Botticelli - May 2018

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Hello, I had to take a break for a while. Still don’t know if I’ll get to play as often due to work commitments, but will give it a shot.

IQ1: Are you an R&B singer known for “When a Man Loves a Woman”?
IQ2: Are you a poet who was married to the author of Frankenstein?
IQ3: Were you a wide receiver/return specialist for the Seattle Seahawks in their Super Bowl XLVIII win before retiring due to chronic migraines?

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Welcome back, KO!

DQs:

  1. Known for crime or law enforcement?
  2. Common first name?
  3. Associated with the Wild West?
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Yes indeed, welcome - just play as and when you can, pretty much what I do.

  1. I am not Percy Sledge
  2. I am not Percy Bysshe Shelley
  3. I am not that football guy, you know, Percy whatsisname :slight_smile: - take a DQ.

DQ answers so far:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. First name starts with P
  4. Not known from the performing arts
  5. Dead
  6. American
  7. Not political/military
  8. Died before 1900
  9. Died after 1850
  10. Not a businessman/inventor
  11. Not known for crime or law enforcement
  12. Common first name
  13. Not associated with the Wild West
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Welcome back, indeed, KO!

Previous IQs:

Are you much better remembered than Dawes, who did the same thing as you? - Dawes and Paul Revere both made nighttime rides to warn of the coming of British troops from Boston
Did you once fly a flag with white words on a blue field? - Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry: Oliver Hazard Perry - Wikipedia
Did you surrender Vicksburg to Grant in 1863? - Confederate Gen. Pemberton

DQs:

Associated with NYC?
Known for the arts generally?

One DQ reserved.

IQs:

Did Murphy Brown like to hang out at your bar?
Were you an Ohio-born talk show host?
Did you insist your date call you “Bronco”?

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[quote=“Dead_Cat, post:20, topic:813813”]

I’ll take a stab at Phileas Fogg for the first one, but I suspect you have swept me again.

I am not Winnie the Pooh (suspect it’s not who you were thinking of, up to you if you think it’s a valid answer or perhaps you want to rephrase), Peter Piper (nice one), and don’t know.
1)I was thinking of Pollyanna but Winnie the Pooh plays nicely
2)Correct
3) so not Philip Bailey.
A DQ out of the effort.

DQ) Are you associated with science or education?

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IQs:

  1. Did you get your start on the highly acclaimed BBC radio series The Goon Show?
  2. Were you the lead singer for Led Zeppelin?
  3. Did you have a hit with the song Don’t Let Me Get Me?
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correct x2, Percy Hardin

DQ: Known for a single incident?

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EH, I’m drawing a blank again, take three more DQs.

I am not… Peter Cook? I am not Robert Plant. Don’t know the third. Take one or two DQs.

ETA: Bugger, I nearly put Peter Sellers then changed to Cook at the last moment. Having looked it up, that’s two DQs there.

Those DQs will take us over twenty, so I guess it’s time to close this one for further IQs and start thinking about your final guesses.

DQ answers so far:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. First name starts with P
  4. Not known from the performing arts
  5. Dead
  6. American
  7. Not political/military
  8. Died before 1900
  9. Died after 1850
  10. Not a businessman/inventor
  11. Not known for crime or law enforcement
  12. Common first name
  13. Not associated with the Wild West
  14. Briefly associated with NYC, but not especially
  15. Not known for the arts
  16. Not associated with science or education
  17. Not best known for a single incident
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IQs:

  1. Did you get your start on the highly acclaimed BBC radio series The Goon Show?
  2. Were you the lead singer for Led Zeppelin?
  3. Did you have a hit with the song Don’t Let Me Get Me?
    I am not… Peter Cook? I am not Robert Plant. Don’t know the third. Take one or two DQs.

ETA: Bugger, I nearly put Peter Sellers then changed to Cook at the last moment. Having looked it up, that’s two DQs there.

  1. Yep, Peter Sellers, not Peter Cook.
  2. Yep, Robert Plant.
    #3 is Pink (or P!nk, as she spells it these days).

DQ: Known for religion or social activism?

1 DQ reserved.

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DQ answers so far:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. First name starts with P
  4. Not known from the performing arts
  5. Dead
  6. American
  7. Not political/military
  8. Died before 1900
  9. Died after 1850
  10. Not a businessman/inventor
  11. Not known for crime or law enforcement
  12. Common first name
  13. Not associated with the Wild West
  14. Briefly associated with NYC, but not especially
  15. Not known for the arts
  16. Not associated with science or education
  17. Not best known for a single incident
  18. Not known for religion or social activism
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DQ: Known for writing?

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DQ answers so far:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. First name starts with P
  4. Not known from the performing arts
  5. Dead
  6. American
  7. Not political/military
  8. Died before 1900
  9. Died after 1850
  10. Not a businessman/inventor
  11. Not known for crime or law enforcement
  12. Common first name
  13. Not associated with the Wild West
  14. Briefly associated with NYC, but not especially
  15. Not known for the arts
  16. Not associated with science or education
  17. Not best known for a single incident
  18. Not known for religion or social activism
  19. Not known for writing
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Previous IQs:

Did Murphy Brown like to hang out at your bar? - Phil
Were you an Ohio-born talk show host? - Phil Donahue
Did you insist your date call you “Bronco”? - Phil Connors, in Groundhog Day: Told You, Call Me Bronco - YouTube

Phil x3!

Hmm. Don’t know who this is. I yield my DQs to anyone who wishes, one apiece.

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I’ll take one of EH’s:

DQ: Known for sports or athletics?

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I’ll take one. Known for something Civil War-related?

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DQ answers so far:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. First name starts with P
  4. Not known from the performing arts
  5. Dead
  6. American
  7. Not political/military
  8. Died before 1900
  9. Died after 1850
  10. Not a businessman/inventor
  11. Not known for crime or law enforcement
  12. Common first name
  13. Not associated with the Wild West
  14. Briefly associated with NYC, but not especially
  15. Not known for the arts
  16. Not associated with science or education
  17. Not best known for a single incident
  18. Not known for religion or social activism
  19. Not known for writing
  20. Not known for what I (and I think most others) would consider a sport, or athletics
  21. Not known for something civil war related

Answer 20 is as much as I’m prepared to give as a clue - it is possible I am someone none of you has heard of, but obviously I hope not.

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I’ve used all my DQs and one EH’s. All else I can think of at the moment are explorers and sailors. I’m not coming up with a Peter, Patrick, Paul or Phillip, though.

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I’ll give you those for ‘free’ - not an explorer or sailor, but you’re right with one of the names

If anyone wants to ask one last DQ, go ahead, or indeed have a guess. I’ll go for the big reveal in about 24 hours from this post.

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Think, think, think…

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That still leaves doctors and teachers…