August 2014 Botticelli

Thread Games
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  1. 1776 is a wonderful musical play and movie about the creation of the Signing of the Declaration of Independence. I referred to John Dickinson.
  2. Jonathan Dayton was the youngest person to sign the Constitution.
  3. The current Hoosier senators are Joe Donnelly and Dan Coats (either works).

Total of 5 DQs reserved. Hmmm…

462

Correct on Daniel Webster.
David Dixon Porter (the brother was Adm David Glasgow Farragut.)
David Glasgow Farragut (the brother was Adm David Dixon Porter.)
Six DQs reserved…
IQ1: Were you born on a mountain top in Tennessee?
IQ2: Were you an Italian war orphan adopted by an American soldier?
IQ3: Was Mingo one of your associates?

463

Whew, been gone a few days!

Previous IQs from the last round:

According to Game Change, were you rumored to be having an affair with a Canadian MP after 2005? - Bill Clinton
Were you the first to fly across America, “crash by crash”? - Cal Rodgers; it’s a great story: Calbraith Perry Rodgers - Wikipedia
Were you a noted later head of the Galactic Empire in Asimov’s Foundation books? - Yes, Cleon

IQs:

Was the USS Olympia your flagship?
Are you a detective created by P.D. James?
Were you one of Paul Revere’s riding colleagues?

464

Not Daniel Boone
dunno
dunno

465

Not Dwight D Eisenhower
dunno
dunno

466

Repeating my DQ:

DQ: Did you ever serve in the US Senate?

467

Davy Crockett. (It’s the first line of the song.)
Dondi.
This one is Daniel Boone.
DQ: Born in New England (CT/RI/MA/VT/NH/ME)?
Eight DQs left…
IQ1: Do they tell you you look like Merle Haggard, and sound a lot like yourself?
IQ2: Did you play a girl who played a mermaid?
IQ3: Did you write a novel based on the experiences of Alexander Selkirk?

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DQ: Died before 1850?

4 DQs left.

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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
  16. Served in the US Senate
  17. Born in New England
  18. Did not die before 1850
470

dunno
not Daryl Hannah
dunno

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IQ: Were you Pres. James K. Polk’s vice president?

(Madame P.'s favorite president. I don’t know why.)

472

Previous IQs:

Was the USS Olympia your flagship? - Not Ike, but Adm. George Dewey during the SpanAm War.
Are you a detective created by P.D. James? - Adam Dahlglish.
Were you one of Paul Revere’s riding colleagues? - William Dawes.

DQ:

Greatest fame before 1861?

One DQ reserved.

IQ:

Did you have a series of celebrated debates with Abraham Lincoln?

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David Allan Coe. (The song with my favourite line. :))
Daryl Hannah, as I recall, played an actual mermaid. Doris Day, in The Glass Bottom Boat, played a girl who dressed in a mermaid costume for the amusement of the boat’s passengers.
Daniel Defoe.
Lots of DQs reerved…

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Yes, I am Stephen A. [SIZE=“7”]Douglas[/SIZE].

It was hard to answer the question about Douglas’s prominence in the US Civil War. He died a few weeks after the war started, so I decided to stick to the technical truth. Also, I thought for sure you guys would nail it after the Dred Scott question was asked so early.

Congratulations, Elendil’s Heir!

475

Well done, EH!

476

Thanks! As a Civil War buff and someone who’s read a bit about Stephen Douglas, that was a good one to get. Our next letter is one we haven’t had for awhile:

S

477

IQ1: Are you Ted’s wife and Hilary’s mother?
IQ2: Did you contend with Maude for a top job?
IQ3: Did Jael kill you in a rather unusual fashion?

478

IQs:

  1. Did you write Snow Crash?
  2. Did Mickey Rooney repeatedly do the voice work for your character on TV?
  3. Did your puppets include Hush Puppy and Charley Horse?
479

IQ1) Were you superintendent of the college that eventually became Louisiana State University?

IQ2) Are you obsessed with stealing the formula for the perfect burger?

IQ3) Did you take your stage name from a minor character in The Great Gatsby?

480

IQ1: Did you compose the musical version of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum?
IQ2: Were you horrified when Josef Stalin attended attended a performance of your adaptation of Lady Macbeth and laughed at the love-making scene?
IQ3: Did you compose The Rite of Spring?