Botticelli June 2015

Thread Games
141

DQ.
I am not Chiang Kai-shek.
I am not Kubla Khan.

I am not Henry Kissinger.
DQ.
I am not Joe Kennedy, Sr.

DQ Summary:

  1. Real.
  2. Male.
  3. Last name starts with K.
  4. Dead.
  5. Not American.
  6. Not known for the arts.
  7. Has not held elected office.
  8. Not European.
  9. Known for politics/military.
  10. Died after 1900.
  11. Asian.
142

Akira Kurosawa, correct x2

DQ: Known from WWII?

holding 2 DQs

143

DQ Summary:

  1. Real.
  2. Male.
  3. Last name starts with K.
  4. Dead.
  5. Not American.
  6. Not known for the arts.
  7. Has not held elected office.
  8. Not European.
  9. Known for politics/military.
  10. Died after 1900.
  11. Asian.
  12. Not known from WWII.
144

Previous IQs:

Did you joke, “The constitutional we do right away. The unconstitutional takes a little longer”? - Yes, Henry Kissinger (spoofing the Seebee motto).
Did you meet with a notable rival only once, in Vienna? - Nikita Khrushchev, who met with JFK there.
Did you head the SEC and serve as an ambassador? - Yes, Joe Kennedy Sr.

DQ:

Born in or north of Beijing?

IQs:

Did you write the novel from which the movie Breaker Morant was adapted?
Did you give your name to a memory game about which a British author wrote?
Were you that author?

145

Wilhelm Keitel.
Harvey Keitel (U-571).
Gen Phil Kearney.
DQ: Born west of Delhi?
Two DQs reserved.
IQ: Were you the first president of Turkey?

146

IQs:

  1. Were you the founder of the company that eventually became K-Mart?
  2. Is your mom “a big, fat bitch”?
  3. Are some of the Psalms dedicated to your sons?
147

The only British K author coming to mind today is Rudyard Kipling, who I am not. If that’s wrong, take 3 DQs.

I am not Mustafa Kemal Ataturk.

DQ.
I am not Kyle Broflovski.
DQ.

DQ Summary:

  1. Real.
  2. Male.
  3. Last name starts with K.
  4. Dead.
  5. Not American.
  6. Not known for the arts.
  7. Has not held elected office.
  8. Not European.
  9. Known for politics/military.
  10. Died after 1900.
  11. Asian.
  12. Not known from WWII.
  13. Not born in or north of Beijing.
  14. Born west of Delhi.
148

IQ1: Were you the supreme leader of Iran from 1979-1989?

149

#1 was S. S. Kresge. #3 was Korah.

DQs:

  1. Died after 2000?
  2. Hostile to the U.S.?
150

Yes! I am Ayatollah Ruhollah Moosavi Khomeini, revolutionary, politician, and founder of the first Islamic government in the modern age.

Congratulations, Knowed Out!

151

Good job, KO!

152

The geographical clues reminded me of my college newspaper with a center fold-out of the Ayatollah’s face with the words IRAN SUCKS below it

I am P.

153

IQ1: Were you a Greek/Danish prince who is now much better known as a British one?
IQ2: Were you a resident of Anatolia whose name originally began with a different letter?
IQ3: Are you really T’challa, son of T’chaka?

154

IQs:

  1. Was your motto “Have gun, will travel”?
  2. Were you Mr. Scarlet’s kid sidekick?
  3. Did William Powell play you in a movie about a mermaid?
155

Way to go, KO!

Previous IQs:

Did you write the novel from which the movie Breaker Morant was adapted? - Kit Denton.
Did you give your name to a memory game about which a British author wrote? - Kim: Kim's Game - Wikipedia.
Were you that author? - Yes, Rudyard Kipling.

On to P…

Were you First Speaker of the Second Foundation?
Were you an Indian aide to U.S. Grant?
Did you surrender Vicksburg to U.S. Grant?

156

dunno x2, not Black Panther

157

not Paladin, dunno x2

158

not Han Pritcher(?), dunno x2 (my brother the Civil War historian would have nailed these)

159

Correct on Paladin. #2 was Pinky. #3 was Mr. Peabody (in Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid).

DQs:

  1. Real?
  2. Male?
160

HRH the Prince Philip was originally Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark.
St Paul was originally known as Saul of Tarsus.
Correct.
I used to work with a guy named T’Challa. He said his father had been a Black Panther.
Two DQs reserved.