Botticelli - August 2019

Thread Games
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Previous IQs:

Were you a master Ohio woodcarver noted for his intricately-detailed trains? - David Warther
Did you both precede and succeed Ted Heath as British PM? - Yes, Harold Wilson
Was it joked that you reported LIVE FROM THE MOON? - Brian Williams, after being caught overstating his past experiences as a journalist: https://awesomejelly.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/brian3.jpg

DQs:

Knighted?
Died before 1900?

One DQ reserved.

Hmmm. Think think think…

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1 (world’s tallest man) was Robert Wadlow; 2 (recipe for a large cake) was Martha Washington.

DQ: wrote about biology?
IQs:

  1. Do you go waltzing with bears?
  2. Would you gladly pay Tuesday for a hamburger today?
  3. Are you a Democratic Party front-runner for president from Massachusetts?

One DQ reserved.

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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
  19. Never knighted
  20. Died after 1900
  21. Wrote about biology

And that’s 20+. I’ll answer DLR’s IQ’s, but everyone please have your final DQ’s asked by noon EDT tomorrow.

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  1. Take a final DQ.
  2. I am not Wimpy.
  3. I am not Elizabeth Warren.
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Darwin, Faraday, Rutherford and Lister are about the only British scientists I know from roughly that era, and none of them is a “W.”

I yield my earned DQ to whoever wishes to ask it.

226

Okay, I’ll ask…

DQ:

Is your work familiar to high school students?

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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
  19. Never knighted
  20. Died after 1900
  21. Wrote about biology
  22. Probably not familiar to high school students.
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Are you Mr. Wedgwood?

229

I looked it up. I wouldn’t have got it.

230

I am not.

231

Ah, but have you heard of him?

232

DQ: first person to write about something?

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Can’t really say that I have, but he looks to be a historical figure worth studying.

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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
  19. Never knighted
  20. Died after 1900
  21. Wrote about biology
  22. Probably not familiar to high school students.
  23. Nearly simultaneously first with another person to write about something.

DLR: It’s down to you. KO’s looked him up, and EH has had his guess.

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Oops, sorry. And atimnie has a guess coming as well.

Please have your final “Are you FirstName LastName?” questions in by 8pm EDT.

236

I have no guess on this one, pass.

237

Final question: Are you Alfred Russell Wallace?

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Yes, I am Alfred Russel Wallace! Well done indeed, De Lar Rue!

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Belated IQ wrap-up: 1 (waltzes with bears) was Uncle Walter.

I am H.

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I knew there had been someone who’d figured out evolution at roughly the same time as Darwin, but didn’t know his name. Here’s more on the guy: Alfred Russel Wallace - Wikipedia

Good job, DLR!

On to H…

IQs:

Were you Lincoln’s first VP?
Were you the most famous fictional person to serve on the board of the Baltimore Symphony?
Were you arguably Carthage’s greatest general?