Botticelli - March 2015

Thread Games
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IQs:

  1. Did you star opposite Richard Dreyfus in The Competition?
  2. Did you star opposite Christian Bale in American Hustle?
  3. Did you compose the music for the musical By Jeeves?
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Armie Hammer.
Adam Rich (Nicholas, the youngest).
Willie Aames (Tommy, the next youngest).
DQ: American?
One DQ reserved.
IQ1: Did Mark Twain write fictional extracts from your diary?
IQ2: Were you recently awarded an extremely posthumous Medal of Honor?
IQ3: Were you and your son the first father-son pair to be awarded the Medal of Honor?

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Not Audie Murphy, dunno, and not Arnie Palmer.

Not Amy Irving or Amy Adams; dunno the third.

Not Adam from the Book of Genesis, not Alonzo Cushing of Gettysburg, not Arthur MacArthur (or little Dougie).

A.

  1. real
  2. male
  3. living
  4. last name starts with A
  5. not known for the Arts
  6. known for military/political achievements, broadly speaking
  7. born after 1960
  8. [not sure how to answer the question about east of the Miss. River, in light of answer #10 - want to rephrase, Knowed Out?]
  9. not known for a single historical event
  10. not American
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Correct on the Amy’s. By Jeeves is proof that Andrew Lloyd-Weber doesn’t have a hit every time.

DQ: European?

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Beatrice Arthur

I saw American where there was not. Yes, let me take the question back and hold on to it with the other DQ.

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A.

  1. real
  2. male
  3. living
  4. last name starts with A
  5. not known for the Arts
  6. known for military/political achievements, broadly speaking
  7. born after 1960
  8. not European
  9. not known for a single historical event
  10. not American
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IQ1) For many years, did you appear on a unit of paper currency that had a picture of an automobile on the back?

IQ2) Did you play slide guitar on “Layla”?

IQ3) Before becoming a well known actress, did you write a kids’ storybook called “She Was Nice To Mice”?

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IQs:

  1. Were you an English illustrator who worked in the Art Nouveau Style?
  2. Do you battle zombies with a prosthetic chainsaw?
  3. Were you a noted 18th Century English furniture designer?
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DQ: Asian?
holding a DQ

IQ1: Are you the current emperor of Japan?
IQ2: Are you a Filipino artist who illustrated comics of Conan the Barbarian?
IQ3: Did you portray Tom Havelford on Parks and Recreation?

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Correct on all three.
Two DQs reserved.
IQ: Were you the ruler of an East African country in the 1970s?

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Dunno any of those, although I think I’ve heard of that kids’ book.

Dunno, not Ash, and dunno.

Not Akihito, dunno, and dunno.

Not… Adam Nyere?

A.

  1. real
  2. male
  3. living
  4. last name starts with A
  5. not known for the Arts
  6. known for military/political achievements, broadly speaking
  7. born after 1960
  8. not European
  9. not known for a single historical event
  10. not American
  11. not Asian
32

Correct on Ash. #1 was Aubrey Beardsley, and #3 was Robert Adam.

DQ: African?

1 DQ reserved.

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A.

  1. real
  2. male
  3. living
  4. last name starts with A
  5. not known for the Arts
  6. known for military/political achievements, broadly speaking
  7. born after 1960
  8. not European
  9. not known for a single historical event
  10. not American
  11. not Asian
  12. not African
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IQs:

  1. Did you marry a former First Lady?
  2. Did you compose the Sabre Dance?
  3. Were you a 20th Century American artist who said: “Why talk when you can paint?”?
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Idi Amin.
Just to clarify DQ10 -

DQ: From the Americas, though not from the US?
Two DQs reserved.
IQ1: Were you a South American president overthrown by a CIA-backed coup?
IQ2: Were you the dictator who succeeded #1?
IQ3: Did Poe write a poem about you?

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correct, Alfredo Alcala, Aziz Ansari

DQ: Known for government/monarchy?

holding a DQ

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IQ1: Are you a prominent 19th century Mexican military leader and president known as “The Napoleon of the West”?
IQ2: Were you Emperor of Mexico before being forced out of power by IQ1?
IQ3: Are you the guitarist for the band Rush?

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Not Aristotle Onassis, not Armand Katchegorian (sp?), and dunno.

Not Salvador Allende, dunno, and not Annabel.

Not Santa Anna, dunno, and dunno.

A.

  1. real
  2. male
  3. living
  4. last name starts with A
  5. not known for the Arts
  6. known for military/political achievements, broadly speaking
  7. born after 1960
  8. not European
  9. not known for a single historical event
  10. not American
  11. not Asian
  12. not African
  13. not from the Americas or the U.S.
  14. known for government/monarchy, broadly speaking
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Correct on Aristotle. Close enough on Aram Khatchaturian.
#3 was Milton Avery.
2 DQs reserved.

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By a simple process of elimination, we are left with Australia and Oceania. There is no need to use a DQ to confirm this, IMHO.

DQ: Still active in politics or military?

1 DQ reserved.