Botticelli, July 2023

Thread Games
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IQs:

  1. According to one interpretation of a classic childrens’ novel about a candymaker, which sees the characters as personifications of the Seven Deadly Sins, do you represent Gluttony?

  2. Years after creating a crime-solving priest, did you finally and shockingly convert to Roman Catholicism?

  3. Did you lose a lucrative gig as a talking duck after making jokes about the Japanese tsunami?

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#1. I am not Augustus Gloop.
#2. I am not Gilbert K. Chesterton.
#3. I am not Gilbert Godfrey. (sp?)

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Swept me last time.

IQ1: Were you a shock punk rocker more famous for pooping on stage than for any of your so-called music?
IQ2: Were you the librettist for a series of Victorian comic operas?
IQ3: Did you play the Caped Crusader in his most reviled feature film appearance?

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Gilbert Gottfried. But close enough, clearly I’m gonna have to up my game.

IQs:

  1. Is a baseball game in which the pitcher gets a shutout in less than 100 pitches named after you?

  2. Are you a singer with a four-octave range, who’s considered to be the girly-girl equivalent pop icon to Billie Eilish’s tomboy?

  3. Are you a much-loved Irish talk show host, known for your flamboyant sports coats and your ability to lure A-level American stars to London to be on your show?

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Apparently there is a MONSTER at the end of this post! Stay here and don’t read the questions!

IQs:

1. Did you play for the Edmonton Oilers? Oh dear, you have read the first question.
2. Were you Britta, on Community? No no, don’t continue!
3. This is it, the final question! The one with the monst…wait a minute, the monster is lovable furry old you?

Oh, you are so embarrassed.

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Raucous applause.

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Take 2 DQs.

I loved reading that book to my daughter when she was youing.
#3. I am not Grover.

#2, I am not William Schrenck Gilbert.
#3. I am not George Clooney.
Take 1 DQ.

#3. I am not the always entertaining Graham Norton.
Take 2 DQs.

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Previous IQs:

Have you played a witch-hunter, an MI6 agent and a kidnap victim? - Gemma Arterton, in Hansel & Gretel, Quantum of Solace and The Disappearance of Alice Creed
Was the jet in which you set a speed record later lost at sea? - John Glenn
Did JFK call to wish you a happy birthday just hours before the fateful Dallas motorcade? - FDR’s VP, John Nance Garner

DQs:

British character?
From science fiction?
Would be alive today, if real?

IQs:

Did you greet a young female student with, “Good morning, daughter of the Devil”?
Were you editor of The Liberator?
Were you restaurant critic at KACL Seattle?

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DQs:

  1. Fictional
  2. Originally from literature
  3. Male
  4. Created after 1900
  5. Originally from prose
  6. First name begins with G
  7. Not created by American(s)
  8. European character
  9. Good guy
  10. British author(s)
  11. Created after 1960
  12. From a series of novels
  13. Adapted into film
  14. From science fiction or fantasy
  15. Created after 1990
  16. British character
  17. Not from science fiction
  18. Would be alive today if real
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#1. I’m remembering that being Father Charles Finney (sp?). Which isn’t a G.
#2. I am not William Lloyd Garrison.
#3. Take a DQ.

Now it has come to pass that there are more than enough outstanding DQs to surpass its allotted score. Hence, no more IQs.

Please ask all remaining DQs by Noon EDT tomorrow.

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1 (Oilers) was Wayne Gretzky; 2 (Britta) was Gillian Jacobs.

Two DQs reserved.

(I have fond memories of this.)

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G.G. Allin
Correct on the other two

DQ: Main character?

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IQ1 was Greg Maddux. IQ2 was Ariana Grande. (Not a huge fan of her music, but the woman can legit sing.) Correct on the inimitable Mr. Norton.

DQs (two from this question, and one reserved).

  1. Human?
  2. Urban fantasy?
  3. Protagonist?
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Previous IQs:

Did you greet a young female student with, “Good morning, daughter of the Devil”? - Very close, it was Rev. Charles Grandison Finney, an early president of Oberlin College. Coeducation was a done deal by then, but he wasn’t happy about it (and the story goes that the student sweetly replied, “Good morning, Father”).
Were you editor of The Liberator? - Yes, William Lloyd Garrison
Were you restaurant critic at KACL Seattle? - The sniffy Gil Chesterton on Frasier

DQ:

Terry Pratchett character?

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IQs before the end

  1. Did you meet a bunch of yahoos on your travels?
  2. Are you a kid with a big head who wears a straight jacket and is friends with a rat?
  3. Are you in love with your cousin?
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DQs:

  1. Fictional
  2. Originally from literature
  3. Male
  4. Created after 1900
  5. Originally from prose
  6. First name begins with G
  7. Not created by American(s)
  8. European character
  9. Good guy
  10. British author(s)
  11. Created after 1960
  12. From a series of novels
  13. Adapted into film
  14. From science fiction or fantasy
  15. Created after 1990
  16. British character
  17. Not from science fiction
  18. Would be alive today if real
  19. Supporting character
  20. Human
  21. Urban fantasy
  22. Not a Terry Pratchett character.

SMV take another DQ, as your third was covered by #19 above.

Buck, you’re too late. We’re closed for new IQs. However, since it IS your birthday

  1. I am not Lemuel Gulliver.
    Take 2 DQs.

:birthday: :grinning:

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Thanks :blush:

  1. was Gregory, a dark humor comic.
  2. was George Micheal Bluth from the show arrested Development.

DQ:

Does the character have any supernatural abilities including abilities to cast spells?
Is he a Harry Potter character?

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Thanks. I got ninja’d.

DQ: Last name start N - Z?

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In fact, I’m going to jump straight to my Firstname-Lastname guess: are you George Weasley?

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I solemnly swear I am up to no good.

Yes! I am the surviving twin, George Weasley.

Nicely accomplished, SMV!

Mischief managed.