Botticelli - March 2017

Ajax

DQ: From the UK?

#1 was Albert Alligator.
#2 was George Ade.
#3 was Franklin P. Adams.

DQ: Known for politics/military?

2 DQs reserved.

A

  1. real
  2. first name begins with A
  3. alive
  4. not American
  5. male
  6. European
  7. not known for the Arts
  8. born before 1977
  9. born before 1960
  10. not from the UK
  11. known for politics/military, loosely speaking

DQ: Native speaker of a Romance language?

A.

  1. real
  2. first name begins with A
  3. alive
  4. not American
  5. male
  6. European
  7. not known for the Arts
  8. born before 1977
  9. born before 1960
  10. not from the UK
  11. known for politics/military, loosely speaking
  12. native speaker of a Romance language

A living European male whose FIRST name starts with A, born before 1960, native speaker of a Romance language, known for politics or military, loosely speaking.
DQ: Known for politics?

IQs:

  1. Did you write The Quest of the Historical Jesus?
  2. Did you write The City of God?
  3. Did you write Summa Theologica?

IQ1: Did Donald Trump allegedly send you a bill for 3 billion euros?
IQ2: Did you conduct the NBC Symphony Orchestra from 1937-1954?
IQ3: Did you compose The Four Seasons?

Dunno, dunno, and not St. Augustine.

Not Angela Merkel, not Arturo Toscanini, and not Antonio Vivaldi.

A.

  1. real
  2. first name begins with A
  3. alive
  4. not American
  5. male
  6. European
  7. not known for the Arts
  8. born before 1977
  9. born before 1960
  10. not from the UK
  11. known for politics/military, loosely speaking
  12. native speaker of a Romance language
  13. known for politics, loosely speaking

#1 was Dr. Albert Schweitzer.
#2 was St. Augustine, correct.
#3 was St. Thomas Aquinas.

2 DQs reserved.

IQ1: Did you conceive of sociology as two categories: social statistics and social dynamics?
IQ2: Did you sculpt The Thinker?
IQ3: Did you and your brother Louis invent the Cinematographe, the first type of film projector that could be viewed by more than one person?

Not Hannah Arendt, Auguste Renoir or Alphonse Lumiere.

A.

  1. real
  2. first name begins with A
  3. alive
  4. not American
  5. male
  6. European
  7. not known for the Arts
  8. born before 1977
  9. born before 1960
  10. not from the UK
  11. known for politics/military, loosely speaking
  12. native speaker of a Romance language
  13. known for politics, loosely speaking

DQ: French?

Auguste Comte, correct x 2

DQ: Best known from a single event?

Excuse me. Auguste Rodin sculpted The Thinker. Pierre-Auguste Renoir was strictly a painter.

Good catch Professor.

That gives me 1 DQ reserved.

IQs:

  1. Are you an Israeli artist known for his 3D wall hangings?
  2. Were you an ornithologist born on a sugar plantation in Haiti?
  3. Have you been called “France’s Frank Sinatra”?

Dunno x2; not Georges Aznavourian.

A.

  1. real
  2. first name begins with A
  3. alive
  4. not American
  5. male
  6. European
  7. not known for the Arts
  8. born before 1977
  9. born before 1960
  10. not from the UK
  11. known for politics/military, loosely speaking
  12. native speaker of a Romance language
  13. known for politics, loosely speaking
  14. not French
  15. not best known from a single event

#1 is Yaacov Agam.
#2 was John James Audubon.
#3 is Charles Aznavour.

4 DQs reserved.

DQ: Royalty?