Botticelli - May 2024

[Slow_Moving_Vehicle]

@kitap

IQs:

1. Were you a famous 1960s clothes designer who popularized the mini-skirt?
2. Were you a 1960s cartoon main character who had a dog named Bandit?
3. Are you #2’s father?

1. I am not Mary Quant.
2. Take a DQ.
3. Take a DQ.

@De_La_Rue

1. Did you have a live-action role as the Jewish mother in Woody Allen’s “Oedipus Wrecks” segment of New York Stories? He’d previously used you in Zelig, singing “Chameleon Days” in a voiceover.
2. In a Star Trek novel by Peter David, is Trelane revealed to be part of the same continuum as you?
3. Did you host Tough Crowd?

1. Take a DQ.
2. I am not Q.
3. Take a DQ.

[Slow_Moving_Vehicle]

DQs:

1. Fictional.
2. Male.
3. Last name does not start with “Q”.
4. Created by an American.
5. Created after 1950.
6. Originally from prose.
7. Created before 1980.
8. Not in a movie.
9. Main character.
10. Not from a work of science fiction, fantasy, or horror?
11. Created after 1975.
12. Race not specified, but given the milieu, most likely Caucasian.

[kitap]

@kitap

IQs:

1. Were you a famous 1960s clothes designer who popularized the mini-skirt?
2. Were you a 1960s cartoon main character who had a dog named Bandit?
3. Are you #2’s father?

Correct, Jonny Quest, Dr. Benton Quest.

3 DQs reserved.

[De_La_Rue]

@De_La_Rue

IQs:
1. Did you have a live-action role as the Jewish mother in Woody Allen’s “Oedipus Wrecks” segment of New York Stories? He’d previously used you in Zelig, singing “Chameleon Days” in a voiceover.
2. In a Star Trek novel by Peter David, is Trelane revealed to be part of the same continuum as you?
3. Did you host Tough Crowd?

@Slow_Moving_Vehicle

1. Take a DQ.
2. I am not Q.
3. Take a DQ.

1 was Mae Questel; 3 was Colin Quinn.

DQ: from a novel?

Two DQs reserved.

[Elendil_s_Heir]

IQs:

Were you Ishmael’s bedmate and later shipmate?
Were you one of the Rude Mechanicals?
Did you help James Bond in your native Caribbean?

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

Is the question mark supposed to be at the end of your DQ10?

DQ: From a work of historical fiction?

[Slow_Moving_Vehicle]

@Elendil_s_Heir

Were you Ishmael’s bedmate and later shipmate?
Were you one of the Rude Mechanicals?
Did you help James Bond in your native Caribbean?

1. I am still not Queeqeg.

2. I am not…Peter Quarrel? I know he’s from Romeo and Juliet, but Bottom is the only one I remember.

3. I am still not Q.

[Slow_Moving_Vehicle]

DQs:

1. Fictional.
2. Male.
3. Last name does not start with “Q”.
4. Created by an American.
5. Created after 1950.
6. Originally from prose.
7. Created before 1980.
8. Not in a movie.
9. Main character.
10. Not from a work of science fiction, fantasy, or horror.
11. Created after 1975.
12. Race not specified, but given the milieu, most likely Caucasian.
13. From a novel.
14. Not from a work of historical fiction.

@Prof.Pepperwinkle

Is the question mark supposed to be at the end of your DQ10?

Nope, that was a typo. Thanks for pointing it out, I could see that causing confusion. I’ve fixed it.

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

IQs:

1. Are you aka Brainiac 5?
2. Are you aka Vic Sage?
3. Are you aka Zazzala?

[SunUp]

@SunUp

DQ: Created before 1975?

That… turned out to be a very useful typo (was intending for 1965). Anyway, the cat is out of the bag. (Not that cutting it down to a five-year time span is helping me at the moment…)

DQ: Last name starts with A-M?

IQs:

1. Did you play Andrea Stavros in The Guns of Navarone?
2. Are you the court wizard for the Magic Kingdom of Landover?
3. Do your mixtapes push songs back onto the Billboard charts decades after their first release?

