Botticelli - August 2019

Thread Games
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Dunno, dunno, and not Bartholomew Cubbins.

Dunno, not Theda Bara, and not Bam-Bam Rubble.

Not Matt Groening’s Bongo, dunno, and not Boutros-Boutros Ghali.

B.

  1. fictional
  2. male
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IQ1: Are you QB for the Cleveland Browns?
IQ2: Were you released by the Jacksonville Jaguars and now signed up to be backup QB to Jared Goff for the LA Rams?
IQ3: Are you QB for the New Orleans Saints?

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IQs:

  1. Did you play Captain Jack Harkness on Doctor Who?
  2. Were you known as “the It Girl”?
  3. Are you an adopted caveboy who grew up to marry your next door neighbor?
    Dunno, not Theda Bara, and not Bam-Bam Rubble.

#1 was John Barrowman.
#2 was Clara Bow. Theda was “the Vamp”.
#3 is, indeed, Bamm-Bamm.

DQs:

  1. Created after 1900?
  2. Created by an American or Americans?
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IQs:

  1. Did you write The Pilgrim’s Progress?
  2. Did you compose White Christmas?
  3. Did Alex Trebek recently state he thought you were his likely successor as host of Jeopardy?
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Dunno x3.

Not Bunyan, Berlin or… Bob Hoskins? (wildass guess).

B.

  1. fictional
  2. male
  3. created after 1900
  4. created by an American or Americans
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IQs:

  1. Did you write The Pilgrim’s Progress?
  2. Did you compose White Christmas?
  3. Did Alex Trebek recently state he thought you were his likely successor as host of Jeopardy?
    Not Bunyan, Berlin or… Bob Hoskins? (wildass guess).

Correct on 1 and 2.

Alex said the person following him would have to be, in these days, a smart, witty, young woman, so it’d have to be… Betty White.

DQ: Originally from a work of prose fiction?

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That’s Doug “Bongo Boy, the Subway Fugitive, Not A Slave To Fashion” Berman, if you please.

:smiley:

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2 was Rachel Brosnahan; 3 was Ban Ki-moon (Boutros Boutros-Ghali was in office until the end of 1996).

DQs:

  1. first name starts with B?
  2. created before 1960?
    IQs:
  3. Do all the downtown ladies call you “treetop lover”, and all the men just call you “sir”?
  4. Are you a ten-year-old detective from Idaville?
  5. Did you lead the Iceni against the Romans?
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IQs:

  1. Did you write Kitchen Confidential?
  2. Are you a cartoon bear who rode a unicycle?
  3. Were you Attorney General under Pres. Lincoln?
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Baker Mayfield, Blake Bortles, Drew Brees

DQ: Originally from a novel?

holding 2 DQs

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Not Bad Bad Leroy Brown, Encyclopedia Brown or Boadicea Brown. Er, just Boadicea.

Not Anthony Bourdain, Yogi Bear (probably wrong) or Edward Bates.

B.

  1. fictional
  2. male
  3. created after 1900
  4. created by an American or Americans
  5. originally from a work of prose fiction
  6. last name starts with B
  7. created after 1960
  8. originally from a novel
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DQ: Adapted to TV/streaming?

holding a DQ

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IQs:

  1. Did you write Kitchen Confidential?
  2. Are you a cartoon bear who rode a unicycle?
  3. Were you Attorney General under Pres. Lincoln?
    Not Anthony Bourdain, Yogi Bear (probably wrong) or Edward Bates.

#1 and 3 are correct. #2 was Disney’s Bongo.

DQ: Protagonist?

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A clean sweep!

IQs:

  1. Do you perform in the concert film Never Say Never?
  2. Are you the protagonist of a series of novels by Robert Ludlum?
  3. Does a comedy routine of yours distinguish between “Jewish” and “goyish”?
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Dunno, not Jason Bourne, and dunno.

B.

  1. fictional
  2. male
  3. created after 1900
  4. created by an American or Americans
  5. originally from a work of prose fiction
  6. last name starts with B
  7. created after 1960
  8. originally from a novel
  9. not adapted to TV/streaming
  10. not the protagonist
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IQs:

  1. Are you a blue cat who hangs around with Top Cat?
  2. Before you married were you known as Elizabeth McBricker?
  3. Did you play Cinnamon Carter on Mission: Impossible?
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IQ1: Are you a former UN Secretary General from South Korea?
IQ2: Are you a former UN Secretary General from Egypt?
IQ3: Are you a rapper who covered “(You) Got What I Need” in 1990?

DQ: Adapted to film?

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1 was Justin Bieber; 3 was Lenny Bruce.

DQs:

  1. novel written before 1990?
  2. antagonist?
    IQs:
  3. Did you star as Liz in the radio show My Favorite Husband?
  4. Were you mentor and inspiration to a Scottish doctor-turned-author?
  5. Did you play Ambassador de Sadesky in Dr. Strangelove?
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Not Blue Cat, dunno, and not Barbara Bain.

Still not Ban Ki-Moon or Boutros Boutros Gali; dunno.

Dunno, not Dr. Joseph Bell, and dunno.

B.

  1. fictional
  2. male
  3. created after 1900
  4. created by an American or Americans
  5. originally from a work of prose fiction
  6. last name starts with B
  7. created after 1960
  8. originally from a novel
  9. not adapted to TV/streaming
  10. not the protagonist
  11. adapted to film
  12. novel written before 1990
  13. an, but not the sole, antagonist
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Biz Markie

DQ: Thriller genre?