Botticelli - August 2017

Thread Games
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3 DQs

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Previous IQs:

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

Fred x3!

DQs:

British character?
Ever appeared in a movie?
In genre fiction (mystery, sf, fantasy, etc.)?

IQs:

Were you a friend of Dumbledore’s who looked forward to dying?
Have you played a Nazi officer, a history professor, a concierge, a gangster and a butler?
Did you lean closer to watch the torpedo that might have killed you?

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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”
  10. Technically a British character, but really something else
  11. Has appeared in a movie
  12. In genre fiction (mystery, sf, fantasy, etc.)
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DQ (not a Harry Potter fan), either Ralph Fiennes or Michael Fassbender; I’ll go with Not Ralph Fiennes, not some tornado watcher from Twister maybe?(DQ)

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IQs:

  1. Are you “nature’s own sergeant” in the Ankh-Morpork Night Watch?
  2. Do you appear in three plays by William Shakespeare?
  3. Do you assist a great dane in solving simplistic mysteries?
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Frankie (“Frankie and Johnny”).
Flossie Bobbsey.
Freddy Bobbsey.
DQ1: Appeared in print in more than one story?
DQ2: First appeared in an English-language publication?
One DQ reserved.

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Previous IQs:

Were you a friend of Dumbledore’s who looked forward to dying? - The very, very long-lived Nicholas Flamel
Have you played a Nazi officer, a history professor, a concierge, a gangster and a butler? - Yes, Ralph Fiennes, in Schindler’s List, Quiz Show, The Grand Budapest Hotel, In Bruges and The Lego Batman Movie
Did you lean closer to watch the torpedo that might have killed you? - Franklin D. Roosevelt, when a torpedo was accidentally launched towards the battleship he was aboard; the President was on deck at the time

DQs:

Was protagonist of the movie?
Movie was a box-office hit?

IQs:

Were you a historian recruited by Bill Clinton to help address the racial divide in America?
According to author Robert Lawson, did a mouse named Amos advise you?
Are you an actress with a name in common with the two people above?

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DQ1: Were you a fictional assassin/spy called “the thinking man’s James Bond”?
DQ2: Were you transported to the future during a nuclear attack, and then sent back to your own time?
DQ3: Were you the valet of a fictional civil engineer?

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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”
  10. Technically a British character, but really something else
  11. Has appeared in a movie
  12. In genre fiction (mystery, sf, fantasy, etc.)
  13. Appeared in print in more than one story
  14. First appeared in an English-language publication
  15. Was a protagonist, but not “the” protagonist
  16. Movie was a modest success, but not a hit
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not Fred Colon, not Falstaff, not Fred from Scooby-Doo

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I may as well make a macro for “Take 3 DQs” for you.

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not Fearless Fosdick(?), DQ DQ

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Previous IQs:

Were you a historian recruited by Bill Clinton to help address the racial divide in America? - John Hope Franklin
According to author Robert Lawson, did a mouse named Amos advise you? - Benjamin Franklin, in Ben and Me (a charming book: Robert Lawson (author) - Wikipedia)
Are you an actress with a name in common with the two people above? - Bonnie Franklin

Franklin x3!

DQs:

Movie released since 2000?
Science fiction movie?

Two DQs reserved.

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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”
  10. Technically a British character, but really something else
  11. Has appeared in a movie
  12. In genre fiction (mystery, sf, fantasy, etc.)
  13. Appeared in print in more than one story
  14. First appeared in an English-language publication
  15. Was a protagonist, but not “the” protagonist
  16. Movie was a modest success, but not a hit
  17. Movie released since 2000
  18. Science fiction movie
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IQs:

  1. Did you battle Ming the Merciless?
  2. Did you jump the shark on Happy Days?
  3. Did you appear prominently in the pages and covers of Not Brand Ecch?
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not Flash Gordon, not Fonzie, not Forbush Man

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Johnny Fedora (~20 novels by Desmond Cory).
Hugh Farnham (Farnham’s Freehold, Robert A Heinlein).
Giles French (Family Affair).
Three DQs reserved.
I think British assassin/spy Fedora and American govt assassin Matt Helm are both far superior to Bond.

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Correct again.

IQs:

  1. Were you a follower of Mr. Natural?
  2. Did you paint The Swing?
  3. Were you a member of Top Cat’s gang?
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All I remember is the Keep On Truckin’ Mr. Natural. Take 3 DQs.

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  1. Flakey Foont.
  2. Jean-Honore Fragonard.
  3. Fancy Fancy.

3 DQs reserved.