Botticelli- November 2025

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Three DQs

Three DQs

142

Betty Grable, Garth Algar, and T.S. Garp

DQs:

Born before 1960?
Best known for music?

1 DQ reserved.

143

#1 was George Gobel.
#2 is Ginnifer Goodwin.
#3 was Martin Gilbert.

3 DQs reserved.

144

Previous IQs:

Are you and your wife entombed in Lake View Cemetery? - James A. Garfield
Did your wife, with your support, decline to meet with Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson? - John Glenn, husband of Annie, in The Right Stuff
Did Tom Hanks play your son in one of your last movies? - Jackie Gleason, in Nothing in Common

Three DQs reserved.

IQs:

Were you AKA Tharkun and Mithrandir?
Were you AKA Sauron and Annatar?
Were you married to the guy with the silliest alternative name in all of Middle-earth?

145

G

1. Real
2. Last name starts with G
3. Male
4. Living
5. Known for the arts
6. American
7. Not born after 1975
8. Caucasian
9. Best known for the performing arts
10. Have not won a top arts award in my field
11. Born before 1960
12. Not best known for music?

146

DQ
Known for acting?

147

G

1. Real
2. Last name starts with G
3. Male
4. Living
5. Known for the arts
6. American
7. Not born after 1975
8. Caucasian
9. Best known for the performing arts
10. Have not won a top arts award in my field
11. Born before 1960
12. Not best known for music
13. Known for acting

148

DQs

  1. Known for movies?
  2. Best known for one role?
149

Ahem.

150

Oops.

Not Gandalf
DQ
Not Galadriel


G

  1. Real
  2. Last name starts with G
  3. Male
  4. Living
  5. Known for the arts
  6. American
  7. Not born after 1975
  8. Caucasian
  9. Best known for the performing arts
  10. Have not won a top arts award in my field
  11. Born before 1960
  12. Not best known for music
  13. Known for acting
  14. Known for movies
  15. Not known for one role

For clarification, DQ5 is “known for”, not “best known for”, and DQ9 is “best known as an artist for”, in reference to DQ5. There may well be people out there whose first thought, on hearing my name, is about my previous profession.


Enough unasked DQs out there to put us over 20, so no more, please.

151

By my count, knoodler and kitap have two remaining DQs each; EH and SunUp each have one.

152

I actually have three previous DQs, reserved in post 144.

Previous IQs:

Were you AKA Tharkun and Mithrandir? - Yes, Gandalf
Were you AKA Sauron and Annatar? - Gorthaur
Were you married to the guy with the silliest alternative name in all of Middle-earth? - Yes, Galadriel, hitched to Celeborn AKA Teleporno

DQs:

Considered handsome?
Best known for dramatic roles?
Greatest fame before 2000?

One DQ reserved.

153

ZDS
By my count, EH has four remaning DQs, knoodler and kitap have two each, and SunUp has one.

G

  1. Real
  2. Last name starts with G
  3. Male
  4. Living
  5. Known for the arts
  6. American
  7. Not born after 1975
  8. Caucasian
  9. Best known for the performing arts
  10. Have not won a top arts award in my field
  11. Born before 1960
  12. Not best known for music
  13. Known for acting
  14. Known for movies
  15. Not known for one role
  16. Probably considered handsome
  17. Best known for dramatic roles
  18. Greatest fame before 2000
154

With my three DQs asked in post 152, I believe I have just a single remaining DQ.

155

Yes. You had four, you used three, now you have one.

156

Last DQ: First name starts with A-M?

157

I don’t believe I have any; you got Gil and Grant.

158

You’re right – apparently I was even more out of it last night than I thought. :frowning:


G

  1. Real
  2. Last name starts with G
  3. Male
  4. Living
  5. Known for the arts
  6. American
  7. Not born after 1975
  8. Caucasian
  9. Best known for the performing arts
  10. Have not won a top arts award in my field
  11. Born before 1960
  12. Not best known for music
  13. Known for acting
  14. Known for movies
  15. Not known for one role
  16. Probably considered handsome
  17. Best known for dramatic roles
  18. Greatest fame before 2000
  19. First name starts with A-M


EH has two DQs left; knoodler has one. Please ask them by 10 pm tomorrow, 27 Nov. am EST Friday, 28 Nov.

159

I have 2 DQs:

Born before 1950?
Best known for leading roles?

160

G

  1. Real
  2. Last name starts with G
  3. Male
  4. Living
  5. Known for the arts
  6. American
  7. Not born after 1975
  8. Caucasian
  9. Best known for the performing arts
  10. Have not won a top arts award in my field
  11. Born before 1960
  12. Not best known for music
  13. Known for acting
  14. Known for movies
  15. Not known for one role
  16. Probably considered handsome
  17. Best known for dramatic roles
  18. Greatest fame before 2000
  19. First name starts with A-M
  20. Born before 1950
  21. Not best known for leading roles, though I did have a lead role in one film


Waiting for EH to ask his final earned DQ…