Botticelli - September 2015

Thread Games
521

IQ1) Did you score your only big hit single with a recording of a song from the musical Hair?
IQ2) Did your sister have a burly brawler of a mariner for a boyfriend?
IQ3) Did you lead the AL in batting in 1964, 1965 and 1971?

522

Mary-Kate Olsen.
Ashley Olsen.
(Michelle Tanner on Full House.)
Orson Bean.
DQ1: Known for the performance arts?
DQ2: Died after 1900?
DQ3: Native speaker of a Germanic language?
Two DQs reserved.

523
  1. I am not Oliver.
  2. I am not Castor Oyl.
  3. I am not Orlando Cepeda. Take a DQ if that’s wrong.
524

DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Dead
  3. Not American
  4. Last name starts with O
  5. Known for the Arts
  6. Female
  7. European
  8. Not known for music
  9. Known for the performing arts
  10. Died after 1900
  11. Not a native speaker of a Germanic language
    ETA: Oh, no! I missed an Orson Bean question! Elendil’s Heir will boot be out of the fan club for sure!
525

correct, Old Man Willow, Oromë

DQ: Known from movies?
DQ: From the UK?

holding 2 DQs

526

DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Dead
  3. Not American
  4. Last name starts with O
  5. Known for the Arts
  6. Female
  7. European
  8. Not known for music
  9. Known for the performing arts
  10. Died after 1900
  11. Not a native speaker of a Germanic language
  12. Known from movies

KO, given that English is a Germanic language, do you still want to ask if she’s from the UK?

527

DQ: Native speaker of a Romance language?
One DQ reserved.

528

DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Dead
  3. Not American
  4. Last name starts with O
  5. Known for the Arts
  6. Female
  7. European
  8. Not known for music
  9. Known for the performing arts
  10. Died after 1900
  11. Not a native speaker of a Germanic language
  12. Known from movies
  13. Not a native speaker of a Romance language
529

OK, change “From the UK?” to “From a Slavic country?”

530

DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Dead
  3. Not American
  4. Last name starts with O
  5. Known for the Arts
  6. Female
  7. European
  8. Not known for music
  9. Known for the performing arts
  10. Died after 1900
  11. Not a native speaker of a Germanic language
  12. Known from movies
  13. Not a native speaker of a Romance language
  14. From a Slavic country
531

I didn’t know it myself. All is forgiven.

Previous IQs:

Were you married to Keiko and dad to Molly? - Miles O’Brien, on ST:TNG and DS9.
Did I smooch your wife in October 2010? - Barack Obama: In which I meet the President and smooch the First Lady - Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share - Straight Dope Message Board
Did you wait outside for your wife to finish, er, entertaining her lover? - Yes, Laurence Olivier. Vivien Leigh cheated on him quite a few times, I’ve read, and he was very gracious about it.

DQs:

Born in or east of Moscow?
Died after 1975?

IQs:

Did you say you had “done some service to the state, and they know it”?
Were you a peacemaking Alsatian priest?
Were you the lead plaintiff in a big recent SCOTUS case?

532

Oliver (“Good Morning Starshine”) and Castor Oyl are correct. Tony Oliva was the batting champ.

DQ) An actress?

533

DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Dead
  3. Not American
  4. Last name starts with O
  5. Known for the Arts
  6. Female
  7. European
  8. Not known for music
  9. Known for the performing arts
  10. Died after 1900
  11. Not a native speaker of a Germanic language
  12. Known from movies
  13. Not a native speaker of a Romance language
  14. From a Slavic country
  15. Born in Russia, due south of Moscow
  16. Died before 1975
  17. Actress
534

#2. I am not J. F. Oberlin. Take 2 DQs for the others.

535

IQ1) Was a statue of Lord Nelson blown up by the IRA on a street named after you?

IQ2) Are you a butt ugly musician married to a Czech supermodel?

IQ3) Did Del Shannon commit suicide days after agreeing to replace you in a musical supergroup?

536

3 DQs.

537

The statue was blown up on O’Connell Street in Dublin, named for Irish statesman Daniel O’Connell

Ric Ocasek of the Cars married Paulina Porizkova

Tom Petty invited his idol, Del Shannon, to join the Travelling Wilburies after the death of Roy Orbison. Shannon took the job, but killed himself shortly afterward.

DQ1) Known for work in American movies?

DQ2) Closely associated with a particular movie genre?

DQ3) Ever win a major acting award (Oscar, Tony or Emmy)??

538

DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Dead
  3. Not American
  4. Last name starts with O
  5. Known for the Arts
  6. Female
  7. European
  8. Not known for music
  9. Known for the performing arts
  10. Died after 1900
  11. Not a native speaker of a Germanic language
  12. Known from movies
  13. Not a native speaker of a Romance language
  14. From a Slavic country
  15. Born in Russia, due south of Moscow
  16. Died before 1975
  17. Actress
  18. Known for work in American movies
  19. Closely associated with a particular movie genre, but also worked in others
  20. Nominated for two Academy Awards, but didn’t win

And now we are at 20, so it’s time for “Are you Firstname Lastname?” Good luck.

539

Are you Maria Ouspenskaya, the Gypsy woman from The Wolfman?

540

Yep.
Good job, KO!