Botticelli - January 2020

Thread Games
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I give up.

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I am

J.F. Oberlin

A noted Alsatian pastor, peacemaker and philanthropist, described by one historian as “the Gandhi of his day,” and namesake of my alma mater, Oberlin College: J. F. Oberlin - Wikipedia

I’ve often used him as an IQ in the past.

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I remember your IQ’s, but I’d never come up with him on my own. Good one.

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Right, then. Our next letter is

R

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IQs:

  1. Were you George W. Bush’s Secretary of State?
  2. Do you play Anthony DiNozzo, Sr. on NCIS?
  3. Are you the author of the Percy Jackson series of books?
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Huh, hadn’t heard of him.

IQs:

  1. Do you play the titular Marvelous Mrs. Maisel?
  2. Did you dial H for hero?
  3. Aside from your other career, did you work as a lawyer for Pepsi?
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I’m not Condoleezza (sp?) Rice, dunno, and not Richard Riordan.

I can see her in my mind (she was excellent on House of Cards, too) but don’t know her name, dunno, and not Richard M. Nixon.

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IQs:

  1. Were you George W. Bush’s Secretary of State?
  2. Do you play Anthony DiNozzo, Sr. on NCIS?
  3. Are you the author of the Percy Jackson series of books?
    I’m not Condoleezza (sp?) Rice, dunno, and not Richard Riordan.

#1 correct on Condoleeza.
#2 is Robert Wagner.
#3 correct on Rick.

DQ: Real?

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1 was Rachel Brosnahan; 2 (dialled H for hero) was Robby Reed.

IQs:

  1. Did you put together a crew for a heist consisting of Ventriloquiver, Elon Tusk, and the Greek god Hephaestus?
  2. Did you coach the Philadelphia Eagles from 1999 to 2012?
  3. Were you asked if you had “any grooming hints for your fans”?
    DQ: male?

One DQ reserved.

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Not everyone’s favorite dimension-hopping alcoholic supergenius near-mad scientist Rick Sanchez, dunno, and I know I’ve heard that line but dunno.

R.

  1. fictional
  2. male
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IQs:

  1. Did you give Milady de Winter her orders in The Three Musketeers?
  2. Did you suggest the idea of a new English translation of the Bible to King James?
  3. Are you mentioned in the title of a song by Mason Williams?
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Not Cardinal Richelieu, dunno, and dunno.

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  1. Correct on the Cardinal.
    #2 was John Rainolds.
    #3 is John D. Rockefeller (from the song Cinderella/Rockefella)

DQs:

  1. From a work of prose fiction?
  2. Created by an American author or authors?
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IQs:

  1. Did you play Clark Kent in The Adventures of Superman?
  2. Did you play the love interest in The Mummy opposite Brendan Frazier?
  3. Are you Brendan Frazier’s latest superhero role?
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Not Steve Reeve, Rachel Weisz (mrowrrrrr) and not… Radarman?

R.

  1. fictional
  2. male
  3. not from a work of prose fiction
  4. created by an American or Americans
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2 was Andy Reid; 3 was Doonesbury’s Roland Burton Hedley, Jr. (a collection was titled Any Grooming Hints for Your Fans, Rollie?).

IQs:

  1. Did your husband and granddaughter appear in a 1997 Pizza Hut ad?
  2. Did you play the title character(s) in Melinda and Melinda?
  3. Are you the mustachioed dictator of the planet Mobius, your schemes foiled by the Freedom Fighters?
    DQs:
  4. created after 1900?
  5. from a filmed dramatic work (i.e. movie, TV, etc.)?
  6. last name begins with R?
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#1 was George Reeves, Steve’s brother.
#2 is correct.
#3 is Robotman in DC’s streaming series The Doom Patrol.

2 DQs reserved.

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Dunno x3.

R.

  1. fictional
  2. male
  3. not from a work of prose fiction
  4. created by an American or Americans
  5. created after 1900
  6. not from a filmed dramatic work (i.e. movie, TV, etc.)
  7. last name begins with R

#6 is going by the Wiki description of the work.

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1 was Raisa Gorbachev; 2 was Radha Mitchell; 3 was Dr. Robotnik.
DQs:

  1. portrayed by an actor?
  2. created after 1960?
  3. main character?
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DQ: from a song?

1 DQ reserved.