Nicely done, AG!
IQ: Did your much-less-famous brother have a thing about goats?
Were you once TV’s “Wizard of Odds”?
Were you the original Yenta the matchmaker in the Broadway premiere of “Fiddler on the Roof”?
Were you the first lead guitarist of the Yardbirds?
Did your “welcome to America” line spell the end of your political campaign?
No, I am not Alex Trebek.
No, I’m not…Anne Bancroft?
No, and I don’t have a guess. Take as many DQ’s as you earned.
No, I am not Auld MacDonald. But take a DQ if that isn’t right.
No, I am not…John Anderson? Of course, his campaign went all the way, even if he didn’t. Sounds like DQ time.
IQ: Did the Pope declare that your setting of Psalm 51 should only ever be sung at the Vatican, and only once a year, during Holy Week?
The original Yenta in “Fiddler on the Roof” was Beatrice Arthur
And the Yardbirds’ first guitarist (before Page, before Beck, before Clapton) was Anthony “Top” Topham.
DQ1: Are you a real person
DQ: Are you female?
Yes and yes.
- Real person
- Female
No, I am not Albinoni? If that is wrong, take a DQ.
Really close. Psalm 51, or Miserere Mei, Deus as it is better known, is Gregorio Allegri’s most famous work. The Pope decreed that it should only be performed at the Sistine Chapel of the Vatican, and only once a year, during Holy Week. The copies were kept under lock and key and no one was allowed to publish it under the threat of excommunication. A young man named Mozart heard it and transcribed the 13 minute piece from memory…
DQ: Were you born in the 20th century?
No.
- Real person
- Female
- Not born in the 20th century.
IQ: Are you the self-proclaimed “outlaw scumfuc”?
IQ: Are you an Assyrian monarch who started a library?
No, I’m not Adolf Hitler.
Ok, take a DQ.
This refers to Senator George Allen, who “greeted” a man of Asian Indian ancestry who was filming a re-election campaign appearance in 2006 with the words “Let’s give a welcome to macaca, here. Welcome to America and the real world of Virginia.” Since macaca is a racial slur derived from the French term for the macaque monkey, the ensuing controversy helped cost Allen not only another term, but any chance at the U.S. presidency, a prize he was widely thought to be pursuing.
DQ: Were you born in Europe?
IQ: Were you quoted as saying the main difference between you and a professional rival was that your headwear fit more snugly?