Botticelli - July, 2014

Thread Games
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Taking up EH’s offer for someone else to start a new game:

I am B.

2

Are you Bevil Bknieval?

jk

IQ1: Are you a graffiti artist portrayed by Jeffrey Wright in film?
IQ2: Did you abdicate the Dutch throne in 2013?
IQ3: Are you a tennis player with an unmatched record for 41 straight wins at Wimbledon?

3

You’ve spelt it wrong - it’s B’eval B’knievel." :smiley:

DQ.
Not Queen Beatrix.
Not … Bjorn Borg?

4

Evel Knievel was a great choice, by the way, EH.

IQs:

  1. Did Kim Carnes sing about your eyes?
  2. Was your character inspired by Helen Kane?
  3. Were you created by Bob Kane?
5

3 DQs.

6

Basquiat

DQ: Real?

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IQ1: Are you a violinist comedian who had a sidekick named Rochester?
IQ2: Are you the member of Sha Na Na who also hosted The Hollywood Squares?
IQ3: Are you the only British Prime Minster of Jewish birth?

8

Thanks! A fun round for all, I hope.

IQs:

Did you fake an assassination attempt on yourself?
Did your supporters dub you “AuH2O”?
Did you place Lois Lane only once?

9

#1 is Bette Davis. #2 is Betty Boop. #3 is Batman.

DQ: Male?

2 DQs reserved for now.

10

IQ1: When confronting your protector’s evil boss, were you ordered to “tear him up”?
IQ2: Did you portray said evil boss?
IQ3: Were you originally a mascot for Capitol Records?

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Not Jack Benny.
Not Bowzer.
Not Benjamin Disraeli.

DQ.
Not Barry Goldwater.
DQ.

3 DQs. (And welcome back!)
B

  1. Real
  2. Male
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Previous IQs:

Did you fake an assassination attempt on yourself? - The title character in the political satire Bob Roberts.
Did your supporters dub you “AuH2O”? - Yes, Barry Goldwater, in 1964.
Did you place Lois Lane only once? - Kate Bosworth, in Superman Returns.

DQs:

Last name start with B?
American?

IQs:

Are you a famous person whose middle name is Lynton?
Did you play a character in a movie who was from India in the book?
Were you a popular sitcom character from Maryland?

13

DQs:

  1. Alive?
  2. Known for the Creative Arts?
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IQs:

  1. Were you at various points in time Dan Garrett, Ted Kord and Jaime Reyes?
  2. Did you fight crime as the Green Hornet?
  3. Did you develop your understated comic stage persona by following the Marx Brothers on tour in the early part of your career?
15

hat tricked again

IQ1: Did you play James Garner’s father in The Rockford Files?
IQ2: Are you Ari Gold’s business partner in Entourage?
IQ3: Are you the actress who played that character?

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Thank you. Got busy at work.

  1. Ben the rat, from Willard.
  2. Ernest Borgnine played the boss in the original version.
  3. Bozo the Clown began life as Bozo the Capitol Clown to promote their children’s records.

I’ll hold my DQs for now

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Three DQs.

The Green Hornet’s name was Reid, but I can’t remember his first name. Three DQs for you, too.

And three DQs for you as well.
B

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Last name does not start with B
  4. American
  5. Alive
  6. Known for the Creative Arts
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#1 was/is the Blue Beetle. #2 was Britt Reid, so you’re right as far as you went. #3 was Jack Benny.

DQs:

  1. Born before 1960?
  2. Author?

One DQ reserved.

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Previous IQs:

Are you a famous person whose middle name is Lynton? - Tony Blair
Did you play a character in a movie who was from India in the book? - Bob Balaban played Dr. Chandra in 2010: The Year We Make Contact
Were you a popular sitcom character from Maryland? - Elaine Benes, on Seinfeld

DQs:

Known for the performing arts?
Born since 1964?
Born north of the Mason-Dixon Line?

IQs:

Did you have the most elaborate name of any American Civil War general?
Did you play both a great statesman and a menial one?
Did you play a Southern sniper in Saving Private Ryan?

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Noah Beery, Barbara “Babs” Miller, Beverly D’Angelo

Reserving 3 DQs