Botticelli - March 2018

Thread Games
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Yes, since DC knows him, by all means go again. (I see that was in 2012 and I didn’t start the Dope until 2013.)

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I must admit I’d forgotten 32 died, which is probably why I didn’t make the connection. Also, the answer to number 18 led us away from it a bit - not a criticism, I think it’s absolutely the correct way to answer the question.

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Well the incident certainly rings a bell, and you’re good to go again as far as I’m concerned. Nicely done…

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OK, thanks. Let’s next go with

A

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IQs

  1. Are you a lifetime Tennis Grand Slam winner and American to boot?
  2. Are you an American philanthropist?
  3. Are you one of the leading guitarists of the 20th century?
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Not Andre Agassiz (sp?), Andrew Carnegie or… Aeric Clapton?

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IQs: 1) Correct
2) Correct
3) So you’re not Andres Segovia?
I was going with the full Andy there…

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IQs

  1. Did you cast ridicule as nothing to be scared of?
  2. Was your nephew an incestuous sodomite?
  3. Are you the monkish biographer of a notorious cake-burner?
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Not Aesop, Pope Alexander IV and… dunno.

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Hmm. Aesop may have been a fabulator, but he didn’t stoop as low as Adam Ant.

Not sure about that pope, I was thinking of Abraham, though, whose nephew Lot not only had it away drunkenly with his daughters, but lived for several years in Sodom itself.

Asser was the hagiographer of Alfred the Great.

Three DQs? Is that how the rules work, or should I take your alternative answers on trust and only claim one?

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Anyway, assuming at least one DQ: are you real?

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I’m not certain of either of my answers, so take three DQs, if you wish.

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Okay, are you real, and are you human? Can I keep the third DQ in reserve pending the answer to the second?

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Welcome to the game, Alonzo!

IQs:

  1. Are you Johnny Depp’s ex-wife?
  2. Did you play the title role in the recent The Lone Ranger movie?
  3. Are you Prof. Ivo’s android who has all the powers of the Justice League?
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Yes, welcome, Alonzo! How apropos that you’ve joined us for an “A” round. And yes, you can reserve a DQ (although in the endgame, you might lose it if it’s not asked timely).

Dunno, not Arnie Hammer, and not… Adam Link?

A.

  1. fictional
  2. human
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#1 is Amber Heard.
Correct on Arnie.
#3 is Amazo.

DQs:

  1. Created by an American author or authors?
  2. Created after 1900?
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IQs:

  1. Did Marni Nixon sing for you in your best known movie musical?
  2. Did you write the hymn Come, ye thankful people, come and edit and annotate the Greek New Testament?
  3. In David Gerrold’s novel The Flying Sorcerers, is the character named Purple a thinly disguised version of you?
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DQ3: do you appear in more than one written work of fiction?

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IQs:

  1. Are you a musketeer?
  2. Are you a murine ballerina? Okay, a fictional murine ballerina. Though if you can find a real one, I won’t quibble.
  3. Did you turn a voyeur into a deer?
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IQ1: Did Robin Williams play you as a Vietnam War radio DJ?
IQ2: Did you defeat the vikings at the Battle of Edington?
IQ3: Did you play Tom Haverford in Parks and Recreation?