Botticelli - January 2017

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Yes.
No.

Yes! I am Oglala war leader Tȟašúŋke Witkó, known in English as Crazy Horse.

(No idea who your #2 was, but I’m obviously not Henry Huggins.)

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Well done, EH!

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I found answering DQ5 (American?) to be difficult. By house rules “American” means “from the US.” Crazy Horse was born in western South Dakota, which at the time was part of the Nebraska Territory and therefore US land, but on the other hand he was an enemy of the US. I considered saying “American, but not American,” or “American (sort of),” but I figured those answers might cause even greater confusion than just saying “American.”

EH’s first DQ and first IQ after I said to think outside the box were both on track, so I think it’s obvious that he understood what I meant. :smiley:

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Indeed I did, and thanks, SCAdian! Good one. You may be interested to know he got a starship named after him: USS Crazy Horse | Memory Alpha | Fandom

Our house rule, as I understand it, has long been that Native Americans are “American” for purposes of this game, as are naturalized citizens. There were no famous pre-1492 individuals on the continent that I’m aware of, so that hasn’t been an issue. If the post-1776 DQ is “U.S. citizen?,” it gets a little more complicated.

I’ve updated the “letters we’ve used for far” list: Botticelli - the letters we've used so far - Thread Games - Straight Dope Message Board

Aaaaaand our next letter is

M

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Thankee for the update. I do use it.

IQs:

  1. Were you called “The Commerce Comet”?
  2. Were you called “The Say Hey Kid”?
  3. Were you played in movies by Ioan Gruffudd and Miles Teller?
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Dunno, not Willie Mays, and dunno.

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#1 was Mickey Mantle.
#2 is correct.
#3 is Reed Richards, Mr. Fantastic, in the two Fantastic Four movie series.

DQs:

  1. Real?
  2. Male?
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Yeah – I don’t think that many people would know who Smoke Jaguar, 18 Rabbit, and Pakal the Great were…

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IQ1: Were you the emperor of Mexico in the mid-1800s?
IQ2: Were you Lothar’s brother and Wolfram’s distant cousin?
IQ3: Did you have a servant/friend named Lothar who wore a fez, shorts and a leopard skin?

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IQs:

  1. Did you write of Elric of Melnibone?
  2. Did you write Now We Are Six?
  3. Did you write When I Consider How My Light Is Spent?
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“Mr.” isn’t really a name, is it? It’s a title or prefix.

Not Maximilian, Manfred or Mandrake (guessing on those last two).

Not Michael Moorcock, A.A. Milne, or… dunno.

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Correct on all three.

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re: Mr. Fantastic: each and every comic book index and webpage puts Mr. Fantastic in the M’s along with Mr. Terrific and Mr. E, and Dr. Fate and other doctors appear in the D’s.

Correct on Moorcock and Milne. #3 was John Milton.
1 DQ reserved.

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I am thus persuaded.

M.

  1. fictional
  2. female
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DQ: Created by Americans?

IQs:

  1. Did Peter Lorre play you in a series of movies?
  2. Did you have a hit with I Can’t Smile Without You?
  3. Did you have a hit with Sleeping Single In A Double Bed?
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Not Mr. Moto, Barry Manilow or… Barbara Mandrell?

M.

  1. fictional
  2. female
  3. created by Americans
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Correct x3.

IQs:

  1. Did you write the songs for The Music Man?
  2. Are you the only actor to appear in all of the Tremors series of movies?
  3. Did you play #2’s wife in a sitcom, playing the Keatons?
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Not Meredith Wilson, Michael LNU or Meredith Baxter-Birney (or whoever she was at the time).

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Correct x3. Michael Gross was #2.

IQs:

  1. Are you Trump’s candidate for Secretary of the Treasury?
  2. Are you Trump’s candidate for Secretary of Defense?
  3. Are you the present Secretary of Energy?
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IQ1: Do you sell shellfish in Dublin?
IQ2: Was “Whoever’s in New England” a #1 hit for you?
IQ3: Did you play Ann Romano’s daughter Julie?