Botticelli - August 2017

Thread Games
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Correct, Correct, Thomas Macaulay.

1 DQ reserved.

282

DQ Assemblage

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Living
  4. American
  5. Only name starts with M
  6. Not known for the Arts
  7. Born after 1959
  8. Race not known - most probably white
  9. Not political/military
  10. Not best known for a single incident
283

3 DQs

284

DQ: Known for Sports?

285

Previous IQs:

Did Louis Armstrong, among others, sing of your return? - Mack the Knife
Were you the Nazi assassin in The ODESSA File? - Mackensen
Are you both the subject of a Motown song, and a prominent Cleveland lawyer in real life? - Jimmy Mack

Mack x3!

DQs:

Born after 1980?
Considered handsome?
Greatest fame after 2000?

IQs:

Did Gregory Peck play you, one of his very few villainous roles?
Were you the protagonist of Robert Harris’s Fatherland?
Were you Hercules’s sweetheart in the Disney movie?

286

DQ Assemblage

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Living
  4. American
  5. Only name starts with M
  6. Not known for the Arts
  7. Born after 1959
  8. Race not known - most probably white
  9. Not political/military
  10. Not best known for a single incident
  11. Not known for sports
  12. Born before 1980
  13. Never seen his picture, so don’t know if handsome or not
  14. Greatest fame after 2000
287

3 DQs

288

IQs:

  1. Are you Lois McMaster Bujold’s best known character?
  2. Did you drop ping pong balls on Captain Kangaroo?
  3. Were you Botticelli’s sponsor?
289

Previous IQs:

Did Gregory Peck play you, one of his very few villainous roles? - Dr. Josef Mengele, in The Boys from Brazil
Were you the protagonist of Robert Harris’s Fatherland? - Berlin SS investigator Xavier March
Were you Hercules’s sweetheart in the Disney movie? - Megara

Hmm. Can’t figure out who this is.

DQs:

Best known for business/commerce?
Wealthy today?

One DQ reserved.

IQs:

Did the same man who played you also play a wealthy old fart in Minnesota?
Did you insist that all of your colleagues live with you to enhance collegiality?
Late in life, did you invariably wear white socks with dark suits?

290

DQ Assemblage

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Living
  4. American
  5. Only name starts with M
  6. Not known for the Arts
  7. Born after 1959
  8. Race not known - most probably white
  9. Not political/military
  10. Not best known for a single incident
  11. Not known for sports
  12. Born before 1980
  13. Never seen his picture, so don’t know if handsome or not
  14. Greatest fame after 2000
  15. Not best known for business/commerce
  16. Don’t know state of wealth, but would assume middle class income
291

3 DQs

292

3 DQs

293

Previous IQs:

Did the same man who played you also play a wealthy old fart in Minnesota? - The same actor (whose name escapes me) played Gen. George C. Marshall in Saving Private Ryan and Jerry Lundegaard’s crusty father-in-law in Fargo
Did you insist that all of your colleagues live with you to enhance collegiality? - Chief Justice John Marshall persuaded his Supreme Court colleagues to live in the same Washington boarding house with him
Late in life, did you invariably wear white socks with dark suits? - Thurgood Marshall

Marshall x3!

Hmmm. Can’t figure out who this guy is. I yield my earned DQs, one apiece, to other players.

294

DQ1: Known for science?
DQ2: Born south of the Mason Dixon line?

295
  1. Miles Vorkosigan.
  2. Mr. Moose.
  3. Lorenzo de Medici.

3 DQs reserved.

296

DQ Assemblage

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Living
  4. American
  5. Only name starts with M
  6. Not known for the Arts
  7. Born after 1959
  8. Race not known - most probably white
  9. Not political/military
  10. Not best known for a single incident
  11. Not known for sports
  12. Born before 1980
  13. Never seen his picture, so don’t know if handsome or not
  14. Greatest fame after 2000
  15. Not best known for business/commerce
  16. Don’t know state of wealth, but would assume middle class income
  17. Not known for science
  18. Place of birth not known
297

DQ: Is your name a nickname rather than a given name?

298

DQ Assemblage

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Living
  4. American
  5. Only name starts with M
  6. Not known for the Arts
  7. Born after 1959
  8. Race not known - most probably white
  9. Not political/military
  10. Not best known for a single incident
  11. Not known for sports
  12. Born before 1980
  13. Never seen his picture, so don’t know if handsome or not
  14. Greatest fame after 2000
  15. Not best known for business/commerce
  16. Don’t know state of wealth, but would assume middle class income
  17. Not known for science
  18. Place of birth not known
  19. Goes by nickname
299

A thought: when we ask the question “American?” it is generally understood that we are asking if the person is a citizen of the U.S.A. For clarification, is this your understanding as well, KO?

300

Yes, I mean USA American.