Botticelli - January 2013

Thread Games
241

Correct on Robert Scott.
Correct on Red Adair.
Robert Falcon Scott, the Antarctic explorer.
DQ:

American?

242

Quite right on Jean Racine and Arthur Rimbaud. The other one was Edmond Rostand, the author of ‘Cyrano de Bergerac’, which was written in Alexandrine.

Direct Question - Were you known for you contributions to The Arts, defined so as to include painting, sculpture, visual arts, writing of any type, acting, directing, singing, dancing, playing of musical instruments, performance art, cuisine or any other human creative endeavour?

243

Letter is R

  1. I am real.
  2. I am male.
  3. I am dead
  4. I am not American.
  5. I did not contribute to the “arts”.
244

IQ1: Are you an avatar of Vishnu?

IQ2: Did you wear the number 9 for the Montréal Canadiens for many proud years?

IQ3: Are you known for you penchant for painting full-figured models?

245

Prince Ruprecht (Steve Martin), in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqMc9B7uDV8
King Robert Baratheon of Westeros, in Game of Thrones.
Don’t know about any joke by Mitt Romney’s brother, but I’ll rephrase the third.

DQs:

First name start with “R”?
Political/military?

IQs:

Before 1975, did your brother joke about how he would tell the world something about you?
Were you a country-western song with a control-freak business manager with whom you allegedly had an affair?
Did you pretend to talk to your famous dad by phone in a TV commercial?

246

IQ: Are you #2 above’s brother? (The hockey player’s bro)

247

IQ: Were you the leader of a country who was invaded in 1950?

248

DQ for Vishnu

Not Maurice Richard

Not Ruben

249

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DQs:

First name start with “R”?
Political/military?

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Letter is R

  1. I am real.
  2. I am male.
  3. I am dead
  4. I am not American.
  5. I did not contribute to the “arts”.
  6. My first Name starts with R
  7. I am a political figure.
250

IQ1: Did you run your namesake Café Américain?
IQ2: Did Led Zeppelin take their hats off to you?
IQ3: Were you granted a “full, free and absolute pardon” by your successor?

251

IQ1: Were you a royalist leader during the English Civil War?
IQ2: Did your sidekick have a jeep named Nellybelle?
IQ3: Did you command the US amphibious forces in the Pacific during WW II?

252

DQ for the brother
Not Ruby (Kenny Rogers)? Only country R song I could think of, otherwise DQ
DQ for the phoning home

I’m getting progressively worse at this !!!

253

Not Henri Richard

254

Not Rhee (South Korea)

255

Not Rick fro Casablanca
Not Roy Harper
Not Richard Nixon

256

DQ for Royalist
Not Roy Rogers
DQ for Gator Chief

257

John F. Kennedy joked that he would whisper out the door at midnight that he was naming his brother Robert (Bobby) to become Attorney General.
Randy Travis.
Ron Reagan Jr., in an American Express ad.

DQs:

British?
Dead before 1950?
Generally considered a “good guy”?

IQs:

Did your famous son wear a special garment associated with you when he later took on the same job?
Were you a brutal South Korean dictator?
Did you fly into Scotland on a harebrained peace mission?

258

Letter is R

  1. I am real.
  2. I am male.
  3. I am dead
  4. I am not American.
  5. I did not contribute to the “arts”.
  6. My first Name starts with R
  7. I am a political figure.
  8. I am British.
  9. I died before 1950
  10. I would be considered a “good guy”
    Randy Travis is a song?
259

Argh…

DQ for sons garment
Only SK I knew was Rhee, DQ if not that again
Not Rudolf Hess

260

Prince Rupert of the Rhine.
Correct on Roy Rogers.
Richmond Kelly Turner.
DQ1: Died after 1800?
DQ2 reserved.