Botticelli February 2015

Thread Games
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#3 was Matt Monro.

DQ: Born after 1970?

142

IQs:

  1. Were American TV audiences invited to Sing Along With you?
  2. Did Jerry Reed sing a hit song about you?
  3. Did Ira Sankey sing as a warmup for you?
143

Get out of my head!

IQ1: Are you on of five jazz musicians to be featured on the cover of *Time *magazine?
IQ2: Are you another one of those five?
IQ3: Are you an American composer who adapted Scott Joplin ragtime music for the film The Sting?

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Previous IQs:

Were you the most tuneful girl in all of Penzance? - Yes, Mabel: Pirates of Penzance - Poor Wandering One - YouTube
Were you the superintendent of The Citadel after WWII? - Gen. Mark Clark.
Were you Neo’s tutor and guide? - Yes, Morpheus.

DQ:

Businessman/tycoon?

IQs:

Were your theories on naval power very influential on T.R.?
Did you command Red October?
Did you serve in the U.S. Army in South Korea and later run for President?

145

Correct.
Col Mortimer (For a Few Dollars More).
Correct.
DQ: European?
One DQ reserved.
IQ1: Did you lose an eye when a French sniper hit your binoculars?
IQ2: Do you have a cat named Hot Dog?
IQ3: Do you have a dog named Gnasher?

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SUMMARY

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. First name starts with M
  4. Alive
  5. Not known for involvement in the arts
  6. Not American
  7. Not a politician or military figure… but had some political significance
  8. Born slightly before 1970
  9. European
147

Not Mitch Miller

Take DQs for #2 and #3

148

Not Marvin Hamlisch

For the jazz musicians, uh… sheer guesses.

Not Glenn Miller or Thelonious Monk?

149

Not Moshe Dayan?

No idea on #2 or #3.

150

Correct, Monk is correct, Winston Marsalis

DQ: From a country that speaks a Romance language (French, Spanish, Italian)?

151

IQ1: Are you a Marvel supervillain who invented the Awesome Android and has repressed anger issues?
IQ2: Are you a Marvel supervillain who is basically a giant floating head created by AIM?
IQ3: Are you a Marvel super heroine who married Hawkeye and co-led the West Coast Avengers?

152

SUMMARY

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. First name starts with M
  4. Alive
  5. Not known for involvement in the arts
  6. Not American
  7. Not a politician or military figure… but had some political significance
  8. Born slightly before 1970
  9. European
    10 Not from a country that speaks a Romance language
153

For #2, I know it isn’t Modok

No idea on #1- take a DQ.

For #3… not Ms. Marvel? Take a DQ if that’s wrong.

154

Actually, Modok is correct. The others are the Mad Thinker and Mockingbird.

DQ: From the UK?

holding a DQ

155

Correct.
Dennis the Menace.
Dennis the Menace.
3 DQs reserved.

(Romansh, Romanian…)

156

Correct on Mitch.
#2 was Amos Moses.
#3: Ira Sankey was the songleader for the Rev. Dwight L. Moody. (Sankey is credited with creating the crooning style of singing, which brought lots of young women to Moody’s services.)

DQ: Known for science?

1 DQ reserved.

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SUMMARY

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. First name starts with M
  4. Alive
  5. Not known for involvement in the arts
  6. Not American
  7. Not a politician or military figure… but had some political significance
  8. Born slightly before 1970
  9. European
    10 Not from a country that speaks a Romance language
  10. Not from anywhere in the UK
  11. Not known for science
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IQ1: Are you one of the four members of the New York Jets’ “New York Sack Exchange”?
IQ2: Are you another member?
IQ3: In 2001, did you break IQ1’s (or IQ2’s) record of 22 sacks in one season?

DQ: Known for sports or games?

159

:: clears throat ::

160

Not Bart Mancuso or DOuglas Macarthur.

Take a DQ for TR’s inspiration.