Botticelli - Round 20

IQ: Did you change the pronunciation of your last name while you were at Notre Dame?

The Alice books were illustrated by Sir John Tenniell.

DQ: Are you active in the arts?

Are you a former newscaster born again Christian who somehow managed to make a second career out of being a composer of the world’s shittiest new age music?

Jack Twist was Ennis cowboy lover in “Brokeback Mountain” (which gave us the unintentionally hilarious line “I wish I knew how to quit you”).
DQ: Were you a writer?

Hmm… not technically European, but everyone considers him a Euro…

Did you create Smeagol?

Boy, lots of editorializing in this round. :smiley:

I sure did. I’m John Ronald Reuel Tolkien - or, as my friends call me, JRR.
Great game everyone! Briefer than usual, but I have exams coming up so its for the best. I am afraid my Europe comment may have given away too much, but I think it was fair.
Take it away, astorian. Next round is yours.

Good game, WoodenTaco, thanks!

And I’m glad it was someone we’ve all heard of! :stuck_out_tongue:

Oh, I’m also dying to know who this is. Fantastic blurb.

My apologies to Yankee and John Tesh fans. Hey, I didn’t even get to toss in my “Did you suffer the worst sports injury ever recorded on video?”. OUCH!

I beat you to that one:

He really wanted that trophy - when he was a freshman, he pronounced his name “THEEZ man.”

And Clint Malarchuk has him beat by a country mile. You can google it, but don’t watch the video unless you’ve got an iron (and empty) stomach.

I still think the Joe Theismann video is more horrific to watch.

PS - The guy who laid down the playoff winning hit - Jake Taylor, from the movie Major League.