Botticelli - March 2017

Thread Games
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I am W.

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February’s thread: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=818033

Congrats, Prof. P., on getting the answer to the last round!

IQs:

Were you a self-described “large party”?
Was your best friend and political handler named Thurlow Weed?
Is there a memorial to you in Niles, Ohio?

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IQ1: Did a song say that you’d be stoking coal on a locomotive?
IQ2: Did you write about Cedric the Saxon and his son?
IQ3: Were you that son?

Spicer? Never heard of him…

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And starting off the month with 3 DQs!

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Take 3 DQs.

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William Jennings Bryan (“Blue Water Line”).
Sir Walter Scott.
Sir Wilfred of Ivanhoe.
DQ1: Real?
DQ2: Male?

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DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Male
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DQ: Living?

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DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Dead
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IQ1: Did you go on trial for capturing the Quedagh Merchant?
IQ2: Did you found the conservative journal National Review in 1955?
IQ3: Are you a founding member of the Black Eyed Peas?

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Take a DQ for #1.
I am not William F. Buckley.
I am not Will.I.Am.

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Previous IQs:

Were you a self-described “large party”? - William Howard Taft, when he sent a telegram asking a train to stop for him.
Was your best friend and political handler named Thurlow Weed? - William Seward, Lincoln’s SECSTATE.
Is there a memorial to you in Niles, Ohio? - William McKinley

William x3!

DQs:

Died since 1900?
American?
Last name start with W?

IQs:

Was Col. House your top aide?
Did you play a telekinetic little girl adopted by Miss Honey?
Are you a noted Ohio organist?

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William Kidd (as in the dread pirate Captain Kidd), correct x2

William x3 x2!

holding a DQ

IQ1: “Are you really just a shadow
Of the man that I once knew
Are you crazy are you high
Or just an ordinary guy
Have you done all you can do” Who is Steely Dan talking about?
IQ2: Are you Dr. Strange’s man servant?
IQ3: In a nursery rhyme, do you ask “Are the wee 'uns in their bed, for it’s now ten o’clock?”

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DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Dead
  4. Died since 1900
  5. Not born in USA, but naturalized American citizen
  6. Last name starts with W
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Take 3 DQs.

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Take a DQ for #1.
2) I am not Wong.
3) I am not Wee Willie Winkie.

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Dr. Wu (from Katy Lied), correct x2

DQ: Known for the arts?

holding a DQ

IQ1: Are you a composer portrayed in film by Tom Hulce?
IQ2: Was King Ludwig II of Bavaria your patron?
IQ3: Did you compose Invitation to the Dance?

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DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Dead
  4. Died since 1900
  5. Not born in USA, but naturalized American citizen
  6. Last name starts with W
  7. Known for the Arts
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#1. I am not Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
#2. Take a DQ.
#3. I am not Carl von Weber.

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Richard Wagner

DQ: Actor?

holding a DQ

IQ1: Is one of your quotes “That’s where I saw the Leprechaun. He tells me to burn things.”?
IQ2: Is Mr. Twiddle your zookeeper?
IQ3: In your only speaking part, did you refer to yourself as a “Super Genius”?