Botticelli - December 2024

Thread Games
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#1 is Davis Ossman. Correct on the others.

1 DQ reserved.

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DQ: known for biology, chemistry, or physics?

IQs:
1. Did Groucho play you in A Night at the Opera?
2. Are you a character in “The Zeppo” (and other Buffy the Vampire Slayer episodes)?
3. Is the name of your production company your first name, backwards?

43

Nice, all Marx brother-themed IQs!

Take 2 DQs.
I am not Oprah Winfrey.

As far as the DQ goes:

I am known for one of those; I don’t know whether to construe this in that sense (excluding the “labelled sciences” like computer science, political science, or library science) or as a three-valued question similar to the classic “animal, vegetable, or mineral” start for 20 questions.

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1 was Otis B. Driftwood; 2 was Oz.

Yes, in that sense (so, the next step would be to narrow down the field out of those).

DQs:
1. born north of Vienna?
2. born west of Vienna?

45

DQ: Known for physics?

46

O

  1. Real.
  2. Dead.
  3. Male.
  4. Not known for the arts.
  5. Not American.
  6. Died after 1900.
  7. First name starts with O.
  8. Died before 1970.
  9. Not known for politics or military.
  10. European.
  11. Died after 1935.
  12. Known for science.
  13. From continental Europe.
  14. Last name beings with A-L.
  15. No notable inventions named after me.
  16. Known for biology, chemistry or physics.
  17. Born north of Vienna.
  18. Born west of Vienna.
  19. Known somewhat, but largely not, for physics.

I believe we are past 20 DQs answered/outstanding. Please get any further DQs in by midnight tomorrow (10 Dec) EST.

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Previous IQs:

Were you the husband of Keiko and the father of Molly? - Miles O’Brien on ST:TNG and ST:DS9
Were you said to have inspired a politician character on The Wire? - Yes, former Maryland Gov. (and now candidate for DNC Chair) Martin O’Malley
Were you the young protagonist of The Point? - Oblio (“Little Obie”), in the family TV movie of that name

DQs:

Best known for biology?
Most famous before 1939?

48

I was about to call foul on that, that Williams played the Gravedigger; but that was Billy Crystal.

49

And did a great job as the Gravedigger, too!

50

O

  1. Real.
  2. Dead.
  3. Male.
  4. Not known for the arts.
  5. Not American.
  6. Died after 1900.
  7. First name starts with O.
  8. Died before 1970.
  9. Not known for politics or military.
  10. European.
  11. Died after 1935.
  12. Known for science.
  13. From continental Europe.
  14. Last name beings with A-L.
  15. No notable inventions named after me.
  16. Known for biology, chemistry or physics.
  17. Born north of Vienna.
  18. Born west of Vienna.
  19. Known somewhat, but largely not, for physics.
  20. Not best known for biology.
  21. Well-known before 1939, but gained more fame aftewards.

I believe @knoodler has a DQ left. Did I miss anyone?

51

I’m drawing a blank.

Anyone need a DQ? You can have mine.

52

knoodler’s DQ: Nobel prize winner?

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O

  1. Real.
  2. Dead.
  3. Male.
  4. Not known for the arts.
  5. Not American.
  6. Died after 1900.
  7. First name starts with O.
  8. Died before 1970.
  9. Not known for politics or military.
  10. European.
  11. Died after 1935.
  12. Known for science.
  13. From continental Europe.
  14. Last name begins with A-L.
  15. No notable inventions named after me.
  16. Known for biology, chemistry or physics.
  17. Born north of Vienna.
  18. Born west of Vienna.
  19. Known somewhat, but largely not, for physics.
  20. Not best known for biology.
  21. Well-known before 1939, but gained more fame afterwards.
  22. Nobel Prize winner.

If my count is correct, we are done with DQs. If I got that wrong, you can keep asking them up till midnight EST tonight, but I am open to guesses of the form “Are you firstname lastname?”

54

DQ: Are you Otto Hahn?

55

Correct! I am

Otto Hahn

chemist, pioneering radiochemist, discoverer (with Lise Meitner) of nuclear fusion, and namesake of one of only four nuclear powered civilian ships.

Good guess, and take it away @Prof.Pepperwinkle !

56

Thank you! Onwards…

I am…

T!

57

I had one left, but the Prof just couldn’t wait…

58

IQ1: Is your closest friend a walrus?
IQ2: Is your closest friend a sheepdog?
IQ3: Do you call your brother Mart your “almost-twin”?

59

Congrats, Prof.!

IQs:
1. Did you (allegedly) start the tradition of the seventh-inning stretch?
2. Did you write Nightlife of the Gods and The Passionate Witch?
3. Speaking of witches, were you Latrine in Robin Hood: Men in Tights?

60

#1. I am not Tennessee Tuxedo.
Take 2 DQs.

  1. I am not Ty Cobb (??).
  2. Take a DQ.
  3. I am not Tracy Ullman (??).