Botticelli - August 2012

Thread Games
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…anyone else?

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Looks like I still have a DQ outstanding.

Correct on Harrison and Gandhi. The third was Gary Coleman, whose parents somehow ended up with the lion’s share of Coleman’s earnings from his work, leaving Coleman nearly destitute in later years.

DQ: Male or female?

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IQ1: Do you want to rock 'n roll all night, and party every day?

IQ2: Did you play a character whose best friend was a soldier (who was a whiz at playing ping-pong), shrimp boat captain (who made a fortune in shrimping), and businessman (who invested in some kind of fruit company)?

IQ3: Did you originally call the TV show you became known for, “Wagon Train to the Stars”?

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I’m not Gene Simmons of KISS, Gary Sinise of Forrest Gump or Gene Roddenberry, creator of Star Trek.

G.

  1. First name begins with G
  2. Real
  3. American
  4. Not a political figure
  5. Sorta known for contribution to the arts
  6. Not an athlete
  7. Dead
  8. Not involved in the business side (producing, promoting, managing, etc.) of an artistic endeavor
  9. Not known more for contributions to another field than for the arts
  10. Contribution to the arts was primary claim to fame
  11. Died before 2000
  12. Male
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IQ: Were you in a band with your brothers?

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Got me. Take a DQ.

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I was thinking Greg Allman.

DQ: Is your field Music?

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G.

  1. First name begins with G
  2. Real
  3. American
  4. Not a political figure
  5. Sorta known for contribution to the arts
  6. Not an athlete
  7. Dead
  8. Not involved in the business side (producing, promoting, managing, etc.) of an artistic endeavor
  9. Not known more for contributions to another field than for the arts
  10. Contribution to the arts was primary claim to fame
  11. Died before 2000
  12. Male
  13. Not musical
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IQ1: Was your friendship with a dying teammate immortalized in a 1971 movie?
IQ2: Giggity giggity… giggity goo?
IQ3: Did you coin the term “cyberspace” in a fictional work?

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IQ 1: Do you murder watermelons for fun and profit?
IQ 2: Are you an actor famous for your extremely annoying voice?
IQ 3: Should I show you the money?

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Brian’s Song, but I forget the name of the player. Take a DQ.
I’m not Greg Quagmire.
Not William Gibson.

Not Gallagher.
Not Gilbert Gottfried.
Not Cuba Gooding Jr.

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Brian Piccolo’s teammate on the Bears was Gale Sayers. It’s Glen Quagmire, not Greg, but I’ll let that one go.

DQ: Were you a writer?

IQ1: Are you less than pleased when you recall your time as governor of California?
IQ2: Were you known locally as “the Iron Lady” before Margaret Thatcher?
IQ3: Did your sister Nell have an unfortunate encounter with a rodent in 1969?

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Not the ousted Gray Davis.
Dunno about an earlier Iron Lady, nor Nell’s sibling. Two DQs.

G.

  1. First name begins with G
  2. Real
  3. American
  4. Not a political figure
  5. Sorta known for contribution to the arts
  6. Not an athlete
  7. Dead
  8. Not involved in the business side (producing, promoting, managing, etc.) of an artistic endeavor
  9. Not known more for contributions to another field than for the arts
  10. Contribution to the arts was primary claim to fame
  11. Died before 2000
  12. Male
  13. Not musical
  14. Writer
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IQ: Did your last name lend itself to an adjective about omnipotent government?

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Golda Meir was called the Iron Lady of Israel, and Gil Scott-Heron described his sister’s rat encounter in Whitey on the Moon.

DQ: Were you born before 1900?
DQ: Were you a novelist?

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Hmm. Gil Scott-Heron seems a lukewarm supporter, at best, of the U.S. space program.

No, I’m not George Orwell.

G.

  1. First name begins with G
  2. Real
  3. American
  4. Not a political figure
  5. Sorta known for contribution to the arts
  6. Not an athlete
  7. Dead
  8. Not involved in the business side (producing, promoting, managing, etc.) of an artistic endeavor
  9. Not known more for contributions to another field than for the arts
  10. Contribution to the arts was primary claim to fame
  11. Died before 2000
  12. Male
  13. Not musical
  14. Writer
  15. Born after 1900
  16. Not a novelist
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IQ1: Did you awake one morning to find yourself transformed into a giant insect?
IQ2: Is your influence seen in both the Nation of Islam and Rastafari?
IQ3: Did a famous hit from Chuck Bednarik knock you out of football for a year?

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Hmm. “Franz Kafka” doesn’t start with a G. Dunno the fictional character’s name. Or is it just “G.”?
Dunno the other two, either. Take two (or three) DQs.

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Gregor Samsa was the character’s name. The other two were Marcus Garvey and Frank Gifford.

Hmm… I’m not sure about DQs.
DQ1: Are you a poet?
DQ2: Were you born before 1950?

Anyone else want to use my third DQ? Is there even anyone else here?

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I’m still here, but scratching my head over this one. Maybe something will come of your DQs–let’s see.