Botticelli - March 2019

Thread Games
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dunno, but I know the Gershwins wrote the musical!

take 3 more DQs

42

DQ, DQ, not Grant Wood

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Previous IQs:

Were you arguably the most famous American in Paris at the time of the Eiffel Tower’s dedication? - William “Buffalo Bill” Cody
Are you known for your photographs of a particular breed of dog? - William Wegman and his Weimaraners: https://lombardi.georgetown.edu/sites/lombardi/files/files/upload/35285.jpg
Were you a noted British abolitionist? - William Wilberforce

William x3 redux!

DQs:

American?
would now be alive, if real?
created since 1950?

IQs:

Have you been known to like a bit of Gorgonzola?
Did Mel Gibson play you in Braveheart?
Were you shot at a mall in Maryland, but survived?

44

Belated previous IQ wrap-up: Tony Vallelonga (chauffeured Don Shirley) and Viggo Mortensen (played Vallelonga).

IQs:

  1. Do you tirelessly pursue the Roadrunner?
  2. Did you chair the President’s Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy?
  3. Did Edward VIII abdicate for you?
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DQ Roundup

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. First name starts with W
  4. American
  5. Would be alive if real (as far as I know)
  6. Created since 1950
46

DQ, not William Wallace, not George Wallace

47

not Wile E. Coyote, not Warren, not Wallace Simpson?

48

#1 is Cowboy Woody from Toy Story.
#2 was Woody Allen.
Correct on #3.

DQs:

  1. Originally from a work of literature?
  2. Created on or after 1990?
49

Nitpick: Sheriff Woody.

Previous IQs:

Have you been known to like a bit of Gorgonzola? - Wallace, from the British Wallace and Gromit series
Did Mel Gibson play you in Braveheart? - Yes, William Wallace
Were you shot at a mall in Maryland, but survived? - Yes, George Wallace

Wallace x3!

DQ:

Considered a “good guy”?

IQs:

Are you the best-known person from Lancaster, Ohio?
Did you command the USS *Monitor *during her famous 1862 ironclad clash with the CSS Virginia?
Did you command the USS *Kearsarge *during her famous 1864 battle with the Confederate commerce raider CSS Alabama off the French coast?

50

Doublenitpick: Sheriff Woody Pride.

IQs:

  1. Did you write The Swiss Family Robinson?
  2. Did you play Tarzan in the 1930’s and 1940’s?
  3. Are you the hulking troll from Hellboy 2?
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DQ Roundup

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. First name starts with W
  4. American
  5. Would be alive if real (as far as I know)
  6. Created since 1950
  7. Not originally from literature
  8. Created before 1990
  9. Not considered a “good guy” (but has passed himself off as such)
52

not William McKinley, DQ, DQ

(my brother Jay, God rest his soul, was a Civil War scholar. After he died, I posted on FB that he’s now in heaven telling General Lee how he could have won the war)

53

take 3 DQs :frowning:

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#1 was Johann Wyss.
#2 was Johnny Weissmuller.
#3 is Mr. Wink.

DQ: from TV or movies?

2 DQs reserved.

55

Close enough (it’s Wallis). A clean sweep!

  1. Did you vanish into the Upside Down?
  2. Did you animate King Kong?
  3. Are you brother of the Beav?
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DQ Roundup

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. First name starts with W
  4. American
  5. Would be alive if real (as far as I know)
  6. Created since 1950
  7. Not originally from literature
  8. Created before 1990
  9. Not considered a “good guy” (but has passed himself off as such)
  10. Has been on streaming TV, but not originally
57

DQ, DQ, not Wally

58

Huh. I don’t remember his last name ever being mentioned onscreen - was it?: Woody (Toy Story) - Wikipedia

Previous IQs:

Are you the best-known person from Lancaster, Ohio? - Not William McKinley, who was from Niles, Ohio, but William T. Sherman
Did you command the USS *Monitor *during her famous 1862 ironclad clash with the CSS Virginia? - John Worden, who later headed the US Naval Academy
Did you command the USS *Kearsarge *during her famous 1864 battle with the Confederate commerce raider CSS Alabama off the French coast? - John Winslow

DQs:

Genre character (detective, spy, sf, Western, fantasy, etc.)?
First appeared in movies?
Usually has a gun?

IQs:

Were you a painter who was close friends with JFK and Jackie Kennedy?
Were you a big Nixon donor who became ambassador to the Court of St. James’s?
Did you succeed Fred Vinson in a big job?

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DQ Roundup

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. First name starts with W
  4. American
  5. Would be alive if real (as far as I know)
  6. Created since 1950
  7. Not originally from literature
  8. Created before 1990
  9. Not considered a “good guy” (but has passed himself off as such)
  10. Has been on streaming TV, but not originally
  11. Genre character (detective, spy, sf, Western, fantasy, etc.)
  12. Did not first appear in movies
  13. Has been known to carry a gun, but usually doesn’t need it

Just curious EH, you’ve used the gun and NYC questions a lot. Any particular reason?

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not Andy Warhol? DQ DQ