Botticelli - March 2015

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  • Originally Posted by astorian
    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”?*

  1. Alexander Hamilton (there used to be a car parked in front of the TReasury Building on the back of the US 10 dollar bill)

  2. Duane Allman was slide guitarist of Derek & the Dominos

  3. Brat Pack actress Ally Sheedy wrote that book (it was about Queen Elizabeth I)

DQ1) Are you from Australia or New Zealand?

DQ2) Are you or have you been a head of state or head of government?

DQ3) Would most people consider you “white”?

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correct, Agustin I, Alex Lifeson

holding 2 DQs

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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
  13. not from the Americas or the U.S.
  14. known for government/monarchy, broadly speaking
  15. not so active in politics or military these days
  16. from Australia or New Zealand
  17. is not and has not been a head of state or head of government
  18. most people would consider him “white”

Two DQs remaining.

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Correct.
Augusto Pinochet.
Correct.
Three DQs reserved.
Hmm. I can only think of one Australian or Kiwi whose last name starts with A, and he’s a former soldier known for one incident…

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IQ: Are you the current Prime Minister of Australia?

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IQ1) Apart from Robert Fripp, have you appeared on more King Crimson recordings than anyone else?

IQ2) Did you write The Guns of Navarone?

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IQ1) Did you turn Bradley Edward “Chelsea” Manning into a celebrity?

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Yes, I am

Julian Assange

Well done, astorian!

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OK, so the “Are you involved with politics” type questions should be more specific to holding an actual office. I also thought Assange was Swedish. Grats, astorian!

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Well done, indeed, astorian! Never heard of Assange, myself.

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I thought he was Swedish, too.

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Okay, I have a new one. The letter is… S

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IQs:

  1. Were you condemned to roll a big rock uphill for eternity?
  2. Are you one of the Leprechaun Brothers?
  3. Are you secretly Clark Kent, mild-mannered reporter for a great metropolitan newspaper?
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Well done astorian! Good choice Elendil’s Heir, I wish I’d thought of him.

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IQ1: Is your catchphrase, “What a country!”
IQ2: Were you a former MLB player who owned and operated a bar?
IQ3: Did you play the role of Detective Nordberg?

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Not Sisyphus or Superman.

Take a DQ for #2

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Not Yakov Smirnoff, Sam Malone or OJ Simpson

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IQ1: Are you the new version of Scotty and star of Sean of the Dead?
IQ2: Are you the lead singer of Duran Duran?
IQ3: Are you a Venezuelan general who helped liberate Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia from the Spanish Empire?

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Correct on Sis and Supes.
For #2, listen hereand be amazed at the vocal powers of… The Swedish Chef!

DQ: Real?

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Not SImon Pegg, Simon LeBon or SImon Bolivar