Botticelli - April 2023

Thread Games
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  1. Were you a female character in A Scandal in Bohemia?
  2. Were you Persis Khambatta’s most gamous role?
  3. Were you Michelle Pfeiffer’s character in Ladyhawke?
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Dingdingding! Yes, I am the only woman known to have bested Sherlock Holmes,

Irene Adler

Well done, kitap!

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Thanks; I was hoping it was her or I knew I’d be stumped.

Irene, Ilia, Isabeau.

So… On to …H!

Yes, H

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Very well played, kitap!

IQs:

According to a WWII ditty:

  1. Did you only have one ball?
  2. Did you have two, but they were small?
  3. Did you have something similar?
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IQs:

Have two movies come out in recent years about the mission to kill you?
Are you from Cleveland and named after a now-closed department store?
Were you an early Commissioner of Baseball?

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IQ1: Were you called Beauclerc?
IQ2: Are you the earl of Dumbarton?
IQ3: Were you Catherine Parr’s first husband?

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I am not Hitler, Himmler or take a DQ, and take a DQ.

I am not Ask Heloise (oh, all right, take a DQ), and take 2 more DQs.

Take 3 DQs unless #3 is Henry the Eighth.

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Henry I
Prince Harry
correct


DQ1: Real?
DQ2: Male?


IQ1: Were you followed by Edward and Edward?
IQ2: Were you also followed by Edward and Edward?
IQ3: Were you followed by Richard and John?

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Take 3 more DQs.

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DQs

  1. Real
  2. Male
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Henry III (followed by Edward I and II)
Henry VI (followed by Edward IV and V)
Henry II


DQ1: Living?
DQ2: Known for the Arts?
One DQ reserved.


What the heck…
IQ1: Were you followed by Henry and Edward?
IQ2: Were you followed by Henry and Henry?
IQ3: Were you half of “Tippecanoe and Tyler, Too”?

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I am not Henry 4, Henry 2 or William Henry Harrison.

Or take DQs for what I got wrong.

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DQs

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Living
  4. The Arts made them famous, but not because they are an artist. If that makes sense. Like, um, journalists made Harry Truman famous because he refused to evacuate from his home near Mount St. Helens, not because he was an artist. Does that make sense?
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Henry VII (followed by Henry VIII and Edward VI)
Henry IV (followed by Henry V and VI)
correct


DQ1: American?
Two DQs reserved.

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DQs

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Living
  4. The Arts made them famous, but not because they are an artist. If that makes sense. Like, um, journalists made Harry Truman famous because he refused to evacuate from his home near Mount St. Helens, not because he was an artist. Does that make sense?
  5. Not American
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IQ1: Are you the only recurring character in the original Star Trek series to be named in two episode titles?
IQ2: Was your name added to the credits of the home video release of The Terminator to settle a lawsuit?
IQ3: Were you required to wear the first letter of the alphabet prominently on your person?

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Correct, Correct, and Hermann Goering was the 2nd.

DQ: Born after 1970?

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IQs:

  1. Do you wear a long red velvet ribbon on your tail and yearn to eat fat babies?
  2. Did you play the Tin Woodman in the 1939 movie The Wizard of Oz?
  3. On the highly acclaimed turnip-scented 1950s BBC radio series The Goon Show did you frequently opine sadly that You can’t get the parts any more, you know?
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I am not Hikaru Sulu or take a DQ. Take a DQ. I am not Hester Prynne.

I am not the Hungry Tiger, I am not Jack um… Jack… Take a DQ. Take another DQ.

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Previous IQs:

Have two movies come out in recent years about the mission to kill you? - Not Ask Heloise (good one!), but Reinhard Heydrich, in Anthropoid and The Man with the Iron Heart
Are you from Cleveland and named after a now-closed department store? - Halle Berry
Were you an early Commissioner of Baseball? - Happy Chandler

DQs:

Political/military?
European?
White?

IQs:

Were you Andrew Johnson’s predecessor?
Were you one of The A-Team?
Was Brian Cox the first to play you, a slightly-renamed version of a better-known character?