Botticelli - January 2024

Thread Games
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#1. I am not Henry Clay.
Take 2 DQs.

  1. I am not Cab Calloway.
  2. I am not Jane Curtin.
  3. Take a DQ.
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Correct, correct. 3 was Saint Columba.

DQ: Canadian?

IQs:

  1. Were you a 19th c. American painter, known for your paintings of mothers and children?

  2. Are you a fictional Beard Award-winning chef who inherits his brother’s Italian beef restaurant in Chicago?

  3. Were you an Italian mafioso who adopted an Irish surname and became notorious during the Kefauver hearings?

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IQs:

  1. Did your character complain about being chased by Guido the Killer Pimp in Risky Business?

  2. Did you have a Mobile Infantry training camp named after you in Starship Troopers?

  3. Were you the father of both of the fourth pair of brothers in major league history to form a double-play combo?

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DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Dead
  4. Died since 1950
  5. American, but not a citizen of the U.S.A.
  6. Political/military
  7. Not Canadian
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#1. I am not Mary Cassatt.
Take 2 DQs.

Take 3 DQs.

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  1. Were you Diana Canova’s character on Soap?

  2. Did you play Mary Campbell on Soap?

  3. Were you Robert Mandan’s character on Soap?

DQ:
Caucasian?

One DQ held.

187

DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Dead
  4. Died since 1950
  5. American, but not a citizen of the U.S.A.
  6. Political/military
  7. Not Canadian
  8. Latin-American, which would have been considered Caucasian when I was younger (e.g., Desi Arnaz, Charo) but now is doubted as such by many
188

Been too long. Take 3 DQs.

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Correct on 1. 2 is Carmen “Carmy” Berzatto, from the Hulu series The Bear. 3 was Francesco Castiglia, who adopted the alias “Frank Costello”.

DQs:

  1. Cuban?
  2. Leader of his country?

IQs:

  1. Did you play a fashion photographer in Just Shoot Me and the leader of a hapless group of aliens in Galaxy Quest?

  2. Are you a professional poker player who’s also a noted public intellectual, hosting the British show Only Connect, as well as frequently appearing on QI?

  3. Did the C.I.A. attempt to assassinate or embarrass you many times in the 60s, including one attempt to poison you with a powder that would cause your beard to fall out?

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DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Dead
  4. Died since 1950
  5. American, but not a citizen of the U.S.A.
  6. Political/military
  7. Not Canadian
  8. Latin-American, which would have been considered Caucasian when I was younger (e.g., Desi Arnaz, Charo) but now is doubted as such by many
  9. Naturalized Cuban citizenship
  10. Not the leader of his country
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#3. I am not Fidel Castro.
Take 2 DQs.

192

Corinne Tate, Cathryn Damon, Chester Tate.

193

#1 is Curtis Armstrong, #2 General Arthur Currie, #3 Cal Ripken Sr.

DQ1: Better known by a nickname?

2 DQs reserved.

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1 was Enrico Colantoni. 2 was Victoria Coren Mitchell. Correct on 3.

DQs:

  1. Last name starts with “C”?

  2. Communist?

IQs:

  1. Are you a young woman raised by a corrupt pair of innkeepers, then adopted by a reformed thief?

  2. Were you King Henry VIII’s fourth wife, whose marriage to the King was never consummated, leading to an annulment?

  3. Are you a firebrand Argentinian revolutionary whose beret-clad image is a very popular symbol of rebellion and counterculture, adorning millions of T-shirts?

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Quick work from Slow Moving Vehicle!

Si, soy yo Che Guevara!..

Nicely done.

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Que bueno! One of my favorite T-shirts:

Previous IQs:

Did you say, “I would rather be right than be President”? - Yes, Henry Clay, Whig of Kentucky
Were you the young criminal mastermind behind “The Red-Headed League”? - John Clay, in the Sherlock Holmes story
Did Tommy Lee Jones play you in JFK? - Clay Shaw

Clay x3!

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Thank you! I thought I had it with Castro, but @SunUp’s DQ about nicknames gave me the clue.

To close out my other two IQs, 1 was Cosette, from Les Miserables. 2 was Anne of Cleves.

So, on to the next round.

I am H!

Incidentally, I’ve also updated the “Letters Used” thread, as well.

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Ah, circled in on it but didn’t quite pull the trigger. Good work, @Slow_Moving_Vehicle !

DQ1: Did you attempt to assassinate General Edwin Walker?
DQ2: Did you own a chain of restaurants and hotels associated with southwestern railroads?
DQ3: Was your character often referred to by the name of the inventor of spread-spectrum radio transmission for communication security?

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H it is.

IQs:

Were you Lincoln’s 1860 running mate?
Did Sinatra say to you, “Hands off the threads, creep”?
Were you FDR’s cadaverous aide in 1945?

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Take 3 DQs. The Edwin Walker one is right on the tip of my tongue, though.

  1. I am not Hannibal Hamlin.
  2. Take a DQ, but it’s probably someone whose initials are “H.H.”, since…
  3. I am not Harry Hopkins.