Botticelli - July 2017

Thread Games
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I was never a Boy Scout either, or even a Cub Scout, but I’ve known who Green Bar Bill was for at least fifty years. Though it wasn’t until I thought of using him for a game a few weeks back and looked him up in Wikipedia that I found out what his real name was. Good thing at least one of y’all was a Scout! :smiley:

Let’s see, now…
Shall we run through the alphabet again? I am A.

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IQ1: Are you credited with laying the foundations of free trade with your work The Wealth of Nations?
IQ2: Are you a former US Marine who played Darth Vader’s grandson?
IQ3: Did you play Jayne Cobb in the TV series Firefly?

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Not Adam Smith.
DQ.
DQ.

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IQs:

  1. Were you one of the Sweathogs on Welcome Back, Kotter?
  2. Did you play the title role in The Return of Captain Invincible?
  3. Were you nominated for an Oscar for your performance in Yentl?
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June thread: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=827848

IQs:

Were you a British police officer written about by P.D. James?
Were you the longtime Congressman from Harlem?
Were you a nonexistent leader of a lunar rebellion?

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Not Arnold.
DQ.
DQ.

Not Adam Dalgliesh.
DQ.
Not Adam Selene.

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correct, Adam Driver, Adam Baldwin

Adam x 3!

DQ: Real?
DQ: Last name start with A?

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IQ1: Are you a lawyer who overturned Claus von Bulow’s murder conviction and was a member of OJ Simpson’s dream team?
IQ2: Were you chairman of the Federal Reserve Board of the United States from 1987 to 2006?
IQ3: Were you one of the original seven Mercury program astronauts in 1959 and later command Apollo 14?

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#1 is Correct, Arnold Horshack.
#2 was Alan Arkin.
#3 was Amy Irving.

DQ: Male?

1 DQ reserved.

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DQ.
DQ.
Not … Alan Shepard?

A

  1. Real
  2. Last name does not start with A
  3. Male
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DQ: Living?

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IQs:

  1. Are you Weehawken’s most famous homicide victim?
  2. Were you played by Freeman Gosden on the radio?
  3. Were you played by Charles Correll on the radio?
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Alan Dershowitz, Alan Greenspan, correct

Alan x 3!

DQ: American?

holding a DQ

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DQ.
Not … Amos?
Not … Andy?
Purely a guess on Amos and Andy, since you’re asking about two radio performers…
A

  1. Real
  2. Last name does not start with A
  3. Male
  4. Living
  5. American
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Previous IQs:

Were you a British police officer written about by P.D. James? - Yes, Adam Dalglish
Were you the longtime Congressman from Harlem? - Adam Clayton Powell
Were you a nonexistent leader of a lunar rebellion? - Yes, Adam Selene

Adam x3!

DQ:

Born since 1964?

IQs:

Were you a Civil War general and a Carpetbagger Governor of Mississippi?
Were you Celeborn’s granddaughter?
Were you Gilraen’s son?

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IQ1: Does an upcoming History Channel documentary suggest you and your navigator were captured by the Japanese in 1937?
IQ2: Are you an advice columnist whose real name is Pauline Phillips?
IQ2: Are you an advice columnist whose real name is Esther Lederer?

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#1 was Alexander Hamilton.
Correct on Amos & Andy. Good guessing!

DQ: Known for the Arts?

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IQs:

  1. Did Leslie Odom, Jr., win a Tony for Best Actor for portraying you?
  2. Did you hang around with Milton the Monster, Heebie and Jeebie?
  3. Were you a 20th Century Finnish architect and designer?
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DQ.
Not Arwen Undomiel.
Not … Aragorn?

Not Amelia Earhart.
This time I know I have the right pair of names, but I’m not certain which is which. Coin flip says:
Not [Dear] Abby.
Not Ann Landers.

Three DQs.

A

  1. Real
  2. Last name does not start with A
  3. Male
  4. Living
  5. American
  6. Not born after 1964.
  7. Not known for the Arts
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#1 was Aaron Burr (in Hamilton).
#2 was Abercrombie the Zombie.
#3 was Alvar Aalto (the first name in furniture design. Really, check any dictionary).

DQs:

  1. Known for politics/military?
  2. Born before 1950?

1 DQ reserved.