Botticelli - June 2019

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The uncertainty on the number of DQs divemaster has (one or two) is due to the fact that, while I’m sure my answer to his IQ1 is correct, my answer to his IQ3 was a guess based on vague memories of a forty-year-old TV show I’ve never watched.

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DQs:

  1. Known for mainstream fiction?
  2. Unusual first name?
  3. Movie(s) made from his novels?
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Yes, correct on IQ1 and IQ3! Your memory served you well. “Nellie Oleson”

IQ2 was Harry Nilsson.

I’ll try to think of a DQ in a bit.

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Hmm. Can’t think of anyone who fits all the answers so far.

DQ:

Best known for a single novel?

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I was gonna ask #3 above, so I’ll wait for the answers to these before trying to come up with my DQ.

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N

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Last name does not start with N (though really it does)
  4. Dead
  5. Not born after 1950
  6. Not American
  7. Originally European
  8. Born after 1850
  9. Not political/military (but was a naval officer)
  10. Known for the arts
  11. Not born after 1900
  12. Not known for the performing arts
  13. Not mostly known for a single incident
  14. Not known for the visual arts
  15. Best known by a pseudonym
  16. Known for the literary arts
  17. British or Irish
  18. Novelist
  19. Not a journalist
  20. Not a Londoner
  21. Did not die before 1939
  22. Greatest fame not before 1900
  23. Known (though not exclusively) for mainstream fiction
  24. Unusual first name
  25. Movies made from several of my novels
  26. Best known for a single novel
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I have no idea what to ask. But I guess it doesn’t matter, b/c I ain’t gonna be able to guess the answer.

DQ: Are the “movies made from several of my novels” rated R? (Or, if not rated by the MPAA, would they generally be considered “R” level movies?)

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All I’m coming up with is Ngaio Marsh, and she wrote mysteries… so that’s a dead end.

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N

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Last name does not start with N (though really it does)
  4. Dead
  5. Not born after 1950
  6. Not American
  7. Originally European
  8. Born after 1850
  9. Not political/military (but was a naval officer)
  10. Known for the arts
  11. Not born after 1900
  12. Not known for the performing arts
  13. Not mostly known for a single incident
  14. Not known for the visual arts
  15. Best known by a pseudonym
  16. Known for the literary arts
  17. British or Irish
  18. Novelist
  19. Not a journalist
  20. Not a Londoner
  21. Did not die before 1939
  22. Greatest fame not before 1900
  23. Known (though not exclusively) for mainstream fiction
  24. Unusual first name
  25. Movies made from several of my novels
  26. Best known for a single novel
  27. Movies made from my novels were not rated R or higher.
    EH, Prof, SMV, KO, dm: Please ask your “Are you Firstname Lastname?” DQs by 10 PM Eastern tomorrow (Thursday).
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Just a thought… the last name doesn’t start with an N, but that doesn’t necessarily mean the first name does. He may be an author whose middle name starts with an N, and is always used. Think Robert Louis Stevenson, but with an N.

Or not.

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Initial N. Is a possible, as well. I don’t have a guess yet.

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I have 2 DQs left.

DQ: Known for authoring children’s books?
DQ: Irish?

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N

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Last name does not start with N (though really it does)
  4. Dead
  5. Not born after 1950
  6. Not American
  7. Originally European
  8. Born after 1850
  9. Not political/military (but was a naval officer)
  10. Known for the arts
  11. Not born after 1900
  12. Not known for the performing arts
  13. Not mostly known for a single incident
  14. Not known for the visual arts
  15. Best known by a pseudonym
  16. Known for the literary arts
  17. British or Irish
  18. Novelist
  19. Not a journalist
  20. Not a Londoner
  21. Did not die before 1939
  22. Greatest fame not before 1900
  23. Known (though not exclusively) for mainstream fiction
  24. Unusual first name
  25. Movies made from several of my novels
  26. Best known for a single novel
  27. Movies made from my novels were not rated R or higher.
  28. Not known for authoring children’s books
  29. Not Irish

EH, Prof, SMV, KO, dm: Please ask your “Are you Firstname Lastname?” DQs by Noon Eastern tomorrow (Friday).

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I’m thinking his actual surname starts with an N, but his pseudonym doesn’t. Unfortunately, the only 20th c. male British writer I can think of who wrote under a pseudonym is John Le Carre, but his real name doesn’t start with “N”; it’s is “Cornwall”.

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The crickets are deafening today. Maybe this will help:

  1. Known (though not exclusively, and perhaps not best known) for mainstream fiction
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Well, I’m looking forward to the reveal.

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Ditto. Though I expect to feel a bit :smack:

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I think all of you will, especially the Prof and EH. This person has been used as the subject of IQs in the past.

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Nope, still drawing a blank.

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Pass