Botticelli - May 2024

(belated) Congrats, Prof.!

IQs:
1. Did you direct A Mighty Wind?
2. Did you voice Alice on the animated version of Dilbert?
3. Did you found the Parents’ Music Resource Center?

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DQ:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Not American
  4. Dead
  5. Not known from the arts
  6. Last name begins with “G” but sometimes his last name is confused as being his first name.
  7. Died before 1900
  8. Not known for politics/military
  1. I am not Christopher Guest.
    Take 2 DQs.

2 was Kathy Griffin; 3 was Tipper Gore.

DQs:
1. European?
2. died after 1600?

DQ:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Not American
  4. Dead
  5. Not known from the arts
  6. Last name begins with “G” but sometimes his last name is confused as being his first name.
  7. Died before 1900
  8. Not known for politics/military
  9. Not European
  10. Died before 1600

DQ: Died before 1 CE?

Correct, Gaylord Nelson, George Eads.

DQ:
Caucasian?

One DQ reserved.

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DQ:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Not American
  4. Dead
  5. Not known from the arts
  6. Last name begins with “G” but sometimes his last name is confused as being his first name.
  7. Died before 1900
  8. Not known for politics/military
  9. Not European
  10. Died before 1600
  11. Died before 1 CE
  12. Not Caucasian

IQs:
1. Are you the paterfamilias of a clan from Quahog, Rhode Island?
2. Did you play for the Edmonton Oilers?
3. Did you paint flowers, deserts, and cattle skulls?

IQs:

  1. Were you shot at a constituent meeting on January 8, 2011?
  2. Are you a mythical deity probably based on a Mesopotamian king?
  3. Were you a mythical pirate reputed to have terrorized the early 19th century Florida Gulf Coast?

IQs:

  1. If I meet you along the road, should I kill you?

  2. Did your boss call you “Little Buddy”?

  3. Are you a god of good fortune, arts and letters, the patron of beginnings and a remover of obstacles?

Heh. I do have my go-to questions, it’s true.

Previous IQs:

Were you “the Rock of Chickamauga”? - Yes, Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas, during the Civil War
In an HBO miniseries, did you advise a French ambassador to “Tread carefully, sir”? - George Washington, in John Adams
Did you tell Harry Truman he was too old to rejoin the Army? - Gen. George C. Marshall, who was Army Chief of Staff at the time, and later served both as Truman’s SECSTATE and also his SECDEF

George x3!

DQs:

From the Bible?

One DQ reserved.

IQs:

Were you the aforementioned French ambassador?
Did Enkidu become your best friend?
Were you the oldest Took, and with a name to match?

Well, you could try.

But, yes, I am

Siddhartha Gautama, aka Buddha, founder of Buddhism!


Well done, Slow_Moving_Vehicle! And everyone, for that matter. I had thought it would’ve taken more’n a dozen DQs for this guy.

Good job, SMV!

Previous IQs:

Were you the aforementioned French ambassador? - Citizen Genet, as seen here in John Adams
Did Enkidu become your best friend? - Gilgamesh
Were you the oldest Took, and with a name to match? - Gerontius Took

Good choice, Prof! Pure guess on my part.

The answers to my other two questions were Gilligan (“Little Buddy”) and the Hindu god Ganesha.

On to the next round: I am

Q

N.B. I have some small concern about the notability of this person, so at the end of the round, if y’all decide they’re too obscure, I’ll yield to someone else.

IQs:

  1. Did you advice Mike Pence to not miscount electoral ballots from the 2020 election?
  2. Are you a daughter of Andie McDowell who acted in The Nice Guys?
  3. Did you write and direct another one of #2s movies?

IQs:

  1. Once upon a time were you POTUS?
  2. Are you aka Mr. Everyman?
  3. Did you play Lucy in The Goodbye Girl?

Congrats, Vehicle!

IQs:
1. Did you play Spock?
2. Is your last name synonymous with “traitor”?
3. Were you born Dana Owens?

IQ: Were you a werewolf played by David Selby?

  1. Take a DQ.
  2. I am not … someone named Quinn?
  3. I am not Quentin Tarantino.
  1. I am not…Quavid Quice Quaitchison?
  2. Take a DQ.
  3. I am not…someone named Quinn?
  1. I am not Zachary Quinto.
  2. I am not Vidkun Quisling.
  3. Take a DQ.
  1. Take a DQ.