Botticelli - April 2018

Thread Games
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  1. I am not Fess Parker.
    Take 2 DQs for the others.
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Good one on Fess Parker - I was actually thinking of Tennessee Ernie Ford, which fits better with Ford Prefect from Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy and Henry Ford, who was so annoyed at failing to buy Ferrari he created the project to build the Ford GT40, specifically to beat Ferrari in the Le Mans 24 hour race.

DQ: Died before 2000?
DQ: Known for the Arts?

IQ: Are you a character whose name is often thought to apply to another character in the same work, instead?
IQ: Are you a lawyer who employs someone who is also the beneficiary of one of your clients?
IQ: Are you a well-known philanderer with a prominent role in at least 3 popular operas?

163

Sorry, consider that middle one withdrawn - the lawyer’s name in Great Expectations is Jaggers, not what I was thinking!

164

DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Dead
  4. Last name starts with F
  5. Died after 1900
  6. American
  7. Died before 2000
  8. Not known for the Arts
165
  1. I am not Dr. Frankenstein.
  2. I am not Falstaff.
166

Previous IQs:

Were you the Swamp Fox? - Yes, Francis Marion
Did you own the still-open NYC tavern in which George Washington bade farewell to his top generals in 1783? - Mr. Fraunces: Fraunces Tavern®
Did you succeed the hapless Charles Collingwood as Prime Minister? - Francis Urquhart, in the British original House of Cards

DQs:

Died after 1950?
Political/military?

IQs:

Did Monty Python mock you for your superficiality and gigantic ego?
Were you the RNC chair in the Reagan years?
Were you the star of The Nanny?

167

DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Dead
  4. Last name starts with F
  5. Died after 1900
  6. American
  7. Died before 2000
  8. Not known for the Arts
  9. Died after 1950
  10. Not known for politics/military
168

#1. I oughta get this one, but take a DQ.
#2. Take a DQ.
#3. I am not Fran Drescher.

169

Previous IQs:

Did Monty Python mock you for your superficiality and gigantic ego? - David Frost; several of them had worked for him: Monty Python Flying Circus (sub ita) - Timmy Williams Coffee Time - YouTube
Were you the RNC chair in the Reagan years? - Frank Fahrenkopf
Were you the star of The Nanny? - Yes, Fran Drescher

DQs:

Best known for a single incident?
Best known for business?

IQs:

Are you a longtime political commentator for The Atlantic?
Did you star in $ky Hei$t?
Were you a close CBS News associate of Edward R. Murrow?

170

DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Dead
  4. Last name starts with F
  5. Died after 1900
  6. American
  7. Died before 2000
  8. Not known for the Arts
  9. Died after 1950
  10. Not known for politics/military
  11. Not best known for a single incident
  12. Not best known for business
171

Take 3 DQs.

172

Previous IQs:

Are you a longtime political commentator for The Atlantic? - David Fallowes
Did you star in $ky Hei$t? - Frank Gorshin
Were you a close CBS News associate of Edward R. Murrow? - Fred Friendly

DQs:

Greatest fame before 1941?
Associated with NYC?
Married to a famous person?

IQs:

Did you marry Eowyn?
Were you a noted Irish freedom fighter of the 1790s?
Were you the Democratic nominee for Governor of Ohio in 2014?

173

DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Dead
  4. Last name starts with F
  5. Died after 1900
  6. American
  7. Died before 2000
  8. Not known for the Arts
  9. Died after 1950
  10. Not known for politics/military
  11. Not best known for a single incident
  12. Not best known for business
  13. Greatest fame after 1941
  14. Born in NYC, otherwise not really associated
  15. Not married to a famous person
174
  1. I am not Faramir.
  2. I am not Edward FitzGerald.
    Take a DQ for #3.
175

Previous IQs:

Did you marry Eowyn? - Yes, Faramir
Were you a noted Irish freedom fighter of the 1790s? - Yes, Edward FitzGerald
Were you the Democratic nominee for Governor of Ohio in 2014? - Another Edward FitzGerald!

DQ:

Athlete?

IQs:

Did the actor who played you also play a hacker and a colonel?
Did you play a director, a concierge and a Nazi?
Did you play a writer and theocracy official?

176

DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Dead
  4. Last name starts with F
  5. Died after 1900
  6. American
  7. Died before 2000
  8. Not known for the Arts
  9. Died after 1950
  10. Not known for politics/military
  11. Not best known for a single incident
  12. Not best known for business
  13. Greatest fame after 1941
  14. Born in NYC, otherwise not really associated
  15. Not married to a famous person
  16. Not an athlete
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Take 3 DQs.

178

Previous IQs:

Did the actor who played you also play a hacker and a colonel? - Matthew Broderick played Ferris Bueller, and was also in WarGames and Glory.
Did you play a director, a concierge and a Nazi? - Ralph Fiennes, in Hail, Caesar!, The Grand Budapest Hotel and Schindler’s List
Did you play a writer and theocracy official? - Joseph Fiennes, in Shakespeare in Love and The Handmaid’s Tale

DQs:

Best known for crime or law enforcement?
Greatest fame after 1975?

One DQ reserved.

IQs:

Did a young George Washington probably have a crush on your wife?
Did Churchill make an unflattering pun about your name?
Should Scrooge have learned more from you early in his career as to both capitalism and Christmas?

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DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Dead
  4. Last name starts with F
  5. Died after 1900
  6. American
  7. Died before 2000
  8. Not known for the Arts
  9. Died after 1950
  10. Not known for politics/military
  11. Not best known for a single incident
  12. Not best known for business
  13. Greatest fame after 1941
  14. Born in NYC, otherwise not really associated
  15. Not married to a famous person
  16. Not an athlete
  17. Not best known for crime or law enforcement
  18. Greatest fame probably in the 1960’s
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#3. I am not Fezziwig. Take 2 DQs.