Botticelli - July 2024

Thread Games
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I"d better get a last set of IQs in.

  1. Do you perform professionally under your middle name, rather than your first name “Noel”?
  2. Are you a trio-mate of #1?
  3. Did #1 write a song about you and your mythical reptiloid companion?
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  1. was Paul of Tarsus, author of most of the Epistles of the New Testament. 2) was Philemon. 3) was Pheiddipedes (or, more likely, Phillipides), who is said to have run from Marathon to Athens to deliver news of the battle of Marathon, and died after delivering his message.

DQs:

  1. Involved in the making of movies?

  2. Orchestra conductor?

2 DQs still reserved

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Take 3 DQs.

I am not Pippa Middleton, take a DQ, I am not Popeye.

I am not Peter Marshall, I am not Paul Lynde, I am not Perpigilliam aka Peri? Or take a DQ.

I am not Paul, I am not Peter, I am not Jackie Piper (or Puff).

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I Am P:

  1. Male
  2. Real
  3. Last name does not begin with P.
  4. Not known for the military/Politics.
  5. Not American
  6. Living
  7. Born after 1965.
  8. Not European
  9. Born before 1980
  10. Known for the arts
  11. Although he has written a book, it is not what he is best known for, and many people are probably unaware he wrote one.
  12. Not Asian
  13. Known for the Performing Arts. Technically.
  14. Not a multimedia artist.
  15. Not Australian
  16. Not a film director
  17. From the Southern Hemisphere.
  18. Has not won a top award in his field.
  19. I would say probably would be recognized.
  20. Has made a movie but again, many people are likely unaware.
  21. Not an orchestra conductor

No more IQs, please.

Please ask all DQs by 8 AM Central time on Wednesday.

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2 (directed The Master) was Paul Thomas Anderson. 1 DQ reserved.

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Swept me. Hmmm…

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Previous IQs:

Did you surrender Vicksburg on July 4, 1863? - Gen. John C. Pemberton
A leader of Federal cavalry, did you lose the Battle of Brandy Station? - Gen. Alfred Pleasonton
An Episcopal bishop, did you found Kenyon College? - Philander Chase

Hmm. Can’t figure out who this is. I yield my DQs, one per customer, to whoever’d like to ask them.

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Final DQ: from South America?

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I Am P:

  1. Male
  2. Real
  3. Last name does not begin with P.
  4. Not known for the military/Politics.
  5. Not American
  6. Living
  7. Born after 1965.
  8. Not European
  9. Born before 1980
  10. Known for the arts
  11. Although he has written a book, it is not what he is best known for, and many people are probably unaware he wrote one.
  12. Not Asian
  13. Known for the Performing Arts. Technically.
  14. Not a multimedia artist.
  15. Not Australian
  16. Not a film director
  17. From the Southern Hemisphere.
  18. Has not won a top award in his field.
  19. I would say probably would be recognized.
  20. Has made a movie but again, many people are likely unaware.
  21. Not an orchestra conductor

Let me clarify #13. He is seen, but not as an actor.

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Last DQs:

  1. Ventriloquist?
  2. Last name begins N - Z?
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One of EH’s DQs: appears in things that star actors?

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one of EH’s DQs: Comedian?

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I Am P:

  1. Male
  2. Real
  3. Last name does not begin with P.
  4. Not known for the military/Politics.
  5. Not American
  6. Living
  7. Born after 1965.
  8. Not European
  9. Born before 1980
  10. Known for the arts
  11. Although he has written a book, it is not what he is best known for, and many people are probably unaware he wrote one.
  12. Not Asian
  13. Known for the Performing Arts. Technically.
  14. Not a multimedia artist.
  15. Not Australian
  16. Not a film director
  17. From the Southern Hemisphere.
  18. Has not won a top award in his field.
  19. I would say probably would be recognized.
  20. Has made a movie but again, many people are likely unaware.
  21. Not an orchestra conductor

Let me clarify #13. He is seen, but not as an actor.

  1. Not a,ventriloquist
  2. Last name begins with A-M.
  3. Not in a,thing thst stars,actors. While he does,sometimes deal with actors/performers, he is actually dealing with them as a,person. Like Ken Jennings,might have an actor as a contestant on Jeopardy, but acting is not why they are tgere.
  4. Not a comedian.

Is tgis all the DQs?

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No, I asked one right before the ventriloquist question, about whether the person from South America.

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I Am P:

  1. Male
  2. Real
  3. Last name does not begin with P.
  4. Not known for the military/Politics.
  5. Not American
  6. Living
  7. Born after 1965.
  8. Not European
  9. Born before 1980
  10. Known for the arts
  11. Although he has written a book, it is not what he is best known for, and many people are probably unaware he wrote one.
  12. Not Asian
  13. Known for the Performing Arts. Technically.
  14. Not a multimedia artist.
  15. Not Australian
  16. Not a film director
  17. From the Southern Hemisphere.
  18. Has not won a top award in his field.
  19. I would say probably would be recognized.
  20. Has made a movie but again, many people are likely unaware.
  21. Not an orchestra conductor

Let me clarify #13. He is seen, but not as an actor.

  1. Not a,ventriloquist
  2. Last name begins with A-M.
  3. Not in a,thing thst stars,actors. While he does,sometimes deal with actors/performers, he is actually dealing with them as a,person. Like Ken Jennings,might have an actor as a contestant on Jeopardy, but acting is not why they are tgere.
  4. Not a comedian.
  5. Not from South America
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So, likely someone from sub-Equator Africa or New Zealand, then.

137

Still stumped.

138

Maybe some kind of sportscaster? I got nothin’.

139

Okay, last chance- any guesses by 7 AM Friday.

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Okay. Game over.

I was the host of TheAmazing Race Phil Keoghan.

Do I go again?