Botticelli - October 2024

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That will put us over 20 DQs, so please halt all new IQs, and please ask all outstanding DQs by 8 pm EDT tomorrow.

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Previous IQs:

Did you grow up a farm girl in Arizona and later rise to fame in Washington, D.C.? - Sandra Day O’Connor
Were you the best-known person from Russell, Kansas? - Bob Dole
Were you a politician who loved the nightlife so much that you owned five tuxedos? - Former NYC Mayor David Dinkins

DQs:

First became famous in Europe?
Died in the U.S.?

One DQ reserved.

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DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Last name begins with D
  4. Dead
  5. Born before 1900
  6. Born after 1700
  7. Known from the Arts
  8. Not American originally, but became a U.S. citizen
  9. European
  10. Married twice
  11. Did some work at theaters, but not performing, and not remembered for it
  12. Not a director
  13. Not German
  14. Born after 1800
  15. Not best known for writing, though he did write
  16. Not from the British Isles
  17. French
  18. First became famous in Europe
  19. Died in France
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3 was Dean Koontz.

1 DQ reserved.

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Correct on Dan’l Boone.
DeWitt Clinton was governor of New York and had the Erie Canal built.
MIchel deRuyter was a 17th century Dutch admiral.

2 DQs reserved. Not that it’s likely to do me any good…

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Final DQ: known for painting and sculpture?

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DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Last name begins with D
  4. Dead
  5. Born before 1900
  6. Born after 1700
  7. Known from the Arts
  8. Not American originally, but became a U.S. citizen
  9. European
  10. Married twice
  11. Did some work at theaters, but not performing, and not remembered for it
  12. Not a director
  13. Not German
  14. Born after 1800
  15. Not best known for writing, though he did write
  16. Not from the British Isles
  17. French
  18. First became famous in Europe
  19. Died in France
  20. Painter and sculptor
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My best guesses are Degas and Delacroix: neither fits the parameters.

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Are you Edgar Degas?

ETA: ninja’d by knoodler, so if it’s correct, it should go to them. (He’s better known as a painter, but Degas sculpted dancers, as well.)

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Degas was already asked above. Try again.

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I’ll offer up my two DQs to anyone who wants to use them.

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Please ask your final Are you Firstname Lastname questions by 9pm EDT tomorrow.

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I have wracked my brain and even asked ZakDaughter who is starting college as an art history major. We both came up with Degas and she added Delacroix (I don’t like the Romantics that much and frankly thought he was much earlier than he was - he doesn’t fit, but not by much), but we’re totally drawing a blank past those two. Great puzzler, Prof. Pepperwinkle!

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Merci beaucoups!

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SunUp’s DQs:
1. most famous after 1900?
2. associated with a movement?

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I’m stumped. I yield my remaining DQ to whoever’d like to ask it.

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DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Last name begins with D
  4. Dead
  5. Born before 1900
  6. Born after 1700
  7. Known from the Arts
  8. Not American originally, but became a U.S. citizen
  9. European
  10. Married twice
  11. Did some work at theaters, but not performing, and not remembered for it
  12. Not a director
  13. Not German
  14. Born after 1800
  15. Not best known for writing, though he did write
  16. Not from the British Isles
  17. French
  18. First became famous in Europe
  19. Died in France
  20. Painter and sculptor
  21. Most famous after 1900
  22. Identified with at least three movements during his life
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DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Last name begins with D
  4. Dead
  5. Born before 1900
  6. Born after 1700
  7. Known from the Arts
  8. Not American originally, but became a U.S. citizen
  9. European
  10. Married twice
  11. Did some work at theaters, but not performing, and not remembered for it
  12. Not a director
  13. Not German
  14. Born after 1800
  15. Not best known for writing, though he did write
  16. Not from the British Isles
  17. French
  18. First became famous in Europe
  19. Died in France
  20. Painter and sculptor
  21. Most famous after 1900
  22. Identified with at least three movements during his life
  23. Possibly best known as a Cubist
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Oh, god, his name is on the tip of my tongue…Kind of controversial artist…

I think…are you Marcel Duchamp?

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C’est moi,

Marcel Duchamp!

Painter, Sculptor, Writer, Set Designer and Chess Grandmaster.
His 1912 “Nude Descending A Staircase” shown here.

Félicitations, Slow_Moving_Vehicle!