Botticelli - March 2018

[Elendil_s_Heir]

@Prof.Pepperwinkle

IQs:

1. Did you write The Vampire: His Kith and Kin?
2. Did you have a hit with She Works Hard For The Money?
3. Were you a notable ancient Athenian statesman remembered for your attempts at reform?

Not Bram Stoker, Donna Summer or Solon.

@Dead_Cat

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IQ: [Pretty sure I’ve asked this recently, but no harm in a little memory test] Did you receive nationwide acclaim for ‘just doing your job’ a few years ago (albeit you did that job in amazing circumstances that saved many lives)?
IQ: Were you famously born on a Monday?
IQ: Were you the founder of one of the oldest American breweries?

Not the other Sully (just saw the Tom Hanks movie, as it happens), Solomon Grundy or… Mr. Schlitz?

@Knowed_Out

IQ1: Are you a “real” identity of Eminem?
IQ2: Are you a rodeo cowboy who got to ride a nuclear bomb?
IQ3: Are you a crooner known for your "Countrypolitan? singing style?

None of the Slims: Shady, Pickens or Whitman.

S.

1. real
2. not American
3. male
4. alive

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

IQs:

1. Did you write The Vampire: His Kith and Kin?
2. Did you have a hit with She Works Hard For The Money?
3. Were you a notable ancient Athenian statesman remembered for your attempts at reform?
   Not Bram Stoker, Donna Summer or Solon.

#1 was Montague Summers. Correct on the others.

DQ: Born after 1960?

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

IQs:

1. Did you originate the Nunc Dimittis?
2. Did you have the female lead in the stage debut of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera?
3. Do you live in a pineapple under the sea?

[Elendil_s_Heir]

@Prof.Pepperwinkle

IQs:

1. Did you originate the Nunc Dimittis?
2. Did you have the female lead in the stage debut of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera?
3. Do you live in a pineapple under the sea?

Not Strauss, Sarah Brightman or SpongeBob SquarePants.

S.

1. real
2. not American
3. male
4. alive
5. not born after 1960

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

IQs:

1. Did you originate the Nunc Dimittis?
2. Did you have the female lead in the stage debut of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera?
3. Do you live in a pineapple under the sea?
   Not Strauss, Sarah Brightman or SpongeBob SquarePants.

#1 was St. Simeon from the early chapters of the Gospel of Luke (“Now I may go in peace…”). Correct on the others.

DQ: European?

[Elendil_s_Heir]

S.

1. real
2. not American
3. male
4. alive
5. not born after 1960
6. European

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

IQs:

1. Were you president of Corpus Christi College and a member of the Second Westminster Company of King James Bible translators (and, coincidentally, an ancestor of mine)?
2. Did you write the play St. Joan?
3. Were you Red Skelton’s western con-man character?

[Knowed_Out]

IQ1: Do you play Howard Wollowitz on The Big Bang Theory?
IQ2: Are you a fruit-named MLB right fielder who helped the Mets reach the World Series once and the Yankees three times?
IQ3: Are you the only MLB player to have hit 60 or more home runs in a single season three times?

[Elendil_s_Heir]

@Prof.Pepperwinkle

IQs:

1. Were you president of Corpus Christi College and a member of the Second Westminster Company of King James Bible translators (and, coincidentally, an ancestor of mine)?
2. Did you write the play St. Joan?
3. Were you Red Skelton’s western con-man character?

Dunno, not George Bernard Shaw, and dunno.

@Knowed_Out

IQ1: Do you play Howard Wollowitz on The Big Bang Theory?
IQ2: Are you a fruit-named MLB right fielder who helped the Mets reach the World Series once and the Yankees three times?
IQ3: Are you the only MLB player to have hit 60 or more home runs in a single season three times?

Dunno, not Sam Babe Ruth Orange, and dunno.

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

IQs:

1. Were you president of Corpus Christi College and a member of the Second Westminster Company of King James Bible translators (and, coincidentally, an ancestor of mine)?
2. Did you write the play St. Joan?
3. Were you Red Skelton’s western con-man character?
   Dunno, not George Bernard Shaw, and dunno.

#1 was John Spencer (or Spenser).
Correct on Shaw.
#3 was San Fernando Red.

DQs:

1. British or Irish?
2. Last name starts with S?

[Knowed_Out]

IQ1: Do you play Howard Wollowitz on The Big Bang Theory?
IQ2: Are you a fruit-named MLB right fielder who helped the Mets reach the World Series once and the Yankees three times?
IQ3: Are you the only MLB player to have hit 60 or more home runs in a single season three times?

Dunno, not Sam Babe Ruth Orange, and dunno.

Simon Helberg, Darryl Strawberry, Sammy Sosa

holding 3 DQs

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

IQs:

1. Did you invent the technique of pointillism?
2. Did you have a hit with The No No Song?
3. Are you the White House Press Secretary?

[MonkeyMensch]

IQs

1. Were you the first prominent actress to appear in movies?
2. Are you a sometimes very earthy comedienne?
3. Did you write Where the Sidewalk Ends ?

[Elendil_s_Heir]

@Prof.Pepperwinkle

IQs:

1. Did you invent the technique of pointillism?
2. Did you have a hit with The No No Song?
3. Are you the White House Press Secretary?

Not Georges Seurat, dunno, and not Sarah Huckabee Sanders.

@MonkeyMensch

IQs

1. Were you the first prominent actress to appear in movies?
2. Are you a sometimes very earthy comedienne?
3. Did you write Where the Sidewalk Ends ?

Dunno, dunno and not Shel Silverstein.

S.

1. real
2. not American
3. male
4. alive
5. not born after 1960
6. European
7. not British or Irish
8. last name starts with S

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

IQs:

1. Did you invent the technique of pointillism?
2. Did you have a hit with The No No Song?
3. Are you the White House Press Secretary?
   Not Georges Seurat, dunno, and not Sarah Huckabee Sanders.

Correct, Ringo Starr, Correct.

DQ: Known for the Arts?

[MonkeyMensch]

Previous IQs

1. So you’re not Sarah Bernhardt.
2. And you’re not Sarah Silverman.
3. Correct.

2 DQs pending…

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

IQs:

1. Were you Nancy’s boyfriend in the comic strip of that name?
2. Are you Snoopy’s brother in Peanuts?
3. Did you have a hit with When The Moon Comes Over The Mountain?

[Knowed_Out]

DQ: Native speaker of a romance language?

holding 2 DQs

[Elendil_s_Heir]

@Prof.Pepperwinkle

IQs:

1. Were you Nancy’s boyfriend in the comic strip of that name?
2. Are you Snoopy’s brother in Peanuts?
3. Did you have a hit with When The Moon Comes Over The Mountain?

Not Sluggo; dunno x2.

S.

1. real
2. not American
3. male
4. alive
5. not born after 1960
6. European
7. not British or Irish
8. last name starts with S
9. not known for the Arts
10. native speaker of a Romance language

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

IQs:

1. Were you Nancy’s boyfriend in the comic strip of that name?
2. Are you Snoopy’s brother in Peanuts?
3. Did you have a hit with When The Moon Comes Over The Mountain?
   Not Sluggo; dunno x2.

Correct on Sluggo.
#2 was Spike.
#3 was Kate Smith.

DQs:

1. Known for politics or military?
2. French or Italian?