Botticelli, Nov. 2022

Not Mrs. Whatsit
Take 2 DQs

Correct.
#2 is Wednesday Addams in Wednesday.
#3 was Paul Winchell.

DQ: Died after 1960?

1 DQ Reserved.

W

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Dead
  4. Last name begins with W
  5. Died after 1900
  6. American
  7. Not known for the Arts
  8. Died after 1960

IQs:

Were you, the story goes, introduced to your namesake by your Scottish nanny?
Were you a key figure in the building of the Brooklyn Bridge?
Were you the first popularly-elected mayor of the U.S. capital?

IQs:
1. Were you Dobie Gillis’s mom?
2. Speaking of TV moms, did you voice Peg on Goof Troop?
3. “…come here, I need you”?

3 more DQs

2 DQs
Not Watson

1 was Winnie Gillis; 2 was April Winchell (Paul’s daughter).

DQs:
1. died after 1990?
2. known from politics?

DQs:

  1. Known for sports?
  2. Caucasian?

One DQ reserved.

W

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Dead
  4. Last name begins with W
  5. Died after 1900
  6. American
  7. Not known for the Arts
  8. Died after 1960
  9. Died after 1990
  10. Not known from politics
  11. Known for sports
  12. Caucasian

DQ: Known for a team sport?

IQs:

  1. Were you a baseball player called “the Thumper”?
  2. Do you currently host Let’s Make A Deal?
  3. Were you the Matinee Lady on The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson?

Previous IQs:

Were you, the story goes, introduced to your namesake by your Scottish nanny? - Washington Irving, to George Washington, when the author was an infant
Were you a key figure in the building of the Brooklyn Bridge? - Washington Roebling
Were you the first popularly-elected mayor of the U.S. capital? - Walter Washington

Washington x3!

DQs:

Won a championship?
Greatest athletic glory before 1970?

One DQ reserved.

IQs:

Were you nicknamed “Pops” on your sports team?
Were you fired after you punched a player for the opposing team?
Did you star in the Divergent movies?

W

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Dead
  4. Last name begins with W
  5. Died after 1900
  6. American
  7. Not known for the Arts
  8. Died after 1960
  9. Died after 1990
  10. Not known from politics
  11. Known for sports
  12. Caucasian
  13. Known for a team sport
  14. Won a championship
  15. It’s subjective, but I’ll say greatest athletic glory after 1970. YMMV

DQ
Not Wayne Brady
DQ

Not Pop Warner?
DQ
Not Shailene Woodsley

General Winfield Scott
Kaiser Wilhelm II
President Thomas Woodrow Wilson


DQ: Known for baseball?
Two DQs reserved.

W

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Dead
  4. Last name begins with W
  5. Died after 1900
  6. American
  7. Not known for the Arts
  8. Died after 1960
  9. Died after 1990
  10. Not known from politics
  11. Known for sports
  12. Caucasian
  13. Known for a team sport
  14. Won a championship
  15. It’s subjective, but I’ll say greatest athletic glory after 1970. YMMV
  16. Not known for baseball

DQ: Known for football?

1 DQ reserved.
#1 was Ted Williams.
Correct on Wayne Brady.
#3 was Carol Wayne.

W

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Dead
  4. Last name begins with W
  5. Died after 1900
  6. American
  7. Not known for the Arts
  8. Died after 1960
  9. Died after 1990
  10. Not known from politics
  11. Known for sports
  12. Caucasian
  13. Known for a team sport
  14. Won a championship
  15. It’s subjective, but I’ll say greatest athletic glory after 1970. YMMV
  16. Not known for baseball
  17. Not known for football

IQ1: Did you compose the music for A Clockwork Orange?
IQ2: Did the resulting soundtrack album bear your name?
IQ3: Were you named for your clothing, which was a different colour from that of your associates’ clothing?

DQ: Known for basketball?

IQs:

  1. Did you create Woody Woodpecker?
  2. Is your best known painting arguably Breezing Up?
  3. Are you the title character of a song by the Association?

IQs:
1. Did you build an enormous house in San [something], California?
2. Did you build an enormous house in San [something], California?
3. Did you teach a yellow guy, a red guy, and a green bird about friendship?