August Botticelli

Thread Games
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IQ1) Are you also known as the Common Doctor?

102

I am not Thomas Aquinas

103

Merci, mon cher.
DQ: From the British Isles?

104

The letter is T

  1. I am real
  2. I am male
  3. I am deceased
  4. T is the initial of my first name
  5. I was not born west of the Greenwich Meridian
  6. I was born before 1500 AD
  7. I am European
  8. I am not from the British Isles
105

IQs:

  1. Did your energy in painting earn you the nickname Il Furioso?
  2. Were you a French Impressionist who spent most of his time in England?
  3. Were you a 20th Century artist known for his large-scale graffiti-inspired paintings?
106

IQ1: Are you a (deceased) former Prime Minister of Canada?
IQ2: Are you a different (deceased) former Prime Minister of Canada?
IQ3: Are you a different (still living) former Prime Minister of Canada?

107

I am not Tintoretto
I am not Turner
DQ

108

IQ3: Did you attribute the claim that “They would make a desert and call it peace” to a foreign leader?

109

Take three DQs

110

#2’s James Tissot (Turner was born in England). #3 was Cy Twombly.

DQs:

  1. Political figure?
  2. Roman/Italian?
111

The letter is T

  1. I am real
  2. I am male
  3. I am deceased
  4. T is the initial of my first name
  5. I was not born west of the Greenwich Meridian
  6. I was born before 1500 AD
  7. I am European
  8. I am not from the British Isles
  9. I am not a political figure
  10. I am Roman/Italian
112

I am not Tolstoy
I am not Twain
DQ

113

#3 is Tacitus, who in his Agricola recorded a speech by the Caledonian leader Calgacus in which a phrase that is commonly translated as “they make a desert and call it peace” occurs. Historians think it is likely that Tacitus made up the speech (and possibly also Calgacus) himself.

114

IQ: Are you the painter of the Madonna of the Rabbit?

115

In order of their Prime Ministership, these are Sir Charles Tupper (whose 69 day term is the shortest in Canadian history), Pierre Eliot Trudeau, and John Turner.

DQ1: Are you best known for your contribution to The Arts, as we broadly define them in this game?

I’ll reserve the other two until I know the answer to this one, if I may.

116

YES!
I am Titian!

Sometimes I wonder how people chose the person for a game. I chose Titian due to a bad hair dye. Seriously. I wanted titian red, it turned almost purple.

117

Good one, Prof. Pepperwinkle!

118

Congratulations, Prof. (And how weird that my arbitrary date happened to fall within his lifetime)

119

Thank you all!

and now…

I am G!

120

IQ1: Did your nickname achieve wider recognition attached to the actor who starred in your biopic than it did to you?
IQ2: Did you gain a measure of notoriety impersonating a cat on British TV?
IQ3: In the summertime, do you find that the living is easy?