Botticelli June 2023

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Damn, you’re good, PP! But then, we knew that already.

Yes, indeed, I am

Kenesaw Mountain Landis

The first Commissioner of Major League Baseball, who did more than anyone to clean up the sport after the 1919 Black Sox Scandal (he actually spelled his first name with a single “n,” though). For more: Kenesaw Mountain Landis - Wikipedia

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Yay!

Next is

#Z
if the above isn’t viewable.

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Righto!

IQs:

Did you have a major western American mountain named after you?
Did you write some of Ike’s favorite books?
Did you help the Mad Scientists Club now and then with both your muscles and your big truck?

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#1. I am not Zebulon Pike.
#2. I am not Mao Zedong. (No? Okay, take a DQ.)
#3. I am not Zoidberg. (Or take another DQ.)

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Yes, Zebulon Pike, but then Western writer Zane Grey, and Zeke Boniface (his truck was named Richard the Deep Breather).

DQs:

Real?
Male?

IQs:

Were you exiled to Sarpeidon’s past?
Did you never live in a drafty old house in Pottersville?
Were you a Greek advocate for freedom?

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DQs:

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
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#2. I am not Zsa Zsa Gabor. (Lots of people never lived in Pottersville.)
Take 2 DQs.

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Congratulations, Prof!

I.Q.s:

  1. Did your service in the First Seminole War earn you the nickname “Old Rough and Ready”?

  2. Are you the finest swordsman in Alta California, in your black outfit, hat, and mask?

  3. Were your clothes erotically sliced off by Antonio Banderas, while he was playing I.Q. 2?

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IQ1: Are you the primary vocalist for Cheap Trick?
IQ2: Were you a rebel that was one of the few surviving Lasat?
IQ3: Are you an Irken who was tricked into going to Earth to avoid messing up Operation Impending Doom II?

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#1. I am not Zachary Taylor.
#2. I am not Zorro! the fox of cunning and creed.
#3. I am not Catherine Zeta-Jones.

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Swept me, you cunning devil!

Okay, new IQs:

  1. Did you find it impossible to out run a tortoise, if you gave it a head start?

  2. Are you a now-banned Doper who famously considered an uninvited handshake equivalent to rape?

  3. In the rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar, did you urge Jesus to “keep them yelling their devotion/ but add a touch of hate at Rome”?

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  1. I am not Zeno.
  2. Take a DQ.
  3. I am not Simon Zelotes.
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I think you missed these.

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Previous IQs:

Were you exiled to Sarpeidon’s past? - Zarabeth, in ST:TOS “All Our Yesterdays”
Did you never live in a drafty old house in Pottersville? - I’ll rephrase
Were you a Greek advocate for freedom? - the title character in the movie Z.

DQs:

American?
Last name starts with Z?

IQs:

You are a pre-1950 movie character. Did you never live in a drafty old house in Pottersville?
Were you a much-put-upon alien on Babylon 5?
Was a Secret Service agent killed during your kidnapping?

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Sorry about that!

#3. I am not Invader Zim. Take 2 DQs.

Take 3 DQs.

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DQs:

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. American
  4. Last name starts with Z
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Robin Zander
Zeb Orrelios, from Star Wars: Rebels (and a cameo in the third season of The Mandalorian)
Correct

DQ: Originally appeared in a prose work?
DQ: Would be alive today, if real?

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DQs:

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. American
  4. Last name starts with Z
  5. Did not originally appear in a prose work.
  6. Would be alive today, if real
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  1. Are you burnt in effigy each year at the end of the Santa Fe Fiesta.
  2. Are you a Jewish Comedian who was named Time magazine’s person of the year.
  3. Did you injure yourself when you tried to take off your underwear without removing your pants.
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#2. I am not Zelenskyy.
Take 2 DQs.