Let's play Botticelli!

IQ: Did you lead 2 of the biggest companies in their industry, saving the latter from ruin?
IQ2: Were you the groom in the "Big Fat Greek Wedding"?
IQ3: Are you the FDR Cabinet secretary with a very "earthy" job?

I'm 42 (43 in March) and my 1st 2 TV crushes were:

Winnie Cooper (cliche I know)
Simone from "Head of the Class" (redhead)

Not Lee Iacocca, Chris Ives or Harold Ickes.

I.

1. real
2. living

Correct
Ian Gomez
Correct

DQ: Male?

IQ: Are you the British actor with a MUCH younger boyfriend?
IQ2: Were you doomed by a loose scarf?
IQ3: Are you the singer whose last name is your genre?

Not Ian McKellen, Isadora Duncan or... Iris Rock?

I.

1. real
2. living
3. male

Correct
Correct
Iggy Pop

DQ: American?

I.

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

IQ: Are you the top poker player who finished 10th in the 2003 WSOP MAIN EVENT?
IQ2: Did you win the NBA FINALS MVP on the strength of your defense?
IQ3: Was the 4th movie in your franchise just announced?

Dunno, dunno and not (God help us all) the star of Indiana Jones and the Hernia Truss of the Gods.

Phil Ivey
Andre Iguodala
Correct (very funny)

DQ: Born East of the Mississippi?
DQ2: Born Soiuth of the Mason-Dixon?

IQ: Are you the 1st great MLB position player from Japan?
IQ2: Are you the late MLB pitcher derisively nicknamed "Big Toad"?
IQ3: Did you famously play Ted Danson's cousin/lover?

Dunno x3.

I.

1. real
2. living
3. male
4. American
5. born west of the Mississippi
6. born north of the Mason-Dixon Line

Ichiro Suzuki
Hideki Irabu
Isabella Rossellini

DQ: Born after 1950?
DQ2: In Arts, broadly defined?
DQ3: Caucasian?

IQ: Did you have a sword fight with a man who caused you great grief, and informed him he should be ready to meet his maker?
IQ2: Are you the Australian golfer who won a single Masters during the 00s?
IQ3: Are you the Welsh golfer who topped the rankings before Tiger?

Not Inigo Montoya, dunno and dunno.

What Ted Danson/Isabella Rossellini movie or show was that?

I.

1. real
2. living
3. male
4. American
5. born west of the Mississippi
6. born north of the Mason-Dixon Line
7. not born after 1950
8. not in the Arts, broadly defined
9. not Caucasian

"Cousins"

Correct
Trevor Immelmann
Ian Woosnam

DQ: Political/Military figure?
DQ2: African-American?

IQ: Did Forrest Whitaker win an Oscar playing you?
IQ2: Did your sister's shotgun wedding inspire your biggest hit?
IQ3: Are you Ziggy Stardust's widow?

Not Idi Amin, Billy Idol or Iman.

Thanks as to Cousins. Never saw it, although I vaguely remember when it came out. Good movie?

I.

1. real
2. living
3. male
4. American
5. born west of the Mississippi
6. born north of the Mason-Dixon Line
7. not born after 1950
8. not in the Arts, broadly defined
9. not Caucasian
10. arguably political/military figure
11. not African-American

Couldn't say.

3 for 3

IQ: Are you the most famous Asian-American architect?
IQ2: Are you the wife of a dictator who was a famous shoe whore?
IQ3 Did you play the woman Costanza had one night stand with in effort to end his engagement?

Not I.M. Pei (my favorite work of his is the JFK Library in Boston: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F...titch_Crop.jpg), or Imelda Marcos, and dunno.

Correct (if you ever can get to Boston, let me know and I can be sure to be on duty at JFK)
Correct
Ileana Douglas

DQ: Asian-American?

IQ: Were you the marathoner who contended at the Boston Marathon during the 90s?
IQ2: Are you the equestrian missing an important body part?
IQ3: Did you create #2?

Dunno x3.

I.

