Let's play Botticelli!

[Elendil's Heir]

Three for three.

IQs:

Was your "gold" the subject of a movie?
Were you a medieval Pope?
Were you a fictional character who gave his name to a rock band?

[Erictelevision]

Not Ullee
Not Urban (1 of several)
DQ

[Erictelevision]

You can probably credit "The Jungle" for the creation of the FDA and clean food legislation.

[Elendil's Heir]

Previous IQs:

Was your "gold" the subject of a movie? - Yes, the title character of Ulee's Gold, referring to the honey he gathered
Were you a medieval Pope? - Yes, any of the Urbans
Were you a fictional character who gave his name to a rock band? - Uriah Heep

DQ:

Greatest fame after 1964?

IQs:

Were you credited with making the 1984 LA Olympics such a big success?
Were you one of Saddam Hussein's dangerous sons?
Were you a very early English king mentioned in passing in a Sherlock Holmes story?

[Erictelevision]

Not Peter Uberroth
Not Uday Hussein
DQ

[Erictelevision]

1.Real
2.Male
3.Dead
4.American
5.Last name "U"
6.Not political/military in any way
7.Died AFTER 1900
8.NOT in Arts
9.Died AFTER 1950
10.NOT involved in science/technology
11.Won a top trophy in his field (reworded it for most accurate answer)
12.Competitor (what he did didn't really require athleticism)
13.NOT an Olympian (his "event" isn't an Olympic sport (yet))
14.NOT African-American
15.Secondarily associated with NYC
16.Considered okay looking, YMMV
17.NOT known for single event
18.Greatest fame AFTER 1964

[Elendil's Heir]

Previous IQs:

Were you credited with making the 1984 LA Olympics such a big success? - Yes, Peter Ueberroth
Were you one of Saddam Hussein's dangerous sons? - Yes, Uday Hussein
Were you a very early English king mentioned in passing in a Sherlock Holmes story? - King Uffa

DQ:

Greatest fame after 2000?

IQs:

Were you the star of the TV show Jericho?
Did you play a SWAT officer early in your career?

[Erictelevision]

2 DQS

[Erictelevision]

1.Real
2.Male
3.Dead
4.American
5.Last name "U"
6.Not political/military in any way
7.Died AFTER 1900
8.NOT in Arts
9.Died AFTER 1950
10.NOT involved in science/technology
11.Won a top trophy in his field (reworded it for most accurate answer)
12.Competitor (what he did didn't really require athleticism)
13.NOT an Olympian (his "event" isn't an Olympic sport (yet))
14.NOT African-American
15.Secondarily associated with NYC
16.Considered okay looking, YMMV
17.NOT known for single event
18.Greatest fame AFTER 1964
19.Gratest fame BEFORE 2000

[Erictelevision]

I'll happily go past 20

[Elendil's Heir]

Previous IQs:

Were you the star of the TV show Jericho? - Skeet Ulrich
Did you play a SWAT officer early in your career? - Robert Urich, on the original TV cop show SWAT

Lemme think about this guy. Right now I'm drawing a blank.

But Happy New Year, just the same!

[Erictelevision]

Happy New Year!

[Elendil's Heir]

To you, too!

IQ:

Are you a famous race-car driver?

[Erictelevision]

I'm none of the Unsers

Al
Al, Jr
Bobby

[Elendil's Heir]

Then you got me. I give up.

[Erictelevision]

Stu Ungar, the 3-time WSOP Main Event champion (died of cardiac arrest due to drug abuse shortly after his final win)

[Elendil's Heir]

Hmm. Don't know him.

[Erictelevision]

Start the next round if you like

[Elendil's Heir]

Thanks! Looks like we're overdue for

X

As in previous rounds, you may ask about people or characters with an "X" middle name.

[Erictelevision]

IQ: Are you the Chris Rock character who bitterly lamented February being Black History Month?
IQ2: Are you the Persian king?
IQ3: Are you the former Chinese leader?

