Botticelli, March 2012. Game 2: Z

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I’m not Alec Guinness or T.S. Garp

I’m not that guy from the Billy Crystal movie either, but since I don’t have the name, you get a DQ

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The co-host of SNL’s Wayne’s World, Garth.
George Washington owned both those animals.
George Armstrong Custer made quite a splash at the Grand Review in Washington, D.C. at the end of the Civil War by “accidentally” riding at a gallop down Pennyslvania Avenue while others were riding or marching more sedately.

DQs:

Author?
Alive in 1950?

I’ll reserve my third DQ for now.

IQs:

Did you write Madame Bovary?
Did the Alan Parsons Project name an album after you?
Did you criticize the U.S. Constitution as “a covenant with Hell”?

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I am:

  1. Male
  2. Real
  3. Last name starts with G
  4. Not American
  5. Dead
  6. European
  7. died after 1900
  8. An artist
  9. Not a painter
  10. French
  11. not a sculptor
  12. probably Parisian
  13. Not an author
  14. Alive in 1950

I am not Gustave Flaubert.
Your other questions have racked you up another two DQs

64

That was George Muresan.

DQ: Are you a musician?

65

Yes to your two answers; Gollum was the longest-living Stoor.

DQ: Were you alive in 1975?

66

I am:

  1. Male
  2. Real
  3. Last name starts with G
  4. Not American
  5. Dead
  6. European
  7. died after 1900
  8. An artist
  9. Not a painter
  10. French
  11. not a sculptor
  12. probably Parisian
  13. Not an author
  14. Alive in 1950
  15. A musician
  16. Alive in 1975
67

IQ: Did you play violin in the Quintette du Hot Club de France?

68

Not a clue. take your DQ.

69

Man, I was sure you were Stéphane Grappelli.

DQ: Were you younger than 40 at the time of your death?

70

I am:

  1. Male
  2. Real
  3. Last name starts with G
  4. Not American
  5. Dead
  6. European
  7. died after 1900
  8. An artist
  9. Not a painter
  10. French
  11. not a sculptor
  12. probably Parisian
  13. Not an author
  14. Alive in 1950
  15. A musician
  16. Alive in 1975
  17. Dead after 40
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Correct as to Flaubert.
Antonio Gaudi, the architect of La Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, was musically interpreted in the APP album Gaudi.
Abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison said this due to the Constitution’s original protection of slavery.

All right, three DQs, then (incl. the one I reserved from earlier), and… I don’t really know what to ask. I don’t know any French musicians of the late 20th century with a last name starting with “G.” If anyone would like to ask my DQs, help yourself.

72

Of French musicians I too can only think of Stéphane Grappelli.
Is it worth trying for:

  • singer (and if not, which instrument)
  • classical, jazz or other?
73

Sure, formalize those as DQs, if you like.

74

IQ: Were you married to Jane Birkin?

75

Yes. I am Serge Gainsbourg.

Well played, Ministre. The next round is yours.

76

Never heard of him! But congrats, Ministre.

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I’ve heard of (and seen pics of) Jane Birkin. :cool:
All I remember about her was she made a record with a French guy called ‘Je t’aime’- so presumably that was Serge?!

Thanks, Ministre.

P.S. I’m starting to feel uncultured, since I didn’t know two of the last three chappies. :smack:

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I don’t think you should feel uncultured for not knowing Serge Gainsbourg - I know him (and Jane Birkin) because I had a French teacher who was very keen on the positive effects of listening to French singers. I have amused memories of the day when she played ‘Je t’aime - moi non plus’ to us without having meant to…

So, over to me again; actually, we’re close enough to April, why don’t I just start a new thread? I’ll leave a link once it’s up and running…

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New thread at this link…