Botticelli - October 2024

[knoodler]

IQs:

1. Were you a self-trained artist/naturalist who was quoted several times in Darwin’s On the Origin of Species?
2. Did you have a controlling interest in the New York City Railroad before Cornelius Vanderbilt took over?
3. Were you his successful son?

[SCAdian]

@Slow_Moving_Vehicle

@SCAdian

IQ1: Were you a member of a famous Scandinavian musical group?
IQ2: Were you a member of that same group?
IQ3: Were you also a member of that group?

1. I am not Agneta Something-Or-Other (not sure of spelling or surname, but I know she was one of the "A"s in ABBA. The blonde singer, I think.)
2. I am not Annie-Frid (Ditto.)
3. I am not Benny Andersson.

correct (Agnetha Fältskog)
correct (Anni-Frid Synni Lyngstad)
correct

Harrumph.

[Slow_Moving_Vehicle]

@Prof.Pepperwinkle

IQs:

1. Are you the title character of the most famous work by Lucy Maud Montgomery?
2. Did you die fighting Ivan Skavinsky Skavar?
3. Did your father co-author the best known Classical Greek-to-English dictionary?

Take 3 DQs.

@De_La_Rue

IQs:

1. Speaking of giant monster movies, were you the “beauty that killed the beast”?
2. Was your co-pilot Fred Noonan?
3. Did you have a minor role in History of the World Part I, as the clerk at the Roman unemployment office? (“Did you bullshit last week?” “No.” “Did you try to bullshit last week?..”)

1. Take a DQ.
2. I am not Amelia Earhart.
3. Take a DQ.

@knoodler

IQs:

1. Were you a self-trained artist/naturalist who was quoted several times in Darwin’s On the Origin of Species?
2. Did you have a controlling interest in the New York City Railroad before Cornelius Vanderbilt took over?
3. Were you his successful son?

1. I am not…hmmm…Jean Jacques Audubon?
2. I am not…an Astor.
3. I am not John Jacob Astor.

@SCAdian

correct (Agnetha Fältskog)
correct (Anni-Frid Synni Lyngstad)
correct

Harrumph.

Sorry, dude. Disco is my jam.

[Slow_Moving_Vehicle]

DQs:

1. Real.
2. Male.
3. Dead.
4. Surname began with “A”.
5. Naturalized American citizen.
6. Died before 1900.
7. Not known for the arts.
8. Died before 1950.
9. Not famous for television roles.
10. Born in Europe.
11. Born after 1800.
12. Not known for government/military.
13. Born west of Vienna.
14. Born south of Vienna.

I revised DQ #14 after checking a map.

[knoodler]

@Slow_Moving_Vehicle

@knoodler

1. Were you a self-trained artist/naturalist who was quoted several times in Darwin’s On the Origin of Species?
2. Did you have a controlling interest in the New York City Railroad before Cornelius Vanderbilt took over?
3. Were you his successful son?

1. I am not…hmmm…Jean Jacques Audubon?
2. I am not…an Astor.
3. I am not John Jacob Astor.

1. John James Audubon (Jean was his father)
2. John Jacob Astor III
3. William Waldorf Astor

Can I get a ruling on this? How many DQs?

[Elendil_s_Heir]

I would say two, for #1 and #3, as SMV gave incorrect first and middle names and was clearly thinking of different individuals.

Previous IQs:

IQs:

Did you defend British soldiers charged in the Boston Massacre? - Yes, John Adams
Did Anthony Hopkins play you in Amistad? - Yes, John Quincy Adams
Have you played a princess, a linguist and a self-harming former reporter? - Yes, Amy Adams, in Enchanted, Arrival and Sharp Objects (love the first two; haven’t seen the third)

Swept me - Adams x3!

IQs:

Were you AKA Sauron?
Were you AKA Estel?
Were you Gilraen’s husband?

[De_La_Rue]

@De_La_Rue

IQs:
1. Speaking of giant monster movies, were you the “beauty that killed the beast”?
2. Was your co-pilot Fred Noonan?
3. Did you have a minor role in History of the World Part I, as the clerk at the Roman unemployment office? (“Did you bullshit last week?” “No.” “Did you try to bullshit last week?..”)

@Slow_Moving_Vehicle

1. Take a DQ.
2. I am not Amelia Earhart.
3. Take a DQ.

1 was Ann Darrow, in King Kong; 3 was Bea Arthur.

2 DQs reserved.

[SunUp]

@Slow_Moving_Vehicle

1. I am not Governor Andrew. Can’t remember if his personal name was William or John, but his surname was Andrew.
2. I am not Andrew Carnegie.
3. I am not Allie.

