Botticelli - March 2013

Thread Games
181

Not Lawrence of Arabia or Link. Take a peppered DQ.

DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Not American
  3. Male
  4. Dead
  5. European
  6. British citizen at some point in his life
  7. First name starts with L
182

That would be Lohengrin, knight of the swan and title character of Wagner’s opera.
DQ: Are you a military or political figure?

183

IQ1: Are you the second pope, according to some sources?
IQ2: Are you a Venetian ambassador who is shocked by what he sees in Cyprus?
IQ3: Had chicks and ducks and geese better scurry when Curly takes you out?

184

Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp.
“Mad” King Ludwig II, who amongst others built Neuschwanstein.
Lew Wallace, author of Ben-Hur.
Three DQs reserved…

185

DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Not American
  3. Male
  4. Dead
  5. European
  6. British citizen at some point in his life
  7. First name starts with L
  8. Not famous for political or military roles
186

I’m not the apostle Luke? I mean, I’m not, but I don’t know if that’s the right answer to IQ1. Long story short, take 2 or 3 DQs.

187

IQ: Did you invent the microscope?

188

Linus was the first pope after Peter, although some sources say it was Clement.
In Shakespeare’s ‘Othello’, Ludovico is the Venetian ambassador who cannot believe his eyes when he sees Othello’s public mistreatment of Desdemona. 4/5ths of Othello takes place in Cyprus.
In ‘Oklahoma’, Curly sings ‘Surrey with the Fringe on Top’ telling Laurey about the fantastic vehicle they will ride in.
DQ1: Are you famous for your accomplishments in The Arts, including modelling?
DQ2: Were you born before 1950?

I’ll reserve the third question for now…

189

Correct as to both of those. The non-peppery wife was Lot’s, turned into a pillar of salt for looking back.

DQ reserved.

IQs:

Did you lose your ship in a game of chance?
Are you still honored by many despite your anti-Semitism?
Does a fictional distant-future ruler bear your name?

190

Not van Leuwenhook (nor his correctly spelled counterpart)

Doh! :smack:

Not Lando Calrissian or Charles Lindbergh. DQ for the third question.
DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Not American
  3. Male
  4. Dead
  5. European
  6. British citizen at some point in his life
  7. First name starts with L
  8. Not famous for political or military roles
  9. Not famous for accomplishments related to the arts
  10. Born before 1950
191

Don’t worry, I wouldn’t have spelled it any better. :smiley:

IQ: Were you a WWI era diplomat who tried to outlaw war?

192

Cashing in my third DQ - Are you known as an athlete?

193

I feel like I should know this, but I don’t - take a DQ.
DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Not American
  3. Male
  4. Dead
  5. European
  6. British citizen at some point in his life
  7. First name starts with L
  8. Not famous for political or military roles
  9. Not famous for accomplishments related to the arts
  10. Born before 1950
  11. Not known as an athlete
194

I was going for Locarno

DQ: Scientist?

195

IQ1: Is your face on the Canadian five dollar bill?
IQ2: Does Bugs Bunny impersonate you in a surprise appearance in “Long-Haired Hare”?
IQ3: Do your podcasts include “12 Byzantine Emperors” and “Norman Centuries”?

196

No idea - three more DQs.
DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Not American
  3. Male
  4. Dead
  5. European
  6. British citizen at some point in his life
  7. First name starts with L
  8. Not famous for political or military roles
  9. Not famous for accomplishments related to the arts
  10. Born before 1950
  11. Not known as an athlete
  12. Not a scientist
197
  1. is Sir Wilfred Laurier, Canada’s first francophone Prime Minister and one of our greatest statesmen ever.
  2. is Leopold Stokowski. Stokowski had appeared as the conductor in Disney’s ‘Fantasia’, and so, the Looney Tunes gang could not resist drawing Bugs with his ears folded back into Stokowski’s classic hairdo. As he walks through the orchestra, you hear the musicians whispering “Leopold!” to each other.
  3. is Lars Brownworth, whose history podcasts have set a new standard for direct, simple communication of historical ideas. Research standards, not so much…

DQ: Did you die before 1950?

I’ll reserve the other two, for a while.

198

DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Not American
  3. Male
  4. Dead
  5. European
  6. British citizen at some point in his life
  7. First name starts with L
  8. Not famous for political or military roles
  9. Not famous for accomplishments related to the arts
  10. Born before 1950
  11. Not known as an athlete
  12. Not a scientist
  13. Died after 1950
199

All right, clutching at straws a bit here…

DQ: Were you born before 1900?
DQ: Were you a citizen of another European nation before the point in your life when you became a British citizen?

200

Were you a Welsh airman, recipient of the Victoria Cross, who died in The Bahamas?
Were you a British paleontologist born in Kenya and famous for his work on evolution?