Botticelli June 2015

Thread Games
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Woohoo!

Okay, I’ve got one. I am C.

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IQs:

  1. Did you marry Martha Dandridge and live in the White House?
  2. Did you say “Big book, big problem.” (at least in translation)?
  3. Did you write under the pen name “Boz”?
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Unless #1 is Chester Arthur, that’s a sweep.

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#1 was Daniel Custis. The White House was the name of his plantation. After he died, Martha went on to marry George Washington.
#2 was Callimachus, ancient librarian griping about scrolls.
#3 was Charles Dickens.

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DQs:

  1. Real?
  2. Male?
  3. Last name starts with C?
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IQ1) Were you the first king of the Franks, and the father of Catholicism in France?

IQ2) Did you sing the theme song to Disney’s “The Aristocats”?

IQ3) Was Journey founded by the organist and the second guitarist in your band?

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IQs:

  1. Was your composing of the poem Kubla Khan interrupted by a person from Porlock?
  2. Did you compose and perform Kitten on the Keys?
  3. Are you a public figure who gave birth to a daughter you named Charlotte this year?
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I’m not Clovis. The only guy from Journey I remember is Steve Perry, so take 2.

I’m not Samuel Taylor Coleridge. I’m not the Duke of Cambridge. Take a DQ for #2.

EDIT: William probably didn’t actually give birth himself. So… take a DQ for that if that’s wrong too.

DQ Summary:

  1. Real.
  2. Male.
  3. Last name does not start with C.
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Clovis was correct.

Maurice Chevalier sang “The Aristocats” (appropriate since the movie was set in Paris).

Organist Gregg Rolie and guitarist Neil Schon were members of Carlos Santana’s band, before starting Journey.
DQ1) Alive?

DQ2) American?

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grats Baffle!

IQ1: Did Bradley Cooper portray you in American Sniper?
IQ2: Did your aspirations for running for president sink when your deputy chief of staff closed off two lanes on the George Washington Bridge?
IQ3: Are you a sportscaster who uses the phrase “Rumblin’, bumblin’, stumblin’” whenever a larger player, often ungracefully, runs with the ball?

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D’oh! Missed the June thread until now.

IQs:

A polylingual former soldier, did you teach every subject at Bowdoin other than mathematics?
Are you Duke of Rothesay and Cornwall?
Is the majority of Europe related to you to some degree?

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I am not Chris Christie. Take 2.

  1. DQ.
  2. I am not Charles, Prince of Wales.
  3. I am not literally everybody on the planet who ever lived. (But for arguments’ sake, I’ll say I am not Chinggis Khan.)

DQ Summary:

  1. Real.
  2. Male.
  3. Last name does not start with C.
  4. Dead.
  5. American.
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IQ1) Are you the only Catholic signer of the Declaration of Independence?

IQ2) Did you write Death Comes for the Archbishop, my favorite 20th century novel?

1Q3) Did you marry elderly Xavier Cugat to get into the USA?

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Previous IQs:

A polylingual former soldier, did you teach every subject at Bowdoin other than mathematics? - Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, hero of Gettysburg.
Are you Duke of Rothesay and Cornwall? - Yes, Prince Charles.
Is the majority of Europe related to you to some degree? - Not that guy, but Charlemagne.

DQs:

Political/military?
Died since 1950?

IQs:

Did Woodrow Wilson narrowly beat you in 1916?
Does one of your most famous recordings end with you saying offhandedly, “That’s it.”
Were you the Tory bad guy in Jeffrey Archer’s political thriller First Among Equals?

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DQ, DQ, DQ…

Hey now, you can’t ask a IQ which basically amounts to “are you human” and then tell me I picked the wrong one…

  1. Did Coolidge run in 1916? Otherwise, DQ.
  2. DQ (applying to your second DQ from above)
  3. DQ.

DQ Summary:

  1. Real.
  2. Male.
  3. Last name does not start with C.
  4. Dead.
  5. American.
  6. Not known for politics/military.
  7. Died since 1950.
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Chris Kyle, correct, Chris Berman. Three Chrises!
DQ: Known for the arts?

holding a DQ

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*Originally Posted by astorian
IQ1) Are you the only Catholic signer of the Declaration of Independence?

IQ2) Did you write Death Comes for the Archbishop, my favorite 20th century novel?

1Q3) Did you marry elderly Xavier Cugat to get into the USA?*
1 = Charles Carroll of Carrollton (Maryland)

2 = Willa Cather

3 = Charo (coochie coochie!)

Will save DQs for now

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DQ Summary:

  1. Real.
  2. Male.
  3. Last name does not start with C.
  4. Dead.
  5. American.
  6. Not known for politics/military.
  7. Died since 1950.
  8. Not known for the arts.
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Correct on Coleridge. #2 was Zez Comfrey.
#3 was Chelsea Clinton, who didn’t change her name when she married.

DQ: Known for business?
Other DQ: Died since 2000?

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DQ Summary:

  1. Real.
  2. Male.
  3. Last name does not start with C.
  4. Dead.
  5. American.
  6. Not known for politics/military.
  7. Died since 1950.
  8. Not known for the arts.
  9. Known for business.
  10. Died since 2000.