Botticelli -- Aug 2020

Thread Games
201

1 was Matilda; 2 was Mara Wilson; 3 was Marie Curie.

DQ: first name begins with M?

Two DQs reserved.

202

see above for answers to DQs.

203

:white_check_mark: (Mary II of England)
Mary, Queen of Scots
Michael Rockefeller


DQ: First name starts with M?
Two DQs reserved.

204

DQ: First name starts with M?
DQ: Known for the literary arts?
Two DQs reserved.

205

IQ1: Did you write Thing Explainer?
IQ2: Were you the Penman of the Constitution?
IQ3: Were you #2’s half-brother, who signed the Declaration of Independence?

206

#2. I am not James Madison.
Take 2 DQs.

207

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DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. American
  4. Living
  5. Known for the Arts
  6. Last name starts with M
  7. Known for the literary arts, but better known for the performing arts
208

Randall Munroe.
Gouverneur Morris. ( penman of the constitution - Google Search)
Lewis Morris.


DQ1: Scriptwriter?
DQ2: Actor?
Three DQs reserved.

209

IQs:
1. Did you recently interview your husband for the first episode of your podcast?
2. Are you a 5th-dimensional imp who shows up to bug Superman every so often?
3. Are you the Golden Age Earth-2 equivalent of the above person?

DQ: born after 1970?

One DQ reserved.

210

IQ1: Were you a secondary character in the latest four Elemental Masters books?
IQ2: Did you also appear in those four books?
IQ3: Did you write those four books?

211

[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:207, topic:916645”]
DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. American
  4. Living
  5. Known for the Arts
  6. Last name starts with M
  7. Known for the literary arts, but better known for the performing arts
  8. Scriptwriter/playwright
  9. Actor
  10. Born after 1970
212

#1. Take a DQ.
#2. I am not Mr. Mxyzptlk.
#3 I am not Mr. Myxyztplk. Ha.

Take 3 DQs.

213

IQs:

Did Ralph Fiennes play you in a recent Royal National Theatre production?
Did you command The Citadel after WW2?
Were you McKinley’s kingmaker and later a US senator?

214

Mary (Mrs John) Watson.
Mycroft Holmes.
Mercedes Lackey.


DQ1: Born after 1990?
DQ2: Best known as a film actor?
Three DQs reserved.



BTW, if you like urban fantasy and Sherlock Holmes, I strongly recommend Elemental Masters books 4 and 11-14. #4 is a prequel to the others, set roughly 10-12 years earlier, and introduces the main characters of the other four, which are set during the time Holmes was in hiding after killing Moriarty.

215

[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:211, topic:916645”]
DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. American
  4. Living
  5. Known for the Arts
  6. Last name starts with M
  7. Known for the literary arts, but better known for the performing arts
  8. Scriptwriter/playwright
  9. Actor
  10. Born after 1970
  11. Born before 1990
  12. Not best known as a film actor, though he has appeared in some
216

Take 3 DQs.

217

Previous IQs:

Did Ralph Fiennes play you in a recent Royal National Theatre production? - Mark Anthony, in Shakespeare’s Anthony and Cleopatra
Did you command The Citadel after WW2? - Gen. Mark Clark
Were you McKinley’s kingmaker and later a US senator? - Mark Hanna

Mark x3!

DQs:

Has won a Pulitzer?
Greatest fame before 2000?
Associated with NYC?

IQs:

Did you write Glengarry Glenross?
Were you associated with the American theatre and one of your names was one letter off from that of a Democratic presidential candidate?
Did you play a captain, a vampire’s familiar and an angel?

218

DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. American
  4. Living
  5. Known for the Arts
  6. Last name starts with M
  7. Known for the literary arts, but better known for the performing arts
  8. Scriptwriter/playwright
  9. Actor
  10. Born after 1970
  11. Born before 1990
  12. Not best known as a film actor, though he has appeared in some
  13. Has won a Pulitzer
  14. Greatest fame since 2000
  15. Associated with NYC
219
  1. I am not David Mamet.
  2. I don’t think so. Take a DQ.
  3. Take a DQ.
220

Previous IQs:

Did you write Glengarry Glenross? - Yes, David Mamet
Were you associated with the American theatre and one of your names was one letter off from that of a Democratic presidential candidate? - I thought Moss Hart had an extra “t” on his name, so I withdraw this
Did you play a captain, a vampire’s familiar and an angel? - James Mason, in 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, 'Salem’s Lot and Heaven Can Wait

Two DQs reserved.

IQs:

Did you base your smash musical on a bio by American historian Ron Chernow?
Were you a gangster from Maine who dabbled in the occult?
Did you long play Insp. Adam Dalglish?