Botticelli August 2022

Thread Games
201

DQs:
1. male
2. real
3. last name starts with Y
4. living
5. born before 1970
6. known for the Arts
7. American
8. born after 1950
9. best known for the performing arts
10. has acted, not best known for it
11. Caucasian
12. known for music, including singing
13. has often indirectly performed rock/pop, but likely when you think of him it’s in a different category
14. has won multiple Grammies
15. has a band, the band isn’t really well-known
16. first name starts with A-M
17. most successful after the 1970s
18. not known for country music, has indirectly performed a country rock song and a country pop song, has also performed two original country-esque songs
19. second letter of last name is A or E
20. known for parodies and novelty songs
21. accordion player

OK, I think all DQs have been asked, so please get in your final guesses by 5:30PM EDT today (Friday).

202

Pretty sure I know who it is, but the Prof got there first, so…

203

Oh, go ahead and guess.

204

Meh. I’ve already done a few games recently (L, K, and F).

205

Ah, very well.

Art thou Weird Al Yankovic?

206

Verily, I am indeed the one and only “Weird Al” Yankovic, the man from UHF!

Next game goes to the Prof.

207

and on to…

208

Ah, of course! Good one.

On to A….

IQs:

Did you lose at Fredericksburg?
Did you, according to Heinlein, end up at Mt. Shasta?
Did you claim a closer relationship with Ike than was actually true?

209

IQ1: Were you the youngest March sister?
IQ2: Did God change your name to Abraham?
IQ3: Did you say that you wanted to see Mr Watson?

210

IQ1: Did “Eye-gore” think he used your brain in Dr “Fronkensteen”'s creation?
IQ2: Were you Jim Rockford’s former cellmate?
IQ3: Did you famous for being famous, buying billboard space throughout Southern California in the 1980s?

211

IQs:
IQ1: Did you write the Animorphs series?
IQ2: Were you college roommates with Tommy Lee Jones?
IQ3: What’s it all about?

212

Take 3 DQs.

#1. I am not Amy.
#2. I am not Abram.
#3. I am not Alexander Graham Bell.

#1. I am not Abby Normal.
Take 2 DQs.

#3. I am not Alfie.
Take 2 DQs.

213

Bah.

IQ1: Were you obnoxious and disliked?
IQ2: Did you write Watership Down?
IQ3: Were you an NCO stationed at Ft Courage?

214

1 was K.A. Applegate; 2 was Al Gore.

DQs:
1. real?
2. female?

215

#1. I am not John Adams.
#2. I am not Richard Adams.
#3. Take a DQ for this Adams.

216

DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Male
217
  1. Correct
  2. Correct
  3. Cpl Agarn


DQ: Known for the Arts?

218

Previous IQs:

Did you lose at Fredericksburg? - Gen. Ambrose Burnside
Did you, according to Heinlein, end up at Mt. Shasta? - Ambrose Bierce
Did you claim a closer relationship with Ike than was actually true? - historian Stephen Ambrose

Ambrose x3!

DQs:

American?
Living?
Last name start with A?

IQs:

Did Lorne Greene play you, an officer, first?
Did you legendarily sulk in your tent?
Was the Owl Ship named after you?

219

Correct
Angel Martin, from The Rockford Files
Angelyne, subject of a recent bio-miniseries on one of the streaming services.

Holding 2 DQs

220

IQs:
1. Were you White House communications director for ten days?
2. Do you not appear in Clerks, though you’re in Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Dogma, and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (as both your character in Chasing Amy and yourself)?
3. Do you also appear in Dogma, as God–a silent role, so ironically you don’t get to sing?