DQs:
Real
Male
Not American
Dead
Known for the Arts
Last name starts with B
European
Not British nor Irish
Not best known for the visual arts
Greatest fame after 1950
Popular in the U.S., but more popular elsewhere
Best known for music
Native speaker of a Romance language
Not Spanish
Singer
Best known for pop music
Not Italian
Greatest fame right around 1970 give or take a couple of years
Died in the 20th Century
Not French
That’s 20. No more IQ’s will be answered. Please ask all remaining DQ’s by Noon EDT tomorrow.
So we have a pop singer whose mother tongue is a Romance language that’s not Spanish, Italian, or French (although he presumably sings in English). Could be tough, sorting out all those Catalan-, Romansch-, and Romanian-speaking pop stars…
Slow_Moving_Vehicle:
So we have a pop singer whose mother tongue is a Romance language that’s not Spanish, Italian, or French (although he presumably sings in English). Could be tough, sorting out all those Catalan-, Romansch-, and Romanian-speaking pop stars…
I didn’t say that. I said he’s not Spanish, Italian or French. That doesn’t mean he didn’t speak Spanish, Italian or French.
'It’s noon. Please ask all "Are you FirstName LastName? " questions by 10 pm EDT tonight.
atimnie
October 2, 2019, 4:08pm
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Are you Jacques Brel? Hoping he’s Belgian and not French.
Oui, I am the Belgian-born singer-songwriter Jacques Brel who is no longer alive and well and living in Paris.
Good job, atimnie !