Botticelli April 2016

Thread Games
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IQ1: Did F. Murray Abraham win an Academy Award for portraying you in a 1984 film?
IQ2: Did your primary archaeological work take place at the presumptive site of Ancient Troy?

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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. Not English
  14. Not a native speaker of a Scandinavian language
  15. As far as I can tell, not a native speaker of a Celtic language (e.g. any form of Gaelic)
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#1 was Montague Summers.
#2 was Sylvester Stallone.
Correct on Jack.

DQ: Died after 1800?

1 DQ reserved.

44

I’m not Salieri, and DQ

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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. Not English
  14. Not a native speaker of a Scandinavian language
  15. As far as I can tell, not a native speaker of a Celtic language (e.g. any form of Gaelic)
  16. Died before 1800
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IQs:

  1. Were you an 18th Century German proponent of vitalism?
  2. Did you win the Nobel Peace Prize in 1952?
  3. Did you help develop the pointillist style with Seurat?
47

3xDQ for you, though I’m intrigued by who 1 is.

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#1 was Dr. Georg Stahl.
#2 was Dr. Albert Schweitzer.
#3 was Paul Signac.

4 DQs reserved.

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Salieri is correct.

Heinrich Schliemann was among the early archeological pioneers excavating the purported remains of Troy.

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DQ: Are you known for your contributions to philosophy?

50

IQ1: Did you write The Wealth of Nations?

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Yes, I’m Adam Smith, author of An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations

Some tricky DQs in there. He was Scottish, not English, though in the upper classes as far as I can tell at the time it’s likely English was his native tongue. Oh, and Economics can be considered a science, if you squint very hard… and he did publish a bit of astronomy though it’s not exactly what he’s known for.

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One of the IQs I was writing when you posted the answer was about Alexander Selkirk - I thought that frowny face on the “I am not English” answer might mean a Scot.

53

Ditto :smiley:

54

Yeah, that was intended as a bit of a hint. :slight_smile:

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(Just a quick note: I won’t be online all that much between now and tomorrow morning, CDT)
Okay … I am T.

56

Good job again, bordelond!

IQs:

  1. Did you write Jerusalem Delivered?
  2. Did your cousin’s boyfriend kill you because you killed his best friend?
  3. Were you present or nearby when three presidential assassinations occurred?
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  1. No idea - DQ.
  2. This was used as an IQ within the last week … and I cannot recall who it was. DQ.
  3. Have heard this a few times, but can’t recall – three DQs for you.
58

#1 was Torquato Tasso.
#2 was Juliet’s cousin Tybalt, who Romeo killed after Tybalt killed Mercutio.
#3 Todd Lincoln, son of Abe.

DQs:

  1. Real?
  2. Male?
  3. Last name begins with T?
59

IQ1: Did you write “Leaf by Niggle”?
IQ2: Did you sing “Sixteen Tons”?
IQ3: Did you claim to have fallen into a vat of chocolate?

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DQ.

I am not Tennessee Ernie Ford.

DQ.

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I am T

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Last name does not begin with a T