Botticelli - Sept. 2024

[Elendil_s_Heir]

M it is!

IQs:

Were you the first Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives?
Were you born in New Lisbon, Ohio and were a kingmaker for a President from that state?
Were you that President?

[SunUp]

@Slow_Moving_Vehicle

Did your presidential campaign spread and establish that most ubiquitous Americanism, “OK”?
Did you claim to drive off the devil by throwing shit at him, a claim later bowdlerized to throwing ink?
Were you an 12th c. Irish saint, supposed author of a series of prophecies about future popes, that most historians think was a 16th c. forgery?

I am not Martin Van Buren.
I am not Martin Luther.
I am not St. Martin.

Martin x3!

@knoodler

1. Do you dote over your second-born son, much to the consternation of his older brother?
2. Did you trade sexual favors to a client for, among other things, free Omaha Steaks?
3. Did you weigh over 200 lbs. in high school?

DQx3.

@De_La_Rue

1. Were you a major on the hunt for the elusive “Puppet Master” in Ghost in the Shell?
2. Were you chief of the SIS?
3. Did you have an early role in All About Eve?

I am not Major Major Major Major. (from the famous mash-up Catch-22 in the Shell)
Take 2 DQs.

@Elendil_s_Heir

Were you the first Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives?
Were you born in New Lisbon, Ohio and were a kingmaker for a President from that state?
Were you that President?

Take 2 DQs.
I am not William McKinley. (Gonna kick myself when I hear the name of his campaign manager…)

[SunUp]

M

1. Fictional.
2. First name starts with M.
3. Human.
4. Female.
5. Created after 1950.
6. American creator.
7. Best known from TV/movies.
8. Protagonist.
9. Best known from TV.
10. Last name begins A-M.
11. Created after 1980.

I’m going to throw “Comedic actor?” back to @Slow_Moving_Vehicle for reconsideration. Do you mean “played by a comedic actor?” or “appeared in a comedy show?” or “was the character a comedic actor” (ala Joey on Friends)?

[De_La_Rue]

@SunUp

I am not Major Major Major Major. (from the famous mash-up Catch-22 in the Shell)
Take 2 DQs.

1 (GITS) was Major Motoko Kusanagi; 2 (SIS) was Sir Mansfield Smith-Cumming; 3 (All About Eve) was Marilyn Monroe.

DQs:
1. created after 2000?
2. from network show?
3. show in an obviously identifable genre (sitcom, sci-fi, etc.)?

[Zakalwe]

IQs:

1. Were you famously pregnant as a single parent and kept the baby?
2. Were you a baseball player who refused to be photographed being hugged by women?
3. Were you a Hall Of Fame quarterback who’s last name is also the name of a state?

[SunUp]

M

1. Fictional.
2. First name starts with M.
3. Human.
4. Female.
5. Created after 1950.
6. American creator.
7. Best known from TV/movies.
8. Protagonist.
9. Best known from TV.
10. Last name begins A-M.
11. Created after 1980.
12. Created before 2000.
13. From a network show.
14. Show was a mix of genres, but mostly comedy.

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

IQ: Do you own the Blue Moon Detective Agency?

[knoodler]

@SunUp

@knoodler

1. Do you dote over your second-born son, much to the consternation of his older brother?
2. Did you trade sexual favors to a client for, among other things, free Omaha Steaks?
3. Did you weigh over 200 lbs. in high school?

DQx3.

1. Marie Barone, Everybody Loves Raymond
2. Meredith Palmer, The Office (US)
3. Monica Gellar/Bing, Friends

3 DQs reserved

[Slow_Moving_Vehicle]

@SunUp

@Slow_Moving_Vehicle

establish that most ubiquitous Americanism, “OK”?
Did you claim to drive off the devil by throwing shit at him, a claim later bowdlerized to throwing ink?
Were you an 12th c. Irish saint, supposed author of a series of prophecies about future popes, that most historians think was a 16th c. forgery?

I am not Martin Van Buren.
I am not Martin Luther.
I am not St. Martin.

Martin x3!

Ha! You fell into my clever trap! The Martins are correct, but the Irish archbishop was Saint Malachy.

DQ: From an ensemble show?

@SunUp

I’m going to throw “Comedic actor?” back to @Slow_Moving_Vehicle for reconsideration. Do you mean “played by a comedic actor?” or “appeared in a comedy show?” or “was the character a comedic actor” (ala Joey on Friends)?

Brain fart on my part - I forgot that we’re talking about a fictional character. So I’ll rephrase: Comic character?

[De_La_Rue]

IQs:
1. Are you a former writer for the 1950-54 sketch series Your Show of Shows?
2. Does one of your works begin “A spectre is haunting Europe”?
3. Did you solve supernatural mysteries with your twin sibling in Gravity Falls, Oregon?

[SunUp]

@Prof.Pepperwinkle

IQ: Do you own the Blue Moon Detective Agency?

And… we have a winner!

I am

Madolyn "Maddie" Hayes

former model and owner of the “tax writeoff” Blue Moon Detective Agency, opposite her associate David Addison; played by Cybill Shepherd and Bruce Willis, respectively.

Good guess, and you can start us off in the new month!

[SCAdian]

@SunUp

Madolyn “Maddie” Hayes

Moonlighting, right? Never watched it, but I remember that it existed.

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

I watched it every week. Well, every week there was an actual new episode.

Onwards to October!

Botticelli - October 2024

We have D!

[Elendil_s_Heir]

Good job, Prof. P.!

Previous IQs:

Were you the first Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives? - Frederick Muhlenberg
Were you born in New Lisbon, Ohio and were a kingmaker for a President from that state? - Marcus Hanna, later himself elected to the US Senate
Were you that President? - Yes, William McKinley