1. real
2. living
3. male
4. American
5. born west of the Mississippi
6. born north of the Mason-Dixon Line
7. not born after 1950
8. not in the Arts, broadly defined
9. not Caucasian
10. arguably political/military figure
11. not African-American
12. Asian-American

Ibrahim Hussein
Ichabod Crane
Washington Irving

DQ: Regarded positively by history?
DQ2: Served in federal government?
DQ3: War veteran?

I messed up IQ2! :facepalm:

Merry Christmas Eve and Merry Christmas.

Likewise, Eric!

Yes, it was the Headless Horseman who was missing a body part, not poor ol' Ichabod Crane. I could not have answered #2, given that error, and since #3 directly followed from that, shall I just give you two DQs as a Christmas present?

Thanks! It's JUST what I wanted! ;)

DQ: Ever serve in political office?
DQ2: Considered positively by history?

IQ: Were you the longtime, original HI Senator who lost his arm fighting in WWII?
IQ2: Are you the female Indian PM?
IQ3: Are you the NBA player who famously didn't want to waste effort between games?

There's a word in IQ that is inaccurate, though you should still know it.

Not Daniel Inouye (sp?), Indira Gandhi or Isaiah Thomas.

I.

1. real
2. living
3. male
4. American
5. born west of the Mississippi
6. born north of the Mason-Dixon Line
7. not born after 1950
8. not in the Arts, broadly defined
9. not Caucasian
10. arguably political/military figure
11. not African-American
12. Asian-American
13. served in non-political office
14. not considered positively by history, all in all
15. did not serve in Federal government

Correct (entered Senate in '62) BTW: know how I spell his last name? Wrong every time! ;)
Correct
Allen Iverson. ("We're talking about practice! Not a game, not a game..")

DQ: Known as a criminal?

IQ: Are you the LPGA golfer who fell into a playoff after inexplicably missing a tap-in putt on the 72nd hole of a major?
IQ2: Are you the LPGA golfer who had a big run at the top of the sport, winning a few majors?
IQ3: Did you betray your friend for silver?

Dunno, dunno and not Judas Iscariot.

I.

1. real
2. living
3. male
4. American
5. born west of the Mississippi
6. born north of the Mason-Dixon Line
7. not born after 1950
8. not in the Arts, broadly defined
9. not Caucasian
10. arguably political/military figure
11. not African-American
12. Asian-American
13. served in non-political office
14. not considered positively by history, all in all
15. did not serve in Federal government
16. not known as a criminal

I.K. Kim (The Nabisco a few years ago)
Inbee Park
Correct

DQ: Associated with legal profession?
DQ2: Born West of the Rockies?

IQ: Were you the presiding judge at the "Trial of the Century", and allowed it to get out of hand?
IQ2: Were you a 2B for the Tigers and Rangers?

Dingdingding! Yes, I am

Judge Lance Ito

Actually a very respected judge before Hurricane O.J. hit his courtroom; his reputation never recovered thereafter: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lance_Ito

Well done, Eric!

Thanks!

BTW: the other was Ian Kinsler

New letter momentarily

We're overdue for

S

IQs:

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

Not Edwin Stanton
DQ
Not William Seward

Previous IQs:

Were Lincoln's first SECWAR? - No, Simon Cameron
Were you his second? - This was Stanton
Were you his one and only SECSTATE? - Yes, William Seward

DQs:

real?
male?

IQs:

Were you AKA Annatar?
Were you AKA Curunir?
Was your papa AKA "the Gaffer"?

S

1.Real
2.Male

3 DQ

Have you ever had a game where the answer was a real living person who died DURING the playing of the game?

No! I guess you'd have to revise your answer(s). Has that happened here?

Previous IQs:

Were you AKA Annatar? - Sauron, in the writings of J.R.R. Tolkien
Were you AKA Curunir? - Saruman, ditto
Was your papa AKA "the Gaffer"? - Samwise Gamgee, ditto

DQs:

Living? ;-)
American?
Last name start with S?

IQs:

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