Botticelli - Aug. 2021

Thread Games
161

1 was Rutherford B. Hayes; 2 was Harry Houdini.

2 DQs reserved.

162

IQs:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Last name starts with H
163

Take 3 DQs.

164

Previous IQs:

Were you “the Rock of Chickamauga”? - Maj. Gen. George Henry Thomas, during the Civil War
Was Beezus your best friend and Ribsy your dog? - Henry Huggins, in the Beverly Cleary books
Did Lt. Cmdr. Data study your wartime leadership? - King Henry V, from the Shakespeare play of the same name, on ST:TNG

Henry x3!

DQs:

American?
Living?
Political/military?

IQs:

Were you originally described as buck-toothed and frizzy-haired?
Were you a little boy living in Rockwell, Maine in the Fifties?
Were you “the Unspeakable” in Lovecraft’s writings?

165

[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:162, topic:947881, full:true”]
IQs:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Last name starts with H
  4. Not American
  5. Dead
  6. Not political/military
166
  1. I am not Huckleberry Finn (??)
  2. I am not Robert Frost (??)
  3. I am not Hastur.
167

IQs

  1. Did JFK call you “the greatest statesman of our century”?
  2. Was your last role that of the headmaster of a unique school?
  3. Did you frequently have a door slamming hallway chase on your show?
168

IQs:
1. Are you an actress who in 2019 plead guilty to charges of college admissions-related mail fraud and did ten days of jail?
2. Did you call history “bunk”, which means you likely wouldn’t do well in this game?
3. As per the recent Heroes Reborn series, are you a Marvel character whose rogues’ gallery includes the super-scientist Dr. Doom, the reality-warping Mr. Beyonder, the brutish backwards-speaking Hulk, and Ultron, the man with the Pym particle heart?

169

IQs

  1. Did JFK call you “the greatest statesman of our century”?
  2. Was your last role that of the headmaster of a unique school?
  3. Did you frequently have a door slamming hallway chase on your show?
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#1. I am not Hubert Humphrey (??).
Take 2 DQs.

#2. I am not Henry Ford. Take 2 DQs.

170

Previous IQs:

Were you originally described as buck-toothed and frizzy-haired? - Not Huck Finn, but Hermione Granger
Were you a little boy living in Rockwell, Maine in the Fifties? - Hogarth Hughes, in The Iron Giant
Were you “the Unspeakable” in Lovecraft’s writings? - Yes, Hastur

DQs:

Best known for the Arts?
European?

IQs:

Were you the younger brother of Lord Melville and a naval friend of Capt. Jack Aubrey?
Did Gene Roddenberry compare Capt. James T. Kirk to you?
Was there an allusion to you in a ship’s name in The Life Aquatic?

171

[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:165, topic:947881”]
IQs:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Last name starts with H
  4. Not American
  5. Dead
  6. Not political/military
  7. Best known for the Arts
  8. European
172
  1. I am not Horatio Hornblower.
  2. I am not Horatio Hornblower.
  3. I am not Horatio Hornblower.

Take 2 DQs. (or 3 if none were Horatio).

173

1 (actress in college admissions scandal) was Felicity Huffman; 3 (Marvel character with villains like those of Superman) was Hyperion.

DQs:
1. died after 1920?
2. from continental Europe?

174

Dag Hammarskjold, Richard Harris, Benny Hill

DQs

  1. Known for the performing arts?

Holding 2 DQs

175

IQs:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Last name starts with H
  4. Not American
  5. Dead
  6. Not political/military
  7. Best known for the Arts
  8. European
  9. Died after 1920
  10. Not from continental Europe
  11. Not known for the performing arts
176

DQs

  1. From England?
  2. Known for written works?
177

[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:175, topic:947881, full:true”]
IQs:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Last name starts with H
  4. Not American
  5. Dead
  6. Not political/military
  7. Best known for the Arts
  8. European
  9. Died after 1920
  10. Not from continental Europe
  11. Not known for the performing arts
  12. English
  13. Writer (of sorts)
178

Previous IQs:

Were you the younger brother of Lord Melville and a naval friend of Capt. Jack Aubrey? - Capt. Heneage Dundas, a real person who occasionally appears in the novels of Patrick O’Brian
Did Gene Roddenberry compare Capt. James T. Kirk to you? - Yes, Horatio Hornblower
Was there an allusion to you in a ship’s name in The Life Aquatic? - Harry Belafonte. Steve Zissou (Bill Murray)'s oceanic research ship is named the Belafonte, an in-joke as to Jacques Cousteau’s ship the Calypso; Belafonte of course sang Calypso music

DQs:

Won a top award in his field?
Greatest fame before 1939?

IQs:

Were you Samwise’s dad?
Were you Remington Steele’s boss?
Were you Norbert’s caregiver?

179

IQs:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Last name starts with H
  4. Not American
  5. Dead
  6. Not political/military
  7. Best known for the Arts
  8. European
  9. Died after 1920
  10. Not from continental Europe
  11. Not known for the performing arts
  12. English
  13. Composer
  14. Noted for turning down awards and honors
  15. Greatest fame before 1939

I re-answered #13 'cause “writer” was too imprecise.

180
  1. I am not Hamfast Gamgee, the Old Gaffer.
  2. I am not Laura Holt.
    Take a DQ for #3.