Botticelli - August 2018

Thread Games
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Ceelo Greene

DQ: Born before 1950?

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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)
  17. Born before 1950
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Helms ran a notorious TV ad showing white hands crushing a newspaper want-ad because “a less-qualified black got the job that should have been yours, only because of affirmative action,” or words to that effect.

Previous IQs:

Did you sing “Lonely Boy”? - Andrew Gold: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kbgjmmr5vw
Did you sing “Stayin’ Alive”? - Yes, any of the Brothers Gibb
Did you? - Ditto

DQ:

Best known as a soloist?

IQs:

Are you a singer whose last name is one letter off that of a Revolutionary War general?
Are you that general?
Are you a now-disgraced singer who recorded a song long used at sporting events?

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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)
  17. Born before 1950
  18. Best known as a soloist
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Yes, I am the Rev. Al Green! Good job, EH!

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Woohoo - thanks! Racking my brains for singers who fit the clues, and his name just popped into my head.

Other previous IQs:

Are you that [Revolutionary War] general? - Nathanael Greene
Are you a now-disgraced singer who recorded a song long used at sporting events? - Gary Glitter and “Rock and Roll”: Rock and Roll (Gary Glitter song) - Wikipedia

Hmm. Lemme see… our next letter will be

T

Bring it!

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IQs:

  1. Are you Dorothy Gale’s little dog?
  2. Did you write The Wonderful O?
  3. Did you write the hymn Rock of Ages, Cleft to Me?
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I’m not Toto, dunno, and not… Will Thompson?

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#1 was Toto, correct.
#2 is James Thurber.
#3 is Augustus Toplady.

DQs:

  1. Real?
  2. Male?
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IQs:

  1. Did you star in That Girl?
  2. Were you the founder of Wendy’s?
  3. Did you write Idylls of the King?
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IQ1: Are you the quarterback for the New England Patriots?
IQ2: Are you the QB for the Buffalo Bills, with a name that sounds like a steering component?
IQ3: Are you currently serving your third time as starting QB for the Houston Texans?

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Not Marlo Thomas, Dave Thomas or Alfred, Lord Tennyson.

T.

  1. real
  2. male
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Not Tom Brady, dunno and dunno.

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Correct on all three.

IQs:

  1. Are you the title character of a play by Shakespeare?
  2. Are you a different title character of a play by Shakespeare?
  3. In the words of your theme song are you “the undisputed leader of the gang”?
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Not Titus Andronicus, Troilus (or Cressida, for that matter) or… dunno.

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correct, Tyrod Taylor, TJ Yates

DQ: Last name starts with T?
DQ: Living?

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Correct on 1 & 2. (I was thinking of Timon of Athens, and had forgotten Troilus, but no matter.)

#3 is Top Cat.

DQ: American?

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IQs:

  1. I are Tom Bombadil’s equivalent in Bored of the Rings?
  2. Are you one of the title characters in an opera written by P.D.Q. Bach?
  3. Were you Emma Peel’s successor in the TV series The Avengers?
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IQ1: Are you a titular comic strip character sports reporter?
IQ2: Are you a blue clad satirical comic book hero known for the war cry “Spoooooon”?
IQ3: Are you a comic strip high school coach, also the name of Robb Riggle’s character in Modern Family?

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Dunno x3.

Dunno, not The Tick, and dunno.

T.

  1. real
  2. male
  3. last name starts with T
  4. dead
  5. American