Botticelli - July 2019

Thread Games
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Woohoo! Thanks, Prof. P. That’s a good one. Were you thinking of him because of Apollo 11’s 50th anniversary? For more: John Young (astronaut) - Wikipedia. Pretty impressive to have an astronaut career from 1965-1983.

I noticed Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins all had front-page Wiki articles yesterday, as it happens.

Other previous IQs:

Were you an ambassador and a big-city mayor? - Andrew Young of Atlanta
Did Johnny Rico serve aboard a warship named after you? - Rodger Young, a real WWII hero mentioned in Heinlein’s Starship Troopers

Young x3!

Our next letter is naturally

Z

I think I had Z last time, too, with Emperor Zurg of the Toy Story movies.

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Yes, Moon Day brought him to mind.

IQs:

  1. Did you write *A Night In the Lonesome October *?
  2. Were you an influential director who died earlier this month?
  3. Do you plan to cross the English Channel on a hover board later this month?
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IQ1: “You Don’t Mess With” this Adam Sandler character?
IQ2: Did you play J. D. on Scrubs?
IQ3: Did you play lead guitar for Ozzy Osbourne?

144

Congratulations to both Prof. P for “X” and EH for “Y”!

IQ1: Were you a member of a militant Jewish group, seeking to free Judea from Roman rule, before becoming a disciple of Jesus?
IQ2: Were you a writer who elevated the dime western into a legitimate literary form?
IQ3: Were you a hero of the Mexican-American war, who was elected President as member of the Whig party, only to die in office of food poisoning, supposedly from tainted strawberries?

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Not Zane Grey, dunno, and not Zapata.

Not Zohan or Zach Braff, and dunno.

Not Zacharias, also (?) not Zane Grey, and not Zachary Taylor.

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#1 was Roger Zelazny.
#2 was Franco Zefferelli (sp?)
Correct on Franky Zapata.

DQs:

  1. Real?
  2. Male?
147

Zack Wylde

DQ: First name begin with Z?

148

IQ1: Are you the father of John the Baptist?
IQ2: Was Dean Winchester’s nickname for you “Chuckles”?
IQ3: Are you the director son of a rock star who changed his name to Duncan Jones?

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Not Zacharias? Dunno, and dunno.

Z.

  1. fictional
  2. male
  3. last name starts with Z
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IQs:

  1. Did you star in A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum?
  2. Did Tommy Lee Jones’s character deliver your eulogy in Men In Black 3?
  3. Did you star opposite W. C. Fields in Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch?
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I’m a-thinkin’ after this round we should go back to freeform for awhile. What do the rest of you prefer?

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1 is Zecharias, 2 is Zacharias, from Supernatural, so you get credit for one of those. 3 is Zowie Bowie, son of David. He kept Zowie as a middle name.

DQ: Appeared originally in literature?
DQ: Created by an American or Americans?

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I’m thinking if we do alphabetical, skip the 10-pt letters like Q, X and Z. Freeform is fine too.

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dp

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I’m OK going with freeform. It’s not quite as much fun to be stuck with a more-obscure letter.

Not Zero Mostel or Zed, and dunno.

Z.

  1. fictional
  2. male
  3. last name starts with Z
  4. appeared originally in literature
  5. created by an American or Americans
156

Correct, correct and Zasu Pitts.

DQ: Created after 1950?

157

IQ1: Is your band the Melody Makers?
IQ2: Is your real name Ian Donald Calvin Euclid Motorhead _______?
IQ3: Are you lead singer for Cheap Trick?

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IQs:

  1. Are you a bird who is the royal advisor in The Lion King?
  2. Did you climb up in a sycamore tree to see Jesus?
  3. Did you send a telegram to Mexico that proved to be injurious to your country?
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Dunno, not Ian Zierling, not Carl (?) Zander.

Not Zazu, Zacharias or Zimmerman.

Z.

  1. fictional
  2. male
  3. last name starts with Z
  4. appeared originally in literature
  5. created by an American or Americans
  6. created after 1950
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Ziggy Marley, Dweezil Zappa, Robin Zander, but you get credit for getting last name right.

DQ: Mystery genre?
DQ: Adapted to TV?