Botticelli - June 2018

Thread Games
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IQs:

  1. Were you the hostess of Tiny Toon Adventures?
  2. In the book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, are you the rich Munchkin who lodges Dorothy & Toto before they hit the Yellow Brick Road?
  3. Are you a character who lives his life in reverse chronological order in a story by Virginia Woolf?
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That first DQ still puzzles me. Not sure what to make of it, especially for a person born relatively recently, historically speaking.

Previous IQs:

Did you once tell your supporters to “ride towards the sound of the guns”? - Pat Buchanan, after winning the 1992 New Hampshire GOP primary
Were you that person’s sister, who served as Treasurer of the United States? - Bay Buchanan
Did you command the ironclad CSS Virginia? - Franklin Buchanan (no relation, as far as I know)

Buchanan x3!

DQs:

Associated with NYC?
Best known for a single incident?
Had a famous spouse?

IQs:

Did you hang out with Babe the Blue Ox?
Did you use a rattlesnake as a lariat?
Were you a bad guy always accompanied by your nasty dog?

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IQ1: I am not Barry Sanders.
IQ2: I am not Barry White.
IQ3: Take a DQ.

  1. I am not Babs Bunny.
  2. I am not Boq.
  3. If you’re thinking of Benjamin Button, who was created by F. Scott Fitzgerald, I am not him.

I am not Paul Bunyan.
I am not Pecos Bill.
Take a DQ.

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  1. Real (you might have thought he’s fictional, but he was actually real)
  2. Male
  3. Last name begins with B
  4. American (naturalized)
  5. Born since 1800
  6. Dead
  7. Born before 1950
  8. Not known for the arts
  9. Born after 1875
  10. Not known for politics or military
  11. Not associated with NYC
  12. Not best known for a single incident
  13. Didn’t have a famous spouse
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Correct x3. Apologies for misauthoring Button.

IQs:

  1. Are you the mascot/spokesperson for a food product who has also helped hype Geico?
  2. Are you Top Cat’s right hand cat?
  3. Are you Jonny Quest’s pet dog?
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Barry Switzer

DQ: Associated with a product or service?

holding a DQ

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Please note, everyone, that DQ answer #1 has been revised.

Previous IQs:

Did you hang out with Babe the Blue Ox? - Yes, Paul Bunyan
Did you use a rattlesnake as a lariat? - Yes, Pecos Bill
Were you a bad guy always accompanied by your nasty dog? - Bill Sykes, in Dickens’s *Oliver Twist *

One DQ reserved.

IQs:

Have Ian Holm and Martin Freeman both played you?
Did you bring Jackie Robinson up to the majors?
Did you sing about a geometric shape in a granular medium?

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  1. I am not Mrs. Butterworth.
  2. Take a DQ.
  3. I am not Bandit.

I am not Bilbo Baggins. Take two DQs. DQ answer #1 has been clarified as “Real (you might have thought he’s fictional, but he was actually real)”.

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  1. Real (you might have thought he’s fictional, but he was actually real)
  2. Male
  3. Last name begins with B
  4. American (naturalized)
  5. Born since 1800
  6. Dead
  7. Born before 1950
  8. Not known for the arts
  9. Born after 1875
  10. Not known for politics or military
  11. Not associated with NYC
  12. Not best known for a single incident
  13. Didn’t have a famous spouse
  14. Associated with a product or service

Current reserved DQs: Elendil’s Heir (1), Knowed Out (1)

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Previous IQs:

Have Ian Holm and Martin Freeman both played you? - Yes, Bilbo Baggins
Did you bring Jackie Robinson up to the majors? - Branch Rickey, as played by Harrison Ford in this great scene from 42: 42 Movie CLIP - Do You Think God Likes Baseball? (2013) - Jackie Robinson Movie HD - YouTube
Did you sing about a geometric shape in a granular medium? - Belinda Carlisle: New! Belinda Carlisle - Circle In The Sand with Lyrics - YouTube

DQs:

Mascot or trademark of a product?
Best known since 1950?

One DQ reserved.

IQs:

Were you an Egyptian cat goddess?
Were you a British PM of the early 1900s?
Are you Justin Timberlake’s wife?

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Correct, #2 is Benny the Ball, correct.

1 DQ reserved.

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IQ: Are you the mascot/spokesperson for a brand of converted rice?

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I am not Bast.
Take a DQ.
I am not Jessica Biel.

I am not Uncle Ben.

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  1. Real (you might have thought he’s fictional, but he was actually real)
  2. Male
  3. Last name begins with B
  4. American (naturalized)
  5. Born since 1800
  6. Dead
  7. Born before 1950
  8. Not known for the arts
  9. Born after 1875
  10. Not known for politics or military
  11. Not associated with NYC
  12. Not best known for a single incident
  13. Didn’t have a famous spouse
  14. Associated with a product or service
  15. Mascot or trademark of a product
  16. Best known since 1950

Current reserved DQs: Elendil’s Heir (1), Knowed Out (1), Prof. Pepperwinkle (1)

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Previous IQs:

Were you an Egyptian cat goddess? - Yes, Bast
Were you a British PM of the early 1900s? - Stanley Baldwin
Are you Justin Timberlake’s wife? - Yes, Jessica Biel

Two DQs reserved.

IQ:

An Italian chef, did you sell canned pasta with your name phonetically spelled on the label?

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Yes, I am Hector Boiardi/Boyardee!

Next round goes to Elendil’s Heir.

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Wowza! Nicely done!

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Good job, EH.

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Thanks! Looking back, I see we also did Boiardi in Sept. 2011 and Feb. 2016. Popular guy!: Ettore Boiardi - Wikipedia

The letters we’ve used so far: Botticelli - the letters we've used so far - Thread Games - Straight Dope Message Board

Aaaaaand our next letter is

E

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IQs:

  1. Is Aragorn your heir?
  2. Is Aragorn your son-in-law?
  3. Were two of your brothers Atlas and Prometheus?