Botticelli - February 2020

Thread Games
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  1. I am not St. Anselm.
  2. I am not Aragorn.
  3. Take a DQ.
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Previous IQs:

You are not St. Augustine. Were you a noted Christian theologian and philosopher? - Hmm. I’ll rephrase again.
Was your mother Gilraen? - Yes, Aragorn
Did you badly lose the Battle of Fredericksburg? - Gen. Ambrose Burnside

DQ:

Christian?

IQs:

You are not SS. Augustine or Anselm, and you have the same first name as a general buried in Troy, N.Y. Were you a noted Christian theologian and philosopher?
Did you commit suicide by train?
Did an Oberlin graduate play you in a recent movie?

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You are not SS. Augustine or Anselm, and you have the same first name as a general buried in Troy, N.Y. Were you a noted Christian theologian and philosopher?

Yes, I am the author of the Summa Theologica, St. Thomas Aquinas!
Well done, EH, and thank you for your patience and perservence!

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That should’ve been perseverence.

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Woohoo - understood, and thanks, PP! The general buried in Troy, N.Y. is, of course, Maj. Gen. George H. “Rock of Chickamauga” Thomas.

Other previous IQs:

Did you commit suicide by train? - Anna Karenina
Did an Oberlin graduate play you in a recent movie? - Corey Stoll played Buzz Aldrin in First Man

Pretty busy here right at the moment, but I’ll start the next round probably by late tomorrow.

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Right, then! Our next letter is

V

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IQs:

  1. Did you play the title role in The Man Who Laughs?
  2. Did you write the story on which The Man Who Laughs was based?
  3. Did your acting career take a nosedive after You Can’t Stop The Music bombed?
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Not Vince Vaughan, V.S. Naipul or Victor Mature (all wildass guesses).

169

#1 was Conrad Veidt.
#2 was Victor Hugo.
#3 was Valerie Perrine.

DQs:

  1. Real?
  2. Male?
  3. Last name starts with V?
170

V.

  1. fictional
  2. female
  3. first name starts with V
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  1. Are you the best friend of Betty Cooper?
  2. Were you well known for your peek-a-boo hair style?
  3. Did you write a book called Dreamsnake?
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IQs:

  1. Did you play King Tut on the 1960’s Batman TV series?
  2. Did you play Barbara on One Day at a Time?
  3. Are you #2’s first husband?
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Not Veronica Lodge (although I’d say they’re more like best frenemies) or Veronica Lake and dunno.

Dunno, not Brenda Vaccaro, and dunno.

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Yes, yes and Vonda McIntyre.

DQ:

Are you from books?
IQs:

  1. Were you James Bond’s fling in Casino Royale?
  2. Were you the first English baby born in the New World?
  3. Were you a member of Josie and the Pussycats band cartoon series?
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#1 was Victor Buono.
#2 was Valerie Bertinelli.
#3 was Eddie Van Halen.

DQs:

  1. Created after 1900?
  2. By an American creator or creators?

1 DQ reserved.

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IQs:

  1. Did you guide Dante through 2/3rds of The Divine Comedy?
  2. Did your fear of death lead you to the study and use of horcruxes?
  3. Have you been flipping letters for decades?
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Not Vesper Lynd or Virginia Dare, and dunno.

Not Virgil, Voldemort or Vanna White.

V.

  1. fictional
  2. female
  3. first name starts with V
  4. not from books
  5. created after 1900
  6. by an American creator or creators
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DQ: From TV or movies?

Swept me!

IQs:

  1. Were you one of the stars of Wedding Crashers?
  2. Were you married to Judy Garland?
  3. Were you a Peruvian pin-up artist?
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Not Vince Vaughan, dunno, and not Varga.

V.

  1. fictional
  2. female
  3. first name starts with V
  4. not from books
  5. created after 1900
  6. by an American creator or creators
  7. not from TV or movies
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#1 and #2 - Vesper and Virginia -were correct; #3 was Valerie.
IQ:

  1. Are you the daughter in The Incredibles?
  2. Did you end up with Batman at the end of the 1989 movie?
  3. Is your nickname “The Forces’ Sweetheart”?

ETA:
DQ: White?