Botticelli - January 2023

Thread Games
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Happy New Year!

Starting off with an

Link to last month’s thread: Botticelli - December 2022 - #325 by SCAdian

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IQ1: Did you write The Gashlycrumb Tinies?
IQ2: Did you write using the pen name Arthur M Winfield?
IQ3: Did you write Half Magic?

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  1. I am not Edward Gorey.
    Take 2 DQs.
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correct
Edward Stratemeyer
Edward Eager

Edward x3!


DQ1: Real?
DQ2: Male?

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IQ1: According to Gorey, did you choke on a peach?
IQ2: Did you write Beyond the Farthest Star?
IQ3: Did you write The Deed of Paksenarrion?

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Take 3 DQs.

I know #1 is something like “E is for Edgar, who choked on a peach”, but which E eludes me.

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DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Male
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E it is.

IQs:

Were you the first king of House Telcontar?
Did TR meet far too many monarchs at your funeral?
Did you write “Casey at the Bat”?

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Ernest
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Elizabeth Moon


DQ1: Living?
DQ2: Known for the Arts?
One DQ reserved.

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  1. I am not Elendil.
  2. Take a DQ.
  3. Blast it. It’s not coming around. Take a DQ.
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DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Living
  4. Known for the Arts
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Previous IQs:

Were you the first king of House Telcontar? - not Elendil, but his much-later heir, Elessar FKA Aragorn
Did TR meet far too many monarchs at your funeral? - Edward VII (TR joked, “If I am introduced to another king, I shall bite him”)
Did you write “Casey at the Bat”? - Ernest Thayer

DQs:

American?
Born since 1950?
Known for the performing arts?

IQs:

Were you a noted Irish revolutionary of the 1790s?
Were you the Democratic nominee for Governor of Ohio in 2014?
Did you correct the time of all the clocks in your father’s house after he died?

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IQ1: Did a newspaper columnist refer to you as “the frogman of Chappaquiddick”?
IQ2: Did you demand surrender “in the name of the Great Jehovah and the Continental Congress”?
IQ3: Were you an alleged queen of Xerxes?

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DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Living
  4. Known for the Arts
  5. Not American
  6. Born after 1950
  7. Known for the performing arts.
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Take 3 more DQs.

  1. I am not Edward Kennedy (??)
  2. I am not Ethan Allen.
  3. I am not Esther.
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Previous IQs:

Were you a noted Irish revolutionary of the 1790s? - Edward FitzGerald
Were you the Democratic nominee for Governor of Ohio in 2014? - another Edward FitzGerald
Did you correct the time of all the clocks in your father’s house after he died? - Edward VIII (George V kept them all set several minutes ahead, to encourage punctuality)

Edward x3!

DQs:

White?
Best known as a musician?
Born since 1980?

IQs:

Did you whisper to a TV host that you masturbated a lot?
Were you the first to play Miss Honey on the big screen?
Were you half a bee?

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  1. Did you write Enchantress from the Stars?
  2. Were you Nancy Drew’s Aunt?
  3. Did Paget Brewster play you on Criminal Minds?
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correct x3!

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DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Living
  4. Known for the Arts
  5. Not American
  6. Born after 1950
  7. Known for the performing arts.
  8. Not White
  9. Not known as a musician
  10. Born before 1980
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#3. I am not Eric.
Take 2 DQs.

Take 3 DQs.