Botticelli - Dec. 2016

Thread Games
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Last month’s thread: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=809395

OK, sportsfans, our new letter is

D

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IQs:

  1. Were you part of a comedy duo with Peter Cook?
  2. Did you have a hit with Calypso?
  3. Did you star in the film Hans Christian Andersen?
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Not Dudley Moore, John Denver or… dunno.

4

Correct, Correct, and Danny Kaye.

DQ: Real?

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Oh, wait a minute, “sportsfans”, eh?

  1. Was the movie bio of you titled Pride of St. Louis?
  2. Were you #1’s brother, another athlete?
  3. Were you an Olympic pairs skater with Jayne Torvill?
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Dunno x2; not Firstnameunknown Dean.

D.

  1. fictional
7

The Dean brothers #1 Dizzy, #2 Daffy. Correct on Christopher Dean.

DQs:

  1. Male?
  2. From TV or movies?
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D.

  1. fictional
  2. male
  3. has appeared on TV and in movies
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IQs:

  1. Are you mentioned in David Essex’s hit Rock On?
  2. Did you play Superman in Lois and Clark: The Adventures of Superman?
  3. Did you have a hit with That’s Amore?
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IQ1: Were your parents killed due to an equipment failure during a trapeze act?
IQ2: Did you work in a Quick Stop in New Jersey?
IQ3: Were you actually an alien, and possibly Steve Gerber’s best known creation?

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Not Dean Jones, not Dean LNU, and not Dean Martin.

Not Dick Grayson, dunno, and dunno.

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Correct, Dean Cain, Correct. Dean x 6!

DQ: Last name starts with D?

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IQs:

  1. Are you Hugh Lofting’s best known character?
  2. Did you sue Jay Ward unsuccessfully for trivializing your name?
  3. Did you host International Showtime?
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Correct on Greyson, Dante Hicks (Clerks), and Howard the Duck.

DQ1: First publication(in any medium) before 1990?
DQ2: Were you the protagonist in the work you’re best known for?

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IQ1: Were you in the 24½th century?
IQ2: Did you play the role of IQ1?
IQ3: Are your best known relatives two uncles and three nephews?

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IQ1: Were you a member of a rock band created for TV?
IQ2: Are you known for your locker?
IQ3: Were you David Bowie under an early stage name?

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Dunno x3.

Not DUCK DODGERS!, dunno, and dunno.

Not Davy Jones x3.

D.

  1. fictional
  2. male
  3. has appeared on TV and in movies
  4. last name starts with D
  5. first publication (in any medium) before 1990
  6. not the protagonist in the work I’m best known for
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#1 is Doctor Doolittle.
#2 was Durward Kirby (Bullwinkle had the Kerwood Derby for a few episodes).
#3 was Don Ameche.

DQ: First appearance before 1960?

2 DQs reserved.

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Correct, Daffy Duck plays Duck Dodgers ‘in universe’, and Donald Duck’s best known relatives are Uncles Scrooge and Ludwig von Drake, and nephews Huey, Dewey and Louie. Not sure why the aversion to direct descendants in his family tree.

Ducksx4!

DQ1: generally considered a ‘good guy’?

Holding one DQ.

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Correct x3.
IQ1: Were you originally an Italian war orphan adopted by an American soldier?
IQ2: Did you write “We Can Remember It for You Wholesale”?
IQ3: Were you the first commander of the Army of the Ohio?