Botticelli - July 2017

Thread Games
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Previous IQs:

Did you once eat a sandwich that a pigeon pooped on? - Mick Belker, on Hill Street Blues
Were you Renko’s partner? - Bobby Hill, ditto
Did you allegedly quip, “The French do not care what they say, so long as they pronounce it correctly?” - George Bernard Shaw

Well done, KO. Any Big Bird fans should see this heartwarming documentary: I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story (2014) - IMDb

On to C…

IQs:

Were you a blackmailer targeted by Sherlock Holmes?
Did you dictate letters to your sister back in Boston?
Do you choose a new Prime Minister at the climax of First Among Equals?

122

#1 was the Crimson Avenger.
#2 was Georges Clemenceau.
#3: Carl Barks drew Donald Duck in the comic books. Clarence Nash was the voice in the cartoons.

DQs:

  1. Died before 1950?
  2. Remembered as a criminal?
    1 DQ reserved.
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IQs:

  1. Are you the guy in the Big Bird suit?
  2. Did you play Archie Bunker?
  3. Were you a busty blonde who was a frequent guest on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson and who died by drowning under suspicious circumstances?
124

The State of the DQs

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Dead
  4. Last name starts with C
  5. American
  6. Not known for the Arts
  7. Known because of politics, but not a politician
  8. Died after 1950
  9. Not remembered as a criminal
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One little two little three little DQs

126

not Carroll Spinney, not Carroll O’Connor, not Charo?

127

Correct on #1 and #2. Charo’s alive, and will appear as the Queen of England in Sharknado 5. #3 was Carol Wayne.

DQs:

  1. Died after 2000?
  2. Known for business?
128

The State of the DQs

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Dead
  4. Last name starts with C
  5. American
  6. Not known for the Arts
  7. Known because of politics, but not a politician
  8. Died after 1950
  9. Not remembered as a criminal
  10. Died before 2000
  11. Possibly best known for one business venture that lasted less than a year
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Noooooooooooo!

Previous IQs:

Were you a blackmailer targeted by Sherlock Holmes? - Charles Augustus Milverton
Did you dictate letters to your sister back in Boston? - Dr. Charles Emerson Winchester, on MASH*
Do you choose a new Prime Minister at the climax of First Among Equals? - King Charles III

Charles x3!

DQs:

Best known for a single incident?
Associated with NYC?

One DQ reserved.

IQs:

Did you help Richard Nixon with a major anti-Communist investigation?
Were you Lincoln’s first SECWAR?
Did Tommy Lee Jones play you in JFK?

130

The State of the DQs

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Dead
  4. Last name starts with C
  5. American
  6. Not known for the Arts
  7. Known because of politics, but not a politician
  8. Died after 1950
  9. Not remembered as a criminal
  10. Died before 2000
  11. Possibly best known for one business venture that lasted less than a year
  12. Not best known for a single incident
  13. Not associated with NYC
131

IQs:

Actors wanted.

  1. Are you the movie Thor?
  2. Are you the movie Captain America?
  3. Are you the movie Star-Lord?
132

not Charles Colson, DQ, DQ

133

not Chris Hemsworth, not Chris Evans, not Christopher Pratt

134

Right!

IQs:

  1. Are you the movie Steve Trevor?
  2. Are you the movie Dr. Strange?
  3. Were you the TV Wonder Woman?
135

not Chris Pine, not Benedict Cumberbacht, not Lynda Carter

136

IQ1: Were you Julius and Adolph’s older brother Leonard?
IQ2: Were you Moses and Samuel’s younger brother Jerome?
IQ3: Are you Philip and Elizabeth’s fifth grandchild?

137

Right again.

IQs:

  1. In The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus, did you portray Dr. Parnassus?
  2. Are you a singer, the brother of a Backstreet Boy and were you recently arrested on a DUI charge?
  3. Were you George W. Bush’s veep?
138

not Chico Marx, DQ, not Chelsea Saxe-Koburg?

139

DQ, not Aaron Carter (I used to live near the place where he got busted), not Dick Cheney

140

Correct on Groucho and Harpo’s brother.
Moe and Shemp’s brother Curly Howard.
I appear to have misspelt great-grandchild, so I won’t take a DQ for IQ3. (The fifth grandchild was actually HRH Princess Beatrice of York, she of the unforgettable birthday.)
DQ1: Died after 1975?