Botticelli - January 2018

Thread Games
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IQ1: After the Trinity test, did you remark “I am become death, the destroyer of worlds”?
IQ2: Did you play X-wing pilot Poe Dameron in Star Wars VII and VIII?
IQ3: Are you a Mexican-American boxer who won world titles in 6 different weight divisions?

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I am not Robert Oppenheimer (guess), don’t know, and I am not Oscar De La Hoya (guess).

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So people can see at a glance in reviewing the thread, our next letter is

O

IQs:

Was perhaps your only virtue your opposition to segregation in New Orleans?
Were you that person’s spouse?
Were you one of Drew Carey’s buddies on his sitcom?

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IQs:

  1. Did you direct and star in Citizen Kane?
  2. Did you star opposite Katherine Hepburn in The Lion In Winter?
  3. Did Dickens serialize his somewhat-biography in telling your tale?
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Thanks - sorry for missing the formatting. You have swept me with your questions, 3 DQs to you.

I am neither Orson Welles nor Oliver Twist, but take one DQ.

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correct, Oscar Isaac, correct

DQ: Real?

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Correct, Peter O’Toole, Correct.

DQ: Male?

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IQs:

  1. Did Iago convince you to kill your wife?
  2. Are you a main character in the comic strip Bloom County?
  3. Were you a sharpshooter with Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show?
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I am not Othello (I think - haven’t actually read/seen it, so I could have the wrong play entirely!), but you can certainly have 2 DQs as I cannot guess the others.

  1. Real
  2. Male
110

IQ1: Are you one of the Lancre Order witches from Discworld?
IQ2: Are you the Discworld crocodile-headed god of rivers?
IQ3: Are you a past patrician of Ankh-Morpork who forbade creative exaggeration and metaphors, and was killed by a disgruntled poet to prove the pen was indeed mightier than the sword?

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Correct on Othello.
#2 is Opus the penguin
#3 was Annie Oakley.

DQs:

  1. Alive?
  2. Last name starts with O?
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Previous IQs:

Was perhaps your only virtue your opposition to segregation in New Orleans? - Lee Harvey Oswald, who always made it a point to sit in the back of the bus with the black passengers
Were you that person’s spouse? - His expatriate Russian wife, Marina Oswald
Were you one of Drew Carey’s buddies on his sitcom? - Oswald

Oswald x3!

DQs:

American?
Born since 1950?
Best known for the Arts, broadly defined?

IQs:

You are the wizard Gandalf; you originally went by what name?
Were you husband to Keiko and father to Molly?
Early in your career, did you describe yourself as a skinny guy with a funny name?

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KO and EH can have three more DQs each. I’m kicking myself about Annie Oakley, and also that I haven’t read nearly enough Discworld.

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Dead
  4. First name starts with O
  5. American
  6. Born before 1950
  7. Not best known for the Arts
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Nanny Ogg, Offler, Olaf Quimby II

DQ: Best known for sports?

holding 2 DQs

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IQs:

  1. Did you recently give a well-received speech at the Golden Globes?
  2. Did Edward Fitzgerald gain fame translating your poem?
  3. Were you the star of the comic strip Thimble Theatre before Popeye came along?
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Previous IQs:

You are the wizard Gandalf; you originally went by what name? - Olorin
Were you husband to Keiko and father to Molly? - Miles O’Brien (Colm Meaney), of ST:TNG and ST: DS9
Early in your career, did you describe yourself as a skinny guy with a funny name? - Barack Obama

DQ:

Born before 1850?
Won a top award in your field?

One DQ reserved.

IQs:

Did you voice the main character in Pixar’s Ratatouille?
Are you the current President pro tem of the U.S. Senate?
Did you say that a giant Jesus once appeared to you?

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My apologies, I have a slightly embarrassing correction to make to the below - I am BRITISH, not American. I feel it is only fair to state this rather than simply “not American”. Hopefully this hasn’t seriously affected the game, as we haven’t narrowed it down too much yet.

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Dead
  4. First name starts with O
  5. [del]American[/del] British
  6. Born before 1950
  7. Not best known for the Arts
  8. Not best known for sport
  9. Born after 1850
  10. Has won top awards in his field

I am not Oprah Winfrey, Omar Khayyam (guess, sp?), or Olive Oyl (guess, sp?). Take DQs as appropriate if I have guessed incorrectly.

Not Owen Wilson (guess), don’t know, Ozzy Osbourne (guess) - take 1-3 DQs, in addition to your reserved one. Nicely done with Obama - as you may have noticed, I too enjoy questions that clue a really famous person in an oblique (but fair) manner :).

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DQ: Best known for politics?

1 DQ left

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IQ1: Are you a British philanthropist who founded the colony of Georgia?
IQ2: Did Jimmy Smits play you in Revenge of the Sith?
IQ3: Are you Luke Skywalker’s uncle?

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Thanks!

Previous IQs:

Did you voice the main character in Pixar’s Ratatouille? - Patton Oswalt
Are you the current President pro tem of the U.S. Senate? - Orrin Hatch
Did you say that a giant Jesus once appeared to you? - Oral Roberts

DQs:

Born after 1900?
Knighted?
Best known for a single incident?

One DQ reserved.

IQs:

Were you Mork from Ork’s boss?
Did you recently leave your job at the Trump White House?
After early reluctance, did you date a coworker and eventually marry that person?