Botticelli - April 2019

Thread Games
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D.

  1. real
  2. male
  3. American
  4. dead
  5. politician, among other things
  6. last name starts with D
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DQ: Died after 1900?

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1 was Dick Dale.

IQs:

  1. Does one of your novels begin “Renowned curator Jacques Saunière staggered through the vaulted archway of the museum’s Grand Gallery”?
  2. Did you play Worf?
  3. When running for office, did you claim that “I have as much experience in the Congress as Jack Kennedy did when he sought the presidency”?
    DQ: known for a single incident?
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IQ2 was Tim Daly.

IQ1: Are you a Middle Eastern woman who gave your husband the archetypal bad haircut?

IQ2: Are you an American philosopher and one of the “Four Horsemen” of New Atheism?

IQ3: Are you the American musician whose real name is Calvin Broadus?

DQ: Democratic politician?

85

Not Dan Brown, Michael Dorn or Dan Quayle.

Not Delilah, dunno, and dunno.

D.

  1. real
  2. male
  3. American
  4. dead
  5. politician, among other things
  6. last name starts with D
  7. died after 1900
  8. arguably best known for a single incident
  9. not a Democratic politician
86

IQ1: Are you QB for the Dallas Cowboys?
IQ2: Are you QB for the New Orleans Saints?
IQ3: Are you QB for the Oakland Raiders?

87

Dunno x3.

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IQs:

  1. Are you a sexist lawyer in Bloom County?
  2. Are you Eddie Murphy’s most successful film role of the last 20 years?
  3. were you born Robert Zimmerman?
89

Not Steve Dallas, dunno, and not Bob Dylan.

90

Correct on #1 and #3.
Eddie’s top box office character: Donkey, from the Shrek movies.

DQ: Died after 1969?

91

Dak Preskott, Drew Brees, Derek Carr

DQ: Died of natural causes?

holding 2 DQs

92

Yes to Delilah. IQ2 is Daniel Dennett; IQ3 is Snoop Dogg.

DQ1: Known for manner of death?

DQ2: Died in this century?

93

IQs:

  1. Did Rudyard Kipling write of your hanging?
  2. Was your first success Oswald the Lucky Rabbit?
  3. Did you battle Snidely Whiplash?
94

1 is indeed famous novelist Dan Brown. And the other two are correct as well, so it’s a clean sweep.

IQs:

  1. Did you found Wendy’s?
  2. Did you star with Rick Moranis in a 1983 Canadian comedy?
  3. Are you the Warner sister?
95

Dunno, dunno, and not Dudley Doright.

Not Ohio’s own Dave Thomas, not the other Dave Thomas, and dunno.

D.

  1. real
  2. male
  3. American
  4. dead
  5. politician, among other things
  6. last name starts with D
  7. died after 1900
  8. arguably best known for a single incident
  9. not a Democratic politician
  10. died of natural causes
  11. not known for manner of death
  12. did not die in this century
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DQ: Born east of the Mississippi?
DQ: Born north of the Mason-Dixon line?

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IQs:

  1. Did Rudyard Kipling write of your hanging?
  2. Was your first success Oswald the Lucky Rabbit?
  3. Did you battle Snidely Whiplash?
    Dunno, dunno, and not Dudley Doright.

#1 was Danny Deever.
#2 was Walt Disney.
Correct on Dudley.

repeat DQ: Died after 1969?

2 DQs reserved.

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3 was Animaniacs’ Dot.

IQs:

  1. Are you the toughest lawman in Mega-City One?
  2. Are you a sinister Toontown official played by Christopher Lloyd?
  3. Are you an investigating magistrate in a series of mysteries set in Tang Dynasty China?
    DQ: died before 1950?
99

IQ1: Are you a property developer who first came to notoriety for demolishing a New York building, reneging on your promise to allow the Metropolitan Museum of Art to remove and conserve the Art Deco panels that had adorned its facade?

IQ2: Are you the President of the European Council?

IQ3: Were you the inaugural First Minister of Scotland, presiding over the first meeting of the Scottish Parliament since the 17th century?

100

Not Judge Dredd, Judge Dread or Judge Dee.

Not Donald Trump, dunno and dunno.

Sorry, Prof. P., I’d overlooked your year-of-death DQ.

D.

  1. real
  2. male
  3. American
  4. dead
  5. politician, among other things
  6. last name starts with D
  7. died after 1900
  8. arguably best known for a single incident
  9. not a Democratic politician
  10. died of natural causes
  11. not known for manner of death
  12. did not die in this century
  13. born east of the Mississippi
  14. born north of the Mason-Dixon line
  15. died before 1969
  16. died before 1950