Botticelli - June 2021

Thread Games
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IQ: Did you write The Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge?

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Yes!

I am Ambrose Bierce!

Congrats @Prof.Pepperwinkle

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Famous Disappearances 101. :slightly_smiling_face:

I am

and I’m guessin’ it’ll be a short round.

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IQs

  1. Do recent memes of you depict you as Winnie the Pooh?
  2. Were you known as the Rumba King?
  3. Did you host “Pimp My Ride”?
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Congrats, Prof.!

IQs:
1. Were you Socrates’ shrewish wife?
2. Did you create cryptic crosswords for The Observer?
3. Did you Go to Washington?

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#2. I am not Xavier Cugat. Take 2 DQs for the others.

#1. I am not Xanthippe.
#2. Take a DQ.
#3. I am not Xaviera Hollander (??)

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  1. Xi Jinping
  2. Xhibit

DQs:

  1. First name begin with X?
  2. Male?
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DQs

  1. Only name begins with X. (Though there is a title beforehand)
  2. Female
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2 was Ximenes.

DQ: real?

IQs:
1. Did the late Paul Mooney say white people liked Wayne Brady because he made Bryant Gumbel look like you?
2. Are you a singer and kids’ TV show host known as the “Rainha dos Baixinhos”, or “Queen of Children” in Portuguese?
3. Introduced in 1993, were you a mutant who wore a backwards baseball cap and could make people’s blood explode?

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  1. I am not Malcolm X.
  2. I am not Xuxa.
  3. I am not X-Man (??).

DQs

  1. Only name begins with X. (Though there is a title beforehand)
  2. Female
  3. Fictional
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3 was Adam-X the X-Treme.

DQ: from prose or a medium involving actors?

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The only two I can think of:
IQs

  1. Did you and Gabrielle definitely have a thing?
  2. Are you Wolvie’s daughter with a unique moniker?
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Last month’s thread: Botticelli - May 2021

On to X!

IQs:

Were you a noted Persian king?
Were you a noted Ancient Greek statesman and cavalry leader?
Were you intended to replace Cmdr. Spock?

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Geeze! I get off work and fall asleep and we’re on X!

Correct, Alvin Fernald, Anna to the Infinite Power.

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Miss Take

IQs

  1. Did you and Gabrielle definitely have a thing?
  2. Are you Wolvie’s daughter with a unique moniker?
    [/quote]

#1. I am not Xena.
#2. I am not Weapon X-23 (I misremember the exact number).

  1. I am not Xerxes I.
  2. I am not Xenophon.
    Take a DQ for #3.

DQs

  1. Only name begins with X. (Though there is a title beforehand)
  2. Female
  3. Fictional
  4. From prose or a medium involving actors
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In the past, we’ve permitted “X” middle names when those were regularly used, given the relative paucity of people with a first or last name starting with the letter.

Previous IQs:

Were you a noted Persian king? - Yes, Xerxes
Were you a noted Ancient Greek statesman and cavalry leader? - Yes, Xenophon
Were you intended to replace Cmdr. Spock? - This guy: Xon | Memory Beta, non-canon Star Trek Wiki | Fandom

DQ:

Would be alive today, if real?

IQs:

Were you a noted member of the Spanish Inquisition?
Did you head a school for unusual children in upstate New York?
Were you the U.S. Marine Corps commandant in the 1980s?

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IQs:
1. Did you note “Yellow cat, black cat, as long as it catches mice, it is a good cat”, a Chinese proverb relevant to your economic reforms?
2. Were you someone employed at/associated with Planet Express who appeared exactly once?
3. Are you the title character of a 1908 play by Alexandre Bisson, adapted into film multiple times?

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I knew this wouldn’t take long.

Yes, I am

Madame X!

Good job, DLR!

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Congrats @De_La_Rue !

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Yeah, I figured it was a Madam X of some sort, which narrows it down to the play or the painting (thus the medium question).

New game: I am J.