Botticelli - April 2020

Thread Games
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DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Only name starts with S
  4. Dead
  5. Not known for the Arts
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Another clean sweep!

IQs:

  1. Do you play Flo, from Progressive Insurance (and did you play Marge on Mad Men?)
  2. Did you appear on a US dollar coin first minted in 2000?
  3. Did you bite the ears off your daughter Hilary’s chocolate Easter bunny, regardless of her attempts to hide it?
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1 & 3 correct. 2 was Col. Steve Austin.

IQs

  1. Did you direct The Wild Bunch?
  2. Does Sheryl Crow need a fast machine like you had to make it all right?
  3. By Chance were you Being There?

DQ

Born before 1900?

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#2. I am not Susan B. Anthony.
Take 2 DQs.

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DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Only name starts with S
  4. Dead
  5. Not known for the Arts
  6. Born before 1900
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IQs

  1. Did you direct The Wild Bunch?
  2. Does Sheryl Crow need a fast machine like you had to make it all right?
  3. By Chance were you Being There?

Take a DQ.
#2. I am not Steve McQueen.
#3. I am not Peter Sellers.

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Previous IQs:

Were you Princess Irulan’s dad? - Emperor Shaddam IV in Dune
Did you do a poolside spit take in Hot Shots? - Saddam Hussein (at 0:45 here): Hot Shots Saddam gets a bomb in the crotch - YouTube
Did you call a truce for a foe’s wedding night? - Saladin, during the Crusades

DQs:

Political/military?
American?
Born before 1800?

IQs:

Was your dad known as “the Gaffer”?
Were you quite frail in walking your daughter down the aisle in 1981?
Was your mother’s maiden name Grayson?

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DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Only name starts with S
  4. Dead
  5. Not known for the Arts
  6. Born before 1900
  7. Political/military
  8. Not American
  9. Born before 1800
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  1. I am not Sam Gamgee.
    Take 2 DQs.
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1 (Flo in the Progressive Insurance ads) was Stephanie Courtney; 2 (appeared on a US dollar coin first minted in 2000) was Sacagawea–Anthony appeared on a dollar coin before 2000; 3 (bit the ears off her daughter Hilary’s chocolate Easter bunny) was Sally Forth.
DQs:

  1. born before 1000?
  2. European?

One DQ reserved.

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Previous IQs:

Was your dad known as “the Gaffer”? - Yes, Sam Gamgee
Were you quite frail in walking your daughter down the aisle in 1981? - The Earl Spencer
Was your mother’s maiden name Grayson? - Cmdr. Spock

DQs:

Head of state or the equivalent?

One DQ reserved.

IQs:

Were you an ancient ruler after whom a Star Trek character was named?
Did a movie about you feature an extra who was anachronistically wearing a wristwatch?
Were you an ancient Greek statesman who shared a name with an Indian tribe?

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Yes! I am Spartacus!

Good job, EH.

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I am Spartacus!

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No, sorry, actually I am Spartacus!, and so is my wife.

Thanks, Prof. P. Good one!

Previous IQs:

Were you an ancient ruler after whom a Star Trek character was named? - Sargon
Were you an ancient Greek statesman who shared a name with an Indian tribe? - Seneca

Our next letter is

Y

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And I’ve updated the letters-we’ve-used-so-far thread: Botticelli - the letters we've used so far - Thread Games - Straight Dope Message Board

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IQs:

  1. Did you observe, regarding the extent to which a certain woman talked, that she went to Miami and her tongue got sunburned?
  2. Were you a turtle who sought an ever-higher throne?
  3. Were you the first man in space?
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IQs:

  1. Are you the matchmaker in Fiddler on the Roof?
  2. Are you smarter than the average bear?
  3. Did you write The Lake Isle of Innisfree?
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Dunno, not Yertle, and not Yuri Gagarin.

Not Yenta, not Yogi Bear and dunno.

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Correct, Correct and William Butler Yeats.

DQ: Real?

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1 (noted that a woman talked so much “she went to Miami and her tongue got sunburned”) was Henny Youngman.

DQ: last name starts with Y?