Correct on all three. John A. Andrew for the first.

Swept me!

IQs:

1. Did you find a Golden Ticket in a candy bar?
2. Are you the program directory of a radio station… on TV?
3. Are you #2’s boss?

[Slow_Moving_Vehicle]

@Elendil_s_Heir

Were you AKA Sauron?
Were you AKA Estel?
Were you Gilraen’s husband?

1. Take a DQ. Can’t think of any of Sauron’s previous name.
2. I am not Aragorn, additionally known as Elessar, the Elfstone, Strider, and Wingfoot.
3. I am not his daddy, Arathorn.

@SunUp

1. Did you find a Golden Ticket in a candy bar?
2. Are you the program directory of a radio station… on TV?
3. Are you #2’s boss?

1. I am not Augustus Gloop.
2. I am not Andy Travis, of WKRP (which was based on WQXI here in Atlanta.)
3. I am not the Big Guy, Arthur Carlson.

@Elendil_s_Heir

I would say two, for #1 and #3, as SMV gave incorrect first and middle names and was clearly thinking of different individuals.

I’ll grant three, because there were many Astors, and I didn’t know to which specific one #2 referred.

By my count rhat brings us over 20 DQs, so no more IQs. Please ask your final DQs by 10 pm Eastern on Wednesday, October 9th.

[knoodler]

@Slow_Moving_Vehicle

I’ll grant three, because there were many Astors, and I didn’t know to which specific one #2 referred.

By my count rhat brings us over 20 DQs, so no more IQs. Please ask your final DQs by 10 pm Eastern on Wednesday, October 9th.

I’ll stick with 2. Thanks for clarifying!

2 DQs reserved

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

@Slow_Moving_Vehicle

@Prof.Pepperwinkle

IQs:

1. Are you the title character of the most famous work by Lucy Maud Montgomery?
2. Did you die fighting Ivan Skavinsky Skavar?
3. Did your father co-author the best known Classical Greek-to-English dictionary?

Take 3 DQs.

#1 is Anne of Green Gables.
#2 is Abdul Abulbul Ameer.
#3 is Alice Liddell, whose father was co-author of the Liddell-Scott Greek Lexicon, still used today by Classical and Bible scholars, and who was also the Alice of Alice in Wonderland.

DQ: Born after 1850?

2 DQs reserved.

[Slow_Moving_Vehicle]

DQs:

1. Real.
2. Male.
3. Dead.
4. Surname began with “A”.
5. Naturalized American citizen.
6. Died before 1900.
7. Not known for the arts.
8. Died before 1950.
9. Not famous for television roles.
10. Born in Europe.
11. Born after 1800.
12. Not known for government/military.
13. Born west of Vienna.
14. Born south of Vienna.
15. Born before 1850.

[Dr.Winston_OBoogie]

@Slow_Moving_Vehicle

• Died before 1900.
• …
• Died before 1950.

Boy, that was a waste of an IQ. If he died before 1900, then he died before 1950.

[knoodler]

I didn’t wait for him to respond to the first. Patience learned!

[SCAdian]

@Dr.Winston_OBoogie

Boy, that was a waste of an IQ. If he died before 1900, then he died before 1950.

New math.

[SCAdian]

@Dr.Winston_OBoogie

Boy, that was a waste of an IQ. If he died before 1900, then he died before 1950.

And here’s another:

@Slow_Moving_Vehicle

7. Not known for the arts.
   …
8. Not famous for television roles.

If he’s not known for the Arts, he’s not known for TV roles.

[SCAdian]

@Slow_Moving_Vehicle

@SCAdian

Harrumph.

Sorry, dude. Disco is my jam.

I hoped the inclusion of Benny, who of course is much more often thought of as a ‘B’, not an ‘A’, might throw you.

[De_La_Rue]

It’s always a good idea to not ask something that may conflict with an unanswered DQ (e.g., asking if the person died after 1950 if it hasn’t been established if the person died after 1900 yet), to avoid this.

DQ: known from science?

1 DQ reserved.

[Slow_Moving_Vehicle]

DQs:

1. Real.
2. Male.
3. Dead.
4. Surname began with “A”.
5. Naturalized American citizen.
6. Died before 1900.
7. Not known for the arts.
8. Died before 1950.
9. Not famous for television roles.
10. Born in Europe.
11. Born after 1800.
12. Not known for government/military.
13. Born west of Vienna.
14. Born south of Vienna.
15. Born before 1850.
16. Known for science.

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

DQ: Known for biology/medicine?

1 DQ reserved.