Botticelli - June 2013

Thread Games
381

Yeah, I got nuttin’.

382

I suppose I could try that Polish name as a DQ…

383

I say go for it. Couldn’t hurt.

384

:: Raises an eyebrow; waits expectantly ::

385

DQ: Are you Jan Sobieski?

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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
  11. Died after 1550
  12. Born east of the Rhine
  13. Did not die in battle
  14. Not a head of state
  15. Not notable in the Thirty Years War
  16. Born north of Vienna
  17. Primarily known as a political figure
  18. Not German by any definition
  19. Not Russian
  20. Not Jan Sobieski

OK, that’s twenty DQs. Everyone who’s earned a DQ in this round may now ask a single “Are you [firstname lastname]?” question. (SCAdian, you get another too, since you asked the Sobieski question as an in-round DQ). I’ll give you until, say, noon Sat. EST, then reveal the answer.

A hint: Although European, this dude is remembered for what he did away from that continent.

Tawk amongst yourselves.

387

Away from the continent, 16-17th C, means explorers/colonists to me. The only Scandinavian explorers I can think of at the moment are Leif Ericson, et al, who were a lot sooner. Or are there any notable Polish pirates? Think…

388

Actually, it occurs to me that while most of the Netherlands is technically north of the Rhine, since it’s on the river’s right bank it could be called “east of the Rhine.” (Remember EH’s comment on the many twists and turns in the Rhine’s mostly northward course.) So rather than spend a lot of extra time thinking about this, I’m just going to go ahead and ask…

DQ: Are you Pieter Stuyvesant?

389

Could be. Meanwhile, I’ll just throw out - what was the name of the guy who discovered Spitzbergen, and the northern currents that kept him bumping into it? Did his name start with an ‘S’?

390

I am indeed!: Peter Stuyvesant - Wikipedia

Well done.

391

Congratulations! I’d dismissed the Netherlands as west of the Rhine. Glad you caught it!

392

Well done, SCAdian!! I should have paid more attention when we last sang from ‘Knickerbocker Holiday’.

393

Actually, it was Prof P’s mention of explorers and colonists that did it. (Thank you!) First I wondered if Svalbard had been named after its discoverer, then I tried to think of anyone who might have been connected with the Swedish colony in New Jersey (or was it Delaware?), and then I happened to think of Nieuw Amsterdam and Stuyvesant…

(One branch of my mother’s family was there with Stuyvesant.)

Hmm. I think this time I shall be

H.

394

(You’re welcome!)
IQs:

  1. Were you the last cartoon character voiced by Mel Blanc?
  2. Were you Shakespeare’s dead son for whom he almost named a play?
  3. Were you the bridge-defending Cocles?
395

Don’t know, not Henry(?), not Horatius.

396

Heathcliff (a cartoon cat from the comics); Hamnet died a year or so before Shakespeare wrote Hamlet.

  1. Real?
  2. Male?
397

IQ1: Were you a character who made Loretta Swit famous?
IQ2: Are you a modern Irish poet?
IQ3: Are you the creator of Dalziel and Pascoe?

398

Should we shift this to a July thread, or just keep going here?

IQs:

Was a President embarrassed when he misstated your name very publicly?
Were you a family friend of a future First Lady?
Did a young Pixar character share a first name with you?

399

IQ: Did you write the 1st written code of law?

400
  1. Is a Doper’s name (which doesn’t start with H) based on yours?
  2. Were you an artist in the humanist circle of Thomas More?
  3. Are you green, incredible, and unlikable when angry?

I don’t see any reason to start a new thread; let’s keep going with this one.