Botticelli - June 2017

Thread Games
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DQ: Primarily known as a lawbreaker?

1 DQ left

402

G

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Last name does not start with G
  4. Dead
  5. Not originally American, but known for things done in America
  6. Known, but probably not best known, for the Arts
  7. Not born after 1964
  8. Not known for a product, business, or service
  9. Not better known for politics or the military
  10. Died after 1900
  11. Not primarily known for a single event
  12. Born in Europe
  13. Considered a “good guy”
  14. Not primarily known as a lawbreaker
403

Previous IQs:

Are you the best-known person from New Rumley, Ohio? - George Armstrong Custer
Did the same actor play you as played U.S. Grant and Prof. Moriarty? - George VI in The Crown; that actor also played Grant in Lincoln and Moriarty in the most recent Robert Downey Jr. Sherlock Holmes movie
Did the same actor play you as played a Minnesota murder victim? - The actor who played George C. Marshall in Saving Private Ryan also played the old coot of a real estate developer shot by Steve Buscemi’s character atop the snowy parking garage in Fargo

George x3 again!

DQ:

Born after 1900?
Greatest fame before 1941?

One DQ reserved.

IQs:

Did someone very much like you appear in Gone Girl?
Did you write Gone Girl?
Did the liner which took you on your most famous journey later end up taking tourists around the Hawaiian Islands?

404

IQ1: Are you lead vocalist for the band Bush?
IQ2: Are you lead vocalist for the band No Doubt and formerly married to IQ1?
IQ3: Are you, along with Jack Black, members of the band Tenacious D?

405

IQs:

  1. Are you the Sheriff of Nottingham?
  2. Were you on your way to be interviewed by Peter Ustinov when you were shot?
  3. Did you do “everything Fred Astaire did, but backwards and in heels”?
406

Three DQs.

Three DQs.

DQ. Never heard a name attached to the sheriff, and anyway the only ‘G’ I can think of from the Robin Hood stories is Sir Guy of Gisborne.
DQ.
Not Ginger Rogers.
G

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Last name does not start with G
  4. Dead
  5. Not originally American, but known for things done in America
  6. Known, but probably not best known, for the Arts
  7. Not born after 1964
  8. Not known for a product, business, or service
  9. Not better known for politics or the military
  10. Died after 1900
  11. Not primarily known for a single event
  12. Born in Europe
  13. Considered a “good guy”
  14. Not primarily known as a lawbreaker
  15. Not born after 1900
  16. Greatest fame not before 1941
407

#1. In at least a few versions, Sir Guy is the Sheriff, so, Correct.
#2 was Indira Gandhi.
#. Correct.

1 DQ reserved.

408

DQ: Known from television?

409

IQs:

  1. Did you play Radar on MASH*?
  2. Did you play Benson on Benson?
  3. According to the title of a Tom Stoppard play, are you dead?
410

Not Gary Burgwhateveritis.
Not Robert Guillaume.
Not … Guildenstern?
G

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Last name does not start with G
  4. Dead
  5. Not originally American, but known for things done in America
  6. Known, but probably not best known, for the Arts
  7. Not born after 1964
  8. Not known for a product, business, or service
  9. Not better known for politics or the military
  10. Died after 1900
  11. Not primarily known for a single event
  12. Born in Europe
  13. Considered a “good guy”
  14. Not primarily known as a lawbreaker
  15. Not born after 1900
  16. Greatest fame not before 1941
  17. Not known from television
411

Correct x3.

412

IQs:

  1. Did Don Adams play you on The Bill Dana Show?
  2. Are you Martin Short’s overweight TV talk show host character?
  3. Did you compose the opera Demofoonte?
413

Previous IQs:

Did someone very much like you appear in Gone Girl? - A pretty obvious expy of cable legal commentator Nancy Grace was in the movie
Did you write Gone Girl? - Gillian Flynn
Did the liner which took you on your most famous journey later end up taking tourists around the Hawaiian Islands? - Grace Kelly, who sailed aboard the SS Constitution on the way to her wedding in Monaco

DQs:

Born in Great Britain?
Wealthy by the end of his life?

One DQ reserved.

414

Gavin Rossdale, Gwen Stefani, Kyle Gass

holding 4 DQs

415

Three DQs.

G

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Last name does not start with G
  4. Dead
  5. Not originally American, but known for things done in America
  6. Known, but probably not best known, for the Arts
  7. Not born after 1964
  8. Not known for a product, business, or service
  9. Not better known for politics or the military
  10. Died after 1900
  11. Not primarily known for a single event
  12. Born in Europe
  13. Considered a “good guy”
  14. Not primarily known as a lawbreaker
  15. Not born after 1900
  16. Greatest fame not before 1941
  17. Not known from television
  18. Not born in Great Britain
  19. Not wealthy by the end of my life
416

#1 was Inspector Glick (whose catchphrases and mannerisms were used in the creation of Maxwell Smart later).
#2 is Jiminy Glick.
#3 is Christoph W. Gluck.

4 DQs reserved.

417

DQ: Known for sports?

holding 3 DQs

418

Hope y’all are enjoying your holiday as much as I enjoyed my double-and-a-half for the day. :smiley:
G

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Last name does not start with G
  4. Dead
  5. Not originally American, but known for things done in America
  6. Known, but probably not best known, for the Arts
  7. Not born after 1964
  8. Not known for a product, business, or service
  9. Not better known for politics or the military
  10. Died after 1900
  11. Not primarily known for a single event
  12. Born in Europe
  13. Considered a “good guy”
  14. Not primarily known as a lawbreaker
  15. Not born after 1900
  16. Greatest fame not before 1941
  17. Not known from television
  18. Not born in Great Britain
  19. Not wealthy by the end of my life
  20. Not known for sports, but notable for activities related to sports

And that’s 20. EH has one DQ left, KO has three, and the Prof has four – ask 'em if you got 'em, and I’ll be back around 10 (Eastern) to answer DQs and offer a clue.

419

DQ: Known for superhuman feats or stunts?

420

G

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Last name does not start with G
  4. Dead
  5. Not originally American, but known for things done in America
  6. Known, but probably not best known, for the Arts
  7. Not born after 1964
  8. Not known for a product, business, or service
  9. Not better known for politics or the military
  10. Died after 1900
  11. Not primarily known for a single event
  12. Born in Europe
  13. Considered a “good guy”
  14. Not primarily known as a lawbreaker
  15. Not born after 1900
  16. Greatest fame not before 1941
  17. Not known from television
  18. Not born in Great Britain
  19. Not wealthy by the end of my life
  20. Not known for sports, but notable for activities related to sports
  21. Not known for superhuman feats or stunts
    On second thought, I’m going to bed. I’ll be back around 0700…