Let's play Botticelli!

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No, but it's someone associated with him

The recently deceased Tommy Lasorda is associated with our mystery man

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DQ
Not William Shakespeare
DQ

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S

1.Real
2.Male
3.Living
4.American
5.Last name "S"

[Elendil's Heir]

Previous IQs:

Were you the lead character of a recent novel that adapted and retold the story of Hamlet? - Edgar Sawtelle
Was your wife the first Anne Hathaway? - Yes, William Shakespeare
Did an interviewer ask you about your wife, not realizing she had died several years earlier? - Martin Short

DQs:

Born since 1950?
Best known for the Arts?

IQs:

Were you an early American colonial leader with the same first name as a Star Trek character?
Did you write a book about your experiences preparing for, and playing, Richard III?
Were you an eccentric twin in the Conan Doyle novel The Sign of Four?

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DQ
Not Patrick Stewart
DQ

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S

1.Real
2.Male
3.Living
4.American
5.Last name "S"
6.Born BEFORE 1950
7.Not associated with Arts

[Elendil's Heir]

Previous IQs:

Were you an early American colonial leader with the same first name as a Star Trek character? - Miles Standish / Miles O'Brien
Did you write a book about your experiences preparing for, and playing, Richard III? - Not Patrick Stewart, who IIRC hasn't played Richard III; this was Simon Callow
Were you an eccentric twin in the Conan Doyle novel The Sign of Four? - Major Sholto

DQs:

Political/military?
Born since 1950?
Best known for a single incident?

IQs:

Were you JFK's de facto White House chief of staff?
Did you say, "It's a small world, but I wouldn't want to paint it"?
Was your name mispronounced by a not-so-bright cop in a Nineties thriller?

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Already answered DQ2

Not Pierre Salinger
Not Pablo Picasso
DQ

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S

1.Real
2.Male
3.Living
4.American
5.Last name "S"
6.Born BEFORE 1950
7.Not associated with Arts
8.Not associated with Politics/Military
9.Not known for single incident

[Elendil's Heir]

Ah, yes, so you did as to 1950. Sorry.

Previous IQs:

Were you JFK's de facto White House chief of staff? - Not Salinger, who was press secretary, but Ted Sorensen
Did you say, "It's a small world, but I wouldn't want to paint it"? - Stephen Wright
Was your name mispronounced by a not-so-bright cop in a Nineties thriller? - The Brad Pitt character Mills in Se7en referred to the "Marquis de Shar-day" (Sade).

DQs:

Athlete?
Famous wife?

Two DQs reserved.

IQs:

Were your brothers Robert and Renly?
Did T'Pring not want to marry you?
Did she want to marry you instead?

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3 DQ

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S

1.Real
2.Male
3.Living
4.American
5.Last name "S"
6.Born BEFORE 1950
7.Not associated with Arts
8.Not associated with Politics/Military
9.Not known for single incident
10.NOT an Athlete
11.No famous wife

[Elendil's Heir]

Previous IQs:

Were your brothers Robert and Renly? - Stannis Baratheon, in Game of Thrones
Did T'Pring not want to marry you? - Spock, on Star Trek
Did she want to marry you instead? - Stonn, ditto

DQs:

Businessman/entrepreneur?
Greatest fame before 2000?
Best known for a single incident?

Two DQs reserved.

IQs:

Was your baseball nickname "Pops"?
Were you a peg-legged colonial Dutch official?
Did you write The Bell Jar?

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DQ
Not Peter Stuyvesant
Not Sylvia Plath

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Already answered DQ3

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S

1.Real
2.Male
3.Living
4.American
5.Last name "S"
6.Born BEFORE 1950
7.Not associated with Arts
8.Not associated with Politics/Military
9.Not known for single incident
10.NOT an Athlete
11.No famous wife
12.NOT a businessman/entrepreneur
13.Greatest fame BEFORE 2000

[Elendil's Heir]

So you did. Sorry. I should re-read past answers more carefully.

Previous IQs:

Was your baseball nickname "Pops"? - Willie Stargell of the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1970s and after
Were you a peg-legged colonial Dutch official? - Yes, Peter Stuyvesant of New Amsterdam
Did you write The Bell Jar? - Yes, Sylvia Plath

DQs:

Scientist?
Has won a top award in his field?

IQs:

Did you, in an SNL sketch, remember that a fan had returned a scratched record album of yours?
Did you write a book about Lincoln's service in the Illinois statehouse?
Did you interview Diana Rigg early in her career and, even then a total fanboy, ask, "Just what is it that makes you so wonderful?"

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DQ
DQ
Not Tom Snyder

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S

1.Real
2.Male
3.Living
4.American
5.Last name "S"
6.Born BEFORE 1950
7.Not associated with Arts
8.Not associated with Politics/Military
9.Not known for single incident
10.NOT an Athlete
11.No famous wife
12.NOT a businessman/entrepreneur
13.Greatest fame BEFORE 2000
14.NOT a scientist
15.Won SEVERAL top awards in his field

[Elendil's Heir]

Previous IQs:

Did you, in an SNL sketch, remember that a fan had returned a scratched record album of yours? - Paul Simon
Did you write a book about Lincoln's service in the Illinois statehouse? - The other Paul Simon
Did you interview Diana Rigg early in her career and, even then a total fanboy, ask, "Just what is it that makes you so wonderful?" - Not Tom Snyder, but NPR's Scott Simon

Simon x3!

DQs:

Journalist?

Two DQs reserved.

IQs:

Did you sometimes have "a boy in buttons" working for you?
Were you a bigshot football coach who started a chain of restaurants?
Did your dad supervise the investigation of the Lindbergh baby kidnapping?

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3 DQ

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S

1.Real
2.Male
3.Living
4.American
5.Last name "S"
6.Born BEFORE 1950
7.Not associated with Arts
8.Not associated with Politics/Military
9.Not known for single incident
10.NOT an Athlete
11.No famous wife
12.NOT a businessman/entrepreneur
13.Greatest fame BEFORE 2000
14.NOT a scientist
15.Won SEVERAL top awards in his field
16.Media figure, but I wouldn't call him a journalist