Botticelli February 2024

Thread Games
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IQs:

  1. Where you the notorious leader of the Five Points Gang?

  2. Were you the notorious bush ranger, shot to death by police when you confronted them dressed in homemade armor?

Damn, swept again. I really thought I’d get you with Jerzy Kosiński.

IQs:

  1. Have you played a broke girl, a physicist’s assistant, and Michael Cera’s crush?
  2. Are you a Mexican-American tattoo artist, your name notwithstanding?
  3. Are you a ribald African-American comic, much loved and emulated by other comedians?
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1. I am not Kat Dennings.
2. Take a DQ.
3. I am not Katt Williams.

DQs:
1. real
2. male
3. living
4. American
5. not known for politics/military
6. not known for the arts
7. born after 1970
8. known for sports

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You went 2 for 3. 2 is Katherine von Drachenberg, known as Kat von D.

DQ: Known for one of the big four North American sports (i.e. football, baseball, basketball, or hockey)?

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DQs:
1. real
2. male
3. living
4. American
5. not known for politics/military
6. not known for the arts
7. born after 1970
8. known for sports
9. known for football, baseball, basketball, or hockey

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Swept me, too!

IQs:

Were you an ill-tempered basketball coach known for throwing chairs around?
Were you a very thin, very skillful Pirates relief pitcher in the late Seventies?
Were you a talented young baseball player, just like your father of the same name, but he was a Sr. and you were a Jr.?

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IQs:

  1. Did you play Frazier on Cheers?
  2. Are you considered "the Betsy Ross of California*?
  3. Did you write the hymn Awake my soul, and with the sun?
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Respectively:
I am not Mike Krzyzewski.
I am not Keith Reliefpitcher.
I am not Ken Griffey, Jr.

1. I am not Kelsey Grammer.
2. Take a DQ.
3. Take a DQ.

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  1. Correct
  2. Nancy Kelsey.
  3. Thomas Ken.

DQs:

  1. Football player?
  2. Famous girlfriend?
269

IQ1: Is your last name a cardinal direction?
IQ2: Is yours also a cardinal direction?

270

DQs:
1. real
2. male
3. living
4. American
5. not known for politics/military
6. not known for the arts
7. born after 1970
8. known for sports
9. known for football, baseball, basketball, or hockey
10. football player
11. famous girlfriend

IQ1: I am not (the former) Kanye West.
IQ2: I am not Kim Kardashian West.

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Once again, I think the Prof has it.

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I’ve hosted twice this month. Somebody else take it.

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Okay, I will.

IQs:

  1. Did you unsuccessfully attempt to jump the Snake River Canyon
    a motorcycle?

  2. Are you Ebenezer Baptist Church’s most famous pastor?

  3. Are you Taylor Swift’s boyfriend?

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I am not Evel Knievel or Martin Luther King, Jr., but I am indeed Travis Kelce! Next game goes to SMV.

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Well done, SMV!

Previous IQs:

Were you an ill-tempered basketball coach known for throwing chairs around? - I was thinking of Bobby Knight; did Mike Krzyzewski throw chairs around?
Were you a very thin, very skillful Pirates relief pitcher in the late Seventies? - Kent Tekulve
Were you a talented young baseball player, just like your father of the same name, but he was a Sr. and you were a Jr.? - Yes, Ken Griffey Jr.

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Good one, SMV!

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Thanks. But you fed me the alley-oop; I just slammed it home.

No, he just whined about calls.

I was in Pittsburgh in 70s, and remember him. He was a low sidearmer, and looked like he was going to break his elbow every time he pitched.

Okay, since we’re near the end of the month, I’ll start the March thread later today. I’ve also updated the “Letters we’ve used” thread, as well.

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Link to next month’s thread.