Botticelli, March 2014

Thread Games
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Jerry Van Dyke played the man whose mother was reincarnated as a 1928 Porter in My Mother the Car.
Correct on Jezebel.
Mr Jinks. (The mice were Pixie and Dixie.)
DQ1: From theatre?
DQ2: Created after 1950?
IQ1: Were you a US naval officer who became a Russian admiral?
IQ2: Did you command the US task forces at Midway?
IQ3: Were you the Hoosier Poet?

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Way to go, TexCat!

IQs:

In the alt-hist novel Fatherland, did you have a 1964 summit meeting with Hitler?
Did you keep a scratched-upon coconut on your desk?
Were you an economist who always loved ballet?

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DQ.

3 DQs. I would have thought Nimitz for IQ2, but I don’t think he was John or James.

WAG on first one: LBJ. No guess on the other 2. Gosh, yall ask tough questions. :o

J

  1. Fictional
  2. Female
  3. American (or at least I think of her as American. She lived in America.)
  4. Created after 1900
  5. Living, or as alive as fictional characters can be
  6. Created by an American
  7. Not from literature
  8. Not from the movies
  9. Protagonist
  10. Not from theatre
  11. Created after 1950
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DQs:

  1. from TV?
  2. created after 1980?

IQs:

  1. Did you study gorillas at very close range?
  2. Did you eat no fat?
  3. Are you the protagonist of Tim Powers’ book On Stranger Tides?
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John Paul Jones.
Frank Jack Fletcher. (Chester Nimitz, I think, was at Pearl in a much more senior position. Halsey should have commanded one of the TFs, but he was laid up with medical problems so Fletcher took command of both.)
James Whitcomb Riley.
DQs this evening, when I have more time.

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That was Jessica Fletcher

DQ: From TV?

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  1. Jane Goodall? Though I thought she mostly watched chimpanzees.
  2. Jack Sprat
  3. DQ

Already asked above. Try another.

J

  1. Fictional
  2. Female
  3. American (or at least I think of her as American. She lived in America.)
  4. Created after 1900
  5. Living, or as alive as fictional characters can be
  6. Created by an American
  7. Not from literature
  8. Not from the movies
  9. Protagonist
  10. Not from theatre
  11. Created after 1950
  12. From TV
  13. Created before 1980
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DQ: On an award-winning show?

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J

  1. Fictional
  2. Female
  3. American (or at least I think of her as American. She lived in America.)
  4. Created after 1900
  5. Living, or as alive as fictional characters can be
  6. Created by an American
  7. Not from literature
  8. Not from the movies
  9. Protagonist
  10. Not from theatre
  11. Created after 1950
  12. From TV
  13. Created before 1980
  14. Not generally considered an award-winning show, but according to IMDB did win at least one
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IQ: Was she an ignorant slut?

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#3 was Jack Shandy, hero of On Stranger Tides.

DQ: Is J the initial of your first name?

IQ:

  1. Did your character/actress star as the first African-American woman with her own series?
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IQ1: Did the coolest guy in town call you “Shortcake”?
IQ2: Did your audience chant your name while your guests tried to clobber each other with chairs?
IQ3: Did you ride the Silver Streak with Gene Wilder?

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Previous IQs:

In the alt-hist novel Fatherland, did you have a 1964 summit meeting with Hitler? - Joseph Kennedy Sr.
Did you keep a scratched-upon coconut on your desk? - John F. Kennedy: http://www.jfklibrary.org/Asset-Viewer/vTbLLUB3y0ysSgehfDHU9A.aspx
Were you an economist who always loved ballet? - John Maynard Keynes. He even married a Russian expatriate ballerina.

DQs:

On a show primarily meant for grownups?
On a show primarily meant to be a comedy?
Last name start with J?

IQs:

Did the Red-Headed League fool you?
Was your middle name recently confirmed in a TV show to be “Hamish”?
Were you a noted early recipient of a sex-change operation?

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IQ: Did you serve Major Tony Nelson?

75

Was this Jane Curtain on SNL?

I want to say Julia? She was a nurse?

3 DQs

John Watson???
John Hamish Watson
DQ

J

  1. Fictional
  2. Female
  3. American (or at least I think of her as American. She lived in America.)
  4. Created after 1900
  5. Living, or as alive as fictional characters can be
  6. Created by an American
  7. Not from literature
  8. Not from the movies
  9. Protagonist
  10. Not from theatre
  11. Created after 1950
  12. From TV
  13. Created before 1980
  14. Not generally considered an award-winning show, but according to IMDB did win at least one
  15. First name starts with J
  16. Primarily meant for grownups?
  17. Meant to be a comedy
  18. Last name is not known

Yes, I have been dreaming of Jeannie.

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I was referring to Jane Curtin.

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Well done, Professor!

As for my last IQs:

The coolest guy in town was Fonzie, and he referred to Joanie Cunningham as “Shortcake.”

“Jer-ry! Jer-ry! Jer-ry!” Jerry Springer, of course.

Finally, Jill Clayburgh starred with Gene Wilder in the movie, “Silver Streak.”

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Thanks! (Jeannie married Tony eventually, BTW, so her last name ended up being Nelson.) And, yes, Julia was a nurse.
I am G!

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IQ: Do skydivers scream your name upon exiting the plane?

IQ: Are you married to a TV chef who fudged his biography?

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I am not Geronimo.
Take a DQ for the other.