Botticelli March 2024

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

IQs:

1. Was your middle name Birchard?
2. Is your story told in the same meter as the Kalevala?
3. Did you direct the first “talking movie” in England?

[Elendil_s_Heir]

Not Rutherford B. Hayes, Hurin or Alfred Hitchcock.

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

Correct, Hiawatha, and correct.

DQ: Real?

IQs:

1. Do you frequently employ the odious Frenchman Slippery Jim “No Pants” Moriarty in episodes of the highly acclaimed, asbestos-lined, super-high-frequency 1950’s BBC radio series The Goon Show?
2. Are you most frequently heard in extended mumbles with Minnie Bannister on episodes of the highly acclaimed, zeppelin-produced, all-jazz 1950’s BBC radio series The Goon Show?
3. Did you portray the heroic fat, bloated Welshman Neddy Seagoon (pause for riotous applause) on the highly acclaimed, pumpkin-scented, espionage-laden 1950’s BBC radio series The Goon Show?

[Slow_Moving_Vehicle]

IQs:

1. Did you run for President as a third party candidate in 1992?

2. Did you capture two Spanish ships by boarding one, fighting your way across its deck, and preparing to board another (before it signalled surrender)?

3. Did you wonder why can’t the English teach their children how to speak?

[SunUp]

IQs:

1. Did you play a main cast character in Will and Grace?
2. Did you play the mother of the title character in “that book by Nabokov”?
3. Were you a president of the MPAA who adopted the production code that bears your name?

[Elendil_s_Heir]

Take three DQs, Prof. P.

@Slow_Moving_Vehicle

IQs:

1. Did you run for President as a third party candidate in 1992?

2. Did you capture two Spanish ships by boarding one, fighting your way across its deck, and preparing to board another (before it signalled surrender)?

3. Did you wonder why can’t the English teach their children how to speak?

Not H. Ross Perot, not Horatio Nelson, not Prof. Henry Higgins.

[Elendil_s_Heir]

@SunUp

IQs:

1. Did you play a main cast character in Will and Grace?
2. Did you play the mother of the title character in “that book by Nabokov”?
3. Were you a president of the MPAA who adopted the production code that bears your name?

Not Hays, not Harris and not another Hays.

H.

1. real

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

@Prof.Pepperwinkle

IQs:

1. Do you frequently employ the odious Frenchman Slippery Jim “No Pants” Moriarty in episodes of the highly acclaimed, asbestos-lined, super-high-frequency 1950’s BBC radio series The Goon Show?
2. Are you most frequently heard in extended mumbles with Minnie Bannister on episodes of the highly acclaimed, zeppelin-produced, all-jazz 1950’s BBC radio series The Goon Show?
3. Did you portray the heroic fat, bloated Welshman Neddy Seagoon (pause for riotous applause) on the highly acclaimed, pumpkin-scented, espionage-laden 1950’s BBC radio series The Goon Show?

#1 is Hercules Grytpype-Thynne.
#2 is Henry Crun.
#3 is Harry Secombe.

DQs:

1. Male?
2. American?
3. Born after 1950?

[Elendil_s_Heir]

H.

1. real
2. male
3. American
4. born before 1950

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

IQs:

1. Were you the first elected governor of Virginia?
2. Were you Speaker of the House during the War of 1812?
3. Are you the best known person from the fictional city of East Nowhere, Nebraska?

[SunUp]

@Elendil_s_Heir

@SunUp

IQs:

1. Did you play a main cast character in Will and Grace?
2. Did you play the mother of the title character in “that book by Nabokov”?
3. Were you a president of the MPAA who adopted the production code that bears your name?

Not Hays, not Harris and not another Hays.

Sean Hayes, question malformed - withdrawn, and Will Hays.

IQs:

1. Were you a hero of Stone’s River who Ambrose Bierce called “the best hated man I ever knew?”
2. Did you wear a red shirt into battle with the Army of Northern Virginia?
3. Were you known as the “Christian General” who helped found a major university that bears your name?

[SCAdian]

IQ1: Did you invent a first-century steam engine?
IQ2: Were you killed by a Christian mob in fifth-century Egypt?
IQ3: Are you probably the most famous person to fit this category in three ways?

[Slow_Moving_Vehicle]

@Elendil_s_Heir

@Slow_Moving_Vehicle

IQs:

1. Did you run for President as a third party candidate in 1992?
2. Did you capture two Spanish ships by boarding one, fighting your way across its deck, and preparing to board another (before it signalled surrender)?
3. Did you wonder why can’t the English teach their children how to speak?

Not H. Ross Perot, not Horatio Nelson, not Prof. Henry Higgins

Swept me!

