Botticelli March 2016

Thread Games
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There’s not that many first names that begin with I, and when it seemed like book dates were a lot earlier than expected, I started thinking about the classics.

The next letter will be J[SIZE=“5”]![/SIZE]

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IQ1: Were you panther quick and leather tough?
IQ2: Is your beauty beyond compare, with flaming locks of auburn hair?
IQ3: Did you live in a little old rundown shack near the railroad?

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Good job, Knowed Out!

Previous IQs:

Are you an author with ties to a politically-prominent South American family? - Isobel Allende.
Were you Anarion’s older brother? - Yes, Isildur. Both were sons of Elendil.
Were you Lady Mary’s mother-in-law? - Isobel Crawley, on Downton Abbey.

On to J…

IQs:

Did George Carlin sing a one-word song about you?
Were you a hero of Little Round Top?
Were you a fictional Nobel Prize-winner who became President?

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Great job, KO!

IQs:

  1. Were you born in a crossfire hurricane?
  2. Did you have a hit with Call Me Maybe?
  3. Were you married to Jupiter?
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Not Johnny Cash, 2 DQs

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I used to have three of his albums and don’t remember this one

3 DQs

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Not Jumpin’ Jack Flash, DQ, not Juno

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Correct, Carly Rae Jepsen, Correct.

DQ: Real?

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IQs:

  1. Were you aka the Silk Spectre?
  2. Were you aka the Red Tornado (the android one)?
  3. Does your diet consist exclusively of orchids?
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Close - Johnny Yuma.
Jolene.
Joshua.
DQ: Male?
Two DQs reserved.

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IQ1: Did you sing “Queen of Hearts”?
IQ2: Were you killed in a plane crash in Iowa in 1959?
IQ3: Did you give up your seat on the plane for that person?

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DQ Roundup

  1. Real
  2. Male
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I know the one you’re talking about, but I don’t remember her real name… 3 DQs

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not Juice Newton, 2 DQs

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#1 is Sally Jupiter/Juspezyk from The Watchmen comics.
#2 was John Smith.
#3 is Eugene the Jeep from Popeye.

DQs:

  1. Alive?
  2. American?
  3. Known for the arts?
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DQ Roundup

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Dead
  4. American
  5. Known for the arts
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IQs:

  1. Did you write The Pilgrim’s Progress?
  2. Were you a Haitian born ornithologist and illustrator?
  3. Were you married to Hourman before Flashpoint?
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DQ, not James Audobon, DQ

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Correct.
J P “Big Bopper” Richardson.
Waylon Jennings.
DQ1: Died after 1950?
DQ2: Known for the performing arts?
DQ3: First name starts with J?
One DQ reserved.

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#1 was John Bunyan.
Correct on #2.
#3 was Jessie Quick.

2 DQs reserved.