Botticelli April 2016

Thread Games
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I am S and I am:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Dead
  4. Not American
  5. My surname begins with S
  6. Not known for the Arts
  7. European
  8. Died prior to 1900
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That’s a sweep, 3 DQ for you

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IQ1: Did Matoaka allegedly save your life?
IQ2: Did you write a book in which the Earth was hit by a string of comet fragments like those that hit Jupiter in 1994?
IQ3: Have you composed symphonies, operas, and a ballet, and also written over four dozen books, many of them in the SF and horror genres?

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DQ
Ugh, I hate to be reduced to guessing for SF questions, but here goes:
Kim Stanley Robinson? I don’t remember the specific work, but it sounds like something he’d write.
Dan Simmons? Operas and ballet aren’t ringing any bells, and since Stephen King’s already been asked Simmons is who I next came up with for an ‘S’ crossover SF/Horror author.

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John Smith. (She’s better known as Pocahontas.)
S M Stirling (The Peshawar Lancers).
Somtow Papinian Sucharitkul (who usually uses the name S P Somtow on his fiction).
DQ1: Native speaker of a Germanic language?
DQ2: Died before 1650?
DQ3: Military/political?

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March’s thread: Botticelli March 2016 - Thread Games - Straight Dope Message Board

IQs:

Is your middle name Kooi?
Did you have the bottom of your shoes polished?
Was Bleeding Gums Murphy your musical inspiration?

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IQ1: After serving as an advisor to Nero for decades, did the dictator falsely accuse you of treason and force your suicide?
IQ2: Did your ultimate defeat of Hannibal resolve the Second Punic War in Rome’s favor?
IQ3: Did your 15th-century victories over Ottoman forces in the Balkans earn you esteem as Albania’s national hero?

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IQs:

  1. Did you have the combined powers of the Fantastic Four?
  2. Were you christened on Tuesday?
  3. Did you invent pointillism?
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IQ1: Were you a 17th-century Dutch philosopher?
IQ2: Did you devise a pre-WWI plan for invading France?
IQ3: Were you the first Roman emperor born in Africa?

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I am S and I am:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Dead
  4. Not American
  5. My surname begins with S
  6. Not known for the Arts
  7. European
  8. Died prior to 1900
  9. Native speaker of a Germanic Language
  10. Died after 1650
  11. I was not military/political
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DQx2, and Lisa Simpson

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I should remember 1, but DQ for you. I’m not Scipio Africanus, and another DQ.

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I’m neither the Super-Skrull nor Solomon Grundy, and DQ.

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DQ, I’m not Shlieffen, and another DQ.

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Correct, Correct, and Georges Seurat.

DQ: Known for Science?

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Baruch Spinoza.
Correct on Alfred von Schlieffen.
Septimius Severus.
DQ; English?
One DQ reserved.

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IQs:

  1. Did you write The Vampire: Its Kith and Kin?
  2. Did you star opposite Dolly Parton in Rhinestone?
  3. Did you battle the evil Aku and his henchmen through all time?
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I am S and I am:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Dead
  4. Not American
  5. My surname begins with S
  6. Not known for the Arts
  7. European
  8. Died prior to 1900
  9. Native speaker of a Germanic Language
  10. Died after 1650
  11. I was not military/political
  12. Known for science, if very broadly construed
  13. I’m not English. :mad:
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DQx2, and I’m not Samurai Jack

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Seneca served Nero before being falsely accused of being part of a plot to assassinate the emperor.

Correct on Scipio Africanus.

Skanderbeg’s military prowess is fondly remembered in Albania to this day.

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DQ: Are you a native speaker of a Scandinavian language?
DQ: Are you a native speaker of a Celtic language (e.g. any form of Gaelic)