Boticelli Oct. 2019

Thread Games
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Belated IQ wrap-up: 1 (Flyers mascot) was Gritty; 2 (pea plant experimenter) was Gregor Mendel; 3 (director of Lady Bird) was Greta Gerwig.

Congrats, Prof.! Moving on…

IQs:

  1. Were you the Wizard of Menlo Park?
  2. Are the quieter, shorter half of a magician duo?
  3. Did you play Detroit in Sorry to Bother You?
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  1. I am not Thomas Edison.
  2. I am not Tell.
    Take a DQ.
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Thanks, Prof. P! Good guess!

IQ1: Were you a standout Hall of Fame running back for the Dallas Cowboys in the 70s?
IQ2: Were you a former starting quarterback for the Cowboys, with the same first name as IQ1?
IQ2: Are you a record-setting former tight end for the Chiefs and Falcons, who shares the same name as the previous two IQs?

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Ah, sports. Take 3 DQs.

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I think they found our weak spot, Prof.

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Yep. I’m sure Knowed Out read my IQs and said, “Tony Dorsett, Tony Romo, and Tony Gonzalez, duh.”

Time to start asking about ultrarunners and track stars, mwhahaha.

DQ1: Female?
DQ2: Real?
DQ3: Alive?

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That was how I got my guaranteed DQs till you came along. :smiley:

IQ1: Did you replace Drew Brees as QB for the New Orleans Saints?
IQ2: Are you head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers?
IQ3: Did you win the Heisman Trophy in 2007 but prove to be a bust in the NFL?

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SMV, I asked real, still waiting for the answer.

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Sorry. I answered the DQs but they didn’t post. Hmmmm.

DQs:

  1. Fictional
  2. First name starts with T
  3. Male
  4. Dead

atimnie’s right about the redundancy, SMV. Take another DQ.

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#3. I am not Tim Tebow (??)

Take 2 or 3 DQs.

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IQ1: Are you a football player/actor/sports commentator, going at least as far back as the 80s?

IQ2: Were you the American in Monty Python?

IQ3: Were you a 60s sex symbol who played a character obsessed over by Dobie Gillis?

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#1. I am not Terry Bradshaw (??)
#2. I am not Terry Gilliam.
#3. Take a DQ.

Take 1 or 2 DQs.

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Right on two, 3 was Tuesday Weld as Thalia Menninger.

Character from movie/TV?

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DQs:

  1. Fictional
  2. First name starts with T (last name unknown)
  3. Male
  4. Dead
  5. Character not originally from movie/TV, but was eventually in movie/TV
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IQ1: Were you the hero of a Robert Burns poem, who was chased by witches while riding home drunk from market day (and who lent his name to a type of woolen hat)?
IQ2: Were you taken from your family, brainwashed, and trained to be a deadly assassin by agents of the Blue Sky Corporation?
IQ3: Were you the protagonist of a play by Christopher Marlowe, based on the life of a 14 century Mongol warlord who established an empire in Central Asia?

Resubmitted DQ: Character from literature?

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  1. I am not Tam O’Shanter.
  2. Take a DQ.
  3. I am not Tamerlaine.
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DQs:

  1. Fictional
  2. First name starts with T (last name unknown)
  3. Male
  4. Dead
  5. Character not originally from movie/TV, but was eventually in movie/TV
  6. Character from literature
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Correct on Edison, close enough for Teller. 3 (Detroit in Sorry to Bother You) was Tessa Thompson.

IQs:

  1. Are you the subject of an incorrect Chicago Tribune headline?
  2. Are you the other subject?
  3. Were you the yellow Power Ranger?
    DQ: from a novel?
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IQ1: Did you allegedly turn down a role in Shock Treatment because you couldn’t do an American accent?
IQ2: Are you a successful actor once teamed with not so successful comic Tom Dreesen?
IQ3: Were you a member of the Eagles who encouraged “Playing it Cool”?

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Teddy Bridgewater, Mike Tomlin, correct

DQ: Antagonist?

holding a DQ