Botticelli - January 2018

Thread Games
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DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Alive
  3. Male
  4. First name starts with N
  5. Not American
  6. European
  7. Has written, but not known for it
  8. Under the age of 50
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Previous IQs:

Did JFK wish you a happy birthday on Nov. 22, 1963? - FDR’s first VP, John Nance Garner (always used his middle name); JFK called him just hours before being assassinated
Are you a longtime conservative anti-tax activist? - Grover Norquist
Was Hagrid very sad to see you go when you had to leave his home for good? - Yes, Norbert the little (but getting bigger) dragon

DQs:

British?
Best known for the Arts, broadly defined?
Considered handsome?

IQs:

Does a statue of you stand in Langley, Va.?
Did you gain the unwanted nickname “Commissary”?
Did Daniel Day-Lewis, playing you, get so into the character that he carried around his rifle even after hours?

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DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Alive
  3. Male
  4. First name starts with N
  5. Not American
  6. European
  7. Has written, but not known for it
  8. Under the age of 50
  9. British
  10. Best known for the Arts
  11. Not considered handsome
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Take 2 DQs for the first two.
3) I am not Natty Bumppo.

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IQ1: Were you the UK Prime Minister before Winston Churchill?
IQ2: Are you the Roman counterpart to Poseidon?
IQ3: Are you the Roman goddess of revenge?

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  1. I am not Neville Chamberlain.
  2. I am not Neptune.
    Take a DQ for 3. Nemesis was the Greek goddess of vengeance, but I’m not coming up with her Roman counterpart.
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Previous IQs:

Does a statue of you stand in Langley, Va.? - Nathan Hale, America’s best-known early spy, on the CIA HQ campus
Did you gain the unwanted nickname “Commissary”? - Gen. Nathaniel Banks, who had a lot of his supplies captured by the Confederates
Did Daniel Day-Lewis, playing you, get so into the character that he carried around his rifle even after hours? - The character was indeed Natty Bumppo in the book The Last of the Mohicans, but was renamed Nathaniel Poe for the movie. Do I get a DQ?

Nathan(iel) x3!

DQs:

Best known for the visual arts (cinema, stage, photography, painting, sculpture, etc.)?
Has won a top award in his field?

One DQ maybe reserved?

IQs:

Were you Nawlins mayor when Katrina hit?
Do you provide Bart Simpson’s voice?
Have you played a police official, a scientist and felon?

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Yes, since the movie character had a different name, take a DQ.

#1. Take a DQ.
#2. I am not Nancy Cartwright.
#3. I am not Nicholas Cage. (??)

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I screwed up. “Roman” should have been “Greek” in IQ3.

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IQ1: Did you play the lead character in Eraserhead?
IQ2: Are you the main NFL play-by-play announcer for CBS?
IQ3: Are you and your sister Ann the founding members of Heart?

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#3. I am not Nancy Wilson. Take 2 DQs.

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Previous IQs:

Were you Nawlins mayor when Katrina hit? - Ray Nagin
Do you provide Bart Simpson’s voice? - Yes, Nancy Cartwright
Have you played a police official, a scientist and felon? - Not Nicolas Cage, but Ed Norton (in The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Hulk and American History X).

Unanswered DQs:

Best known for the visual arts (cinema, stage, photography, painting, sculpture, etc.)?
Has won a top award in his field?

Three DQs reserved.

IQs:

Was OJ Simpson acquitted of your murder?
Were you a member of the world’s loudest fictional band?
Were you a former Borg who joined the crew of USS Voyager?

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DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Alive
  3. Male
  4. First name starts with N
  5. Not American
  6. European
  7. Has written, but not known for it
  8. Under the age of 50
  9. British
  10. Best known for the Arts
  11. Not considered handsome
  12. Best known for the performing arts
  13. Has not won a top award in his field
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  1. I am not Nicole Brown Simpson.
  2. I am not Nigel Tufnel.
  3. I am not Seven of Nine.
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Jack Nance, Jim Nantz

DQ: Actor?

holding 2 DQs

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DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Alive
  3. Male
  4. First name starts with N
  5. Not American
  6. European
  7. Has written, but not known for it
  8. Under the age of 50
  9. British
  10. Best known for the Arts
  11. Not considered handsome
  12. Best known for the performing arts
  13. Has not won a top award in his field
  14. Actor
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I think Nicolas Cage qualifies, for his roles in Face/Off (in which for at least part of the film he is playing an FBI agent), The Rock (in which he plays a scientist/FBI agent) and Con Air.

IQ1: Did you write Calendar Girl?
IQ2: Did you play a computer with an IQ equivalent to 12,000 P.E. teachers’?
IQ3: Did you win the 2016 Formula 1 World Championship?

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Swept my latest three!

Suits me. One reserved DQ waived.

DQs:

Best known for movies?
Best known as a dramatic actor?

IQs:

A great king of ancient times, did your name unfortunately become synonymous with “dweeb”?
Do many blame you for the Fort Pillow Massacre?
Did you write about Ronald Reagan’s funeral before he’d even died?

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  1. I am not Neil Sedaka.
    Take 2 DQs for the others.
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DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Alive
  3. Male
  4. First name starts with N
  5. Not American
  6. European
  7. Has written, but not known for it
  8. Under the age of 50
  9. British
  10. Best known for the Arts
  11. Not considered handsome
  12. Best known for the performing arts
  13. Has not won a top award in his field
  14. Actor
  15. Best known for movies
  16. Not known as a dramatic actor