Botticelli - April 2020

Thread Games
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IQs:

  1. Are you a folksinger and the son of a legendary folksinger?
  2. Were you part of a comedy duo with Jack Burns?
  3. Are you an ancient Greek philosopher credited with discovering the actual causes of eclipses?
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  1. real
  2. male
  3. last name starts with A
  4. American
  5. dead
  6. not known from the arts
  7. Not known for politics/military
  8. Died after 1950
  9. Died before 1990.
    Prof. Pepperwinkle:
  10. Not Arlo Guthrie
  11. Not Allen
  12. Don’t know

Take either 1 or 2 DQs

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Prof. Pepperwinkle:

  1. Not Arlo Guthrie
  2. Not Allen
  3. Don’t know

Take either 1 or 2 DQs
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Correct on #1.
#2 was Avery Schreiber.
#3 was Anaxagoras.

DQs:

  1. Died after 1970?
  2. Known for business?
125
  1. real
  2. male
  3. last name starts with A
  4. American
  5. dead
  6. not known from the arts
  7. Not known for politics/military
  8. Died after 1950
  9. Died before 1990.
  10. Died before 1970
  11. Not known for business.
126

2 (George W. Bush’s second attorney general) was Alberto Gonzales; 3 (voiced Hollyhock on BoJack Horseman) was Aparna Nancherla.
DQs:

  1. known for science?
  2. died before 1960?

One DQ reserved.

127

1… real
2. male
3. last name starts with A
4. American
5. dead
6. not known from the arts
7. Not known for politics/military
8. Died after 1950
9. Died before 1990.
10. Died before 1970
11. Not known for business.
12.Known for science
13. Died in 1960

128

IQs:

  1. Were you Ringling Brothers circus’s “King of Clowns”?
  2. Did you edit a collection of humorous verse called “Innocent Merriment”?
  3. Were you Old Time Radio’s “All American Boy”?
129
  1. Don’t know
  2. Not Richard Armour?
    3 Not Jack Aemstrong

Take 1 or 2 DQs

130

#1 was Felix Adler.
#2 was Franklin P. Adams.
#3 is indeed Jack Armstrong.

DQ: Known from medical sciences?

1 DQ reserved.

131

1… real
2. male
3. last name starts with A
4. American
5. dead
6. not known from the arts
7. Not known for politics/military
8. Died after 1950
9. Died before 1990.
10. Died before 1970
11. Not known for business.
12.Known for science
13. Died in 1960
14. Not known for medical sciences

132

Previous IQs:

Were you Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain’s first C.O.? - Adelbert Ames of the 20th Maine
Did you like to go around the house barefoot, to let your “feet breathe”? - Abraham Lincoln
Did Maren Jensen play you in a Seventies drama? - Yes, Athena, on Battlestar Galactica

DQs:

Best known for a single invention or discovery?
Won a Nobel Prize?

IQs:

Did you devise a test for assessing newborns?
Did you invent a popular musical instrument?
Did the order to fire you precipitate the Saturday Night Massacre?

133

IQs:

  1. Are you the most famous Swiss patent clerk?
  2. Are you the ward of Oliver Warbucks?
  3. Are you a bearded associate of Oliver Warbucks?
    DQ: known for the natural sciences?
134
  1. Not Apgar
  2. Don’t know
  3. Not Adelman?know

Most probably take 2 DQs

  1. Not Albert Einstein
  2. Not Little Orphan Annie
  3. Don’t know

Take one DQ

135

1… real
2. male
3. last name starts with A
4. American
5. dead
6. not known from the arts
7. Not known for politics/military
8. Died after 1950
9. Died before 1990.
10. Died before 1970
11. Not known for business.
12.Known for science
13. Died in 1960
14. I’ll say yes, best known for a single discovery
15. Did not win a Nobel Prize
16. Known for the natural sciences

I think we’ve got our 20 DQs. Please ask them by this time tomorrow.

136

You’re missing the previous #14: not known for the medical sciences.

DQ: Known for zoology?

137

1… real
2. male
3. last name starts with A
4. American
5. dead
6. not known from the arts
7. Not known for politics/military
8. Died after 1950
9. Died before 1990.
10. Died before 1970
11. Not known for business.
12.Known for science
13. Died in 1960
14. Not know for the medical.sciences
15. I’ll say yes, best known for a single discovery
16. Did not win a Nobel Prize
17. Known for the natural sciences
18. Partially known for zoology but his best known discovery was not, though there is a connection to it.

138

Previous IQs:

Did you devise a test for assessing newborns? - Yes, Dr. Virginia Apgar
Did you invent a popular musical instrument? - Adolph Saxe (the saxophone)
Did the order to fire you precipitate the Saturday Night Massacre? - Watergate special prosecutor Archibald Cox

DQs:

Greatest fame before 1940?
Known for his travel abroad?

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3 (bearded associate of Oliver Warbucks) was Mr. Am.
Final DQ: known for paleontology?

140

1… real
2. male
3. last name starts with A
4. American
5. dead
6. not known from the arts
7. Not known for politics/military
8. Died after 1950
9. Died before 1990.
10. Died before 1970
11. Not known for business.
12.Known for science
13. Died in 1960
14. Not know for the medical.sciences
15. I’ll say yes, best known for a single discovery
16. Did not win a Nobel Prize
17. Known for the natural sciences
18. Partially known for zoology but his best known discovery was not, though there is a connection to it.
19.Greatest fame was before 1940.
20. Known for his travel abroad
21. Known for paleontology

Let the guessing begin!

141

Ugh. I don’t think I could name a single paleontologist now, let alone before 1940.