Botticelli - January 2018

Thread Games
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1 is Christina Rosetti. 2 is Robert the Bruce, who according to legend hid in a cave when fed up with losing in battle, only to be reassured by a spider who would build a web across the entrance each night even though the web was destroyed each day. For 3 I was going for Rich Hall, I have no idea who Michael Richards is so I will leave it up to the floor as to whether this also earns a DQ.

2 (or maybe 3) DQs reserved.

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Michael Richards played Cosmo on *Seinfeld. * His comedy’s more on the eccentric-character level than dry or droll, so I don’t think he’s a close enough match.

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Rich Hall and his sniglets means 3 DQs for Dead Cat.

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DQ roundup

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. Not created by an American author or authors
  4. Created after 1900
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IQs:

  1. Did Paul Simon write a song about you, based on a poem by Edwin Arlington Robinson?
  2. Are you remembered for your thesaurus?
  3. Are you remembered for your rules of order?
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not Frank Lloyd Right (ha ha), not Roget, DQ

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#1 was Richard Cory.
Correct on Roget.
#3 was Henry Martyn Robert.

DQs:

  1. Originally from prose literature?
  2. Created after 1950?
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DQ roundup

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. Not created by an American author or authors
  4. Created after 1900
  5. Originally from prose literature
  6. Created after 1950
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Previous IQs:

Were you the only Confederate Cabinet secretary to serve throughout the Civil War? - John Reagan, the Postmaster General
Did ISIS Agent Sterling Archer use this as a cover name once on a mission? - Randy Randerson, from Archer (he likes the name Randy)
Were you Earl Hickey’s slow younger brother? - Yes, Randy Hickey, from My Name Is Earl

DQs:

Last name start with R?
Create by a European?

IQs:

Did William O. Douglas speak at your college and inspire you to a career in public service?
Did you command His Imperial Majesty’s Battlecruiser MacArthur?
Did you own the Cafe Americain?

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DQ roundup

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. Not created by an American author or authors
  4. Created after 1900
  5. Originally from prose literature
  6. Created after 1950
  7. Only name starts with R
  8. Created by a European
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3 DQs

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Previous IQs:

Did William O. Douglas speak at your college and inspire you to a career in public service? - Richard M. Nixon. When Nixon told him this, years later, Douglas told a friend he’d never been closer to suicide than at that moment.
Did you command His Imperial Majesty’s Battlecruiser MacArthur? - Roderick, Lord Blaine, in Niven and Pournelle’s The Mote in God’s Eye
Did you own the Cafe Americain? - Rick Blaine, in Casablanca

DQs:

British character?
A “good guy”?
Later appeared in a movie?

IQs:

Were you the first to fly across America, “crash by crash”?
Did you capture Kaskaskia and Vincennes?
Were you Nixon’s first SECSTATE?

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IQs:

  1. Were you Isaac’s wife?
  2. Were you Naomi’s daughter-in-law?
  3. Were you Remus’s brother?
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DQ roundup

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. Not created by an American author or authors
  4. Created after 1900
  5. Originally from prose literature
  6. Created after 1950
  7. Only name starts with R
  8. Created by a European
  9. Not a British character, but is portrayed as such
  10. Good guy
  11. Later appeared in a TV movie
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3 more DQs

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not Ruth?, DQ, not Romulus

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  1. Isaac’s wife was Rebekah.
  2. Naomi’s daughter-in-law was Ruth.
    Romulus is correct.

I’m only taking 1 DQ for those.

DQ: From a work or works of science fiction or fantasy?

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Previous IQs:

Were you the first to fly across America, “crash by crash”? - Cal Rodgers - a great story of early aviation: Calbraith Perry Rodgers - Wikipedia
Did you capture Kaskaskia and Vincennes? - George Rogers Clark, during the American Revolution
Were you Nixon’s first SECSTATE? - William Rogers

Ro[d]gers x3!

DQs:

Created since 2000?
Would be alive today, if real?
First appeared in a contemporary setting?

IQs:

Did you appear in a movie with bird poop on you?
Were you Dracula’s mentally-ill henchman?
Did Johnny Carson go from friend to foe with you?

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IQs:

  1. Did you hang around with Droop-a-Long?
  2. Did You Love a Mystery with Jack & Doc?
  3. Did you write Silent Spring?
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DQ roundup

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. Not created by an American author or authors
  4. Created after 1900
  5. Originally from prose literature
  6. Created after 1950
  7. Only name starts with R
  8. Created by a European
  9. Not a British character, but is portrayed as such
  10. Good guy
  11. Later appeared in a TV movie
  12. From a work or works of science fiction or fantasy
  13. Created before 2000
  14. Would be alive if real
  15. Did not first appear in a contemporary setting