Botticelli - April 2021

Thread Games
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Swept me! All from the LOTR movies, of course.

IQs:

Have you played a computer wiz, a Federal prosecutor and a concierge?
Did you sing about a geometric shape in a granular medium?
Were you Harry Rehnquist’s codename?

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  • In 1987, did you famously begin hosting your game show with your hair un-dyed? Yep, Bob Barker
  • Is an NBA salary-cap exception named after you? 80s star Larry Bird of the Bird Exception
  • Are you a sports commentator who’s noted for incorporating puns into athletes’ names? ESPN stalwart Chris Berman

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DQs

Best known from movies?
Born before 1900?

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IQs:
1. Did you found the American Red Cross?
2. Were you a British diplomat who disappeared in 1809?
3. Do you appear in the documentary Wordplay (about crossword compilers–not that you’re known as a compiler, you just like doing them)?

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DQ: Died before 1975?

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Ben Daniels, Belinda Martin and Bonita Granville

DQs:

  1. Known best as a singer?
  2. Caucasian?
  3. Award winner?
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[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:338, topic:939348, full:true”]
DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Last name starts with B
  4. Dead
  5. American
  6. Born before 1950
  7. Known for the Arts
  8. Known for the Performing Arts
  9. Died before 2000
  10. Not best known from movies
  11. Born after 1900
  12. Died before 1975
  13. Not best known as a singer
  14. Caucasian
  15. Posthumous award winner
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Take 3 DQs.

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  1. I am not Clara Barton
    Take 2 DQs.
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Previous IQs:

Have you played a computer wiz, a Federal prosecutor and a concierge? - Bob Balaban, in 2010: The Year We Make Contact, Absence of Malice and The Grand Budapest Hotel
Did you sing about a geometric shape in a granular medium? - Belinda “Circle in the Sand” Carlisle
Were you Harry Rehnquist’s codename? - “Boris,” in True Lies (his wife hopes to become “Natasha,” but is assigned “Doris” instead)

DQs:

Best known as an actor?
Generally considered handsome?
Greatest fame before 1950?

IQs:

Did you play Cmdr. Chakotay?
A fictional character, was a Republican Congressman recently compared to you?
Another fictional character, was a different Republican Congressman recently compared to you?

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IQs

  1. In 2003, did New York governor George Pataki posthumously pardon your 1964 obscenity conviction?
  2. Did you win the 1980 American League batting title with a .390 average after a noted quest for .400?
  3. In 1997, did you release a cover of heavy metal standards performed in a lounge big-band style?
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IQ1: Do you frequently direct people to bite your shiny metal ass?
IQ2: Were you on an ill-fated flight the day the music died?
IQ3: Heeello, baby! Were you also on the same flight as IQ2?

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[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:346, topic:939348”]
DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Last name starts with B
  4. Dead
  5. American
  6. Born before 1950
  7. Known for the Arts
  8. Known for the Performing Arts
  9. Died before 2000
  10. Not best known from movies
  11. Born after 1900
  12. Died before 1975
  13. Not best known as a singer
  14. Caucasian
  15. Posthumous award winner
  16. Not an actor
  17. Moderately good looking
  18. Greatest fame before 1950
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Take 3 DQs.

#1. I am not Lenny Bruce.
#2. Take a DQ.
#3. I am not Pat Boone (??)

  1. I am not Bender.
  2. I am not the Big Bopper.
  3. I am not Buddy Holly.

And that will put us at 20+ DQs. So, no more IQs please.

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Previous IQs:

Did you play Cmdr. Chakotay? - Robert Beltran, on Star Trek: Voyager
A fictional character, was a Republican Congressman recently compared to you? - Beavis (Rep. Matt Gaetz)
Another fictional character, was a different Republican Congressman recently compared to you? - Butthead (Rep. Jim Jordan)

Seen here: https://www.reddit.com/r/Pensacola/comments/kvqujl/rep_matt_gaetz_jim_jordan_are_reallife_beavis_and/

DQs:

Best known for Hollywood work?

Two DQs reserved.

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[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:352, topic:939348”]
DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Last name starts with B
  4. Dead
  5. American
  6. Born before 1950
  7. Known for the Arts
  8. Known for the Performing Arts
  9. Died before 2000
  10. Not best known from movies
  11. Born after 1900
  12. Died before 1975
  13. Not best known as a singer
  14. Caucasian
  15. Posthumous award winner
  16. Not an actor
  17. Moderately good looking
  18. Greatest fame before 1950
  19. Not best known for Hollywood work
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2 (disappeared diplomat) was Benjamin Bathurst; 3 (appears in Wordplay) was Bill Clinton.

DQ: known for appearing on a stage/in a theater?

One DQ reserved.

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DQ

Known for radio work?

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DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Last name starts with B
  4. Dead
  5. American
  6. Born before 1950
  7. Known for the Arts
  8. Known for the Performing Arts
  9. Died before 2000
  10. Not best known from movies
  11. Born after 1900
  12. Died before 1975
  13. Not best known as a singer
  14. Caucasian
  15. Posthumous award winner
  16. Not an actor
  17. Moderately good looking
  18. Greatest fame before 1950
  19. Not best known for Hollywood work
  20. Best known for performing in ballrooms
  21. Not known for radio work
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I can come up with several names who match up with all but one of the hints. I will be very interested to see who this person is.

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Please ask all outstanding DQs by 8 pm EDT today.