August 2014 Botticelli

Thread Games
441

DQs:

  1. Known for politics/military?
  2. Born before 1850?
442

“Doodles” Weaver.
David I of Scotland.
David II of Scotland.
DQ1: Born east of the Mississippi?
DQ2: Born north of the Mason-Dixon Line?
2 DQs reserved.
IQ1: Are you a female detective associated with Nero Wolfe?
IQ2: Are you a male detective associated with Nero Wolfe?
IQ3: Did you travel from the Philippines to Australia with John Bulkeley?

443

IQs:

  1. Did you have a horse named Horse?
  2. Were you part of a comedy team with Peter Cook?
  3. Are you Barry Hansen’s radio persona?
444

DQ roundup

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. First name does not start with D
  4. Dead
  5. American
  6. Not known for the arts
  7. Born before 1900
  8. Known for politics/military
  9. Born before 1850
  10. Born east of the Mississippi
  11. Born north of Mason-Dixon
445

Three more DQs for thee

446

You guys are brutal. 3 DQs for Prof.

447

IQ1) Despite having the most wholesome image in Hollywood, did you win your one and only Oscar for playing a Hooker?

IQ2) Did you receive over a million votes for President while in prison?

IQ3) Did you save Leopold and Loeb from the death penalty?

448

Dol Bonner appeared in several Nero Wolfe stories (as well as having a book of her own).
Fred Durkin was one of the three detectives Wolfe often hired to help on cases.
Douglas MacArthur was evacuated from Corregidor by Bulkeley’s PT squadron.
DQ: Died before 1900?
Four DQs reserved.
IQ1: Did a short story pit you as a lawyer against the Devil?
IQ2: Was your adoptive brother the first admiral in the US Navy?
IQ3: Was your adoptive brother the second admiral in the US Navy?

449

DQ roundup

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. First name does not start with D
  4. Dead
  5. American
  6. Not known for the arts
  7. Born before 1900
  8. Known for politics/military
  9. Born before 1850
  10. Born east of the Mississippi
  11. Born north of Mason-Dixon
  12. Died before 1900
450

Not Debbie Reynolds
dunno
Not Clarence Darrow

451

Not Daniel Webster
dunno x2

452

Clarence Darrow is correct:

Debbie Reynolds never won an Oscar- Donna Reed did, for From Here to Eternity.

Socialist candidate Eugene V. Debs received a million votes in 1920, while in prison (the winner, Warren Harding, gave Debs a pardon).

DQ: Did you ever serve in the U.S. Congress or Cabinet?

DQ2: Were you prominent during the American Civil War?

453

IQ) Were you Secretary of War and US Senator from Mississippi?

IQ2) Was the Baseball Hall of Fame built in a town where you allegedly invented the game?

454

DQ roundup

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. First name does not start with D
  4. Dead
  5. American
  6. Not known for the arts
  7. Born before 1900
  8. Known for politics/military
  9. Born before 1850
  10. Born east of the Mississippi
  11. Born north of Mason-Dixon
  12. Died before 1900
  13. Served in the US Congress or Cabinet
  14. Was not prominent **during **the US Civil War
455

dunno, not Abner Doubleday

456

Future Confederate president Jefferson Davis was Secretary of War and Senator from Mississiippi.

DQ: Did you ever serve in the US Senate?

457

#1 was Dudley Do-Right. #2 was Dudley Moore. #3 is Dr. Demento.

DQ: Active in the Revolutionary War?

2 DQs reserved.

458

IQs:

  1. Were you a congressman from Pennsylvania in 1776 (and in real life)?
  2. Were you the youngest person to sign the Constitution?
  3. Are you a current senator from Indiana?
459

DQ roundup

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. First name does not start with D
  4. Dead
  5. American
  6. Not known for the arts
  7. Born before 1900
  8. Known for politics/military
  9. Born before 1850
  10. Born east of the Mississippi
  11. Born north of Mason-Dixon
  12. Died before 1900
  13. Served in the US Congress or Cabinet
  14. Was not prominent **during **the US Civil War
  15. Was not active in the Revolutionary War
460

dunno X3