Botticelli - August 2019

Thread Games
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1 was Edgar Wallace, 2 was Benjamin Nottingham Webster.

DQ1: Are you a painter, or other visual artist?
DQ2: Are you known for the written word?

202

DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Last name starts with W
  4. Dead
  5. Not American
  6. Not political/military
  7. Died before 1950
  8. Lived most of his life in the 19th Century
  9. Born after 1800
  10. Not a painter or other visual artist
  11. A prolific writer, but best known for the subject of his writings rather than the writings themselves
203

Swept me! Wilson x3.

IQs:

Are you known for your photos of a particular kind of dog?
Did you once travel with a young woman who let her pet snake crawl all over body?
Were you a prominent British abolitionist?

204

#2. I am not Will Smith. (Well, I know his kids have pet snakes.)
Take 2 or 3 DQs.

205

2 was a good guess but is in fact the Whether Man (he never makes up his mind about anything); 3 was Willis O’Brien.

DQs:

  1. European?
  2. born before 1840?
    IQs:
  3. Were you the tallest person in recorded history?
  4. Does your recipe for a large cake begin “Take 40 eggs and divide the whites from the yolks and beat them to a froth”?
  5. Was the first phone call made to you?
206

DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Last name starts with W
  4. Dead
  5. Not American
  6. Not political/military
  7. Died before 1950
  8. Lived most of his life in the 19th Century
  9. Born after 1800
  10. Not a painter or other visual artist
  11. A prolific writer, but best known for the subject of his writings rather than the writings themselves
  12. European
  13. Born before 1840
207

#3 was to Watson (Come here, I need you.),
Take 2 DQs for others.

208

IQ1: Are you one of the authors of the Illiminatus trilogy?
IQ2: Did academy students stand in their chairs reciting the title of one of your poems in Dead Poets Society?
IQ3: Did you direct Dead Poets Society?

209
  1. I am not Robert Anton Wilson.
  2. I am not Walt Whitman.
    Take a DQ for #3.
210

IQs:

IQ1: Are you a poet with the middle name Greenleaf?
IQ2: Did you write a story about an aging painting of an ageless man?
IQ3: Was a search engine named after a fictional butler you wrote about?

211
  1. I am not John G. Whittier.
  2. I am not Oscar Wilde.
  3. I am not P. G. Wodehouse.
212

Peter Weir

DQ: From the British Isles? (that includes all of Ireland)

213

Previous IQs:

Are you known for your photos of a particular kind of dog? - William Wegman, known for his pictures of Weimaraners
Did you once travel with a young woman who let her pet snake crawl all over body? - William Howard Taft, traveling to Asia with Alice Roosevelt, daughter of the President
Were you a prominent British abolitionist? - William Wilberforce

William x3 redux!

DQs:

Best known for a single work?
Won a top prize for his writing?

One DQ reserved.

IQs:

Did you command the USS *Kearsarge *in her famous duel with the Confederate commerce raider CSS Alabama?
Did you command the USS Monitor in her famous duel with the Confederate ironclad CSS Virginia?
Are you AKA Deadpool?

214

DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Last name starts with W
  4. Dead
  5. Not American
  6. Not political/military
  7. Died before 1950
  8. Lived most of his life in the 19th Century
  9. Born after 1800
  10. Not a painter or other visual artist
  11. A prolific writer, but best known for the subject of his writings rather than the writings themselves
  12. European
  13. Born before 1840
  14. British
  15. Not best known for any one piece of writing but for his ideas
  16. He received top honors for his ideas, but not any one piece of writing
215

[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir;21826708
One DQ reserved.

IQs:

Did you command the USS *Kearsarge *in her famous duel with the Confederate commerce raider CSS Alabama?
Did you command the USS Monitor in her famous duel with the Confederate ironclad CSS Virginia?
Are you AKA Deadpool?[/QUOTE]

#3. I am not Wade Wilson. Take 2 DQs.

216

There’s one name that stands out in my mind, who goes by three names, the middle one beginning with W. I just want to make sure the Prof doesn’t consider a middle name to be part of a last name. Ex: C. Estes Kefauver = last name K, not last name E.

I’m pretty sure Prof would have said “Middle name begins with W” if that were the case, but I have to ask these types of questions to Project Managers at work, each of whom have their own unique interpretations of reality. Plus, I’m still pissed Ireland = British Isles minus UK.

217

The W’s not the middle name, it’s the surname. Ireland isn’t British (well, Northern Ireland is). Ask 'em.

218

Ireland - all of it - is generally considered part of the British Isles, though, as KO noted: British Isles - Wikipedia

Previous IQs:

Did you command the USS Kearsarge in her famous duel with the Confederate commerce raider CSS Alabama? - Capt. John A. Winslow
Did you command the USS Monitor in her famous duel with the Confederate ironclad CSS Virginia? - Capt. John L. Worden
Are you AKA Deadpool? - Yes, Wade Wilson

DQs:

Best known for writing on an important public issue of his day?
English?

One DQ reserved.

IQs:

Were you a master Ohio woodcarver noted for his intricately-detailed trains?
Did you both precede and succeed Ted Heath as British PM?
Was it joked that you reported LIVE FROM THE MOON?

219

DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Last name starts with W
  4. Dead
  5. Not American
  6. Not political/military
  7. Died before 1950
  8. Lived most of his life in the 19th Century
  9. Born after 1800
  10. Not a painter or other visual artist
  11. A prolific writer, but best known for the subject of his writings rather than the writings themselves
  12. European
  13. Born before 1840
  14. British
  15. Not best known for any one piece of writing but for his ideas
  16. He received top honors for his ideas, but not any one piece of writing
  17. Known for writings on a scientific subject
  18. Born in Wales, died in Dorset, England
220

#2. I am not Harold Wilson (??).
Take 2 or 3 DQs.