Botticelli - April 2018

Thread Games
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Last month’s thread: https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=850356

Our first letter for April is

C

Have at you!

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IQ1: Are you a cartoonist who drew Fritz the Cat and Mr. Natural?
IQ2: Did Warren Beatty portray you in a 1967 film, co-starring Faye Dunaway?
IQ3: Are you the rl father of the actor who played Meathead?

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IQs:

  1. Are you Tom Hanks’ SNL Halloween character?
  2. Did you write The Rime of the Ancient Mariner?
  3. Did you play Nero Wolfe on TV?
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I’m not Crumb, Clyde or Carl Reiner.

Dunno, not Coleridge or… dunno.

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#1 is an error question. I thought the character was Chuck Pumpkins, but he’s David S. Pumpkins, so no DQ.
Correct on Coleridge.
#3 was William Conrad.

DQ: Real?

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IQs:

  1. Were you an early radio Crooner who had a lively rivalry with Bing Crosby?
  2. Were you married to Xavier Cugat for awhile?
  3. Did you form an early comic trio with Eddie Jackson & Jimmy Durante?
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Dunno x3.

C.

  1. real
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IQs:

  • Are you a Pompeiian fianancier who died in a natural disaster, but introduced generations to basic Latin grammar?

  • Did you fabulate wildly about drug-induced Mexican sorcery?

  • Are you a Fury with regenerative powers, and a taste for rock’n’roll?

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#1 was Russ Columbo.
#2 was Charo.
#3 was Lou Clayton.

DQs:

  1. Male?
  2. Living?
  3. Last name starts with C?
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IQs:

  1. Did you play Harcourt Fenton Mudd on Star Trek?
  2. Did Kathy Griffin very recently play you in a parody of the White House administration?
  3. Did you create the character Natty Bumppo?
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Not Cato (?), dunno, and dunno.

Not Roger C. Carmel, Kellyanne Conway or James Fennimore Cooper.

C.

  1. real
  2. male
  3. dead
  4. last name starts with C
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Not being Caecilius, Carlos Castaneda, or Christine?

DQs

Died before 1800?
2 in reserve.

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Correct x3.

IQs:

  1. Did you write Death Comes For The Archbishop?
  2. Were you known as “the wickedest man in the world”?
  3. Are you married to John Legend?
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IQ1: When Hawkeye was blind in an episode of MAS*H, did he say your name when feeling an empty cot?
IQ2: Is your face and beanie frequently used as an icon of anarchy and revolution?
IQ3: Are you an American Idol runner-up who ran for a North Carolina congressional seat in 2014?

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IQ: Did you equal the best achievement ever in your sport but never got credited with the world record?
IQ: Did you sing the theme song for Casino Royale (the modern, Daniel Craig version)?
IQ: Are you a cartoon billionaire who hates his son-in-law?

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Not Willa Cather, dunno, and not Christie Tegan (sp?).

Not Judge Crater, dunno and dunno.

Dunno, not Chris Cornell (“You Know My Name” - great song!), and dunno.

C.

  1. real
  2. male
  3. dead
  4. last name starts with C
  5. died after 1800
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Correct on Willa Cather.
#2 was Aleister Crowley.
Correct on Chrissy Teigen.

DQ: American?

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IQs:

  1. Did you play Inspector Clouseau’s wife in The Pink Panther? (the earlier version)
  2. Did you front for the band Rufus?
  3. Were you known as “the most trusted man in America”?
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Dunno x2; not Walter Cronkite.

C.

  1. real
  2. male
  3. dead
  4. last name starts with C
  5. died after 1800
  6. naturalized American
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#1 was Claudia Cardinale.
#2 was Chaka Khan.
Correct on Cronkite.

DQs:

  1. Born after 1900?
  2. Known for the Arts?