Botticelli - April 2022

Thread Games
121

Another sweep!

IQs:

Were you Sid Caesar’s female sidekick?
Are you a Latinx novelist from a prominent South American family?
Were you Uther’s lover?

122
  1. I am not Imogene Coca.
  2. Take a DQ.
  3. I am not Igraine.
123

Correct, Isabel Allende and correct.

DQ:

Female?

IQs:

Did you share a bed with Queequeg?
Were you and your brother George noted musicians?
Did you hope for a new lease on life in an android’s stolen body?

124

IQs:
1. Are you a commoner who cooks with shoes on despite the name of your store, book, and TV show?
2. Were you Blackbeard’s second-in-command, and also a character in Treasure Island?
3. Did you host Saturday Night Live recently?

125

DQs:

  1. Real
  2. First name begins with I
  3. Male
126
  1. Don’t call me Ishamel.
  2. I am not Ira Gershwin.
  3. Take a DQ.

Take 3 DQs.

127

1 was Ina Garten, of Barefoot Contessa; 2 was Israel Hands; 3 was Oscar Isaac.

DQs:
1. American?
2. living?
3. known from the arts?

128

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DQs:

  1. Real
  2. First name begins with I
  3. Male
  4. Naturalized American citizen
  5. Dead
  6. Known from the Arts
129

Previous IQs:

Did you share a bed with Queequeg? - Yes, Ishmael, from Moby-Dick
Were you and your brother George noted musicians? - Yes, Ira Gershwin
Did you hope for a new lease on life in an android’s stolen body? - Dr. Ira Graves, in an episode of ST:TNG

DQ:

Best known for the performing arts?

IQs:

Were you a key Clinton White House aide for healthcare reform?
Were you a Clinton White House aide whose ancestor served in FDR’s Cabinet?
Were you that Cabinet secretary?

130

DQs:

  1. Real
  2. First name begins with I
  3. Male
  4. Naturalized American citizen
  5. Dead
  6. Known from the Arts
  7. Not best known as a performer, although he did occasionally
131

IQs:
1. Did you create Amazo?
2. In The Venture Bros., were you an associate of the Sovereign (who either resembles, or is, David Bowie) with explosive powers?
3. Were you a human, not porcine, Texan philanthropist?

132

IQs:

Were you a key Clinton White House aide for healthcare reform?
Were you a Clinton White House aide whose ancestor served in FDR’s Cabinet?
Were you that Cabinet secretary?
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Take 3 DQs. I’m not remembering #3, Ira’s last name.

133

IQs:

  1. Did you create Amazo?
  2. In The Venture Bros. , were you an associate of the Sovereign (who either resembles, or is, David Bowie) with explosive powers?
  3. Were you a human not porcine, Texan philanthropist?
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I am not Prof. Ivo.
Take 2 DQs.

134

IQ1: Did you codify the three laws of robotics in your works?
IQ2: Did you play the violin at a 21rst century US Presidential inauguration?
IQ3: Did you co-write one of David Bowie’s biggest 80s hits?

135

Ira Magaziner, Harold Ickes, and an earlier Harold Ickes (his grandfather, I think)

DQs:

Best known as an impresario?
Born in Europe?
Died since 2000?

IQs:

Do you host NPR’s Science Friday?
Did you found the Society of Jesus?
Pretending to be a villain, did you offer a choice between cake or death?

136
  1. I am not Isaac Asimov.
  2. I am not Itzhak Perlman.
  3. I am not Iggy Pop (??)
137

DQs:

  1. Real
  2. First name begins with I
  3. Male
  4. Naturalized American citizen
  5. Dead
  6. Known from the Arts
  7. Not best known as a performer, although he did occasionally
  8. Not an impresario
  9. Born in Europe
  10. Died before 2000
138
  1. Take a DQ.
  2. I am not Ignatius.
  3. I am not Eddie Izzard.
139

2 was Iggy Pop; 3 was Ima Hogg.

DQs:
1. known from acting?
2. died after 1950?

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DQs:

  1. Real
  2. First name begins with I
  3. Male
  4. Naturalized American citizen
  5. Dead
  6. Known from the Arts
  7. Not best known as a performer, although he did occasionally
  8. Not an impresario
  9. Born in Europe
  10. Died before 2000
  11. Died after 1950.

DLR, take another DQ, since your “Known from acting” would be included in #7.