Botticelli March 2016

Thread Games
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Previous IQs:

Did you have very short hair and sing in one movie, although you’re known for neither? - Anne Hathaway, in Les Miserables.
Were you mentioned but never seen in a movie set in England before 1700? - The other Anne Hathaway, the Bard’s wife, in Shakespeare in Love.
Did your wife refuse to let your Jewish business partner enter your house? - Harry Truman’s wife Bess was unfortunately anti-Semitic.

Hmmm. Let’s discuss. What should I ask next?

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Webster Hubbell

I’m guessing prose fiction means “like real life.” I don’t read much of that genre.

DQ: Book appeared since 2000?

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Wikipedia says “prose fiction” includes all novels, novellas and short stories. That’s how I have interpreted it. This includes all the genres, and not just real life.

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IQ1: Were you a John Wayne character whose name was very similar to the name of the site of the US Navy’s worst peacetime disaster?
IQ2: Did you shoot first?
IQ3: Did you write three novels about Jason dinAlt?

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Take a DQ for #1.
I am not Han Solo.
I am not Harry Harrison.

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Hondo (Honda Point).
Correct.
Correct.
DQ: Book has been turned into a film, graphic novel, or other medium?
Did you miss KO’s last DQ?

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DQs:

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. Last name starts with H
  4. Originally from prose fiction
  5. Author is deceased
  6. American author
  7. Appeared in only one book, though mentioned in the sequel
  8. Dies in the book, so would not be alive today
  9. Book appeared since 1980
  10. Not the lead character of the book
  11. American
  12. Not a “good guy” in the book, though not actually criminal
  13. Was killed in the book
  14. Not a crime/mystery book
  15. Not set in a big city
  16. Book has been turned into a very, very successful movie (franchise, even) and videogames. Also comic books, amusement park rides, and a cancelled cartoon series.
  17. Book appeared before 2000.
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Hmm. Can’t figure out who this guy is. You’re welcome to my three earned DQs, one per customer.

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I’m drawing a blank too. Of course, the answer’s going to be blatantly obvious when it’s revealed…

IQ1: Are you a bellicose science fiction author who wrote the Star Trek episode City on the Edge of Forever?
IQ2: Are you the writer of the Stainless Steel Rat books?
IQ3: Are some of your characters born from selective breeding pools known as Howard families?

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I am not Harlan Ellison.
I am still not Harry Harrison.
I am not Robert Heinlein.

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DQ:

Science fiction character?

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IQ1: Are you an author whose pen name is Lemony Snicket?
IQ2: Are you the author of Catch-22?
IQ3: Were you a stand-up comic who upon knowing he would eventually die of pancreatic cancer in 1994, made his material considerably darker?

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DQs:

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. Last name starts with H
  4. Originally from prose fiction
  5. Author is deceased
  6. American author
  7. Appeared in only one book, though mentioned in the sequel
  8. Dies in the book, so would not be alive today
  9. Book appeared since 1980
  10. Not the lead character of the book
  11. American
  12. Not a “good guy” in the book, though not actually criminal; he was more of a “good guy” in the movies
  13. Was killed in the book
  14. Not a crime/mystery book
  15. Not set in a big city
  16. Book has been turned into a very, very successful movie (franchise, even) and videogames. Also comic books, amusement park rides, and a cancelled cartoon series.
  17. Book appeared before 2000.
  18. From a work of science fiction
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  1. Take a DQ.
  2. I am not Joseph Heller.
  3. Take a DQ.
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IQ: Did you build an amusement park centred around re-created prehistoric animals?

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Why, yes, I am indeed John Hammond from Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton.

In the book, Hammond is not portrayed as the loveable grandfather he is the movie, but a ruthless businessman who cares more about his dinosaurs than about the people.

Good job, SCAdian!

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Good! I was starting to get a headache from all the thinking this round required. :smiley:
I am I.

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Good job, SCAdian. I was a long way from guessing anyone from Jurassic Park.

IQs:

Were you a priest with a major American college named after you?
Were you an eccentric Nawlins resident?
Was your vacation home called Goldeneye?

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IQs:

  1. Did you throw bricks at Krazy Kat?
  2. Were you a terrible Russian czar?
  3. Did you write the play The Bald Soprano?
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IQ1: Are you an Australian rapper and model whose real name is Amethyst Amelia Kelly?
IQ2: Are you an American punk rock artist whose real name is James Newell Osterberg, Jr.?
IQ3: Are you a Guns N’ Roses guitarist whose real name is Jeffrey Dean Isbell?