Botticelli - February 2020

Thread Games
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Welcome back, Tim!

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not somebody Underwood, don’t know, don’t know

take 3 DQs

  1. Real
  2. Female
  3. Living
  4. Last name starts with U
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Take 3 DQs

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Uncle Sam (Sam Wilson’s company supplied rations for the War of 1812)
Uncle Fester (Addams Family)
Uncle Remus (Fictional narrator of tales of Br’er Rabbit, etc.)
DQ1: Known for the Arts?
DQ2: American?

One DQ reserved.

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  1. Real
  2. Female
  3. Living
  4. Last name starts with U
  5. Known fro the Arts
  6. Naturalized American citizen (holds dual citizenship)
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#1 was Bishop Ussher.
#2 was Louis Untermeyer.
#3 was Uccello.

DQs:

  1. Born after 1959?
  2. Known for acting?

1 DQ reserved.

IQ: Did The Simpsons get its start on your show?

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I am, indeed, Tracey Ullman

Your game, Prof.

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Thank you very much.

I am B!

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Was I supposed to start the February thread with A?

ETA: Never mind. Looking back, I see I had something wrong. I thought we were supposed to go in alphabetical order! My mistake.

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Sometimes we go in alphabetical order, but we’ve been in random mode for the last few months.

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IQs

  1. Are you the current radio play-by-play announcer for the Milwaukee Brewers?
  2. Are you the radio play-by-play announcer for the Cincinnati Reds who retired after the 2019 season?
  3. Are you the son of a former play-by-play announcer for the St. Louis Cardinals and current lead television announcer for Fox NFL and MLB?
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Good job, Prof. P., and welcome back, Tim!

Previous IQs:

Were you a noted Burmese diplomat? - U Thant, at one time UN Secretary-General
Are you the best-known person from Point Pleasant, Ohio? - Yes, Ulysses S. Grant
Were you Igraine’s lover? - Uther Pendragon; they were King Arthur’s parents

On to B…

IQs:

Did you use the traveling name “Mr. Underhill”?
Were you that person’s beloved uncle?
Are you their loathed and greedy cousin?

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Aaargh! Sports!

Take 3 DQs.

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I am neither Frodo nor Bilbo Baggins. I am not Lobelia Sackville-Baggins (which should be an S, I’m thinking.)

If I’m wrong about Lobelia, take a DQ.

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Swept me!

IQs:

Did Gore Vidal play your foe?
Have you played a pirate, a detective, a gangster and a Commie?
Did you appear in an ad with a dog and a pop singer?

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and swept me. Take 3 DQs.

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  1. Are you the current radio play-by-play announcer for the Milwaukee Brewers?
  2. Are you the radio play-by-play announcer for the Cincinnati Reds who retired after the 2019 season?
  3. Are you the son of a former play-by-play announcer for the St. Louis Cardinals and current lead television announcer for Fox NFL and MLB?

Answers to IQs:

  1. Bob “I Must Be In The Front Row” Uecker
  2. Baseball Hall of Famer Marty Brenneman
  3. Joe Buck, son of Hall of Fame announcer Jack Buck

DQs:

  1. Fictional?
  2. Female?

1 DQ reserved

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DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Male
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IQs:

  1. Did your character play foil to Werner Klemperer’s character on TV?
  2. Are you a short person who played a gaseous police captain in the movie Night Patrol?
  3. Are you the Senator who led the charge to convince President Nixon to resign?
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Previous IQs:

Did Gore Vidal play your foe? - The title character in the political satire Bob Roberts
Have you played a pirate, a detective, a gangster and a Commie? - British actor Bob Hoskins, in Hook, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, The Long Good Friday and Enemy at the Gates
Did you appear in an ad with a dog and a pop singer? - Bob Dole (and Britney Spears, another B): Pepsi Commercial - Britney Spears featuring Bob Dole - YouTube

Bob x3!

DQs:

Living?
American?
Best known for the Arts?

IQs:

Were you Faramir’s big brother?
Did you play that character?
Did you play Dr. Stephen Maturin in a single movie?