Botticelli, April 2014

Thread Games
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Not Ray Davies, although I was thinking of doing him. I think DQ #12 is the only one he doesn’t match.
Not Chris DeBurgh

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Dan Rowan or Dick Martin - take your pick.
Correct on Don Rickles.
David, who killed the Philistine champion Goliath of Gath.
Thinking…

Medal of Honor recipient, too.

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DQ: Known for Rock & Roll?

IQs:

  1. Was your horse named Horse?
  2. Are you Gwyneth Paltrow’s mom?
  3. Did Steve Landesberg play you on Barney Miller?
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Forget the last IQ, and substitute: Are you the lead singer for the Who?

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Previous IQs:

Are you a Hitler clone who until recently worked for ISIS? - Doctor (that’s his first name) Krieger, the mad scientist in the FX animated spy spoof Archer.
Are many Scottish coastlanders pissed at you? - Yes, Donald Trump for his big marshlands-destroying golf resort.
Have you played a criminal mastermind, a Nazi bigwig and the President of the United States? - Yes, Donald Pleasence, for the roles you mention.

DQ:

Best known as a solo artist?

IQs:

Did your people build a spaceship hoping others would rescue its pilot?
Do most people not know your first name, Fitzwilliam?
Is your coworker Wally quite the sly slacker?

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Yes

Not Dudley Doright
Not Blythe Danner
Not Roger Daltry - but yeah, he does match most of the DQs so far.

Yes

Take DQs for 1&2.
Not Dilbert

Summary:
D

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Last name starts with D
  4. Living
  5. Not American
  6. European
  7. Not born after 1960
  8. Known for the arts
  9. Known for the performing arts
  10. Not an actor (although I have acted)
  11. Still performing
  12. Have won a major award in my field
  13. Singer
  14. British
  15. Known for Rock and Roll
  16. Best known as a solo artist
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IQ; Were you the U.K.'s “answer” to Bob Dylan?

128

Not…Donovan? Before my time, and I think his biggest US hit was “Mellow Yellow”, which isn’t exactly “Like A Rolling Stone”. But I seem to recall hearing that his earlier stuff was more folky.

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You’re right, Donovan is more folky, but since they inducted Leonard Cohen into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, who can say?

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IQs:

  1. Were you the King of Skiffle?
  2. Did Chubby Checker copy his name from yours?
  3. Did you have a band named after you that featured Steve Winwood?
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Previous IQs:

Did your people build a spaceship hoping others would rescue its pilot? - The titular monarch in the Pournelle book King David’s Spaceship.
Do most people not know your first name, Fitzwilliam? - Mr. Darcy of Pride and Prejudice.
Is your coworker Wally quite the sly slacker? - Yes, Dilbert.

Two DQs reserved. What would be useful to know at this point?

IQs:

Is your current middle name Hercules?
Did you and several classmates make a short-lived mutual promise never to marry?
Did invaders enjoy a meal cooked for you and your family?

132

Maybe pinpoint age. I can’t think of anything else, and I’m coming up blank on other British rockers.

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1: Take a DQ
2: Not Fats Domino
3: Not Spencer Davis

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IQs:
Is your current middle name Hercules?
Did you and several classmates make a short-lived mutual promise never to marry?
Did invaders enjoy a meal cooked for you and your family?[/QUOTE]

3 more DQs for you

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Previous IQs:

Is your current middle name Hercules? - Elton John, FKA Reginald Dwight.
Did you and several classmates make a short-lived mutual promise never to marry? - Dwight D. Eisenhower and some West Point pals.
Did invaders enjoy a meal cooked for you and your family? - Dolley Madison had to leave the White House in a hurry when British troops approached the capital.

DQ:

Born after 1950?

Four DQs reserved.

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Right on Fats and Spencer. #1 was Lonnie Donegan, best remembered for his Skiffle rendition of Does Your Chewing Gum Lose It’s Flavor On The Bedpost Overnight?, who was apparently a major influence on a young John Lennon and George Harrison.

Waiting on the DQ for now.

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I was unaware of the Hercules addition, but yes, I am in fact Reginald Dwight AKA Elton John.

Good job!!!

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Good going, EH! Congratulations.

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Thanks! That was fun. Elton’s middle name is one of my favorite bits of pop culture trivia: Elton John - Wikipedia

Our next letter is

M

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IQs:

  1. Did you play Rollin Hand on Mission: Impossible?
  2. Did you play Peter Pan opposite Cyril Ritchard?
  3. Did you regularly bombard Capt. Kangaroo with ping-pong balls?
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Dunno the first, but no, I’m not Mary Martin or Mister Greenjeans.