August 2014 Botticelli

Thread Games
521

IQs:

  1. Are you the star of a series of adventure books, and also the son of a star of a series of adventure books?
  2. Are you the Norse god of battle (not Thor)?
  3. Did you write Idylls of the King?
522

No comment… :smiley:

Three DQs.

Not Tom Swift Jr.
Not Tyr.
Not Lord Tennyson.

T.

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Last name starts with T
  4. Dead
  5. American
  6. Not known for holding a political office
  7. Not born after 1900
523

DQ: Born after 1850?

IQs:

  1. Did you create Amazo?
  2. Were you a police sergeant played by William Shatner?
  3. Were you Remus Lupin’s wife?
524

IQ1: Are you Maester Aemon’s steward in the Night’s Watch?
IQ2: Are you nicknamed The Knight of Flowers, and did you support Renly Baratheon for king of the Seven Kingdoms?
IQ3: Are you the Lord of Riverrun and the father of Caetlyn Stark?

Sam Tarly, Loras Tyrell, Hoster Tully

DQ1: Military?
Holding 3 DQs

IQ1: Did you earn the fearsome moniker Blackbeard?
IQ2: Did you write about civil disobedience on the shores of Walden Pond?
IQ3: Are you an eccentric inventor who pioneered electro magnetism?

525

DQ.
DQ. (I remember the show, but never watched it.)
Not Nymphadora Tonks

Not Edward Teach.
Not Henry David Thoreau.
Not Nikola Tesla.

T.

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Last name starts with T
  4. Dead
  5. American
  6. Not known for holding a political office
  7. Not born after 1900
  8. Born after 1850
  9. Military (but not best known for military service)
526

#1 was T. O. Morrow. #2 was T. J. Hooker. Correct on Tonks.

DQ: known for a criminal act or acts?

1 DQ reserved.

527

IQ: Were you a scientist on the Manhattan Project?

528

Not Edward Teller.

T.

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Last name starts with T
  4. Dead
  5. American
  6. Not known for holding a political office
  7. Not born after 1900
  8. Born after 1850
  9. Military (but not best known for military service)
  10. Not known for a criminal act or acts
529

IQs:

  1. Are you James Taylor’s lesser known performing brother?
  2. Did you have a hit recently with Blurred Lines?
  3. Did you often team up with Lead in the Metal Men?
530

IQ: Were you the first great American tennis player?

531

DQ: Known for the arts?

2 DQs in reserve

IQ1: Are you an author who was born and died when Halley’s Comet passed by Earth?
IQ2: Is a test designed to measure artificial intelligence named after you?
IQ3: Did you win Olympic gold medals for the pentathlon, but had to relinquish them later when it was found you were paid to play baseball for two seasons?

532

Previous IQs:

Did you conquer Westeros with your two sisters and three dragons? - Aegon “the Conqueror” Targaryen
Were you the mad king of Westeros? - Aerys Targaryen
Were you that man’s son, who looked like he might turn out far better than his dad? - Rhaegar Targaryen

DQs:

Greatest fame by 1925?
Best known for a single act or incident?
Born east of the Miss. River?

IQs:

Do you and your coworkers sometimes hold indignation meetings?
Were you “the Rock of Chickamauga”?
Were you murdered in Canterbury Cathedral?

533

DQ.
DQ.
Not Tin.

DQ.

Not Mark Twain.
Not Alan Turing.
DQ.

DQ.
DQ. (I really ought to know this one…)
Not Thomas Becket.

T.

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Last name starts with T
  4. Dead
  5. American
  6. Not known for holding a political office
  7. Not born after 1900
  8. Born after 1850
  9. Military (but not best known for military service)
  10. Not known for a criminal act or acts
  11. Not known for the arts
  12. Greatest fame achieved by 1925
  13. Best known for a single act or incident (That seems to be the best answer here.)
  14. Born east of the Mississippi River
534

That was Bill Tilden.

DQ: Born North of the Mason-Dixon line?

535

IQ: Were you the top man in two branches of the Federal government, the latter your dream job?

536

IQ: Were you a failed Cabinet appointment who previously investigated a major scandal?

537

T.

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Last name starts with T
  4. Dead
  5. American
  6. Not known for holding a political office
  7. Not born after 1900
  8. Born after 1850
  9. Military (but not best known for military service)
  10. Not known for a criminal act or acts
  11. Not known for the arts
  12. Greatest fame achieved by 1925
  13. Best known for a single act or incident (That seems to be the best answer here.)
  14. Born east of the Mississippi River
  15. Not born north of the Mason-Dixon line
538

Not William Howard Taft.

DQ.

539

That’s John Tower. (Wasn’t confirmed as Sec of Defense under Bush 41, investigated Iran Contra)

DQ:.In athletic field?

540

Jim Thorpe

DQ: Known for scientific accomplishment?

2 DQs reserved