[Elendil's Heir]

Probably going to be a short round. Not Nat X (I love that guy - and his awesome 'fro! - always going on and on about "The Man"), Xerxes or Deng Xiaoping.

[Erictelevision]

IQ: Were you a college football coach at Tennessee during WWII?
IQ2: Were you MA AG in the 80s?

[Elendil's Heir]

Dunno; not Francis X. Morrissey.

[Erictelevision]

Dana X. Bible
Frank X. Belotti

DQ: Real?
DQ2: Male?

[Elendil's Heir]

X.

1. real
2. male

[Bro]

I have no idea what's going on, but this is about the only thread with activity, so I'm just popping in to say hi. Got redirected here from the Giraffe Boards.

Hi! :wave:

[Erictelevision]

IQ: Are you the famed madam?
IQ2: Did you lead the country in points and rebounds?
IQ3: Are you the namesake of a Catholic HS in Westwood MA?

[Elendil's Heir]

Not Xaviera Hollander, not Michael X. Jordan, and not Pius X.

[Erictelevision]

Correct
Xavier McDaniel
St. Xavier (Xavierian Brothers HS)

DQ: American?
DQ2: Dead?

[Elendil's Heir]

X.

1. real
2. male
3. American
4. alive

[Erictelevision]

IQ: Are you the Red Sox SS?
IQ2: Are you the Padre OF?

[Elendil's Heir]

Take two.

[Erictelevision]

Xander Bogaerts
Xavier Nady

DQ: Born after 1975?
DQ2: In Arts, broadly defined?

[Erictelevision]

IQ: Were you the governor on "Benson"?

Found this while reading an unrelated Wikipedia article.

[Elendil's Heir]

Dunno the Benson governor.

X.

1. real
2. male
3. American
4. alive
5. born before 1975
6. not in the Arts, however defined

[Erictelevision]

Eugene X. Gatling

DQ: Born after 1950?

[Erictelevision]

IQ: Were you the Civil Rights era figure who advocated a more aggressive resistance than MLK?

[Elendil's Heir]

Not Malcolm X.

X.

1. real
2. male
3. American
4. alive
5. born before 1975
6. not in the Arts, however defined
7. born before 1950

[Erictelevision]

IQ: Are you a noted Ancient Greek writer?

[Elendil's Heir]

Not... Xenophon?

[Erictelevision]

Yup. I'm unsurprisingly running out of "X"s

[Elendil's Heir]

I always think of Xenophon as a cavalry leader. Didn't know he was a writer, too.

[Erictelevision]

He probably was. I'm crying "Uncle"!

[Elendil's Heir]

So soon? OK, I am

Paul X. Kelley

The top U.S. Marine Corps general in the Reagan years and, from all I've read, an outstanding warrior and patriot: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_X._Kelley

Too obscure?

[Erictelevision]

Yeah, but no more obscure than Peanut.

[Elendil's Heir]

Heh. Want to start the next round?

[Erictelevision]

Your letter is

S

[Elendil's Heir]

IQs:

Was your dad called "the Gaffer"?
Did your dad threaten to kill you in a "hunting accident" unless you left home and made room for your (more loved by your dad) younger brother?
Did Robert Lawson depict you in a kids' book as a mooch and a rabble-rouser?

[Erictelevision]

3 DQs

[Elendil's Heir]

Previous IQs:

Was your dad called "the Gaffer"? - Samwise Gamgee in LOTR
Did your dad threaten to kill you in a "hunting accident" unless you left home and made room for your (more loved by your dad) younger brother? - Samwell Tarly in GOT
Did Robert Lawson depict you in a kids' book as a mooch and a rabble-rouser? - Sam Adams in Mr. Revere and I

Sam x3!

DQs:

Real?
Male?
American?

IQs:

Were you Lincoln's first SECWAR?
Were you his second?
Were you his only SECSTATE?