Botticelli -- May 2026

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

DQs:

1. Real
2. Female
3. Last name starts with F
4. Dead
5. American

[knoodler]

@Prof.Pepperwinkle

@knoodler

1. Are you the more cynical member of the Fabulous Freak Brothers?
2. Were you the title character wearing a giant head?
3. Were you the leader of The Pixies?

1. I am not Freewheelin’ Franklin.
   Take 2 DQs.

Correct
Michael Fassbender (Frank)
Black Francis / Frank Black

DQs:

Died before 1950?
Known for the arts?

[knoodler]

IQs:

1. Were you considered the founder of modern nursing?
2. Were you part of a singing trio of sisters before changing your name?
3. Were you portrayed on film by the director of Barbie?

[De_La_Rue]

IQs:
1. Were you one of the three leads in a movie and later the co-lead in a TV show with Lily “Ms. Frizzle” Tomlin?
2. Were you Dipper and Mabel’s great-uncle on Gravity Falls?
3. Did you overthrow Fulgencio Batista and then serve as First Secretary for 49 years, until you were succeeded by your brother Raúl?

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

DQs:

1. Real
2. Female
3. Last name starts with F
4. Dead
5. American
6. Died after 1950
7. Known for the arts

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

@De_La_Rue

IQs:

1. Were you one of the three leads in a movie and later the co-lead in a TV show with Lily “Ms. Frizzle” Tomlin?
2. Were you Dipper and Mabel’s great-uncle on Gravity Falls?
3. Did you overthrow Fulgencio Batista and then serve as First Secretary for 49 years, until you were succeeded by your brother Raúl?

1. I am not Jane Fonda.
2. Take a DQ.
3. I am not Fidel Castro.

[De_La_Rue]

@Prof.Pepperwinkle

1. I am not Jane Fonda.
2. Take a DQ.
3. I am not Fidel Castro.

2 was Ford Pines.

DQ: died after 1988?

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

DQs:

1. Real
2. Female
3. Last name starts with F
4. Dead
5. American
6. Died after 1950
7. Known for the arts
8. Died after 1988

[SunUp]

@Prof.Pepperwinkle

@SunUp

IQs:

1. Were you killed defending your uncle at the Battle of the Five Armies?
2. Are you the title character of a tragedy by Goethe?
3. Were you a bard of the harp in the Chronicles of Prydain?

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

#1 was Fili the Dwarf, who (along with his brother Kili) fell defending Thorin Oakenshield.
Correct on #2.
#3 was Fflewddur Fflam.

DQ: Known for the performing arts?

1 DQ reserved.

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

DQs:

1. Real
2. Female
3. Last name starts with F
4. Dead
5. American
6. Died after 1950
7. Known for the arts
8. Died after 1988
9. Known for the performing arts

[SunUp]

DQ: Known for acting?

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

DQs:

1. Real
2. Female
3. Last name starts with F
4. Dead
5. American
6. Died after 1950
7. Known for the arts
8. Died after 1988
9. Known for the performing arts
10. Known for acting

[Eureka]

@Eureka

IQ#1: Did you refuse to grant your nephew Ivan a divorce?

IQ#2: Are you a famous architect?

IQ#3: Did you direct the GodFather movie?

That would be Falco Vorpatril from Captain Vorpatril’s Alliance by Lois McMaster Bujold.
Correct on the others

[SunUp]

IQs:

1. Did you get a 1992 Oscar nomination for an adaptation of your own book?
2. Did you play the matriarch of the Yelnats family in Holes?
3. Did you write the Great Brain stories about growing up with your brother?

[De_La_Rue]

IQs:
1. Did your wife write the “My Day” column?
2. Were you the above person’s Secretary of Labor?
3. In the comics based on the 1966 live-action Batman TV series, are you appropriately enough revealed to have been Basil Karlo?

[knoodler]

@knoodler

IQs:

1. Were you considered the founder of modern nursing?
2. Were you part of a singing trio of sisters before changing your name?
3. Were you portrayed on film by the director of Barbie?

Ahem.

[Elendil_s_Heir]

Previous IQs:

Did you command Hill Street Station? - Capt. Frank Furillo, on Hill Street Blues
Were you RNC Chair in the Eighties? - Frank Fahrenkopf
Were you the mom of a little girl in Les Mis? - Fantine

DQs:

Considered a beauty?
Best known for movie roles?
Won an Oscar or Emmy?

IQs:

Was your palace San Souci?
Did you become president of Oberlin College in 1983?
Were you Frasier and Lilith’s son?

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

@knoodler

@knoodler

IQs:

1. Were you considered the founder of modern nursing?
2. Were you part of a singing trio of sisters before changing your name?
3. Were you portrayed on film by the director of Barbie?

Ahem.

Sorry 'bout that.

1. I am not Florence Nightingale.
   Take 2 DQs.

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

@SunUp

IQs:

1. Did you get a 1992 Oscar nomination for an adaptation of your own book?
2. Did you play the matriarch of the Yelnats family in Holes?
3. Did you write the Great Brain stories about growing up with your brother?

Take 3 DQs.

@De_La_Rue

IQs:

1. Did your wife write the “My Day” column?
2. Were you the above person’s Secretary of Labor?
3. In the comics based on the 1966 live-action Batman TV series, are you appropriately enough revealed to have been Basil Karlo?

1. I am not Franklin D. Roosevelt.
2. Take a DQ.
3. I am not Falseface.

@Elendil_s_Heir

Was your palace San Souci?
Did you become president of Oberlin College in 1983?
Were you Frasier and Lilith’s son?

Take 3 DQs.

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

DQs:

1. Real
2. Female
3. Last name starts with F
4. Dead
5. American
6. Died after 1950
7. Known for the arts
8. Died after 1988
9. Known for the performing arts
10. Known for acting
11. Not usually considered a beauty.
12. Not best known for movie roles
13. Winner of a Daytime Emmy