Botticelli - December 2014

Thread Games
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#1 was H. L. Mencken.
#2 was Don Marquis.
#3 was John P. Marquand.

DQs:

  1. Alive?
  2. Male?
  3. Known for the Arts, performing or creative?
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IQs:

  1. Did you write Paradise Regained?
  2. Did you compose Night on Bald Mountain?
  3. Did you write The Master and Margarita?
123

DQ Roundup:

  1. Real
  2. First name starts with M
  3. Dead
  4. Male
  5. Not known for the Arts
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I’m going to go ahead and guess John Milton on 1, but it’s probably wrong as I don’t think they wrote many sequels back then.

Take 2 DQs for 2 and 3.

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#1 was indeed John Milton.
#2 was Modest Mussorgsky.
#3 was Mikhail Bulgakov.

DQs:

  1. Died after 1950?
  2. Known for politics or the military?
  3. American?
126

It would appear you have but two DQs, as #1 was answered correctly. Which two would you like to ask?

127
  1. Did you begin the Protestant Reformation in 16th-century Europe?
  2. Were you shot and killed by a neighborhood watch member on February 26, 2012, in Sanford, Florida?
  3. Did you direct Taxi Driver?
128
  1. I’m not Martin Luther
  2. I’m not Treyvon Martin
  3. I’m not Martin Scorcese
129

Oops.
DQs:

  1. American?
  2. Died after 1950?
130

DQ Roundup:

  1. Real
  2. First name starts with M
  3. Dead
  4. Male
  5. Not known for the Arts
  6. Not an American[SUP]1[/SUP]
  7. Died before 1950
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Ooo, a Botticelli footnote!

IQs:

Did you write “A Mighty Fortress Is Our God”?
Did you perform at the 1939 Atlanta premiere of Gone with the Wind?
Were you Frasier and Niles’s ex-cop dad?

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hmm… I’m guessing Cotton Mather on the first
take a DQ on the second
I remember the character but I’m unsure of his given name… was he Martin Crane?

133

IQ1: Are you and fellow Grateful Dead drummer Bill Kreutzmann known as “the rhythm devils”?
IQ2: Are you a drummer for T. Rex who shares the name of a knockout drink?
IQ3: Were you considered part of the Jewish Mafia along with Meyer Lansky and Bugsy Siegel?

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IQs:

  1. Did you star in I Was A Teenage Werewolf?
  2. Were you the title character in a juvenile musical written by Paul Williams?
  3. Did you hang around with Secret Squirrel?
135

Col Francis Marion.
Correct on Mighty Mouse.
Manny, the mammoth in the Ice Age films.
DQ1: European?
DQ2: Best known for military and/or political work?
IQ1: Did Stephen of Blois fight you for a top job?
IQ2: Are you known for your work with peas?
IQ3: Did you have a 12-string guitar that was like nothing David Allan Coe ever heard?

136

IQ1) Were you the older sister of King Arthur?

IQ2) Do you have a jackknife that you keep out of sight?

IQ3) Did you hit a famous walkoff homer over Yogi Berra’s head at Forbes Field?

137

As you said, Marilyn Monroe
As you said, Marilyn Manson
As you said, Marilyn vos Savant

I just realised I forgot to tell everyone who the mermaid LL was - Lori Lemaris.

1: Were you the highest ranking person taken prisoner by Henran Cortez?
2: Were you the Red Baron?
3: Did you unexpectedly become Thane of Cawdor?

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Take a DQ for 1 and 3, I’m guessing Mickey Finn for IQ2.

139

… and that’s a complete blank. Take 3 DQs.

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hmm… blanking on 1 and 3, was IQ2 Mandel, of genetics fame?