Botticelli - August 2017

Thread Games
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New letter is F!

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July thread: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=830481

IQs:

Did your dad have your best friend shot before your very eyes when the two of you tried to run away from home?
Were you Lilith and Frasier’s only son?
Did you design Central Park?

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IQs:

  1. Were you married to Lee Majors?
  2. Was “Fart proudly” one of many quotations attributed to you?
  3. Are you the hero of the Sharknado series?
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Never heard of Stefan Edberg – now that I have, should I be impressed?
IQ1: Were you the wonderful, wonderful cat?
IQ2: Were you really Rufolf Wanderone?
IQ3: Did your brother lose his new coat whilst raiding a garden?

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take 3 DQs

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not Farrah Fawcett, DQ, DQ

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It’s a four-syllable name that almost rhymes, so it’s easy to remember.

not Felix, DQ DQ

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Correct on #1.
#2 was Ben Franklin.
#3 is Fin Shepard.

DQs:

  1. Real?
  2. Last name starts with F?
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IQs:

  1. Do you hunt wabbits?
  2. Did you host the original Candid Camera?
  3. Were you the barber on The Andy Griffith Show?
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Correct.
Minnesota Fats.
Flopsy (The Tale of Peter Rabbit).
DQ1: Male?
One DQ reserved.

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DQ cauldron

  1. Fictional
  2. First name starts with F
  3. Male
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not Elmer Fudd eheheheheh, not Alan Funt, not Floyd D. Barber

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Correct on Elmer, Alan and Floyd Lawson.

IQs:

  1. Did you write Giant and Show Boat?
  2. Did you write about life in Yoknapatawpha County?
  3. Were you a POTUS before Lincoln who is often remembered mainly for being a drunkard?
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DQ, DQ, not Franklin Pierce

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#1 was Edna Ferber.
#2 was William Faulkner.
Correct on #3.

DQs:

  1. Created by an American author or authors?
  2. Created after 1899?
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DQ cauldron

  1. Fictional
  2. First name starts with F
  3. Male
  4. Not created by an American author or authors
  5. Created after 1899
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DQ: Originally from prose fiction?
IQ1: Was he your man, but he done you wrong?
IQ2: Were you one of a set of Stratemeyer twins?
IQ3: Were you the other one?

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Well, he was a world-famous tennis powerhouse in his day, but whether or not you’re impressed is up to you.

Previous IQs:

Did your dad have your best friend shot before your very eyes when the two of you tried to run away from home? - Frederick the Great
Were you Lilith and Frasier’s only son? - Frederick Crane, on Frasier
Did you design Central Park? - Frederick Law Olmsted

Frederick x3!

DQs:

Created after 1950?
Created by European(s)?
Considered a “good guy”?

IQs:

Were you Earl Warren’s predecessor as Chief Justice of the United States?
Were you the best-known person to live just off the campus of Carnegie Mellon University?
Were you a longtime CBS News official with a jovial last name?

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DQ cauldron

  1. Fictional
  2. First name starts with F
  3. Male
  4. Not created by an American author or authors
  5. Created after 1899
  6. Originally from prose fiction
  7. Created after 1950
  8. Created by European(s)
  9. Considered a “good guy”
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3 DQs