Let's play Botticelli!

B

1.Real
2.Male
3.Dead
4.American
5.Died AFTER 1950
6.NOT in Arts in any way
7.Political/Military figure
8.LAST name begins "B"
9.More Political than Military (i.e. Civilian)
10.Greatest fame AFTER 1941
11.Held job in Federal government
12.His position was NOT an elected office
13.NOT head of executive department
14.Democrat (worked in Democratic administration)
15.Served a post-1960 Dem
16.Rank equivalent to Cabinet
17.Served under pre-1976 Dem
18.Left post voluntarily
19.JFK appointee
20.Still in position on 11/22/63
21.Dealt with Foreign Policy

Please submit your guess by Noon ET Monday

Were you McGeorge Bundy?

YES! Our mystery man is indeed JFK (and LBJ's) National Security Advisor! (I originally thought his name was George McBundy)

Take it away Elendil!

Thanks. As to DQ 16, though, I don't think the national security advisor has ever been a Cabinet-ranked official: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabi...el_departments

Here's more on him: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/McGeorge_Bundy

Our next letter is

Q

Mildly surprised by that, TBH. On to Q:

IQ: Are you a famously incompetent mayor?
IQ2: Are you the iconoclastic director from my celebrity crush's hometown?
IQ3: Were you the one-off Bond sidekick?

Not Mayor Quimby of Springfield, Quentin Tarantino, or Quarrel.

3 for 3 of course (BTW: Tarantino, like Michelle, hail from Torrance CA)

IQ: Are you the drummer in The Roots?
IQ2: Were you the Notre Dame QB who was a bust for the Browns?
IQ3: Did you, appropriately enough, play CB for the Chargers?

Dunno x3.

Questlove
Brady Quinn
Quentin Jammer

DQ: Real?
DQ2: Male?

DQ reserved

IQ: Are you an NBA player whose best years were as a Clipper?
IQ2: Are you the coach of the Jazz?
IQ3: Are you the SB coach of the biggest choke job, and are now on the hot seat?

Dunno x3.

Q.

1. fictional
2. male

Quentin Richardson
Quinn Snyder
Mike Quinn

DQ: If he were real, would he be living?
DQ2: American?
DQ3: Created by an American?

IQ: Were you an 80s video game character?
IQ2: Are you the 70s coroner?
IQ3: Did you play the Chief on the Carmen Sandiego shows?

Quentin Richardson
Quinn Snyder
Mike Quinn

DQ: If he were real, would he be living?
DQ2: American?
DQ3: Created by an American?

IQ: Were you an 80s video game character?
IQ2: Are you the 70s coroner?
IQ3: Did you play Zapata in a biopic?

You can say that again!

Dunno, not Quincy, and not Anthony Quinn.

Q.

1. fictional
2. male
3. if real, would not be alive today
4. not American
5. not created by an American

Qbert

DQ: Created before 1900?

IQ: Are you the record executive with an actress daughter?
IQ2: Were you an earlier IN Senator turned VPOTUS?
IQ3: Are you the namesake of pointless pursuits?

BTW: the Chief was Lynn Thigpen. Obviously no "Q"

BTW: the SB coach was Dan (dunno how I messed that up)

No worries.

Not Quincy Jones, Dan Quayle or Don Quixote. Ooo, look, a windmill...!

Q.

1. fictional
2. male
3. if real, would not be alive today
4. not American
5. not created by an American
6. created before 1900

3 for 3 of course

IQ: Was Esmarelda the love of your life?
IQ2: Did you need a bigger boat?
IQ3: Are you the Scandinavian turncoat?

Wouldn't have gotten Sia in a BILLION years!

I only know her for that one song, but for some reason she popped into my head.

Not Quasimodo, Quint or Quisling.

3 for 3

IQ: Were you a failed Cowboys QB during the 00s?
IQ2: Were you the Red Sox 1B before Mo Vaughn?
IQ3: Were you the relief pitcher who pitched on both sides of the Red Sox/Yankees rivalry?

Aiyeee, sports! Dunno x3.

Yup, sports! ;)

Those were:

Quincy Carter
Carlos Quintana
Paul Quantrill

DQ: European?
DQ2: Created by a European?
DQ3: Created before 1700?

Q.