IQs:

1. Did you have an inappropriate desire for a girl named Delores?

2. Were you a mob informant whose wife once hid a gun in her underwear?

3. Are you a “a scoundrel, a liar, a cheat, a thief, a coward—and, oh yes, a toady” who nonetheless managed to cheat and lie your way to the highest level of the British Army?

[Elendil_s_Heir]

@Prof.Pepperwinkle

IQs:

1. Were you the first elected governor of Virginia?
2. Were you Speaker of the House during the War of 1812?
3. Are you the best known person from the fictional city of East Nowhere, Nebraska?

Not Henry White, not Henry Clay and not Henry Nebraskaman.

@SunUp

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IQs:

1. Were you a hero of Stone’s River who Ambrose Bierce called “the best hated man I ever knew?”
2. Did you wear a red shirt into battle with the Army of Northern Virginia?
3. Were you known as the “Christian General” who helped found a major university that bears your name?

Not Henry Halleck, A.P. Hill or O.O. Howard.

@SCAdian

IQ1: Did you invent a first-century steam engine?
IQ2: Were you killed by a Christian mob in fifth-century Egypt?
IQ3: Are you probably the most famous person to fit this category in three ways?

Not Hippocrates, Hypatia or Hypatia again.

@Slow_Moving_Vehicle

…
IQs:

1. Did you have an inappropriate desire for a girl named Delores?

2. Were you a mob informant whose wife once hid a gun in her underwear?

3. Are you a “a scoundrel, a liar, a cheat, a thief, a coward—and, oh yes, a toady” who nonetheless managed to cheat and lie your way to the highest level of the British Army?

Not H. Jerry Seinfeld, not Henry Hill and not Harry Flashman.

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

Welcome, SunUp!

@Elendil_s_Heir

@Prof.Pepperwinkle

IQs:

1. Were you the first elected governor of Virginia?
2. Were you Speaker of the House during the War of 1812?
3. Are you the best known person from the fictional city of East Nowhere, Nebraska?

Not Henry White, not Henry Clay and not Henry Nebraskaman.

#1 was Patrick Henry.
#2 is Correct.
#3 is Dr. Henry Pym, aka Ant-Man, Giant-Man and Yellowjacket; played in the MCU by Michael Douglas.

DQs:

1. Born before 1900?
2. Known for politics or military?

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

IQs:

1. Were you the main female love interest in Pogo?
2. Were you the first president of the Republic of Texas?
3. Did you have a touring stage show where you impersonated Sam Clemens and gave lectures from his writings?

[SCAdian]

@Elendil_s_Heir

@SCAdian

IQ1: Did you invent a first-century steam engine?
IQ2: Were you killed by a Christian mob in fifth-century Egypt?
IQ3: Are you probably the most famous person to fit this category in three ways?

Not Hippocrates, Hypatia or Hypatia again.

Hero of Alexandria (or Heron – you’ll find it spelt both ways)
correct
Hubert Horatio Humphrey

Two DQs reserved.

[SunUp]

@Elendil_s_Heir

@SunUp

IQs:

1. Were you a hero of Stone’s River who Ambrose Bierce called “the best hated man I ever knew?”
2. Did you wear a red shirt into battle with the Army of Northern Virginia?
3. Were you known as the “Christian General” who helped found a major university that bears your name?

Not Henry Halleck, A.P. Hill or O.O. Howard.

General William B. Hazen, and next two correct.

1 DQ reserved.

@Prof.Pepperwinkle

Welcome, SunUp!

Good to be back - I was on a trip and wasn’t on enough to participate for a while.

[Elendil_s_Heir]

@Prof.Pepperwinkle

IQs:

1. Were you the main female love interest in Pogo?
2. Were you the first president of the Republic of Texas?
3. Did you have a touring stage show where you impersonated Sam Clemens and gave lectures from his writings?

Not Henrietta, Sam Houston or Hal Holbrook (we once saw him in the show, too late in his career; hated seeing him forget his lines and obviously struggle with the role).

H.

1. real
2. male
3. American
4. born before 1950
5. born before 1900
6. not best known for politics or military

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

@Elendil_s_Heir

@Prof.Pepperwinkle

IQs:

1. Were you the main female love interest in Pogo?
2. Were you the first president of the Republic of Texas?
3. Did you have a touring stage show where you impersonated Sam Clemens and gave lectures from his writings?

Not Henrietta, Sam Houston or Hal Holbrook (we once saw him in the show, too late in his career; hated seeing him forget his lines and obviously struggle with the role).

1 was Miz Mam’selle Hepzibah, a pretty French skunk.
Correct on the other two.

DQ: Last name starts with H?