No, not American.
- Real person
- Male
- Born in 19th century
- Not a political figure
- An author, not well known for anything else.
- Not American
No, I’m not Thaddeus Stephens.
Did you write a critical essay in which you pronounced William Shakespeare’s works to be completely worthless?
IQ: As a young man, did you see former Confederate President Jefferson Davis taken in irons through your hometown?
No, I am not Leo Tolstoy (a shame when one great artist can’t appreciate another).
No idea- Ask a DQ
IQ: Were you a South African-born veteran of World War I?
No, I am not JRR Tolkien (you think I’d go for someone THAT easy? On THIS board???)
Worth eliminating the possibility.
Thomas Woodrow Wilson.
DQ: European?
IQ: Were you called, by some, the Father of the Hydrogen Bomb?
No I am not Edward Teller
Yes, I am European
- Real person
- Male
- Born in 19th century
- Not a political figure
- An author, not well known for anything else.
- European
IQ: Were you considered by Henry Kissinger to be one of the greatest diplomats of the 19th century?
No, I am not Talleyrand.
IQ: Was Georges Sand sick to death of Chopin hanging out with you because your depressive Russian temperament brought out Chopin’s depressive Polish temperament?
Hmmm… I’ve never heard this anecdote, but I strongly suspect you’re on the verge of solving this one.
So, ask a more blunt, obvious question and you may be the winner.
IQ: Despite your name, is there no evidence that you ever actually took money for sex?
DQ: Are you Ivan Turgenev?
I was thinking Terry Chimes, who played drums on The Clash’s first album, and had a stint in the late 1980s playing with Black Sabbath.
That said, Philthy Phil did jam with The Damned in addition to his regular Motorhead gig. So I don’t earn anything under this rule:
[QUOTE=Wikipedia Botticelli rules]
At this point, the chooser has three possible responses:
- “No, I am not Frank Black.” — The chooser has either guessed the guesser’s chosen person, or has thought of another person who fits the same criteria. (Even if the guesser was thinking of the chooser’s chosen person, a correct “No I am not” that names a different person is allowed, if it fits the questioned criteria.) The game remains in indirect mode, and moves to the next guesser.
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Anyways, it looks like Le Ministre is going to nail this one.
Well, that IS mighty blunt and obvious!
**YES! I am Ivan Turgenev, author of the great novel Fathers and Sons, and of the story collection A Sportsman’s Sketches. **
Good Heavens - what have I done?
All right then - the new initial is “P”. I’m horribly busy for the next couple of days, so I beg for your patience. I will try to be scrupulous about logging out when I’m not actually available, but scrupulous isn’t my best thing. Here we go…