[GAME] Botticelli Oct 2014

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841

I knew that was a Blackadder reference, but I’m most familiar with the Elizabethan series.

842

Correct on Brainiac 5, Bouncing Boy, Betty Brant and Barnabas.

IQs:

  1. Did you paint a picture of your studio, with you, Monet, Renoir and others discoursing?
  2. Are you knocking at my door? Are you knocking at my door?
  3. Did ye give Billy Bones the Black Spot?
843

DQ: Are you known for political or military endeavours?

IQ1: Are you a racing cyclist known for distinctive sideburns?
IQ2: Are you the owner of Stagecoach?
IQ3: Is a fractal pattern named after you?

844

Three DQs. (I’ve never read or seen Treasure Island.)

#3 is probably Mandelbrot, but I’ve no idea what his first name was. Three DQs.

B.

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Alive
  4. Last name does not start with B
  5. Not known for the Arts
  6. Not American
  7. Not born since 1950
  8. Not known for political or military endeavours
845

correct x2, Bill Maher

DQ: European?
DQ: Known for sports/athletics?

2 DQs reserved

846

1 Bradley Wiggins
2 Brian Souter
3 Benoit Mandlebrot

DQ: Are you known for your contribution to science or technology

IQ1: Did you develop the concepts of hypertext and the web?
IQ2: Did you succeed Kofi Annan?
IQ3: Did you precede Kofi Annan?

847

Originally Posted by astorian
IQ) Did you take time out from killing people to write lengthy letters to Jimmy Breslin?
IQ2) Did you ask your friend and Cal-Berkeley classmate Leigh Steinberg to review your contract offer, thereby launching his career as the biggest agent in sports?
IQ3) Were you a 1965 mayoral candidate who said that, if elected, your first act would be to demand a recount?

#1 was David “Son of Sam” Berkowitz

#2 was Atlanta Falcons quarterback Steve Bartkowski

#3 was WIlliam F. Buckley Jr, Conservative Party nominee for mayor of New York City (John Lindsay won)

I will save my DQs until I see some other answers.:

848

#1 was Frederick Bazille. #2 was Barnacle Bill the Sailor. #3 was Blind Pew.

3 DQs reserved.

849

IQs:

  1. Known for business?
  2. European?

1 DQ reserved.

850

You mean Al Gore didn’t invent that? :smiley: Three DQs.

B.

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Alive
  4. Last name does not start with B
  5. Not known for the Arts
  6. Not American
  7. Not born since 1950
  8. Not known for political or military endeavours
  9. European
  10. Known for sports/athletics
  11. Known (but not as well) for contributions to a science-related field
  12. Not known for business

Prof P, your second DQ was already asked by KO.

851

1: Tim Berners-Lee
2: Ban Ki Moon
3: Boutrous-Boutrous Ghali.

852

DQ: Native speaker of a Germanic Language?

853

IQ1: Are you noted for saying “Circumstances-what are circumstances? I make circumstances”?
IQ2: Did Violet Gibson, Anteo Zamboni, Gino Lucetti, and Michele Schirru all attempt to assassinate you?
IQ3: Were you dictator of Yugoslavia until your death in 1980?

854

DQ: British?

855

DQ.
DQ. (Can we assume he deserved to be assassinated?)
Not Josip Broz, aka Tito.

B.

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Alive
  4. Last name does not start with B
  5. Not known for the Arts
  6. Not American
  7. Not born since 1950
  8. Not known for political or military endeavours
  9. European
  10. Known for sports/athletics
  11. Known (but not as well) for contributions to a science-related field
  12. Not known for business
  13. Native speaker of a Germanic Language
  14. British
856

British athlete, male, first name/nickname starts with B, living, 64 years old or more.

DQ: Known from the Olympics?

857

AAAAAAAAAGH!!! :smack::smack::smack::smack:
ZDS

B.

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Alive
  4. Last name starts with B
  5. Not known for the Arts
  6. Not American
  7. Not born since 1950
  8. Not known for political or military endeavours
  9. European
  10. Known for sports/athletics
  11. Known (but not as well) for contributions to a science-related field
  12. Not known for business
  13. Native speaker of a Germanic Language
  14. British
858

[It happens to all of us.]

IQs:

  1. Are you the bat from Anastasia?
  2. Were you voiced by Robin Williams in Fern Gully?
  3. Were you the villain in The Nightmare before Christmas?
859

As long as they work, I’ll keep askin’ 'em!

Previous IQs:

Did you sing about geometric shapes in a granular medium? - Belinda Carlisle: New! Belinda Carlisle - Circle In The Sand with Lyrics - YouTube
Have you played a gangster, a private detective and a sailor? - Bob Hoskins, in The Long Good Friday, Who Framed Roger Rabbit and Hook.
Did you fake an assassination attempt on yourself? - Bob Roberts, in the movie of the same name.

DQs:

Greatest fame since 1945?
Most famous for a single incident?

One DQ reserved.

IQ:

Are you famous for running the mile very fast not long after World War II?
Was your voting address, for awhile, a basement apartment in a Plains state?
Was your voting address, for awhile, a hotel room south of the Mason-Dixon Line?

860

B.

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Alive
  4. Last name starts with B
  5. Not known for the Arts
  6. Not American
  7. Not born since 1950
  8. Not known for political or military endeavours
  9. European
  10. Known for sports/athletics
  11. Known (but not as well) for contributions to a science-related field
  12. Not known for business
  13. Native speaker of a Germanic Language
  14. British
  15. Greatest fame since 1945
  16. Most famous for a single incident

I’ll cut to the chase:

Yes! I am neurologist Sir Roger Bannister CBE, who on 6 May 1954 ran a mile in 3:59.4 - the first person to run a mile in less than four minutes.