Botticelli - Dec 2020

Thread Games
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  1. I am not Sheb Woolley.
  2. I am not Waylon Jennings.
  3. I am not Willie Nelson.
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I’ll take one of EH’s DQs:

Biggest hit before 1970?

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IQ1: Did you play an evil record producer in Phantom of the Paradise?
IQ2: Did a former US president allegedly wave at you during a performance, despite the fact that there was no possible way you could see him?
IQ3: Did you write The Mouse That Roared?

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[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:259, topic:927225”]
DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Living
  4. American
  5. Born before 1970
  6. Known from the arts
  7. Born before 1950
  8. Known for music
  9. Last name starts with W
  10. Instrumentalist - he sang, too, but he’s mostly remembered for being an instrumentalist
  11. Known for rock or pop
  12. Not a part of a band
  13. Grammy winner
  14. Generally remembered as a one hit wonder
  15. Greatest fame before 2000
  16. Greatest hit before 1980
  17. Hit song not related to Christmas
  18. Best known for playing a stringed instrument
  19. Best known for playing a guitar.
  20. Biggest hit before 1970
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IQ1: Did you play an evil record producer in Phantom of the Paradise ?
IQ2: Did a former US president allegedly wave at you during a performance, despite the fact that there was no possible way you could see him?
IQ3: Did you write The Mouse That Roared ?
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#1. I am not Paul Williams.
#2. I am not Stevie Wonder.
#3. I have read that book, but have forgotten. Take a DQ.

That’s over 20 DQs, so no more IQ’s please.
Please ask all DQs by noon EST tomorrow.

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Yes, Yes, Leonard Wibberley

DQ: Biggest hit is an instrumental song?

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DQ: Best known for a movie soundtrack?

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DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Living
  4. American
  5. Born before 1970
  6. Known from the arts
  7. Born before 1950
  8. Known for music
  9. Last name starts with W
  10. Instrumentalist - he sang, too, but he’s mostly remembered for being an instrumentalist
  11. Known for rock or pop
  12. Not a part of a band
  13. Grammy winner
  14. Generally remembered as a one hit wonder
  15. Greatest fame before 2000
  16. Greatest hit before 1980
  17. Hit song not related to Christmas
  18. Best known for playing a stringed instrument
  19. Best known for playing a guitar.
  20. Biggest hit before 1970
  21. Biggest song is an instrumental song
  22. Not best known for a movie soundtrack
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Well darn, it’s not the Dueling Banjos guy then.

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Are you Mason Williams (Classical Gas)?

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Yes! I am Mason Williams!
Comedy writer, discoverer of Steve Martin, and genius musician.

Good job, kitap!

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Congrats, kitap!

IQ wrap-up:

1 (“outsider” musician) was Wesley Willis; 2 was indeed Wilson.

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Yay!

Next up: I am

N!!

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IQs:

  1. Are you a saint whose feast day was December 6th?
  2. Did you and your wife solve the mystery of The Thin Man?
  3. Are you the above-mentioned wife?
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Good job, kitap and Prof. P. Hadn’t known about the Mason Williams/Steve Martin connection: Mason Williams - Wikipedia

N it is.

IQs:

Were you one of George Washington’s top generals?
Did Daniel Day-Lewis bear this name, changed from the original work of fiction, in a movie?
Did you pick up the unwelcome nickname “Commissary”?

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IQs:
1. Did your role on a 60s TV show inspire a young Whoopi Goldberg, who then went on to appear in a show in the same universe?
2. Did Marion Crane stay at your motel?
3. In the first Jeeves story, does Jeeves call you (after Bertie has been encouraged to read your works) “fundamentally unsound”?

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IQ1: Are you a guitarist whose amps go to 11?
IQ2: Does an old Vulcan proverb say only you could go to China?
IQ3: Hens love roosters, geese love ganders, everyone else loves [you]?

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IQ1: Are you head coach of the Chicago Bears?
IQ2: Are you QB for the New England Patriots?
IQ3: Are you a reporter for the Daily Bugle who was brainwashed into becoming The Hobgoblin?

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I am not Saint Nicholas, Nick Charles or Nora Charles.

Take 3 DQs.

I am not Nichelle Nichols, Norman Bates and take a DQ.

I am not Nigel Tufnel, Richard Nixon or Naughty Nanette?? Or take a DQ.

Take two DQs and I am not Norman Osborne. Or take a third DQ.

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IQ1: Did you play an Army officer who later became the lead prosecutor in the trial of Sirhan Sirhan?
IQ2: Did Ron Livingston play you in that same show?
IQ3: Did you write about Kaththea and her brothers, Kyllan and Kemoc?