Not Boopsie, not George W. Bush, and not Bella.
Welcome, SMV! Not Bob Dole, dunno, and not Candace Bergen.
I can see the first guy clearly in my mind, but dunno x3.
Another clean sweep!
IQs:
- Were you the only unmarried US president?
- Were you an ornithologist and author of Birds of the West Indies?
- Were you the Hardest Working Man in Show Business?
Are you a former presidential candidate whose last name is also a brand of dried fruit, and British slang for unemployment benefit?
Are you a failed writer who has a string of unsatisfactory romantic relationships, and a love/hate friendship with an extraordinarily precocious toddler?
Were you named after the author of an ornithological book?
Thank you! 1 - Yes, Bob Dole. 2 - Bela Fleck. 3 - I was thinking Buck Henry, but Wikipedia says that the first guest host of SNL was George Carlin. So I get one DQ, yes?
IQ1: Were you a US senator and chief of staff to President Reagan?
IQ2: Are you an actor, formerly married to Angelina Jolie?
IQ3: Are you another?
Looks like it to me. I think you are playing the same way I play - because researching is forbidden (except for the ‘setter’ to check the correct answers to DQs), I often come up with IQs where a later check shows an inaccuracy, in such a case a DQ is not earned.
Brian Arakpo, Brian “The Boz” Bosworth, Barry Switzer
DQ: Known for politics?
DQ: Died before 1900?
holding 1 DQ
#1 was Peter Boyle.
#2: Alec said he assumed his successor would have to be female, brilliant and young, so: Betty White.
#3 was Bill Bixby.
3 DQs reserved.
And, yes, SMV, the only research allowed by anybody is that by the Host of the round to answer questions specific to the Botticelli Target.
Not James Buchanan, James Bond or James “Hyeah!” Brown. James B. x3!
Still not Bob Dole, dunno and not the other James Bond.
Not Howard Baker, Brad Pitt or Billy Bob Thornton. Yup, you get a DQ from your previous question.
B.
- real
- first name starts with B
- male
- dead
- American
- not known from the Arts
- not known for politics
- died after 1900
DQ: Known for a business or product?
Third clean sweep in a row.
IQs:
- Did you claim you were abducted by aliens from the Zeta Reticuli system, in 1961?
- Did you also claim this?
- Did you create the TV show Crazy Ex-Girlfriend?
DQ: known for sports?
Sorry about the duplicates! The one you didn’t get was Brian Griffin from Family Guy.
DQ: Died before 01-01-1970?
IQ: Are you a President of the Galaxy who had a third arm sewn on to your body to help with your ski-boxing?
IQ: Did you once unwittingly upset an employee who thought your voice was a talking moose head?
IQ: Are you aka the Sage of Omaha?
IQ1: Are you a former NFL QB and current The NFL Today panelist who got your nickname from your mother because of your constant kicking in her womb?
IQ2: Are you also a current The NFL Today panelist who shares the same name as a famous R&B star?
IQ3: Are you the lead play-by-play announcer for Fox Sports’s National Football League and Major League Baseball coverage?
IQ1: Are you a short New Mexico outlaw, known for participating in the Johnson County Range War, who possibly outlived his supposed death and died of old age?
IQ2: Did you hit “The Shot Heard Round The World”?
IQ3: Did you hit a walk-off home run in Game Seven the World Series, beating a heavily-favored baseball powerhouse?
Not Billy Pilgrim, dunno and dunno
Not Zaphod Beeblebrox, dunno, and not Warren Buffett
Not Terry Bradshaw, James Brown and dunno
Not Billy the Kid, Babe Ruth and dunno
B.
- real
- first name starts with B
- male
- dead
- American
- not known from the Arts
- not known for politics
- died after 1900
- not known for a business or product
- known for sports
- died after Jan. 1, 1970
DQs:
- Known for a team sport?
- Died after 1999?
1 DQ reserved.
1 - Yes, William “Billy the Kid” Bonney. 2 - No, Bobby Thomson. 3 - No, Bill Mazeroski.
IQ1: Are you an NBA player-turned-US senator?
IQ2: Are you a Polish Chicago Bear running back who once ran headfirst into a concrete wall at the back of the end zone, knocked himself out, and came to asking, “Who hit me?”
IQ3: Are you a Boston Celtic and member of the NBA Hall of Fame?
DQ: Known for one particular incident?
1 and 2 were Barney and Betty Hill; 3 was Rachel Bloom.
IQs:
- Were you a comedian with a routine that noted what was Jewish and what was goyish?
- Do you play Eleven on Stranger Things?
- Did it take you hundreds of pages in Principia Mathematica to prove that 1+1=2?
DQs: - known for playing the sport?
- born east of the Mississippi River?
- born south of the Mason-Dixon Line?
Boomer Esiason, correct, Joe Buck
holding 2 DQs
Correct on 1 and 3 - the one you didn’t get is Basil Fawlty.
1 DQ reserved.
IQ: Were you smarter than your average ballplayer?
IQ: Are you famous for playing both human and feline versions of a masked legend?
IQ: Are you a basketball player who had a social media icon named after you?