1. fictional
2. male
3. if real, would not be alive today
4. not American
5. not created by an American
6. created before 1900
7. European
8. created by a European
9. created before 1700

IQ: Are you a colonel era MA resident with a namesake city?
IQ2: Are you a singer/actress and former talk show host, who many believe is a closet lesbian?
IQ3: Were you a SI model during the 00s?

IQ: Are you a colonial era MA resident with a namesake city?
IQ2: Are you a singer/actress and former talk show host, who many believe is a closet lesbian?
IQ3: Were you a SI model during the 00s?

Not John Quincy Adams, not Queen Latifah, and dunno.

Not who I was thinking, but true
Correct
Audrey Quock

DQ: Created by Shakespeare?

BTW: the guy I was thinking was Josiah Quincy

Righto. Don't forget you can always rephrase if I reply with someone who is an accurate answer, but not who you were thinking of.

Don't think I'd heard of Audrey Quock before. Just looked her up on Google Images... mrowwwrrrr!

Q.

1. fictional
2. male
3. if real, would not be alive today
4. not American
5. not created by an American
6. created before 1900
7. European
8. created by a European
9. created before 1700
10. created by Shakespeare

Yeah, RAWWR INDEED! (I have clippings of her from the 00s on a cork board.

Yeah, I could've rephrased that :)

Figured this was a Bard character

IQ: Do you host a hidden camera show, testing people to do the right thing?
IQ2: Were you a MTV VJ during the 80s?

Not QAlan Funt, and not Quinn.

Hehe, no. That's John Quinonesu
Yes, Martha Quinn

DQ: From a comedic play?

IQ: Were you "Mighty"?
IQ2: Were you part of the undefeated Indiana Hoosiers and the '81 Boston Celtics?
IQ3: Are you the son of the 26th POTUS who served in WWII?

You mean John Quinones, I presume.

Not the Mighty Quinn, dunno, and not Quentin Roosevelt (grandson and not son of TR, I think).

Q.

1. fictional
2. male
3. if real, would not be alive today
4. not American
5. not created by an American
6. created before 1900
7. European
8. created by a European
9. created before 1700
10. created by Shakespeare
11. from a comedic play

Yes, errand "u"

Correct
Quinn Buckner
Correct

DQ: Received big screen adaptation?

I think I figured out the Dope guy too. :) posters will :headsmack: when you reveal it, I think.

Q.

1. fictional
2. male
3. if real, would not be alive today
4. not American
5. not created by an American
6. created before 1900
7. European
8. created by a European
9. created before 1700
10. created by Shakespeare
11. from a comedic play
12. received big screen adaptation

IQ: Are you an animated western outlaw?
IQ2: Are you a notorious ship stewart?
IQ3: Were you a lesser known member of the "Glee" club?

Dunno x3.

QuickDraw McGraw
Captain Queeg
Quinn

DQ: Adaptation win marquee Oscars?
DQ2: Adaptation financial success?
DQ3: Adaptation have Elizabethian setting?

Capt. Queeg was not a ship's steward (stewart?). He was the USS Caine's commanding officer.

Should I answer just the first two DQs?

I vehemently disagree! Stewarts keep a ship safe! Please answer all 3! I may as well have asked,"Are you Captain Queeg?"

Well, since you're all vehement about it....

Q.

1. fictional
2. male
3. if real, would not be alive today
4. not American
5. not created by an American
6. created before 1900
7. European
8. created by a European
9. created before 1700
10. created by Shakespeare
11. from a comedic play
12. received big screen adaptation
13. adaptation did not win marquee Oscars
14. adaptation was, as far as I know, a financial success, although not a huge hit
15. adaptation did not have an Elizabethan setting

Thanks. :)

IQ: Were you 2nd Lady in the early 90s?
IQ2: Were you a famous Tom Selleck character?

Not Marilyn Quayle and not Quigley (down under or anywhere else).

2 for 2 :)

IQ: Are you the boxer who later battled dementia?
IQ2: Are you the longtime Padre/White Sox OF?

Dunno x2.

Jerry Quarry
Quentin Mcracken

DQ: Adaption created after 2000?
DQ2: Portrayed on screen by big name actor?

IQ: Are you an actor whose last name is popular fruit dish?
IQ2: Are you animated character whose last name is a synonym for journey?