Botticelli - July, 2014

Thread Games
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DQs:

  1. Real.
  2. Male.
  3. Dead.
  4. American.
  5. Died after 1900.
  6. Known for the Arts.
  7. Not remembered for the performing arts.
  8. Not known for the visual arts.
  9. Died since 1950.
  10. Last name starts with L.
  11. From West of the Mississippi.
  12. Born North of the Mason-Dixon Line.
  13. Author.
262

I’m no Lannister, neither Tyrion, Jaime nor Tywin.

263

I’m not Lewis Grizzard. Take 2 DQs for the others.

264

Correct on all three.
IQ1: Was Harry Potter’s daughter named after you?
IQ2: Ditto.
IQ3: Did you speak for Mr Whoopee?

265

IQ: Did Gregory Peck play your book’s main character on screen?

266

DQ1: Primarily known for fiction?

Holding onto the other 2 DQs

IQ1: Were you the first American to win the Nobel Prize for literature?
IQ2: Did you write a classic horror novel (and a not-so-classic sequel) involving a baby with his father’s eyes?
IQ3: Does a playground rhyme claim you gave your parents a total of 81 whacks?

267

Jack Lalane, William J. Long, correct

3 DQs in reserve

IQ1: Did you write westerns about the Sackett family?
IQ2: Did you write stories about Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser?
IQ3: Did you write Main Street and Elmer Gantry?

268

Dunno, dunno and dunno.

269

I am not Harper Lee.

270

Dunno #2, Not Lizzy Borden, and…

Yes, I am Sinclair Lewis.

I see Knowed Out would have gotten this in the very next post. So close.
Well done, Chock!

271

Already had a Louis L’Amour question.
I am not Fritz Lieber.
You almost won this round with #3. Sorry 'bout that.

272

Yup, you swept my Lannister questions, Prof. P. Well played.

And good job, ChockFull!

273

Lily Luna Potter was named after Lily Potter (Harry’s mother) and Luna Lovegood (one of Harry’s friends at school).
Larry Storch provided the voice for Phineas J Whoopee.

274

Wow. Got it by three minutes.

That was* Rosemary’s Baby* author Ira Levin.

Next up…

H

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IQs:

  1. Did you team up with Bing for a series of Road pictures?
  2. Did you star in The Ghost and Mrs. Muir?
  3. Did you upset the good people of River City, Iowa?
276

1: Not Bob Hope
2: Take a DQ
3: Not Music Man Harold Hill

277

IQs:

Did Frank Sinatra really not enjoy your company at a party?
Are you a fictional character who can only say his own name?
Did you give your name to the British parliamentary journal?

278

IQ: Did you write the 1st code of law?
IQ: Did you start out as a Queen City DJ, and later become a substitute history teacher in NYC?
IQ: Were you FDR’s right hand man at Yalta?

279

Hope Lange starred in The Ghost and Mrs. Muir.

DQ: Real?

280

IQs:

  1. Did you battle Green Lantern in his lackluster blockbuster movie?
  2. Were you secretly Fearless Fly?
  3. Did your brother poison you by pouring a draught in your ear whilst you slept?