Botticelli - July 2021

Thread Games
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#3. I am not Bruce Springsteen (?)

Bai Ling, who played a one-off Senator character. Deleted scenes are on the DVD. Lucas says the scenes were cut for time.
Bambi
Correct on Springsteen

DQ: European?
DQ: Died after 1900?

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Previous IQs:

Were you a conservative, folk-singing US Senate candidate? - The title character of the political satire Bob Roberts
Was it suggested that several states would have to be renamed if you were elected President? - The Capitol Steps in 1996, joking about Bob Dole’s habit of referring to himself in the third person, anticipated Bobdoleinnois, Bobdoledaho and Bobdoleowa
Have you played a pirate, a gangster, a CPSU official and a private eye? - Bob Hoskins, in Hook, The Long Good Friday, Enemy at the Gates and Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

Bob x3!

DQs:

Last name starts with B?
European?
Died since 1900?

IQs:

Were you the not-so-fair Maid of Tarth?
Were you a much-respected knight demoted from the Kingsguard, allegedly due to your age?
Were you the last known fat king of Westeros?

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Congrats Prof!

IQs

  1. Were you a contemporary of an American horror poet, translating his works in French?
  2. Are you a 19th century chemist and composer from Russia?
  3. Were you an artist with a particularly macabre view of hell?
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DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Dead
  4. Not American
  5. European
  6. Died after 1900
  7. Last name starts with B

EH, take two more DQs, 'cause Chock already guessed those.

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  1. I am not Betsy Bubblewich.
  2. I am not Sir Bumpsimus.
  3. I am not King Buford.

Take 3 DQs.

Take 2 DQs.
3. I am not Hieronymus Bosch.

306
  1. Charles Baudelaire
  2. Alexander Borodin

DQs:
Known for The Arts?
Died after 1970?

307

Righto - thanks, Prof. P.

Previous IQs:

Were you the not-so-fair Maid of Tarth? - Brienne of Tarth, from Game of Thrones (and one of my favorite characters)
Were you a much-respected knight demoted from the Kingsguard, allegedly due to your age? - Ser Barristan Selmy, also from GOT
Were you the last known fat king of Westeros? - King Robert Baratheon, ditto

DQ:

Best known for a single incident?
From the British Isles?

Two DQs reserved.

IQs:

Did your wife feign madness when Gen. George Washington came to visit?
Were you appointed to the U.S. District Court by President Reagan, and to the Court of Appeals by his successor?
Were scenes of a movie about you filmed in a historic Irish mansion that was not long afterwards badly damaged by fire, leaving that movie one of the best records of the interior of the house?

308

IQ1: Are you a musician who temporarily adopted the Thin White Duke persona?
IQ2: Did ABBA name-check you in their breakthrough single?
IQ3: Did you write Waiting for Godot?

309

DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Dead
  4. Not American
  5. European
  6. Died after 1900
  7. Last name starts with B
  8. Known for the Arts
  9. Died before 1970
  10. Not best known for a single incident.
  11. Not from the British Isles.
310

#1. I am not Benedict Arnold (?)
Take 2 DQs.

#1. I am not David Bowie.
#2. I am not Napoleon Bonaparte in Waterloo.
#3. I am not Samuel Beckett.

311

Swept again!

IQ1: Are you a mostly silent man-child played by Rowan Atkinson?
IQ2: Were you King of England. although for only 30 seconds?
IQ3: Do you frequently have a cunning plan?

312

As to ABBA, let the record reflect that, although Napoleon was defeated at Waterloo, he did not surrender there: HMS Bellerophon (1786) - Wikipedia

Previous IQs:

Did your wife feign madness when Gen. George Washington came to visit? - Yes, Benedict Arnold; she was a Tory and apparently wanted to avoid tough questions as to just how much she knew of her husband’s treason
Were you appointed to the U.S. District Court by President Reagan, and to the Court of Appeals by his successor? - Judge Alice M. Batchelder, later considered for appointment to SCOTUS
Were scenes of a movie about you filmed in a historic Irish mansion that was not long afterwards badly damaged by fire, leaving that movie one of the best records of the interior of the house? - The title character of Kubrick’s Barry Lyndon

DQs:

Best known for the performing arts?
Born in or north of Vienna?
Born in or east of Vienna?
Greatest fame before 1939?

IQs:

Were you a Republican US senator from Minnesota?
Were you a Democratic US senator of Native American ancestry?
Have you played a concierge, a Federal prosecutor, a network executive and a computer genius?

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  1. I am not the hilarious Mr. Bean.
  2. I am not Blackadder.
  3. I am not Baldrick.

I was just reading about #2 a couple of weeks ago, but it’s not coming around.

#3. I am not Adrian Brody (?).
Take 2 or 3 DQs.

314

DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Dead
  4. Not American
  5. European
  6. Died after 1900
  7. Last name starts with B
  8. Known for the Arts
  9. Died before 1970
  10. Not best known for a single incident.
  11. Not from the British Isles.
  12. Not best known for the performing arts.
  13. Born South of Vienna
  14. Born East of Vienna
  15. Greatest fame before 1939
315

IQ1: You’ve got a lovely daughter?
IQ2: Although disputed, did you claim to be the first to reach both the north and south poles by air?
IQ3: Did you think a boy’s best friend is his mother?

316
  1. I am not Mrs. Brown.
  2. I am not Richard E. Byrd.
  3. I am not Oedipus. Take a DQ.
317

Yes, Yes, Norman Bates

DQ: Author or poet?

318

DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Dead
  4. Not American
  5. European
  6. Died after 1900
  7. Last name starts with B
  8. Known for the Arts
  9. Died before 1970
  10. Not best known for a single incident.
  11. Not from the British Isles.
  12. Not best known for the performing arts.
  13. Born South of Vienna
  14. Born East of Vienna
  15. Greatest fame before 1939
  16. Not an author or poet
319

IQ1: Did one of your most disturbing acting roles involve squealing like a pig?
IQ2: Are you the least hirsute member of ZZ Top, ironic considering your last name?
IQ3: Are you the guitarist and singer of ZZ Top?

320
  1. I am not Ned Beatty.
    Take 2 DQs.