Botticelli - Sept. 2021

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How did I miss this? I’m sorry.

And take 3 DQs.

#1 was Alma Mahler Gropius Werfel.
#2 was George Ade.
#3 was Ajax.

DQs:

  1. Unusual first name?
  2. Is the other half of the duo female?

1 DQ reserved.

Andy Samberg
Correct
Angelyne

DQ: Greatest fame before 1985?
DQ: Known for being an instrumentalist?

Still holding previously held DQ

Previous IQs:

Were you a Carpetbagger governor of Mississippi? - Adelbert Ames
Did Sherlock Holmes run circles around you, a Scotland Yard detective, in The Sign of Four? - Athelney Jones
Do you voice the mayor of Quahog? - Adam West, on Family Guy

Three DQs reserved.

IQs:

Were you part of a famous musical duo once known as Tom and Jerry?
Were you Oddjob’s boss?
Was your first album about Edgar Allan Poe?

Take a DQ, not Auric Goldfinger, take a DQ.

I am A

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. First name starts with A.
  4. Alive
  5. American
  6. Known for the Arts
  7. Born before 1975
  8. Not known for acting
  9. Caucasian
  10. Known for music
  11. Not known as a singer
  12. Grammy winner
  13. Probably best known as half of a duo. Probably.
  14. Born before 1960.
  15. Common first name.
  16. Other half of duo is male
  17. Greatest fame after 1985
  18. Not known for being an instrumentalist

No more IQs, please.

Please ask all DQs by noon Mountain time Wednesday.

Last DQ: Composer?

Previous IQs:

Were you part of a famous musical duo once known as Tom and Jerry? - Art Garfunkel
Were you Oddjob’s boss? - Yes, Auric Goldfinger
Was your first album about Edgar Allan Poe? - Alan Parsons

DQs:

Best known for rock/pop?
Well-known for music videos?
Famous spouse?

Two DQs reserved.

DQ: Known for working for Disney?

I am A

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. First name starts with A.
  4. Alive
  5. American
  6. Known for the Arts
  7. Born before 1975
  8. Not known for acting
  9. Caucasian
  10. Known for music
  11. Not known as a singer
  12. Grammy winner
  13. Probably best known as half of a duo. Probably.
  14. Born before 1960.
  15. Common first name.
  16. Other half of duo is male
  17. Greatest fame after 1985
  18. Not known for being an instrumentalist
  19. Composer
  20. Not best known for rock/pop. By which I mean some songs may fall into that category but weren’t written to be on the rock/pop charts. If you understand that.
  21. Not well-known for music videos
  22. Spouse is famous in some circles; I had not heard of them before
  23. Known for working with Disney

Are you Alan Menkin, who frequently paired with Howard Ashman as composer for such animated Disney musicals as The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin, as well the Broadway hit Little Shop of Horrors?

Yes!! I am Alan Menken, who also wrote the music for Galavant!!

Congratulations, ChockFullofHeadyGoodness!

Next up…

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Why can’t I upload an image using the “upload” button? I see the image on preview, but when I hit reply, I get the error “Sorry, you can’t embed media items in a post.”

Well done, Chock!

Way to go, CFOHG!

O, for a round about O!

IQs:

Were you a third-tier celebrity who has become a Doper meme?
Were you arguably the most famous descendant of Lincoln’s SECNAV?
Were you Mork’s boss?

When I upload an image, I find an image I like, make sure it’s a jpg, 'cause many others don’t load, then right-click on “Copy Image Link”, which gives me:

https://propworkshop.nyc/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/16072.jpg

IQs:

  1. Are you the 44th President’s youngest daughter?
  2. Did you play Sofia in The Color Purple?
  3. Did you write Waiting for Lefty?

Not OpalCat
Take a DQ
Not Orson

Not Sasha Obama (at least I think Sasha is the younger one - 50/50 chance)
Not Oprah Winfrey
Take a DQ

Hmm, .jpg. I think the ones that failed were all .png files. I’ll try a .jpg next time

Although for ‘O’ I could have just linked to goatse

Don’t you dare!

Previous IQs:

Were you a third-tier celebrity who has become a Doper meme? - I’ll rephrase
Were you arguably the most famous descendant of Lincoln’s SECNAV? - Orson Welles, a relative of Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles
Were you Mork’s boss? - Yes, Orson

DQ:

Real?

IQs:

Were you a third-tier celebrity, with movie and TV credits, who has become a Doper meme?
Were you AKA Tharkun and Mithrandir?
Were you a Civil War general who later had a HBCU named after you?