Botticelli June 2023

[Elendil_s_Heir]

L.

1. real
2. male
3. last name starts with L
4. dead
5. not known for the Arts
6. died after 1900
7. not really known for politics/military
8. died before 1970
9. known, in a way, for business
10. American
11. known for inventing something or innovating the new way something was done (e.g. first person to put ads on radio), arguably
12. born before 1890
13. Caucasian

[Slow_Moving_Vehicle]

@Elendil_s_Heir

@Slow_Moving_Vehicle

IQs:

1. Were you one of the most famous stars of the Harlem Globetrotters, and the second-greatest basketball player to come from Wilmington, N.C.?
2. Did you write a series of thirteen children’s books, concealing your real name, Daniel Handler, under this pseudonym?
3. Were you a writer for a fictional sketch comedy show, based on your actress and creator’s experiences as a writer for a famous real-life sketch comedy show?

Not Meadowlark Lemon, not Lemony Snicket and not Julia Louis-Dreyfus (sp?).

Correct on Meadowlark Lemon, Wilmington’s second-greatest basketball player (the first being, obviously, Michael Jordan), and Lemony Snicket. No. 3 was Liz Lemon, of 30 Rock, created and played by Tina Fey. A basketful of Lemons!

DQ: Disgraced or associated with a scandal?

I.Q.s

1. Were you one of the first successful female businesswomen in the United States, selling a “menstrual relief” compound that became a synonym for quack medicine?

2. Were you one of the founders and organizers of the modern Italian Mob in the United States, despite being Jewish?

3. Were you the Sicilian-born associate and partner of IQ 2, famous for supposedly surviving being “taken for a ride”?

[kitap]

DQ: Associated with a specific business company?

2 DQs reserved

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

DQ: Died before 1950?

1 DQ reserved.

[ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness]

@Elendil_s_Heir

@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness

IQ1: Were you the first woman to win both the Hugo and Nebula awards for one of your works?
IQ2: Are you an overly affectionate skunk?
IQ3: Did you sing a song whose title became a SDMB meme?

Not Ursula K. LeGuin, not Louis Loverboy Skunk and not Simon “Rio” LeBon of Duran Duran.

Correct
Pepe LePew
Correct

Holding 1 new + 1 previous DQ

[Buck_Godot]

IQ:

1. Did you violently kick a Persian Messenger into a pit?
2. Are you highly cited for the plot of a function you invented despite the fact that all that is known about it is that it starts and ends at zero., and goes up somewhere in the middle.
3. Despite poetry claiming otherwise were you found not guilty of killing your family.

DQ:
Known for advertising.
2 DQ still reserved

[Elendil_s_Heir]

@Slow_Moving_Vehicle

I.Q.s

1. Were you one of the first successful female businesswomen in the United States, selling a “menstrual relief” compound that became a synonym for quack medicine?

2. Were you one of the founders and organizers of the modern Italian Mob in the United States, despite being Jewish?

3. Were you the Sicilian-born associate and partner of IQ 2, famous for supposedly surviving being “taken for a ride”?

Dunno, but not Meyer Lansky or Lucky Luciano.

[Elendil_s_Heir]

L.

1. real
2. male
3. last name starts with L
4. dead
5. not known for the Arts
6. died after 1900
7. not really known for politics/military
8. died before 1970
9. known, in a way, for business
10. American
11. known for inventing something or innovating the new way something was done (e.g. first person to put ads on radio), arguably
12. born before 1890
13. Caucasian
14. disgraced or associated with a scandal
15. not associated with a specific business company
16. died before 1950
17. not known for advertising

[Elendil_s_Heir]

@Buck_Godot

IQ:

1. Did you violently kick a Persian Messenger into a pit?
2. Are you highly cited for the plot of a function you invented despite the fact that all that is known about it is that it starts and ends at zero., and goes up somewhere in the middle.
3. Despite poetry claiming otherwise were you found not guilty of killing your family.

Not Leonidas of Sparta, not Laurence Fermat, and not Lizzie Borden

No more IQs, please, as I think we’re at 20 if not over.

[Buck_Godot]

@Elendil_s_Heir

Not Leonidas of Sparta, not Laurence Fermat, and not Lizzie Borden

First and third are correct,

But I don’t think the second one is correct unless you can point me to a function that Fermat invented that matches the description.

The answer I was looking for was Arthur Laffer of the Laffer curve. Of which all is known is that 0% taxes lead to zero revenue and 100% taxes lead to zero revenue, and between that you get some revenue, but that’s it. Still its often cited as proof that lower taxes will result in increased revenue.

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

DQ: Remembered because of his death or its circumstances?

[Elendil_s_Heir]

I was just guessing, BG (I don’t even know if that’s Fermat’s actual first name). Take a DQ.

L.

1. real
2. male
3. last name starts with L
4. dead
5. not known for the Arts
6. died after 1900
7. not really known for politics/military
8. died before 1970
9. known, in a way, for business
10. American
11. known for inventing something or innovating the new way something was done (e.g. first person to put ads on radio), arguably
12. born before 1890
13. Caucasian
14. disgraced or associated with a scandal
15. not associated with a specific business company
16. died before 1950
17. not known for advertising
18. not remembered because of his death or its circumstances

[Slow_Moving_Vehicle]

@Elendil_s_Heir

@Slow_Moving_Vehicle

I.Q.s

1. Were you one of the first successful female businesswomen in the United States, selling a “menstrual relief” compound that became a synonym for quack medicine?

2. Were you one of the founders and organizers of the modern Italian Mob in the United States, despite being Jewish?

3. Were you the Sicilian-born associate and partner of IQ 2, famous for supposedly surviving being “taken for a ride”?

Dunno, but not Meyer Lansky or Lucky Luciano

Correct on the quondam Maier Suchowljansky and Salvatore Lucania; No. 1 was Lydia Pinkham.

DQ: Last name starts La - Li?

[kitap]

DQ: Died of natural causes?

One DQ reserved.

[ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness]

DQ: Associated with sports?
Holding one DQ

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

For the record, it was Pierre de Fermat.

[Elendil_s_Heir]

Ah, thanks.

L.

1. real
2. male
3. last name starts with L
4. dead
5. not known for the Arts
6. died after 1900
7. not really known for politics/military
8. died before 1970
9. known, in a way, for business
10. American
11. known for inventing something or innovating the new way something was done (e.g. first person to put ads on radio), arguably
12. born before 1890
13. Caucasian
14. disgraced or associated with a scandal
15. not associated with a specific business company
16. died before 1950
17. not known for advertising
18. not remembered because of his death or its circumstances
19. last name starts La-Li
20. died of natural causes
21. associated with sports

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

FirstName LastName Question: Are you Judge Kennesaw Mountain Landis (sp?)?

[ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness]

Yep, that’s who I had in mind with the sports DQ. If it not him, I’m stumped.

[Slow_Moving_Vehicle]

And that is spelled correctly.