Botticelli June 2016

Thread Games
101

IQs:

  1. Are you the announcer on Jeopardy?
  2. Were you the voice of Sneezy in Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs?
  3. Did you write The Bab Ballads?
102

DQ Roundup

  1. Fictional
  2. Female
  3. Not American
  4. First name starts with G
  5. Not by an American author
  6. Would be alive if real
  7. Not European
103

DQ, not Gerald Ford, DQ

104

not Johnny Gilbert, DQ DQ

105

Previous IQs:

Were you a triple-breasted alien whore in the writings of Douglas Adams? - Eccentrica Gallumbits.
Did an early Doonesbury feature you and your coworkers? - I’ll rephrase.
Did a robot interrupt your window-washing? - Gromit, dog and friend of Wallace, in A Close Shave.

DQs:

First appeared in a book?
Created by a European author?

IQs:

You are not Gerald Ford. Did an early Doonesbury feature you and your coworkers?
Were you Arathorn’s wife?
Were you Elrond’s mother-in-law?

106

DQ Roundup

  1. Fictional
  2. Female
  3. Not American
  4. First name starts with G
  5. Not by an American author
  6. Would be alive if real
  7. Not European
  8. First appeared in a book
  9. Created by a European author
107

Not Gladys Knight (and the Pips), DQ, not Galadriel?

108

Correct on Johnny Gilbert. #2 was Billy Gilbert. #3 was Sir William S. Gilbert.

DQs:

  1. Created after 1950?
  2. From a work originally written in English?
109

DQ Roundup

  1. Fictional
  2. Female
  3. Not American
  4. First name starts with G
  5. Not by an American author
  6. Would be alive if real
  7. Not European
  8. First appeared in a book
  9. Created by a European author
  10. Created after 1950
  11. From a work originally written in English
110

IQs:

  1. Are you the head witch of Discworld?
  2. Are you #1’s frequent companion, also a witch?
  3. Are you a DC comic villainess reportedly modeled after Phyllis Diller?
111

Previous IQs:

You are not Gerald Ford. Did an early Doonesbury feature you and your coworkers? - Yes, Gladys Knight and the Pips.
Were you Arathorn’s wife? - Gilraen, mother of Aragorn.
Were you Elrond’s mother-in-law? - Yes, Galadriel.

DQ:

Science fiction/fantasy genre?

IQs:

Was the mispronunciation of your name a plot point in a stage musical?
Did you write the book Dad is Fat?
Did you play Roberta Lincoln?

112

I knew one of you would guess this quick. I am [SIZE=“7”]Granny Weatherwax[/SIZE] and she “Ain’nt Dedd.”

Grats Professor!

113

Thank you.

I am H!

114

IQ1: Is there a statue of you in St. Paul’s Cathedral in London with a seasick lion?
IQ2: Did you write about Ragged Dick?
IQ3: Are you a Revolutionary War general credited with the American victory at the Battle of Saratoga?

115

All right, Prof. P.! Don’t know anything about Discworld myself.

IQs:

Were you “the Happy Warrior”?
Were you Lincoln’s first VP?
Are you the best-known person to have been an artillery officer in the Missouri Natl. Guard?

116

#1, I am not Horatio Nelson.
#2, I am not Horatio Alger.
#3, I am not Horatio Gates.

117

I am not Hubert H. Humphrey.
I am not Hannibal Hamlin.
Take a DQ for #3.

118

IQ1: Did you win a Razzie for your portrayal of Catwoman?
IQ2: Did you write La Comédie Humaine?
IQ3: Were you played by Paul Giamatti in American Splendor?

119

Previous IQs:

Were you “the Happy Warrior”? - Yes, Hubert Humphrey.
Were you Lincoln’s first VP? - Yes, Hannibal Hamlin.
Are you the best-known person to have been an artillery officer in the Missouri Natl. Guard? - Harry S. Truman.

Three VPs who are also H’s!

DQ:

Real?

IQs:

Were you “the Unspeakable” in Lovecraft’s writings?
Did you play Michael Kusack, Esq.?
Were you Stonewall Jackson’s ace mapmaker?

120
  1. I am not Halle Berry.
  2. I am not Honore de Balzac.
    Take a DQ for 3.