Botticelli - June 2018

Thread Games
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  1. Did you run as a Republican in 1940?

  2. Were you the parody of Howard Hughes in Diamonds are Forever?

  3. Were you the mastermind behind the Beach Boys?

    	 		 	 	 1) I went to Wendell L. Willkie High School.  I am not him.Just my luck

  4. Then you’re not Willard Whyte? Take a DQ.

  5. I am not Brian Wilson. So correct
    DQ Male?

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Darned Hoosiers always knowing about willkie and such!

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Thanks, it’s great to be here!

DQ: born after 1950?

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IQs

  1. Were you the animator responsible for JIminy Cricket?
  2. Were you Mother to the Father who knew best?
  3. Was your character lost in deep space for 57 years after your ship was destroyed?
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Walter Payton, correct, Walter Mondale

Walter x 3!

DQ: Real?
DQ: Alive?

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Welcome to the game! FYI, we usually try to establish if the mystery guest is Real or Fictional first before we ask birth questions.

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IQ1: Are you voice of Phillip J. Fry and an M&M?
IQ2: Are you quoted as saying “Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before”?
IQ3: Are you the voice of the mayor of Quahog?

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D’oh, let me change the 2nd one to “Last name start with W?”

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DQs:

  1. Born before 1950
  2. Real
  3. Last name starts with W
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  1. I am not Walt Disney.
    Take 2 DQs for the others.
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#1) I am not Billy West.
#2) I am not Mae West.
#3) I am not Adam West (???).

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IQ1: Are you the lazy sidekick of Plastic Man?
IQ2: Were you a schizophrenic Chicago street performer whose signature songs included “Whip The Llama’s Ass”?
IQ3: Were you lead singer for Kansas for their hit “Dust in the Wind”?

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Welcome aboard, De La Rue!

Previous IQs:

Was your campaign slogan “Tippecanoe and Tyler Too”? - Yes, William Henry Harrison
When your boss heard you’d enjoyed a long horseback ride, did he ask, “How is the horse?” - Yes, William Howard Taft (it was T.R. who sent the telegram in jest)
Did you once speak to a crowd from the balcony of a house in East Liverpool, Ohio? - William Jennings Bryan

William x3!

DQ:

Male?

IQs:

Did a letter you wrote on Oxford University stationery get a lot of attention 30-some years after you wrote it?
Was Thurlow Weed your longtime political advisor and ally?
Were you arrested by Spanish police when you got off a ship?

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  1. I am not Woozy Winks.
    Take 2 DQs.
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DQs:

  1. Born before 1950
  2. Real
  3. Last name starts with W
  4. Male
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Take 3 DQs.

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correct, Wesley Willis, Steve Walsh

DQ: Alive?
DQ: American?

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IQ1: Were you king Edward VIII’s reason for abdicating?
IQ2: Were you convicted for the Atlanta Child Murders from 1979-1981?
IQ3: Are you a stand-up comedian who wrote the book I Had the Right to Remain Silent But I Didn’t Have the Ability?

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Belated previous IQ answer: Wallace Shawn (Did you voice a cartoon dinosaur and write the play Aunt Dan and Lemon?)

…yeah, that would make sense.

IQs:

  1. Did you animate King Kong?
  2. Did you animate Gertie the Dinosaur?
  3. Was your maiden name Slaghoople?
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Previous IQs:

Did a letter you wrote on Oxford University stationery get a lot of attention 30-some years after you wrote it? - William Jefferson Clinton and his letter to his Arkansas draft board
Was Thurlow Weed your longtime political advisor and ally? - William H. Seward, Lincoln’s SECSTATE
Were you arrested by Spanish police when you got off a ship? - William “Boss” Tweed, after he fled the U.S.

William x3 redux!

DQs:

Living?
American?
Best known for politics/military?

IQs:

Are you Gromit’s “owner”?
Are you the senior U.S. senator from Virginia?
Are you his unrelated former colleague?