Botticelli - August 2018

Thread Games
101
  1. I am not Wendy Carlos.
  2. I am not Leonard Cohen.
  3. Take a DQ.

IQ1: I am not Charlie Chan.
IQ2: I am not Jim Corrigan.
IQ3: I am not Crispus Allen.

102

Correct, Correct, and Judy Collins.

DQ: Real?

103

IQs:

  1. Were you the son of Pepin the Short and Bigfoot Bertha?
  2. Did the author Saki write your Chronicles?
  3. Are you the most cocksure character in the tales of Reynard the Fox?
104

Good job, DLR, and welcome!

Previous IQs:

Were you an expatriate American also in Paris at the time of the dedication of the Eiffel Tower? - The painter James McNeil Whistler
Did Tom Hanks play your uncle in a TV skit? - Wayne, from Wayne’s World
Does the same actor traditionally play both your father and your nemesis? - Wendy Darling in *Peter Pan *(Mr. Darling and Capt. Hook)

On to C…

IQs:

Were you the best-known person killed in the Boston Massacre?
Was it said by a foe that you probably wouldn’t steal a hot stove?
Was it said by a friend that you would skin your own mother to make a drum with which to beat your praises?

105
  1. Take a DQ.
  2. Take a DQ.
  3. I am not Chanticleer.

I am not Simon Cameron. Take two DQs.
DQs:

  1. real
106

#1 was Charlemagne.
#2 was Clovis.
Correct on Chanticleer.

DQs:

  1. Male?
  2. Living?
107

Previous IQs:

Were you the best-known person killed in the Boston Massacre? - Crispus Attucks
Was it said by a foe that you probably wouldn’t steal a hot stove? - This was Simon Cameron (may I suggest you always identify which IQs you’re answering?)
Was it said by a friend that you would skin your own mother to make a drum with which to beat your praises? - Winston Churchill, as his political ally David Lloyd George (half-)joked

DQs:

American?
Born since 1950?

IQs:

Did Ed Harris play you in Apollo 13?
Do you play a character with the same last name on Archer?
Did your creator not give you a first name, but you got one in a movie?

108

IQs:

  1. Did you have hits with Drivin’ Me Wild and Testify?
  2. Are you married to John Legend?
  3. Did Bing Crosby call you “the man who invented casual”?
109

IQ1: Were you the main character of a popular classroom computer game, a ringleader of the criminal organization V.I.L.E.?
IQ2: Did Mr. T play you in a Rocky film?
IQ3: Are you the wifebeater-wearing neighbor of Aqua Teen Hunger Force?

110
  1. I am not Gene Kranz (whose name is spelled with a K).
  2. Take a DQ.
  3. Take a DQ.
  1. Take a DQ.
  2. I am not Chrissy Teigen.
  3. Take a DQ.

IQ1: I am not Carmen Sandiego.
IQ2: I am not Clubber Lang.
IQ3: I am not Carl.
DQs:

  1. real
  2. male
  3. dead
  4. not American
  5. born before 1950
111

Previous IQs:

Did Ed Harris play you in Apollo 13? - Right you are; Gene Kranz
Do you play a character with the same last name on Archer? - Slater (voiced by Christian Slater on the FX spy comedy)
Did your creator not give you a first name, but you got one in a movie? - Col. Brandon in Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility was given the first name Christopher only in Emma Thompson’s movie screenplay

DQs:

European?
Last name start with C?

IQs:

Did you play golf with the Dalai Lama?
Did you insist your date call you “Bronco”?
Were you a young friend of the Great Gatsby?

112

#1 is Common.
#2 is correct.
#3 was Perry Como.

DQs:

  1. Born before 1800?
  2. Known from the Arts?
113

Back to sports

IQ1: Are you QB for the Carolina Panthers?
IQ2: Are you QB for the Miami Dolphins?
IQ3: Are you QB for the Oakland Raiders?

114
  1. I am not Carl Spackler.
  2. Take a DQ.
  3. I am not Nick Carraway.

Take three DQs.

DQs:

  1. real
  2. male
  3. dead
  4. not American
  5. born before 1950
  6. European
  7. last name starts with C
  8. Born before 1800
  9. not known from the Arts
115

Cam Newton, Jay Cutler, Derek Carr

DQ: From the UK?
DQ: Known for politics/royalty?

holding a DQ

116

Sorry–8 should be “Born *after *1800.”

117

(corrected) DQs:

  1. real
  2. male
  3. dead
  4. not American
  5. born before 1950
  6. European
  7. last name starts with C
  8. Born after 1800
  9. not known from the Arts
118

DQ: From the UK?
DQ: Known for politics/royalty?

holding a DQ

119

DQs:

  1. real
  2. male
  3. dead
  4. not American
  5. born before 1950
  6. European
  7. last name starts with C
  8. Born after 1800
  9. not known from the Arts
  10. from the UK
  11. not known for politics/royalty
120

IQs:

  1. Did you discover hydrogen?
  2. Did you explore King Tut’s tomb?
  3. Did you write Sylvie & Bruno?