Botticelli - Oct. 2020

Thread Games
401

3 was W.W. Jacobs.

One DQ reserved.

IQs:
1. Were you represented in a legal case against the Devil by Daniel Webster?
2. Did your husband enjoy steak cut in the shape of Texas?
3. Are you not bad–you’re just drawn that way?

402

Not Jasper Johns
Take a DQ
Not John Fogerty

Not June Cleaver
Not Carly Rae Jepson
Not Joy Adamson

Take a DQ
Not Lady Bird Johnson? - you can probably take another DQ
Not Jessica Rabbit

DQs:

  1. Male
  2. Real
  3. Last name does not start with J
  4. Living
  5. Not born after 1950
  6. Known for the Arts
  7. Caucasian
  8. Not an actor
  9. American
  10. Not known for the Performing Arts
  11. Known for the visual arts (painting, sculpture, fashion design, architecture, etc., but not including writing) - I would define the artform as a visual art.
403

Swept me!

IQs:

  1. Are you the Libertarian candidate for POTUS?
  2. Did you have a radio show with your wife, Mary Livingstone?
  3. Did you have a blog in which you shared your attempts to cook all of Julia Child’s recipes in a year?
404

Not Jo Jorgenson
Take a DQ
Take a DQ - I remember her first name is Julie from the “Julie & Julia” movie with Meryl Streep and Amy Adams, but don’t actually remember her full name.

405

Correct on #1.
#2 was Jack Benny.
#3 is Julie Powell.

DQs:

  1. Known for writing?
  2. First name starts with a J?
406

DQ 3 says last name does not start with J

407

Yeah, but it might be a middle name.

408

DQs:

  1. Male
  2. Real
  3. Last name does not start with J
  4. Living
  5. Not born after 1950
  6. Known for the Arts
  7. Caucasian
  8. Not an actor
  9. American
  10. Not known for the Performing Arts
  11. Known for the visual arts (painting, sculpture, fashion design, architecture, etc., but not including writing) - I would define the artform as a visual art.
  12. Known for writing, although not primarily known for writing
  13. First name starts with a J
409

DQ: Illustrator?

holding a DQ

410

Previous IQs:

Did a shipmate name his daughter after you? - James T. Kirk and Jamie Finney
Are you the best-known person from Scranton, Pa.? - Yes, Joe Biden
Are you the best-known jurist from Buffalo, N.Y.? - John Roberts, Chief Justice of the United States

DQs:

Has won a top award in his field?
Greatest fame before 1980?

One DQ reserved.

IQs:

Does a painting of you in red robes hang in the U.S. Supreme Court building?
Is there now a campaign to rename a school in Cleveland that’s named after you?
Were you the plaintiff in a key case on attorney advertising in the U.S.?

411

DQs:

  1. Male
  2. Real
  3. Last name does not start with J
  4. Living
  5. Not born after 1950
  6. Known for the Arts
  7. Caucasian
  8. Not an actor
  9. American
  10. Not known for the Performing Arts
  11. Known for the visual arts (painting, sculpture, fashion design, architecture, etc., but not including writing) - I would define the artform as a visual art.
  12. Known for writing, although not primarily known for writing
  13. First name starts with a J
  14. Not an illustrator
  15. Have won a prestigious award in my field, although not necessarily what one thinks of when they say “top” award.
  16. I would say greatest fame after 1980, although the artwork that put me on the map, and will most likely be mentioned in the first sentence of my obituary, appeared before 1980.
412

Dunno, Not Chief Justice John Marshall, Dunno

413

Previous IQs:

Does a painting of you in red robes hang in the U.S. Supreme Court building? - The late Chief Justice John Jay: John Jay - Wikipedia
Is there now a campaign to rename a school in Cleveland that’s named after you? - Yes, Chief Justice John Marshall (the Cleveland State U. law school is named after him; he’s being attacked as a slaveholder)
Were you the plaintiff in a key case on attorney advertising in the U.S.? - John Bates, in Bates v. Arizona

John x3!

DQs:

Cartoonist?
Still working in the field?

One DQ reserved.

IQs:

Did you share one name but all three initials of someone whose high office you later sought?
Were you one of Lincoln’s two top White House aides?
Were you the other, younger one?

414

Yes, John Sanford, yes.

DQ Reserved

415

Take 3 more DQs

DQs:

  1. Male
  2. Real
  3. Last name does not start with J
  4. Living
  5. Not born after 1950
  6. Known for the Arts
  7. Caucasian
  8. Not an actor
  9. American
  10. Not known for the Performing Arts
  11. Known for the visual arts (painting, sculpture, fashion design, architecture, etc., but not including writing) - I would define the artform as a visual art.
  12. Known for writing, although not primarily known for writing
  13. First name starts with a J
  14. Not an illustrator
  15. Have won a prestigious award in my field, although not necessarily what one thinks of when they say “top” award.
  16. I would say greatest fame after 1980, although the work that put me on the map, and will most likely be mentioned in the first sentence of my obituary, appeared before 1980.
  17. Not a cartoonist
  18. Semi-retired. Still infrequently working in the field.

I’m going to revisit #10. There seems to be some debate as whether or not this field is considered a performing art, depending on the definition of “performing art”. I’ve checked with online references and a few art museum websites. Some say yes it is, most say no it isn’t, some say it’s a hybrid of performing and visual and belongs in its own box. I would say my subject’s role within the field falls squarely in the non-performing area.

416

I’m confused about hybrid of performing and visual arts that may be displayed in museums. That could be a DJ with a light show, a tour guide who wears fancy clothing, a drag queen, or a nihilist expressionist who was profiled in the New Yorker.

Maybe this will narrow it down
DQ: Considered a cultural icon?

417

I think my clarification made things worse.
If you go by a strict definition of performing art being something performed in front of an audience, traditionally broken down as music, dance and theatre, then no, not known for performing arts.
If you go by the definition of visual art being something created to be viewed by an audience at a later time, then yes, known for visual arts.
If one captures performances for later viewing, some artsy people consider it both.

418

In other words, he may be a movie or TV director or producer. Or cameraman.

419

Correct.

420

Missed the last DQ

DQs:

  1. Male
  2. Real
  3. Last name does not start with J
  4. Living
  5. Not born after 1950
  6. Known for the Arts
  7. Caucasian
  8. Not an actor
  9. American
  10. Not known for the Performing Arts
  11. Known for the visual arts (painting, sculpture, fashion design, architecture, etc., but not including writing) - I would define the artform as a visual art.
  12. Known for writing, although not primarily known for writing
  13. First name starts with a J
  14. Not an illustrator
  15. Have won a prestigious award in my field, although not necessarily what one thinks of when they say “top” award.
  16. I would say greatest fame after 1980, although the work that put me on the map, and will most likely be mentioned in the first sentence of my obituary, appeared before 1980.
  17. Not a cartoonist
  18. Semi-retired. Still infrequently working in the field.
  19. Considered a cultural icon within his niche.

Given that I was clear as mud, I’ll keep IQs and DQs open until we hit 25.