Botticelli - September 2019

Kee-rect on the diminutive Timothies. The starting QB for the Crimson Tide is, of course, Tua Tagovailoa. (I mean, how do you forget that name, right?)

IQ1: Are you a Venetian artist, especially known for your ability to paint water?
IQ2: Were you an atheist English radical writer and orator, whose pamphlets inspired the American revolutionaries to declare independence from the United Kingdom?
IQ3: Did you succeed Stephen Fry as host of QI?

DQ: Single incident for which you are known was related to your art?

Not Tomasello, Tom Paine (although I don’t think it was a “United Kingdom” until 1801) and… dunno.

T.

  1. real
  2. dead
  3. male
  4. last name starts with T
  5. not American
  6. died after 1900
  7. known, in part, for the Arts
  8. European
  9. died after 1970
  10. not from the British Isles
  11. sorta kinda primarily known for a single incident
  12. not a native speaker of a Romance language
  13. not Scandinavian
  14. not known for the visual arts
  15. single incident not scandalous
  16. single incident was related to his art

A hint: I would not get too hung up on the single incident thang.

Previous IQs:

IQ1: Are you a Venetian artist, especially known for your ability to paint water?
IQ2: Were you an atheist English radical writer and orator, whose pamphlets inspired the American revolutionaries to declare independence from the United Kingdom?
IQ3: Did you succeed Stephen Fry as host of QI?

Right on Tom Paine. First IQ was Tintoretto. Last was Sandi Toksvig.

DQ1: Russian?
DQ2: Known for literary arts?

IQs:

  1. Did you write the hymn Rock of Ages, cleft for me?
  2. Is the largest of Uranus’s moons named for you?
  3. Were you Elizabeth Taylor’s third husband?

Dunno, not Tethys, and dunno.

T.

  1. real
  2. dead
  3. male
  4. last name starts with T
  5. not American
  6. died after 1900
  7. known, in part, for the Arts
  8. European
  9. died after 1970
  10. not from the British Isles
  11. sorta kinda primarily known for a single incident
  12. not a native speaker of a Romance language
  13. not Scandinavian
  14. not known for the visual arts
  15. single incident not scandalous
  16. single incident was related to his art
  17. Russian
  18. not known for literary arts

#1 was Augustus M. Toplady.
#2 is Titania.
#3 was Michael Todd.

Since we’re now low on DQ’s to ask, I’m going to assume he’s in the Performing Arts.

DQ: Actor?

2 DQs reserved.

T.

  1. real
  2. dead
  3. male
  4. last name starts with T
  5. not American
  6. died after 1900
  7. known, in part, for the Arts
  8. European
  9. died after 1970
  10. not from the British Isles
  11. sorta kinda primarily known for a single incident
  12. not a native speaker of a Romance language
  13. not Scandinavian
  14. not known for the visual arts
  15. single incident not scandalous
  16. single incident was related to his art
  17. Russian
  18. not known for literary arts
  19. not an actor

No more IQs, please, since we’ll be over 20.

Please ask all earned DQs by noon EST Thursday.

DQs:

  1. Musician/singer?
  2. Died after 1999?

T.

  1. real
  2. dead
  3. male
  4. last name starts with T
  5. not American
  6. died after 1900
  7. known, in part, for the Arts
  8. European
  9. died after 1970
  10. not from the British Isles
  11. sorta kinda primarily known for a single incident
  12. not a native speaker of a Romance language
  13. not Scandinavian
  14. not known for the visual arts
  15. single incident not scandalous
  16. single incident was related to his art
  17. Russian
  18. not known for literary arts
  19. not an actor
  20. musician/singer
  21. died before 1999

Final FirstName LastName DQ: Are you Something-or-other Theremin?

DQ: Died of natural causes?

Dingdingding!

Yes, I am

Leon Theremin

Russian inventor and musician, to whom generations of horror movie composers are indebted (not to mention the Beach Boys on “Good Vibrations”). He was also involved in a memorable bit of Cold War espionage: Leon Theremin - Wikipedia

Well done, PP!

I always think of the Star Trek theme.

Thank you!

I am H!

IQ1: Were you the quiet Beatle?
IQ2: Were you the first president with the same last name as IQ1?
IQ3: Were you the second president with that name?

I am not George, William Henry or Benjamin Harrison.

So that’s where the name comes from. I thought it was a portmanteau.

on to H

IQ1: Are you head coach of the Baltimore Ravens?
IQ2: Are you his brother, coach of the Michigan Wolverines?
IQ3: Did you play The Wolf in Pulp Fiction?

Take 2 DQs.
#3. I am not Harvey Keitel.

IQs:

Were you VPOTUS from 1861-65?
Were you the first VPOTUS in 1945?
Were you the second?

  1. I am not Hannibal Hamlin.
  2. I am not Henry Wallace.
  3. I am not Harry S Truman.

Righto!

IQs:

Were you the young hero of the Brad Bird movie The Iron Giant?
Were you an artist noted for his scabrous illustrations of Georgian society?
Did your father, a former CIA agent, train you as a killer in the remote Finland wilderness?