Botticelli - March 2020

Thread Games
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DQs:

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. Not an American, but created by American authors
  4. Not European
  5. Both names start with G
  6. First appeared after 1950
  7. Not from a movie
  8. First appeared before 2000
  9. Only appeared in print
  10. Alive at the end of the story
  11. Ally to the protagonist
  12. Not from our Earth
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Take a DQ for 1.
I am not Eccentrica Gallumbits.
I am not Gary Cooper.

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Previous IQs:

Did Conan O’Brien come to your apartment door and you turned him away, much to his regret? - Israeli actress Gal Gadot
Were you a notable alien prostitute in THGTTG? - Yes, Eccentrica Gallumbits
Did two spinster sisters say that a character you played was “pixilated”? - Yes, Gary Cooper, in Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

DQ:

Comic book character?

IQs:

Are you a former Governor of Michigan ineligible to become POTUS?
Did Tom Hanks once play your estranged son?
Did Jack Benny send you and your new husband ham and eggs on your wedding night?

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DQs:

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. Not an American, but created by American authors
  4. Not European
  5. Both names start with G
  6. First appeared after 1950
  7. Not from a movie
  8. First appeared before 2000
  9. Only appeared in print
  10. Alive at the end of the story
  11. Ally to the protagonist
  12. Not from our Earth
  13. Not a comic book character.
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#2. I am not Jackie Gleason.
Take 2 DQs.

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Previous IQs:

Are you a former Governor of Michigan ineligible to become POTUS? - Jennifer Granholm
Did Tom Hanks once play your estranged son? - Yes, Jackie Gleason
Did Jack Benny send you and your new husband ham and eggs on your wedding night? - Gracie Allen

DQs:

Humanoid?
From the Solar System?

IQs:

Were you a Libertarian candidate for President in the past 20 years?
Are you the best-known pet in Bikini Bottom?
Were you a tall, gawky, longtime Ohio conservative legislator?

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DQs:

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. Not an American, but created by American authors
  4. Not European
  5. Both names start with G
  6. First appeared after 1950
  7. Not from a movie
  8. First appeared before 2000
  9. Only appeared in print
  10. Alive at the end of the story
  11. Ally to the protagonist
  12. Not from our Earth
  13. Not a comic book character.
  14. Humanoid
  15. From an alternate fantasy universe type of Solar System
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#1. I am not Gary Johnson.
#2. I am not Gary.
#3. I am not Gary Republican. Take a DQ.

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Previous IQs:

Were you a Libertarian candidate for President in the past 20 years? - Yes, Gary Johnson
Are you the best-known pet in Bikini Bottom? - Yes, Gary the snail
Were you a tall, gawky, longtime Ohio conservative legislator? - Sen. Gary Suhadolnik

Gary x3!

DQ:

Story set in the present day at the time it came out?

IQs:

Did Asimov have your book in mind when writing Foundation?
Were you the Grape-Nuts pitchman?
Were you a U.S. Army corps commander at Gettysburg?

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DQs:

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. Not an American, but created by American authors
  4. Not European
  5. Both names start with G
  6. First appeared after 1950
  7. Not from a movie
  8. First appeared before 2000
  9. Only appeared in print
  10. Alive at the end of the story
  11. Ally to the protagonist
  12. Not from our Earth
  13. Not a comic book character.
  14. Humanoid
  15. From an alternate fantasy universe type of Solar System
  16. Story not set in a contemporaneous present day
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#3. I am not George Meade.
Take 2 more DQs.

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Previous IQs:

Did Asimov have your book in mind when writing Foundation? - This was Edward Gibbon, author of The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire
Were you the Grape-Nuts pitchman? - Crusty old cereal guy Euell Gibbons
Were you a U.S. Army corps commander at Gettysburg? - Meade commanded the entire Army of the Potomac; this was John Gibbon

Gibbon(s) x3!

Three DQs reserved.

IQ:

Are you John Carter’s BFF from Barsoom?

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I never cared much for Burroughs. Take a DQ.

34

I don’t either, much - wasn’t there are tall, four-armed green guy named Gol-garad or something? It was kind of a shot in the dark. I won’t take a DQ for it.

Hmm. Can’t figure out who this is.

I yield my DQs to kitap or any other (new) player who’d like to ask them.

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Oh, all right.

DQs:

Ever appeared in a movie?
Appearance would be scary to the average human?
Comic relief?

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DQs:

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. Not an American, but created by American authors
  4. Not European
  5. Both names start with G
  6. First appeared after 1950
  7. Not from a movie
  8. First appeared before 2000
  9. Only appeared in print
  10. Alive at the end of the story
  11. Ally to the protagonist
  12. Not from our Earth
  13. Not a comic book character.
  14. Humanoid
  15. From an alternate fantasy universe type of Solar System
  16. Story not set in a contemporaneous present day
  17. Appearance not scary to the average human
  18. Comic relief, but, then, so is everyone else in the story

Never appeared in a movie. See #7 and #9.

Ask the DQ again, O Heir of Elendil.

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“Not *from *a movie” (emphasis added) is different from “Ever appeared in a movie,” but I’d overlooked #9, so thanks.

DQ:

Story set on Earth?

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It’s so sad the only GGs I can think of are Gale Gordon and the Green Goblin.

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I thought of Gordon Gekko, Graham Greene and George Goebbels, too, but clearly they’re not who Prof. P. has in mind.

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DQs:

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. Not an American, but created by American authors
  4. Not European
  5. Both names start with G
  6. First appeared after 1950
  7. Not from a movie
  8. First appeared before 2000
  9. Only appeared in print
  10. Alive at the end of the story
  11. Ally to the protagonist
  12. Not from our Earth
  13. Not a comic book character.
  14. Humanoid
  15. From an alternate fantasy universe type of Solar System
  16. Story not set in a contemporaneous present day
  17. Appearance not scary to the average human
  18. Comic relief, but, then, so is everyone else in the story
  19. Set on a muddle of an Earth