[De_La_Rue]

DQs:
1. first name is Quentin, Quincy, or Quinn?
2. adapted into other media?

IQs:
1. Did you produce the Tom and Jerry shorts for MGM?
2. Do you co-host The Howard Stern Show?
3. Giggity giggity, giggity goo?

[kitap]

DQs:

1. Male creator?
2. From a comedy?

One,DQ reserved.

[Slow_Moving_Vehicle]

@Prof.Pepperwinkle

1. Are you aka Brainiac 5?
2. Are you aka Vic Sage?
3. Are you aka Zazzala?

Take a trio of DQs

@SunUp

1. Did you play Andrea Stavros in The Guns of Navarone?
2. Are you the court wizard for the Magic Kingdom of Landover?
3. Do your mixtapes push songs back onto the Billboard charts decades after their first release?

Three more DQs for you, as well.

@De_La_Rue

IQs:

1. Did you produce the Tom and Jerry shorts for MGM?
2. Do you co-host The Howard Stern Show?
3. Giggity giggity, giggity goo?

And you take three, as well.

I knew I was going to take a hammering when I picked this letter, as I don’t know many famous people with “Q” in their names, but it’s been a minute since we’ve used this letter, so I thought it’d be fun to dust it off.

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

@Slow_Moving_Vehicle

@Prof.Pepperwinkle

1. Are you aka Brainiac 5?
2. Are you aka Vic Sage?
3. Are you aka Zazzala?

Take a trio of DQs

#1 is Qwerl Dox.
#2 is the Question.
#3 is Queen Bee.

3 DQs reserved.

[Slow_Moving_Vehicle]

DQs:

1. Fictional.
2. Male.
3. Last name does not start with “Q”.
4. Created by an American.
5. Created after 1950.
6. Originally from prose.
7. Created before 1980.
8. Not in a movie.
9. Main character.
10. Not from a work of science fiction, fantasy, or horror.
11. Created after 1975.
12. Race not specified, but given the milieu, most likely Caucasian.
13. From a novel.
14. Not from a work of historical fiction.
15. Last name starts A - M.
16. First name is a variation on Quentin, Quincy, or Quinn.
17. Not adapted into other media (so far as I can determine).
18. Male creator.
19. Not from a comedy.

And that’s going to take us well over 20 DQs, so please, no more IQs. Please ask your remaining DQs by midnight Eastern on Sunday, May 19th.

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

DQ: From a mystery or thriller?

2 DQs reserved.

[De_La_Rue]

@De_La_Rue

IQs:
1. Did you produce the Tom and Jerry shorts for MGM?
2. Do you co-host The Howard Stern Show?
3. Giggity giggity, giggity goo?

@Slow_Moving_Vehicle

And you take three, as well.

1 was Fred Quimby; 2 was Robin Quivers; 3 was the catchphrase of Family Guy’s Glenn Quagmire.

3 DQs reserved.

[SunUp]

@Slow_Moving_Vehicle

@SunUp

1. Did you play Andrea Stavros in The Guns of Navarone?
2. Are you the court wizard for the Magic Kingdom of Landover?
3. Do your mixtapes push songs back onto the Billboard charts decades after their first release?

Three more DQs for you, as well.

#1 was Anthony Quinn, #2 was Questor Thews, #3 was Peter Quill aka StarLord of the Guardians of the Galaxy films.

DQ: First name is a variation on Quentin?
DQ: First name is a variation on Quincy?

1 DQ reserved.

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

DQ: From a series of books?

[Elendil_s_Heir]

Previous IQs:

Were you Ishmael’s bedmate and later shipmate? - Yes, Queequeg, in Moby-Dick
Were you one of the Rude Mechanicals? - Peter Quince, in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Did you help James Bond in your native Caribbean? - Q the gadget guy wasn’t a Caribbean native; this was Quarrel

DQs:

American character?

One DQ reserved.