Botticelli - September 2015

Correct.

Ian Brady.
COrrect. :smiley:
DQ: Native speaker of a Germanic language?

Ian Ziering

DQ: Known for science?

holding 2 DQs

Ion, correct, correct.

1 DQ reserved.

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SUMMARY

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Not alive
  4. Not American
  5. First name starts with I
  6. Born before 1900
  7. European
  8. Not known for the arts
  9. Died before 1950
  10. Born before 1700
  11. Did not speak a Germanic language
  12. Not involved with science

Previous IQs:

Did you write of the interrogation technique of the Hard Man and the Soft Man? - Ian Fleming.
Did you write, “Come, let us reason together”? - Yes, the prophet Isaiah.
Were you sued for sexual harrassment while heading Madison Square Garden? - Isaiah Thomas.

DQs:

Born in or east of Vienna?
Born in or north of Vienna?

IQs:

Were you the less-well-known brother of a New England patriot?
Were you a top Clinton policy aide?
Did you try to mess with Data to your own advantage?

SUMMARY

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Not alive
  4. Not American
  5. First name starts with I
  6. Born before 1900
  7. European
  8. Not known for the arts
  9. Died before 1950
  10. Born before 1700
  11. Did not speak a Germanic language
  12. Not involved with science
  13. Born West of Vienna
  14. Born North of Vienna, but not much

DQ: Known for politics/government?

SUMMARY

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Not alive
  4. Not American
  5. First name starts with I
  6. Born before 1900
  7. European
  8. Not known for the arts
  9. Died before 1950
  10. Born before 1700
  11. Did not speak a Germanic language
  12. Not involved with science
  13. Born West of Vienna
  14. Born North of Vienna, but not much
  15. Not involved in politics or government

IQs:

  1. Did you write The Bald Soprano?
  2. Are you Mrs. David Bowie?
  3. Did Dynamo regularly thwart you in the comic T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents?

Oh, mea culpa, the Polish pianist mentioned earlier was Ignacy Jan Paderewsky.

DQ: Known for a single incident?

holding a DQ

Ahem.

DQs for 1 and 3

Not Somalian fashion model Iman

SUMMARY

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Not alive
  4. Not American
  5. First name starts with I
  6. Born before 1900
  7. European
  8. Not known for the arts
  9. Died before 1950
  10. Born before 1700
  11. Did not speak a Germanic language
  12. Not involved with science
  13. Born West of Vienna
  14. Born North of Vienna, but not much
  15. Not involved in politics or government
  16. Not known for a single incident

**IQs:

Were you the less-well-known brother of a New England patriot?
Were you a top Clinton policy aide?
Did you try to mess with Data to your own advantage?
**

Not Harold Ickes
Take Dqs for 1 and 3

IQ1: Are you a son of Ragnar Lodbrok, who faked your death so you could get into the French town of Luna and leap from your coffin to hack your way to the city gates?
IQ2: Are you another son of Ragnar Lodbrok, who was carried into battle on a shield because of a genetic condition that made your bones fragile?
IQ3: Are you a Russian-American aviation pioneer who innovated helicopters and flying boats?

#1 was Eugene Ionescu. Correct on 2. #3 is Iron Maiden.

DQ: Known for commerce or exploration?

1 DQ reserved.

Previous IQs:

Were you the less-well-known brother of a New England patriot? - Ira Allen, brother of Ethan.
Were you a top Clinton policy aide? - I’ll rephrase.
Did you try to mess with Data to your own advantage? - Ira Graves, a scientist in a ST:TNG episode.

DQs:

Known as a thinker?
Notable for how he died?

IQs:

Were you a top Clinton policy aide with a first name beginning with “I”?
Did River Phoenix play you as a Boy Scout?
Were you a noted Wall Street shark?

Not Igor SIkorsky

Take DQs for 1 and 2

SUMMARY

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Not alive
  4. Not American
  5. First name starts with I
  6. Born before 1900
  7. European
  8. Not known for the arts
  9. Died before 1950
  10. Born before 1700
  11. Did not speak a Germanic language
  12. Not involved with science
  13. Born West of Vienna
  14. Born North of Vienna, but not much
  15. Not involved in politics or government
  16. Not known for a single incident
  17. Not known for commerce; did a LITTLE exploration, but not known for that

SUMMARY

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Not alive
  4. Not American
  5. First name starts with I
  6. Born before 1900
  7. European
  8. Not known for the arts
  9. Died before 1950
  10. Born before 1700
  11. Did not speak a Germanic language
  12. Not involved with science
  13. Born West of Vienna
  14. Born North of Vienna, but not much
  15. Not involved in politics or government
  16. Not known for a single incident
  17. Not known for commerce; did a LITTLE exploration, but not known for that
  18. Well educated in theology and philosophy, but not remembered as a thinker
  19. The way he died is important part of why he’s remembered
    Well, that’s 20. Darn, this is going to be hard, since the questions didn’t reveal as much as I’d hoped.
  1. Well, what’s the first non-Germanic country due West of of Vienna?

  2. In what field might one be honored and even revered for the way he died (BESIDES the military)?

  3. Though the subject is European, he’s best known for what he did on another continent.