Botticelli - December 2018

Thread Games
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I am not Helen Gurney Brown (2) or Harriet Beecher Stowe (3), but I am Harriet Tubman! Next round goes to the Prof.

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Well, that was just a wild guess. On to:

I am I.

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Way to go, Prof. P.!

Previous IQs:

Were you AKA Leo Walsh? - Harcourt Fenton “Harry” Mudd, on ST:TOS
Did your guards tell you to move back from a window after an attempt had been made on your life? - Yes, Harry Truman, after Puerto Rican assassins attacked Blair House
Was your last name given to a boat in a Wes Anderson movie? - Yes, Harry Belafonte, in The Life Aquatic

Harry x3!

On to I…

IQs:

Was a California college named after you?
Are you the protagonist of A Confederacy of Dunces?
Did you name a character in a novel after a firearms expert who wrote to you to suggest a different weapon for your best-known character?

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#3. I am not Ian Fleming (??). Take 2 or 3 DQs.

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Previous IQs:

Was a California college named after you? - Ignatius Loyola
Are you the protagonist of A Confederacy of Dunces? - Ignatius Reilly
Did you name a character in a novel after a firearms expert who wrote to you to suggest a different weapon for your best-known character? - Yes, Ian Fleming, who then created Maj. Boothroyd, MI6’s armorer

DQs:

Male?
Real?

IQs:

Did you long serve in FDR’s Cabinet?
Were you a top Bill Clinton aide?
Are you a novelist from a prominent Latin American family?

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DQs:

  1. Female
  2. Real
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Take 3 DQs.

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IQs:

  1. Did you design the Louvre Pyramid and JFK Presidential Library?
  2. Did you sign up with the Pequod?
  3. Are you a Russian-born aircraft designer called the father of the helicopter?
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Previous IQs:

Did you long serve in FDR’s Cabinet? - Harold Ickes
Were you a top Bill Clinton aide? - His grandson, I think it was, also named Harold Ickes
Are you a novelist from a prominent Latin American family? - Isabel Allende

DQs:

Living?
American?
First name start with I?

IQs:

Were you one of Sid Caesar’s costars?
Were you known, perhaps more than anything else, for your vast collection of shoes?
Were you Uther’s lover and Arthur’s mother?

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#1. I am not I. M. Pei.
#2. Don’t call me Ishmael.
Take a DQ for #3.

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  1. I am not Imogene Coca.
  2. I am not Imelda Marcos.
  3. I am not Igraine.
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DQs:

  1. Female
  2. Real
  3. Dead
  4. American
  5. First name starts with I
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Swept me!

IQs:

Did Chevy Chase impersonate you in a very hoarse voice over the phone in Fletch?
Were you the racist leader of Rhodesia?
Did your nanny allegedly introduce you, when you were a baby and he was an old man, to the man after whom you were named?

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#2. I am not Ian Smith.
Take 2 DQs.

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Previous IQs:

Did Chevy Chase impersonate you in a very hoarse voice over the phone in Fletch? - Igor Stravinsky
Were you the racist leader of Rhodesia? - Yes, Ian Smith
Did your nanny allegedly introduce you, when you were a baby and he was an old man, to the man after whom you were named? - Washington Irving, and George Washington

DQs:

Best known for the Arts?
Died since 1950?

IQs:

Did you learn your spouse was cheating on you while you were both on a skiing holiday?
Are you the daughter of that person?
Did a Russian write about one day in your life?

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DQs:

  1. Female
  2. Real
  3. Dead
  4. American
  5. First name starts with I
  6. Best known for the Arts
  7. Died before 1950
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#3. I am not Ivan Denisovich.

Take 2 DQs.

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3 was Igor Sikorsky.

IQs:

  1. In Greek mythology, are you a goddess who delivers messages and travels via the rainbow?
  2. Aside from appearing in The Wire, were you named People’s Sexiest Man Alive this year?
  3. Were you a chaos mathematician brought on as a consultant before the opening of a park?
    DQ: died after 1900?
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DQs:

  1. Female
  2. Real
  3. Dead
  4. American
  5. First name starts with I
  6. Best known for the Arts
  7. Died before 1950
  8. Died after 1900
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  1. I am not Iris.
  2. I am not Idris Elba.
  3. I am not Ian Malcolm.