs:

Were you the villain of Conan Doyle’s “The Speckled Band”? - Dr. Grimesby Roylott
Were you captain of the Imperial battlecruiser MacArthur? - Roderick, Lord Blaine, in Niven and Pournelle’s The Mote in God’s Eye
Did you own the Cafe Americain? - Rick Blaine, in Casablanca

DQs:

British?
Considered handsome?
Greatest fame before 2000?

IQs:

Have you played a troubled lawyer, two aliens and Satan?
Did you star in Sexy Beast?
Have you played a senior MI6 official and Iago?

DQ Roundup

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Living
  4. First name starts with R
  5. Born before 1960
  6. Known for the Arts
  7. Not American
  8. European
  9. Has done movies
  10. Actor
  11. Has won a top award in his field
  12. Uncommon first name
  13. British
  14. Not considered handsome
  15. Greatest fame before and after 2000

not Ray Wise?, DQ, not Richard Dreyfuss? (I saw him play Iago on stage when I was in high school)

That was Roman Polanski

IQ: Are you Mr. Bean?

That’s a great guess IQ.

Yes, I am Rowan Atkinson!

As regards DQ 11, he was awarded Commander of the Order of the British Empire. That sure beats an Oscar all to hell.

Grats divemaster!

Good job, divemaster! My next guess was going to be Ralph Fiennes.

Previous IQs:

Have you played a troubled lawyer, two aliens and Satan? - Yes, Ray Wise, in *Twin Peaks, Star Trek *(two series, two episodes) and Reaper
Did you star in Sexy Beast? - Ray Winstone
Have you played a senior MI6 official and Iago? - Rory Kinnear, in the James Bond movies and a recent National Theatre production of Othello

Thanks, guys. I don’t mind taking the feather again, but it sure would be nice to get some fresh blood playing along. Not sure how to go about that, however.

Anyway, I am…

L.