Botticelli - June 2021

Thread Games
241

1 was Jefferson Davis; 2 was Dana Delaney; 3 was Phillip K. Dick.

DQ: first name begins with D?

2 DQs reserved.

242

IQs:

Were you a woman named Varina with a famous husband?
Did you play a preacher with a troubled son in Jungle Fever?
Were you a country singer who got his own Seventies variety show?

243

#3. I am not Mac Davis (??)
Take 2 DQs.

244

Previous IQs:

Were you a woman named Varina with a famous husband? - Varina Davis, Jefferson’s wife
Did you play a preacher with a troubled son in Jungle Fever? - Ossie Davis
Were you a country singer who got his own Seventies variety show? - Yes, Mac Davis

Davis x3!

DQs:

American?
Last name start with D?

IQs:

Did you sacrifice yourself to stop a military coup on the Moon?
Were you Mrs. Rehnquist’s codename in True Lies?
Were you a Civil War governor of Ohio?

245

DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Alive
  4. First name does not start with D
  5. American
  6. Last name starts with D
246

#2. I am not Doris.
Take 2 DQs.

247

Previous IQs:

Did you sacrifice yourself to stop a military coup on the Moon? - Ezra Dahlquist, in Heinlein’s 1949 short story “The Long Watch”
Were you Mrs. Rehnquist’s codename in True Lies? - Yes, “Doris” (along with her husband, “Boris”)
Were you a Civil War governor of Ohio? - David Tod

DQs:

Political/military?
Born since 1950?

IQs:

Do you work for the PHB?
Did Lincoln appoint you to SCOTUS?
Are you the bad guy in The Quiet Man?

248

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DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Alive
  4. First name does not start with D
  5. American
  6. Last name starts with D
  7. Not political/military
  8. Born since 1950
249

IQs:

Do you work for the PHB?
Did Lincoln appoint you to SCOTUS?
Are you the bad guy in The Quiet Man ?
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#2. I am not David Davis (??)
Take 2 DQs.

250

Previous IQs:

Do you work for the PHB? - Dilbert (and the Pointy-Haired Boss)
Did Lincoln appoint you to SCOTUS? - Yes, David Davis
Are you the bad guy in The Quiet Man? - Danaher

DQs:

Best known for the Arts?
Has won a top award in his field?

IQs:

Was a joke slogan in a political campaign in which you ran “Better a lizard than a wizard”?
Did you serve in the Army during the Korean War and had the middle name Stanley?
Did you write the New World Symphony?

251

IQs:
1. A highly successful singer-songwriter, actress, and businesswoman, have you reportedly said “I’m not offended by all the dumb blonde jokes because I know I’m not dumb–and I’m not blonde either”?
2. Were you a scientist scientist in Barbarella?
3. Speaking of scientists, did you envision a sphere surrounding a star to capture its energy?

DQ: born before 1980?
1 DQ reserved.

252

Correct, Dimity Ann Plumleigh-Teignmott, correct.

DQ:

Caucasian?

253

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DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Alive
  4. First name does not start with D
  5. American
  6. Last name starts with D
  7. Not political/military
  8. Born since 1950
  9. Best known for the Arts
  10. Has not won a top award in his field
  11. Born before 1980
  12. Not Caucasian
254
  1. I am not David Duke.
  2. Take a DQ.
  3. I am not Dvorak.
  1. I am not Deborah Harry.
  2. I am not Durand Durand.
  3. I am not Dyson.
255

1 was Dolly Parton. Correct on Freeman Dyson.

DQs:
1. born after 1965?
2. known for acting?

256

DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Alive
  4. First name does not start with D
  5. American
  6. Last name starts with D
  7. Not political/military
  8. Born since 1950
  9. Best known for the Arts
  10. Has not won a top award in his field
  11. Born before 1980
  12. Not Caucasian
  13. Born before 1965
  14. Known for acting
257

IQs

  1. Did you costar in a movie with an actor who previously portrayed a sparkly vampire?
  2. Are you The Collector?
  3. Are you an actor whose off camera habit led to your firing from a very popular CBS drama?
258

#2. I am not Benicio del Toro.
Take 2 DQs.

259

Willem Dafoe, yes, Gary Dourdan

DQs
Know primarily for film acting?
Usually protagonist?

260

DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Alive
  4. First name does not start with D
  5. American
  6. Last name starts with D
  7. Not political/military
  8. Born since 1950
  9. Best known for the Arts
  10. Has not won a top award in his field
  11. Born before 1980
  12. Not Caucasian
  13. Born before 1965
  14. Known for acting
  15. Not primarily known for film acting
  16. Occasionally protagonist, usually major supporting character