Botticelli - June, 2014

Thread Games
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Bob Woodward is 1976! In 1975, Redford was the Great Waldo Pepper.
correcto
and you didn’t guess Wesley Crusher! How can you live with yourself?

DQ1: Scifi?

Reserving a DQ

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DQs:

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. Created by an American
  4. Science fiction

I like Wil Wheaton. I’ve met Wil Wheaton. Never cared for Wesley, though.

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I should probably know #1, but take a DQ.
I am not Jim West.
I am not Good King Wenceslas.

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Wally Cleaver.
Correct on James West.
Correct on King Wenceslas.
DQ: Originally from literature?
IQ1: Were you another of Walter Lantz’s creations?
IQ2/3: Were you either of the costars of a '60s TV show?

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DQs:

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. Created by an American
  4. Science fiction
  5. From literature
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I am not Chilly Willy.
I am not Adam West, nor am I Burt Ward. POW!

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IQ1: Are you an Eloi rescued by a time traveler?
IQ2: Were details of your secret life published in 1939?
IQ3: Are you Dennis Mitchel’s long-suffering neighbor?

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Not whom I had in mind, but I guess he’ll do. :slight_smile:
Correct on West and Ward.
IQ1: Are you 1, while Ben is 50??
IQ2: Are you also known as Ben?
IQ3: Did you have a pet named Ben?

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I’m not Mr. Wilson. Take DQs for the first two.

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I’m not Benjamin Franklin. Take 2 DQs for the first and last.

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“Benjamin Franklin” doesn’t have a W…

George Washington.
Obi Wan Kenobi.
Willard.
DQ1: From a work set in the 20h century or earlier?
DQ2: Still alive when last heard from?
DQ3: Has your story ever appeared on TV or in a film?
IQ1: Did your final exam in Solo Survival last much longer than expected?
IQ2: Did a somewhat sick joke ask if you were the kind that doesn’t float?
IQ3: Did you sell communications secrets to an unfriendly nation?
One of the guys I hung out with in high school was named Willard. The rest of us had a good laugh when the movie came out, with it’s tagline “Where your worst nightmares end - Willard begins.”

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DQs:

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. Created by an American
  4. Science fiction
  5. From literature
  6. From a work set after the 20th Century
  7. Still alive when last heard from
  8. Has not yet appeared on TV or in a film
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“Benjamin Franklin” doesn’t have a W…

Picky, picky, picky. Outside of that, it’s a perfect fit. :slight_smile:

IQ1: Did your final exam in Solo Survival last much longer than expected?
IQ2: Did a somewhat sick joke ask if you were the kind that doesn’t float?
IQ3: Did you sell communications secrets to an unfriendly nation?

Obviously my mind isn’t working that great this a.m. Take 3 DQs.

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Rod Walker, from Tunnel in the Sky, one of my favourite novels by Heinlein.
“What kind of wood doesn’t float?” “Natalie…”
John Walker (thereby causing me and my friends a lot of extra work).

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U.S. Grant is on the $50 bill; Franklin is on the $100.

Previous IQs:

Did you forget your own name when introduced to your future wife? - William Clinton when meeting Hillary Rodham while both were students at Yale Law, acc. to a short biographical film during the 1992 campaign.
Did you pay the price for giving 'way too long a speech? - William Henry Harrison at his inauguration.
The incumbent, did you come in third when you ran for reelection? - William Howard Taft, in 1912.

DQs:

Created after 1970?
Considered a good guy?
Has been known to use weapons?

IQs:

Did you have a car trimmed in your college colors?
Is your husband Fred and your best friend Betty?
Did Erin Gray play you in the Seventies?

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DQs:

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. Created by an American
  4. Science fiction
  5. From literature
  6. From a work set after the 20th Century
  7. Still alive when last heard from
  8. Has not yet appeared on TV or in a film
  9. Created in 1970
  10. Considered a good guy
  11. Has been known to use weapons
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Take a DQ for #1.
I’m not Wilma Flintstone.
I’m not Wilma Deering.

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Previous IQs:

Did you have a car trimmed in your college colors? - Woodrow Wilson’s last car was trimmed in the black and orange of Princeton U.
Is your husband Fred and your best friend Betty? - Yes, Wilma Flintstone
Did Erin Gray play you in the Seventies? - Yes, Wilma Deering

DQ:

Last name start with W?

IQs:

Did you perform with others on the song “No Church in the Wild”?
You are not a monarch. Did your descendants retain foreign titles that were first awarded to you?
Is the same actor who played you going to appear in the new Star Wars movie?

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DQs:

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. Created by an American
  4. Science fiction
  5. From literature
  6. From a work set after the 20th Century
  7. Still alive when last heard from
  8. Has not yet appeared on TV or in a film
  9. Created in 1970
  10. Considered a good guy
  11. Has been known to use weapons
  12. Last name starts with W
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Take 3 DQs.