Botticelli, July 2023

Thread Games
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Randy Travis
Richard Scarry
Ralph Vaughan-Williams

Two DQs reserved. (No DQ for Richard Scarry, as Buck had already asked about him.)

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IQs:

1: Did you bemoan the sad pestilence on the land, when passing ruffians can say Ni at will to old ladies?

2: Are you Young Ian’s pet wolfhound in Outlander?

3: Were you a Scottish outlaw, portrayed by Liam Neeson in an eponymous film?

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IQs:
1. Does Fagin mention you in Oliver!: “[Redacted], what a crook/Gave away, what he took…[Redacted] was far too good/You’ve got to pick a pocket or two”?
2. Did you hit 60 home runs in a single season?
3. Were you the title role(s) in Melinda and Melinda?

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IQ:

  1. Did Sting tell you you no longer needed to be a prostitute?
  2. Did Billy Joel wax poetically about your eyes?
  3. Do Barbershop quartets pop the question to you at the least suggestion?

DQ
Known for acting?

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Previous IQs:

Did you live in the eaves of Rhosgobel? - Radagast the Brown, in Tolkien’s legendarium
Did you admire Harry Truman and your mom was a whore? - Rorschach, in Watchmen
Are you known for your humorous songs about a certain orange former POTUS? - Randy Rainbow. His latest: Donald in the John With Boxes - A Randy Rainbow Song Parody - YouTube

DQs:

Won a top award in her field?
Had a famous husband?

One DQ reserved.

IQs:

Are the best-known person from Dixon, Ill.?
Did you play him opposite Jane Fonda?
Were you his real wife?

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I am not Brave Sir Robin or take a DQ, take a DQ, I am not Rob Roy.

Take 3 DQs.

I am not Roxanne, take 2 DQs.

i am not Ronald Reagan, take 2 DQs unless by him in #3 you mean Reagan, in which case I am not Nancy.

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  1. Real
  2. First name begins with R
  3. Female
  4. Deceased.
  5. American.
  6. Died after 1980.
  7. Known for the Arts
  8. Not known for the Literary Arts.
  9. Born before 1950.
  10. Known for the performing arts

11.Known for acting.

  1. Won a top award in her field.

  2. Had a famous husband.

And with that IQs are closed.

Please ask all remaining DQs by 6PM CST on Saturday

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1 was Robin Hood; 2 was Babe Ruth; 3 was Radha Mitchell.

DQ: died after 2000?

2 DQs reserved.

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  1. Correct
  2. Rosalinda’s eyes
  3. Lida Rose

DQ
Was the famous husband also an actor?

1DQ reserved

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DQ: Common first name?

1 DQ reserved.

91
  1. Real
  2. First name begins with R
  3. Female
  4. Deceased.
  5. American.
  6. Died after 1980.
  7. Known for the Arts
  8. Not known for the Literary Arts.
  9. Born before 1950.
  10. Known for the performing arts

11.Known for acting.

  1. Won a top award in her field.

  2. Had a famous husband.

  3. Died before 2000.

  4. Did some acting, but is not best known for it.

  5. Extremely common name for when she was born. Not as common today but definitely still in use.

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Psst, you missed Buck’s DQ above.

DQ: Born before 1930?

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IQ1, right film, wrong character - it was Roger the Shrubber who objected to Arthur and Bedivere saying “Ni” to the Old Crone. But bold Sir Robin would have been one of my next IQs. IQ2 is Rollo, and IQ3 is indeed Rob Roy Macgregor.

DQs

  1. Surname starts A - M?

1 DQ reserved.

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Previous IQs:

Are the best-known person from Dixon, Ill.? - Yes, Ronald Reagan
Did you play him opposite Jane Fonda? - Alan Rickman, in The Butler (and he was very good)
Were you his real wife? - Yes, Nancy Reagan

DQs:

Best known, when she acted, for movies?
Considered a beauty?

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  1. Real
  2. First name begins with R
  3. Female
  4. Deceased.
  5. American.
  6. Died after 1980.
  7. Known for the Arts
  8. Not known for the Literary Arts.
  9. Born before 1950.
  10. Known for the performing arts

11.Known for acting.

  1. Won a top award in her field.

  2. Had a famous husband.

  3. Died before 2000.

  4. Husband did some acting, but is not best known for it.

  5. Extremely common name for when she was born. Not as common today but definitely still in use.

  6. Born before 1930.

  7. Best known for movies.

  8. Not known for her beauty.

  9. Last name starts with A- M.

#15 has been revised to clarify my answer.

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DQ: won an Oscar?

1 DQ reserved.

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Final DQ: best known for roles in late 1960s-early 70s?

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Man, y’all, I got nothing. Thinking some famous Golden Age actress with a slightly archaic name (like Rhonda or Regina), but the only one I can bring to mind is Rosalind Russell, and her surname doesn’t begin with A - M.

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I’m also drawing a blank.

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  1. Real
  2. First name begins with R
  3. Female
  4. Deceased.
  5. American.
  6. Died after 1980.
  7. Known for the Arts
  8. Not known for the Literary Arts.
  9. Born before 1950.
  10. Known for the performing arts

11.Known for acting.

  1. Won a top award in her field.

  2. Had a famous husband.

  3. Died before 2000.

  4. Husband did some acting, but is not best known for it.

  5. Extremely common name for when she was born. Not as common today but definitely still in use.

  6. Born before 1930.

  7. Best known for movies.

  8. Not known for her beauty.

  9. Last name starts with A- M.

  10. Has won an Oscar.

  11. Best known for movies in the 1960s and 1970s.

#15 has been revised to clarify my answer.

Let me clarify #8. Not known these days for Literary Arts. Only for acting.