No, I was not involved in publishing.
- Male
- Real
- Dead
- Not born in 20th century
- Not American
- Last name begins with “S”
- Broadly speaking, I work in the arts
- Born in the 19th century
- European
- Not a writer
- Not involved in publishing
IQ: Despite your contributions to both composition and music criticism, did you end your years in an asylum where your wife wouldn’t even visit you?
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Shel Silverstein wrote “The Unicorn” for the Irish Rovers, “A Boy Named Sue” for Johnny Cash, and both “Sylvia’s Mother” and “Cover of the Rolling Stone” for Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show.
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The nickname “Purple People Eaters” came fro ma song by Sheb Woolley.
DQ: Were you born in the British Isles?
DQ: Were you still alive in 1900?
No and Yes.
- Male
- Real
- Dead
- Not born in 20th century
- Not American
- Last name begins with “S”
- Broadly speaking, I work in the arts
- Born in the 19th century
- European
- Not a writer
- Not involved in publishing
- Not born in the British Isles
- Alive in 1900
No, I am not Schumann?
This refers to Harry “Suitcase” Simpson, who played for five big-league teams from 1951 to '59.
DQ: Were you a painter (even if that’s not your major claim to fame)?
IQ: Did you pitch nine innings without allowing a runner to reach base, only to have it decided you hadn’t truly thrown a perfect game?
Not a painter and not Ernie Shore.
- Male
- Real
- Dead
- Not born in 20th century
- Not American
- Last name begins with “S”
- Broadly speaking, I work in the arts
- Born in the 19th century
- European
- Not a writer
- Not involved in publishing
- Not born in the British Isles
- Alive in 1900
- Not a painter
Dang! This guy’s good!
IQ: While playing defence for the Toronto Maple Leafs, did you have one of the nastiest accidental injuries in the history of hockey when someone accidentally skated over your face?
I don’t have an answer to this, so ask a DQ. On the music question, I knew Clara Schumann was famous enough for me to have heard of her, so since a wife was mentioned…
IQ: Did you write a book called The Canfield Decision?
Borje Salming was down near the crease during a game against the Detroit Red Wings in 1986 when another player was unable to stop and skated over Salming’s face. Two hundred stitches and facial surgery later, Salming played in that same season. The incident frequently makes lists of ‘worst sports injuries of all time’.
It’s an interesting factoid that most of the music which other composers dedicated to Robert Schumann is rather frantic, unsettled and, well, schizophrenic in nature. Clara couldn’t bring herself to visit Robert after he was committed; Brahms, on the other hand, did manage, though he would describe the experience as ‘heartbreaking’.
Anyway…
DQ: Does your first name begin with an initial from A-M?
Did your height force one of Britain’s most popular rock bands to change its name?
Are you an architect that crossword constructors would be lost without?
Were you married to a fur trapper named Charbonneau?
Nope, you are not Patty Smyth of Scandal. She was friends with Eddie’s then-wife Valerie Bertinelli. She turned down the offer as she was 8 months pregnant.
No again. You are not former Frank Zappa guitarist Steve Vai, who played lead guitar on Roth’s first 2 solo albums.
Trying to figure out the “broadly speaking” part of working in the arts
DQ1: Are you involved in architecture?
DQ2: Was your work in the arts supportive as opposed to creative? For example, a manager rather than a performer, or a patron of the arts rather than an artist?
Hm, if only Homer Simpson had chosen to rent “Hockey’s Greatest Injuries” rather than “Football’s…”, I might have known it.
Yes, my first name begins with A-M
- Male
- Real
- Dead
- Not born in 20th century
- Not American
- Last name begins with “S”
- Broadly speaking, I work in the arts
- Born in the 19th century
- European
- Not a writer
- Not involved in publishing
- Not born in the British Isles
- Alive in 1900
- Not a painter
- First initial is from among A-M
No, I am not Eero Saarinen, or even Eliel.
Gonna sleep on these others, but I will answer the outstanding DQ’s.
No and no.
- Male
- Real
- Dead
- Not born in 20th century
- Not American
- Last name begins with “S”
- Broadly speaking, I work in the arts
- Born in the 19th century
- European
- Not a writer
- Not involved in publishing
- Not born in the British Isles
- Alive in 1900
- Not a painter
- First initial is from among A-M
- Not an architect
- A creative rather than a supportive “artiste” (using the self-mocking spelling to emphasize the stretch)
IQ: Did you warn your countrymen of a coming “irrepressible conflict”?