Botticelli - April 2019

Thread Games
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I am not Sergeant Carter.

62

I think it’s someone from The Godfather, but unfortunately I’m not familiar with it enough to say who.

63

Good point - just because it takes place during a war doesn’t mean it’s a war story.

I already guessed. Am I allowed to give DLR a hint?

64

You’re past the deadline, KO, so no, sorry.

It is indeed someone from The Godfather. It’s

Peter Clemenza

The pudgy Corleone *caporegime *made immortal by the line, “Take the gun. Leave the cannoli.”

65

I would have guessed one of the Corleones anyway.

It’s been ages since I’ve seen the Godfather movies and only remember a few characters, but I’m OK with this answer.

66

Ah. I’m one of the few who’ve never read or seen it, but I’ve heard the quote. Good one, EH.

67

Me, too. On to “D”, EH!

68

Right, then.

D

it is. Have at you!

69

IQs:

  1. Were you one of the original Mousketeers whose dead body was discovered at his home this week?
  2. Was your noble steed named Yellowcup (or Bouton d’Or)?
  3. Were you the first queen of Carthage?
70

I really should watch The Godfather (and sequels) sometime.

IQs:

  1. Are you played by Rainn Wilson on The Office?
  2. Are you a male model known for your “Blue Steel” pose?
  3. Did you claim “I can’t say as ever I was lost, but I was bewildered once for three days”?
71

Dunno, not D’Artagnan, and dunno.

Agreed! I’m not a Mob-movie guy generally, but the first two, in particular, really are very good.

Not Dwight “Bears, beets, Battlestar Galactica” Shrute, Derek Zoolander, and dunno.

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IQ1: Are you a former Ku Klux Klan leader, once elected to the Louisiana state legislature?

IQ2: Are you an actor best known for your leading roles as the husband of a Secretary of State, and the co-owner of a regional airline?

IQ3: Are you a Greek orator, who practiced elocution by putting pebbles in your mouth and orating to the waves, and incidentally the namesake of the oldest student organization at the University of Georgia, founded in 1803, of which your humble correspondent is a proud alumnus?

73

Not David Duke, dunno, and not Demosthenes.

74

IQ1: In Snoop Dogg’s “Gin and Juice,” did you come through with a gang of Tanqueray and a fat ass J of some bubonic chronic that made Dogg choke?
IQ2: Have you played Doctor Who and The Purple Man from Jessica Jones?
IQ3: Are you IQ2’s father-in-law, who was the 5th Doctor Who?

75

#1 was Dennis Day (not the singer).
#2 is correct.
#3 was Dido.

DQs:

  1. Real?
  2. Male?
76

IQs:

  1. Are you Huey, Dewey and Louie’s mom?
  2. Did you play Suzanne Sugarbaker on Designing Women?
  3. Did you write Notes from the Underground?
77

3 was Daniel Boone.

IQs:

  1. Does your version of “Misirlou” play over the opening credits of Pulp Fiction?
  2. Were you a British singer who recorded “Son of a Preacher Man”?
  3. Were you eventually revealed as William Mark Felt?
    DQ: American/created by an American?
78

Dunno, not David Tennant, and dunno.

Not Daisy Duck, dunno, and not Dostoevsky.

Dunno, not Dusty Springfield, and not Deep Throat.

D.

  1. real
  2. male
  3. American
79

Dr. Dre, correct, Peter Davidson

DQ: Alive?
DQ: Politician?

80

#1 was Donald’s sister Della Duck, not Daisy.
#2 was Delta Burke.
Correct on Feodor.

DQ: Last name starts with D?

1 DQ reserved.