Botticelli - June 2013

Thread Games
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Solomon Grundy, born on a Monday, christened on Tuesday…

DQ: Died before 1900?

IQs:

  1. Were you the first Christian martyr?
  2. Were you the first King of Israel?
  3. Did you anoint #2?
322

Correct on Smeagol and Charles Edward Stuart.
Sidney Steinberg? Never heard of him (nor has Wikipedia)…
IQ1: Is a sort of adverbial pun named after you?
IQ2: Did you write a book about Cedric and Wilfred?
IQ3: Were you lost whilst attempting to reach the North Pole by balloon?

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IQ1: Are you a Prime Minister of Canada?
IQ2: Are you the violinist who dubbed the music for the fiddler/actor in the film of ‘Fiddler on the Roof’?
IQ3: Are you the explorer who ‘discovered’ much of New France?

324

Not St. Stephen.
Not Solomon.
Not… Saul?

325

Sidney was his first name, at least, I seem to remember - a recurring character on MASH*.

Not Spooner.
Dunno about the second or third.

326

Not Stephen Harper.
Dunno the second.
Not La Salle.

S.

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Last name begins with S
  4. Dead
  5. Died before 1900
327

That’s who I had in mind - Dr Sidney Freedman.

Spooner swapped the beginnings of words when he got flustered; the adverbials were named after Tom Swift. (“The prisoner escaped down a rope,” said Tom condescendingly. “I’ve borrowed my sister’s camping gear,” said Tom insistently. “I manufacture tabletops for shops,” said Tom counterproductively.)
Cedric the Saxon and his son Wilfred of Ivanhoe are characters in a book by Sir Walter Scott.
Salomon Andree was the Arctic balloonist.
DQ1: American?
DQ2: Died before 1700?
IQ1: Are you an Albanian national hero?
IQ2: Were you the March King?
IQ3: Did you continue your career as an actress after your leg was amputated?

328

Saul was first king of Israel, not Solomon. He was anointed by Samuel.

329

IQ1: Are you a little girl who would not take the garbage out?
IQ2: Did you create that little girl?
IQ3: Are you (in)famous for requiring actors to film take after take?

330

Dunno, not Sousa, dunno.

S.

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Last name begins with S
  4. Dead
  5. Died before 1900
  6. Not American
  7. Died before 1700
331

Dunno, not Dr. Seuss, not Stanley Kubrick (but see posts 1 and 14 here: I met Keir Dullea tonight! - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board)

332

DQ: European?

333

That was a really cool thread - thanks for the link!

Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout, who would not take the garbage out, was created not by Dr. Seuss, but by Shel Silverstein.

DQ: Political/military figure?
DQ: (reserved, awaiting Prof Pepperwinkle’s answer)

334

Correct on John Philip Sousa.
Skanderbeg was the Albanian, and Sarah Bernhardt the actress.
DQ1: Died before 1400?
At least one DQ (I’ve lost track) reserved.
IQ1: Are you a Roman who shares a name with an Indian tribe?
IQ2: Are you known for your high-quality stringed instruments?
IQ3: Was your life allegedly saved by the girl who later married John Rolfe?

335

IQs

  1. Are you the Italian Stallion?
  2. Were you played by Roger Moore on a TV show with an ironic name?
  3. Were you “the father of Modern China”?
336

Not Seneca, Stradivarius or John Smith.

337

Not Sylvester Stallone, The Saint, or Sun Yat-sen.

S.

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Last name begins with S
  4. Dead
  5. Died before 1900
  6. Not American
  7. Died before 1700
  8. European
  9. Political/military figure
  10. Died after 1400
338

IQs:

  1. Did you assist Brian Keith as he played a single dad raising a family?
  2. Are you a literary animal based on Leon Trotsky?
  3. Were you the narrator in The Big Lebowski?
339

Not Sebastian Cabot, some critter from Animal Farm whose name I forget, or Sam Elliott.

340

Snowball.

IQs:

  1. Did you terrorize Uncle Wiggly?
  2. Were you the artist who created Street in Moret?
  3. Do you play guitar for the group Shadowfax?