Botticelli, June 2025

[Elendil_s_Heir]

Previous IQs:

Have you written several books set in a town in which the MLB team is called the Trappers? - Scott Turow, in his Kindle County books, beginning with Presumed Innocent
Are you a noted writer who attended Oberlin College but didn’t graduate from there? - Thornton Wilder
Did you write The Killer Inside Me? - Jim Thompson

DQs:

Best known for short stories?
Has won a Pulitzer or other top prize?

IQs:

Is the main square in Oberlin, Ohio named after you, a prominent abolitionist?
Did your character rant in It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World about America’s obsession with bosoms?
Did Fitzgerald originally consider including your name in the title of what became The Great Gatsby?

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

DQs:

1. Male
2. Real
3. Last name begins with T
4. Dead
5. American
6. First name begins with A - M
7. Known for the Arts
8. Not known for the Performing Arts
9. Known for Writing
10. Known for Fiction
11. Not known for Science Fiction
12. Died before 2000
13. Known for Short Stories

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

@SunUp

IQs:

1. Did you record “Sixteen Tons”?
2. Were you the manager of the Washington Senators when they became the Texas Rangers?
3. Did you have a sidekick named Al Borland on your show(-within-a-show)?

#1. I am not Tennessee Ernie Ford.
#2. Take a DQ.;
#3. I am not Tim Taylor.

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

@Elendil_s_Heir

IQs:

Is the main square in Oberlin, Ohio named after you, a prominent abolitionist?
Did your character rant in It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World about America’s obsession with bosoms?
Did Fitzgerald originally consider including your name in the title of what became The Great Gatsby?

1. I am not Harriet Tubman (??)
2. I am not Spencer Tracy (??)
3. I am not Tom Buchanan (??)

[SunUp]

@Prof.Pepperwinkle

@SunUp

1. Did you record “Sixteen Tons”?
2. Were you the manager of the Washington Senators when they became the Texas Rangers?
3. Did you have a sidekick named Al Borland on your show(-within-a-show)?

#1. I am not Tennessee Ernie Ford.
#2. Take a DQ.;
#3. I am not Tim Taylor.

Correct, Ted Williams, and correct.

1 DQ reserved.

[knoodler]

IQs:

1. Are you a 70s rocker who rather not work, instead doing this activity?
2. Are you the first general manager of the Dallas Cowboys?
3. Did you write War and Peace?

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

3. I am not Leo Tolstoy.
   Take 2 DQs.

[knoodler]

Todd Rundgren (“Bang on the Drum All Day”)
Tex Schram
Correct

DQs:

Died before 1950?
Was published in periodicals before books?
Born in the South(eastern) US?

1 DQ reserved

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

DQs:

1. Male
2. Real
3. Last name begins with T
4. Dead
5. American
6. First name begins with A - M
7. Known for the Arts
8. Not known for the Performing Arts
9. Known for Writing
10. Known for Fiction
11. Not known for Science Fiction
12. Died before 2000
13. Known for Short Stories, but did write a few novels
14. Died after 1950
15. Often published in periodicals before books, though not always
16. Not born in the Southern U.S.

[SunUp]

DQ: Known for genre fiction (romance, detective, western, horror, e.g.)?

[Elendil_s_Heir]

Previous IQs:

Is the main square in Oberlin, Ohio named after you, a prominent abolitionist? - Not Harriet Tubman, but Lewis Tappan
Did your character rant in It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World about America’s obsession with bosoms? - Not Spencer Tracy (although he’s in the movie), but Terry-Thomas
Did Fitzgerald originally consider including your name in the title of what became The Great Gatsby? - Not Tom Buchanan (although he is a character); a working title for the book was instead Trimalchio in West Egg

DQs:

Won a top writing award?
Greatest fame before 1970?

One DQ reserved.

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

DQs:

1. Male
2. Real
3. Last name begins with T
4. Dead
5. American
6. First name begins with A - M
7. Known for the Arts
8. Not known for the Performing Arts
9. Known for Writing
10. Known for Fiction
11. Not known for Science Fiction
12. Died before 2000
13. Known for Short Stories, but did write a few novels
14. Died after 1950
15. Often published in periodicals before books, though not always
16. Not born in the Southern U.S.
17. Not generally known for genre fiction, but did write a couple of fantasy children’s books
18. Did not win a top writing award, though one is named after him.
19. Greatest fame before 1970

Since there are outstanding DQs that will put us over 20, no more IQs please. Ask all remaining DQs by 8pm EDT Tuesday.

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

Well, we’re still at 19, so let’s extend that deadline until 8pm EDT Wednesday.

[Elendil_s_Heir]

Nobel, Pulitzer, Caldecott, Newbury… I got nothin’.

I yield my earned DQ to whoever would like to ask it.

[SCAdian]

@Elendil_s_Heir

I yield my earned DQ to whoever would like to ask it

My two, as well.

[knoodler]

I’ll use my last DQ: Are you James Thurber?

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

My World and Welcome To It!
Yes, I am author and cartoonsit

James Thurber!

The Thurber Award is the most prestigious award for comedy writing.

Bravo, knoodler!

[knoodler]

I watched The Secret Life of Walter Mitty a few nights ago and the name just popped into my head. I knew him from short stories but not from “children’s fantasy books.” Ignorance fought!

Let’s go with:

S

[SunUp]

Great get, knoodler!

On to S.

1. Were you played by Emile Hirsch in a Wachowski’s film?
2. Are you the screenwriter of Sicario?
3. Did you botch the attack on the north end of Missionary Ridge?

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

You might want to start the July thread now.