Botticelli -- Aug 2020

Thread Games
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Not whom I had in mind, but…
Lady Jane Grey.
:white_check_mark: (Julia)


Died after 1950?


IQ1: Were you a noted 20th-century female American dancer and choreographer?
IQ2: Did you marry Mary of Teck?
IQ3: Did you marry Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon?

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SCAdian, you can rephrase for the “Not whom I had in mind” question, if you like.

Previous IQs:

Were you maybe an orc general, but maybe not? - Gothmog, one of Sauron’s otherwise-undescribed lieutenants in LOTR
Were you the Lady of Lothlorien? - Yes, Galadriel the Elf
Were you her biggest, but shortest, admirer? - Yes, Gimil the Dwarf

DQ:

American?

IQs:

Were you but a humble tailor on DS9?
Did you play gentleman bank-robber Jack Foley in an Elmore Leonard adaptation?
Were you Chuck Yeager’s sweetie back in the day?

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Psst–hey, Prof.–you missed my IQs in post #57.

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  1. I am not Elmyra Gulch.
  2. I am not Guy Fawkes.
  3. Take a DQ.
65

[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:60, topic:916645”]
DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Female
  3. Last name starts with G
  4. Dead
  5. Known for the Arts
  6. American
  7. Died after 1950
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Take 3 DQs.

Take 3 DQs.

67

Previous IQs:

Were you but a humble tailor on DS9? - Garak, the Cardassian semi-reformed spy on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Did you play gentleman bank-robber Jack Foley in an Elmore Leonard adaptation? - George Clooney, in Out of Sight (great movie BTW)
Were you Chuck Yeager’s sweetie back in the day? - The namesake of this jet, the Glamorous Glennis: Bell X-1 - Wikipedia

DQs:

Actress?
Considered a beauty?
Won a top award in her field?

IQs:

Are you the best-known person to hail from New Rumley, Ohio?
Did Hugh Laurie suggest the title of your best-known song?
Are you the person who sang it in a recent hit movie?

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[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:65, topic:916645”]
DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Female
  3. Last name starts with G
  4. Dead
  5. Known for the Arts
  6. American
  7. Died after 1950
  8. Actress
  9. Considered a beauty
  10. Won at least one top award in her field
69

Take 3 DQs.

70

Previous IQs:

Are you the best-known person to hail from New Rumley, Ohio? - George Armstrong Custer
Did Hugh Laurie suggest the title of your best-known song? - King George III, “You’ll Be Back,” in Hamilton
Are you the person who sang it in a recent hit movie? - Jonathan Groff

DQs:

Best known for films?
Died after 2000?

One DQ reserved.

IQs:

Did you give a three-sentence speech at a political dinner in your honor?
Were you security chief on Babylon 5?
Did Ed Harris play you in The Right Stuff?

71

3 (worked on the 1980s Twilight Zone and Beauty and the Beast, wrote some unmade TV pilots, decided to focus on novels) was George R.R. Martin.

One DQ reserved.

IQs:
1. Are you the businessman/banker suspect in Clue?
2. Are you the creation of Art Clokey?
3. Were you born Goyathlay, though you’re better known by a Spanish name?

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Martha Graham.
George V.
George VI.


DQ1: Notable husband?
Two DQs reserved.

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[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:68, topic:916645”]
DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Female
  3. Last name starts with G
  4. Dead
  5. Known for the Arts
  6. American
  7. Died after 1950
  8. Actress
  9. Considered a beauty
  10. Won at least one top award in her field
  11. Best known for films
  12. Died before 2000
  13. No notable husband
74

#1. I am not Galvin Goolidge. Okay, take a DQ.
#2. Take a DQ.
#3. I am not Gus Grissom. (??)

#1. I am not Mr. Green.
#2. I am not Gumby.
#3. Take a DQ.

75

DQ1: Died after 1975?
DQ2: Best known for comedies?

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DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Female
  3. Last name starts with G
  4. Dead
  5. Known for the Arts
  6. American
  7. Died after 1950
  8. Actress
  9. Considered a beauty
  10. Won at least one top award in her field
  11. Best known for films
  12. Died before 2000
  13. No notable husband
  14. Died after 1975
  15. Not really known for comedies
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Previous IQs:

Did you give a three-sentence speech at a political dinner in your honor? - Golda Meir. It ran very long, the story goes, and she got up at the end and flatly said, “It’s late. We’re all tired. Let’s go home.”
Were you security chief on Babylon 5? - Michael Garibaldi
Did Ed Harris play you in The Right Stuff ? - Not Gus Grissom, but John Glenn (a strong resemblance, too)

DQs:

Won an Oscar?
Greatest fame before 1945?

Two DQs reserved.

IQs:

Were you an actress with the same name, plus one letter, as an actor renowned for playing a grandfather?
Have you played a lover, a nurse, a hotel worker and the Vice President of the United States?
Were you mentioned in a New Yorker cartoon about the Hitler-diary hoax?

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[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:76, topic:916645, full:true”]
DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Female
  3. Last name starts with G
  4. Dead
  5. Known for the Arts
  6. American
  7. Died after 1950
  8. Actress
  9. Considered a beauty
  10. Won at least one top award in her field
  11. Best known for films
  12. Died before 2000
  13. No notable husband
  14. Died after 1975
  15. Not really known for comedies
  16. Won an Honorary Academy Award
  17. Greatest fame before 1945
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Take 3 DQs.

80

Previous IQs:

Were you an actress with the same name, plus one letter, as an actor renowned for playing a grandfather? - Germaine Greer / Will Geer from The Waltons
Have you played a lover, a nurse, a hotel worker and the Vice President of the United States? - Glenn Close, in Fatal Attraction, The World According to Garp, Albert Nobbs and Air Force One
Were you mentioned in a New Yorker cartoon about the Hitler-diary hoax? - The cartoon showed a bunch of tweedy academics sitting around a conference table with ivy growing on the walls outside. One of them is reading aloud from a thick manuscript, “When I conquer America I must meet the actress Betty Grable. What a tomato!”

DQ:

Known for the manner of her death?
Won her Oscar before 1955?

Three DQs reserved.