Botticelli June 2016

Thread Games
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DQ Roundup

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. First name starts with E
  4. Not American
  5. Would not be alive if real
  6. First appeared since 1964
  7. Not originally from TV or movies
  8. By an American author
  9. Not European
  10. First appeared since 1980
  11. Considered a good guy
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not Queen Elizabeth I, DQ, not Queen Elizabeth II

A few years ago, a few friends and I did a coach tour of the UK. When we arrived in Scotland, the tour guide told us the Scots consider the current Queen Elizabeth the only Queen Elizabeth, because Elizabeth I ordered the death of Mary, Queen of Scots. This is reflected in their postal code and coins. Talk about holding grudges.

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Correct. Correct. The Emerald Empress.

DQ: Known from a work of prose fiction?

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IQs:

  1. Did you write The Hollow Men?
  2. Did you write The Hoosier Schoolmaster?
  3. Were you a poet and essayist in the Transcendentalist Movement?
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IQs:

Does Cate Blanchett hope to play you several more times? - Yes, Queen Elizabeth I.
Did a blacksmith initially refuse to call you by your first name? - Elizabeth Swann, in the first Pirates of the Caribbean movie.
Were you from the Bowes-Lyon family? - Not Queen Elizabeth II, but her mother, the Queen Mother.

DQs:

Human?
Known for using a gun?

IQs:

Was your father a diplomat and your mother a teacher?
Were you that diplomat?
Did you have brothers named Robert and Renly?

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I don’t know what you mean about postal code, but the Scots don’t have their own coins: Scottish coinage - Wikipedia

And she is referred to as Elizabeth II in these official Scottish documents:

http://www.gov.scot/Topics/People/royal-ceremonial/papalvisit/Pope-QE-speeches (about halfway down)
http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2007/10/09113958/23 (under the topic, “Explain the process and action taken”)
http://www.gov.scot/Resource/0046/00461431.pdf (as to Shona Robison MSP, 02-Jul)
http://www.gov.scot/Resource/Doc/1070/0111298.pdf (as to Fiona Hyslop MSP, 16-Sep-10)

And see: MacCormick v Lord Advocate - Wikipedia

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DQ Roundup

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. First name starts with E
  4. Not American
  5. Would not be alive if real
  6. First appeared since 1964
  7. Not originally from TV or movies
  8. By an American author
  9. Not European
  10. First appeared since 1980
  11. Considered a good guy
  12. From prose fiction
  13. Human
  14. Not known for using a gun

EH: The Scot coins are the same currency values, materials and dimensions as English coins, but the designs on the faces and backs are different.

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DQ, DQ, not Ralph Waldo Emerson

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DQ, DQ, don’t know of any other Baratheon brother besides Stannis

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#1 was T. S. Eliot.
#2 was Edward Eggleston.
Correct on 3.
DQs:

  1. From a work of science fiction or fantasy?
  2. First appeared since 2000?
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IQs:

  1. Did your sword take people’s souls?
  2. Did you write The Man Without A Country?
  3. Were you aka Romain de Tirtoff?
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DQ Roundup

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. First name starts with E
  4. Not American
  5. Would not be alive if real
  6. First appeared since 1964
  7. Not originally from TV or movies
  8. By an American author
  9. Not European
  10. First appeared since 1980
  11. Considered a good guy
  12. From prose fiction
  13. Human
  14. Not known for using a gun
  15. From a work of science fiction or fantasy
  16. First appeared since 2000
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not Elric of Melnibone, DQ, not Erte (did you work the same puzzle in GAMES magazine that I did? That was used in a clue)

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#1 is correct.
#2 was Edward Everett Hale.
#3 is correct. No, I am a retired art appraiser, and have seen a great number of works by Erte.

DQ: From a work of science fiction?

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SF or Fantasy good guy from a book written 2000+, first name starts with E.

Time to put the thinker into high gear.

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Ah, well, anyway…

IQ: Are you one of the characters in Twilight for whom there is a Team of fans?

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All withdrawn. Got my wires crossed. Sorry.

IQs:

Were you a prominent House Republican who got dumped in a primary?
Were you a bastard of Robert Baratheon?
Are you a Scandinavian punk computer hacker?

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DQ Roundup

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. First name starts with E
  4. Not American
  5. Would not be alive if real
  6. First appeared since 1964
  7. Not originally from TV or movies
  8. By an American author
  9. Not European
  10. First appeared since 1980
  11. Considered a good guy
  12. From prose fiction
  13. Human
  14. Not known for using a gun
  15. From a work of science fiction or fantasy
  16. First appeared before 2000
  17. Not from science fiction

Apologies for #16. First appearance is actually before 2000.

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not Edward Cullen

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DQ, can’t think of any other bastards besides Gendry, I know I’ve read about #3 but can’t remember the name