Botticelli - March 2015

Thread Games
481

Not Eadweard Muybridge (sp?), Edward Presley, and dunno.

Not Ed Muskie, dunno, and not Everett Dirksen.

E.

  1. real
  2. male
  3. dead
  4. American
  5. not known for the Arts
  6. first name starts with E
  7. died before 1950
  8. military/political figure
  9. died after 1850
  10. not best known today for military service
  11. born east of the Mississippi
  12. first name starts with “Ed” (as Edward, Edgar, Edmund, etc.)
  13. held an elected post in the Federal government
  14. held an elected post in a state government
  15. senator
  16. last name didn’t start with A-M
482

Eugene McCarthy is actually the answer to the first question and Ed Muskie the answer to the second, Editor’s Heir. I’ll just take 1 DQ anyway.

DQ: Died after 1900?

holding a DQ

483

Correct on Eadward Muybridge.
#2 was Enis Presley (who did not care for it when the papers called his brother “Elvis the Pelvis”)
#3 is the Enchantress in Marvel comics.

2 DQs reserved.

484

I don’t know about Eugene McCarthy’s career after 1968, but you are mistaken as to Muskie. Check Wiki. I answered your first IQ correctly.

E.

  1. real
  2. male
  3. dead
  4. American
  5. not known for the Arts
  6. first name starts with E
  7. died before 1950
  8. military/political figure
  9. died after 1850
  10. not best known today for military service
  11. born east of the Mississippi
  12. first name starts with “Ed” (as Edward, Edgar, Edmund, etc.)
  13. held an elected post in the Federal government
  14. held an elected post in a state government
  15. senator
  16. last name didn’t start with A-M
  17. died after 1900
485

DQ: Served in the Senate during the Civil War?

1 DQ reserved.

486

IQ: Are you the Senator whose vote caused Pres. Andrew Johnson to remain in office?

487

Ooooh, good one… I bet that’s it.

488

Humble apologies, you are correct. I wrote it down in the wrong order.

489

Dunno this one.

E.

  1. real
  2. male
  3. dead
  4. American
  5. not known for the Arts
  6. first name starts with E
  7. died before 1950
  8. military/political figure
  9. died after 1850
  10. not best known today for military service
  11. born east of the Mississippi
  12. first name starts with “Ed” (as Edward, Edgar, Edmund, etc.)
  13. held an elected post in the Federal government
  14. held an elected post in a state government
  15. senator
  16. last name didn’t start with A-M
  17. died after 1900
  18. served in the Senate after the Civil War
490

Senator Edmund G. Ross. I thought I had it that time.

1 DQ reserved.

491

IQ: Were you the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court who originated the term “Rule of Reason”?

492

Not… Edward White? (and the title was “Chief Justice of the United States” after Salmon P. Chase’s 1864 appointment).

493

Correct.

494

DQ: Best known for being a Senator?

495

DQ: Republican?

496

IQ: Are you a newspaper editor who was shot and killed by your opponent, Duncan Brown Cooper, in the 1908 Tennessee Governor election?

497

Dunno. I’ll let you ask a 21st DQ.

E.

  1. real
  2. male
  3. dead
  4. American
  5. not known for the Arts
  6. first name starts with E
  7. died before 1950
  8. military/political figure
  9. died after 1850
  10. not best known today for military service
  11. born east of the Mississippi
  12. first name starts with “Ed” (as Edward, Edgar, Edmund, etc.)
  13. held an elected post in the Federal government
  14. held an elected post in a state government
  15. senator
  16. last name didn’t start with A-M
  17. died after 1900
  18. served in the Senate after the Civil War
  19. not best known for being a senator
  20. not a Republican
498

Edward Carmack

I really don’t have a clue to the identity of the mystery guest. Anybody who wants my guess can take it.

499

I give up. Edmund Ross was my best bet.

500

OK. All other earned “Are you Firstname Lastname?” questions should be asked in the next 24 hours, then. If no one gets it, I’ll reveal the answer.