Botticelli - August 2018

Thread Games
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Jon Gruden, Jay Gruden, Jason Garrett

holding 3 DQs

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DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Last name starts with G
  3. Male
  4. Living
  5. American
  6. Best known for the Arts
  7. Best known for the performing arts
  8. Born before 1964
  9. Has won a top award in his field
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#2. I am not George Meade.
Take 2 DQs.

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Previous IQs:

Did Sherlock Holmes keep a portrait of you at 221B Baker Street? - Gen. Sir George “Chinese” Gordon
Were you the victor of the Battle of Gettysburg? - Yes, Maj. Gen. George G. Meade
Did the actor who played you appear twice in the cast-picnic photo of the film of which you were the protagonist? - George Bailey, in It’s A Wonderful Life. Jimmy Stewart and director Frank Capra ran from one end of the very wide group of people to the other, as the photographer took several shots to form a panorama, so they appear in the final photo twice.

George x3 redux once more!

DQs:

Actor?
Considered handsome?

IQs:

Were you a gossip columnist for the Vatican newspaper?
Did Jesse Helms defeat you in a 1986 campaign widely seen as racist?
Trying to put the best face on a near-fiasco, did a biographer say that you once expected to be surprised?

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DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Last name starts with G
  3. Male
  4. Living
  5. American
  6. Best known for the Arts
  7. Best known for the performing arts
  8. Born before 1964
  9. Has won a top award in his field
  10. Not an actor
  11. Charismatic, but not handsome
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#1. I am not Father Guido Sarducci.
Take 2 DQs.

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DQ: Behind the scenes person? (director, producer, screenwriter)

holding 2 DQs

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Previous IQs:

Were you a gossip columnist for the Vatican newspaper? - Yes, Father (later Monsignor) Guido Sarducci
Did Jesse Helms defeat you in a 1986 campaign widely seen as racist? - Charlotte, N.C. mayor Harvey Gantt
Trying to put the best face on a near-fiasco, did a biographer say that you once expected to be surprised? - U.S. Grant, caught with his pants down at Shiloh

DQ:

Greatest fame before 1980?

One DQ reserved.

IQs:

Was your creator unsure if there were two of your name, or if you’d been reincarnated?
Were you a memorable alien prostitute in the books of Douglas Adams?
Were you SpongeBob’s pet snail?

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DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Last name starts with G
  3. Male
  4. Living
  5. American
  6. Best known for the Arts
  7. Best known for the performing arts
  8. Born before 1964
  9. Has won a top award in his field
  10. Not an actor
  11. Charismatic, but not handsome
  12. Not a behind the scenes person
  13. Greatest fame before 1980
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  1. Take a DQ.
  2. I am not Eccentrica Gallumbits.
  3. I am not Gary.
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DQ: Comedian?

holding a DQ

EH: I remember that election. Helms had toned down his racial rhetoric compared to his earlier days, and I don’t recall him making the election a racial issue, although I could be mistaken. His usual method was to call his opponents the L-word enough to scare all the farmers and gun owners into voting for him.

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DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Last name starts with G
  3. Male
  4. Living
  5. American
  6. Best known for the Arts
  7. Best known for the performing arts
  8. Born before 1964
  9. Has won a top award in his field
  10. Not an actor
  11. Charismatic, but not handsome
  12. Not a behind the scenes person
  13. Greatest fame before 1980
  14. Not a comedian
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DQ: Vocalist?

IQ1: Were you formerly part of duo with Paul Simon?
IQ2: Were you an R&B artist killed by your father in 1984?
IQ3: Did you sing about the "Alice’s Restaurant Massacree”?

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DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Last name starts with G
  3. Male
  4. Living
  5. American
  6. Best known for the Arts
  7. Best known for the performing arts
  8. Born before 1964
  9. Has won a top award in his field
  10. Not an actor
  11. Charismatic, but not handsome
  12. Not a behind the scenes person
  13. Greatest fame before 1980
  14. Not a comedian
  15. Vocalist
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  1. I am not Art Garfunkel.
  2. I am not Marvin Gaye.
  3. I am not Arlo Guthrie.
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IQ1: Are you a jazz artist who plays a bent trumpet?
IQ2: Were you a singer and guitarist for The Grateful Dead until your death in 1995?
IQ3: Are you a soul artist and a former judge on The Voice?

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  1. I am not Dizzy Gillespie.
  2. I am not Jerry Garcia.
    Take a DQ for #3.
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Previous IQs:

Was your creator unsure if there were two of your name, or if you’d been reincarnated? - The Elf-lord Glorfindel, in the writings of J.R.R. Tolkien
Were you a memorable alien prostitute in the books of Douglas Adams? - Yes, Eccentrica Gallumbits, the triple-breasted whore of Eroticon VII - well done!
Were you SpongeBob’s pet snail? - Yes, Gary

DQ:

Rock and roll dude?

IQs:

Did you sing “Lonely Boy”?
Did you sing “Stayin’ Alive”?
Did you?

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DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Last name starts with G
  3. Male
  4. Living
  5. American
  6. Best known for the Arts
  7. Best known for the performing arts
  8. Born before 1964
  9. Has won a top award in his field
  10. Not an actor
  11. Charismatic, but not handsome
  12. Not a behind the scenes person
  13. Greatest fame before 1980
  14. Not a comedian
  15. Vocalist
  16. In the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame (though I personally don’t think of him as a Rocker)
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#1. I thought that was Paul Anka. Take a DQ.
#2-3. I am not Barry, Robin or Maurice Gibb.