Botticelli - March 2020

Thread Games
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Dunno, not George Washington and not Waldo.

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IQs:

  1. Were you the star of a 1950’s children’s TV show that had children drawing on the screen to help you out?
  2. Were you an American artist whose best known work is arguably Christina’s World?
  3. Did you write The Book of Merlin?
    Dunno, not Wyeth, and not E.B. White.

#1 was Winky Dink.
The others are correct.

DQ: Male?

IQs:

  1. Were you Tom Hanks’s character’s only friend on the island in Cast Away?
  2. Were you born Marion Morrison?
  3. Are you an evil witch who likes to cook and eat children, but whose plans are foiled by a clever rabbit?
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Not the silent but stalwart Wilson, John Wayne or Witchie-Poo.

W.

  1. real
  2. deceased
  3. male
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Correct, Correct.
#3 was Witch Hazel, thwarted by Bugs Bunny. Witchie-Poo was thwarted by H. R. Pufnstuf.

DQ: American?

IQs:

  1. Were you the Crimson Avenger’s valet?
  2. Were you aka Philbert DeSanex?
  3. Did you write the Fleming Stone mysteries?
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Waldo.
Correct.
Correct.
DQ: Known for the Arts?
IQ1: Were you a noted member of 2/506th PIR?
IQ2: Were you the head of the OSS during WW II?
IQ3: Were you murdered whilst playing poker in South Dakota?

66

Dunno x3.

Dunno (another Wild Bill, I suppose, but take a DQ), not “Wild Bill” Donovan, and not Wild Bill Hickok.

W.

  1. real
  2. deceased
  3. male
  4. American
  5. not known for the Arts
67

“Wild Bill” Guarnere.
Correct.
Correct.
DQ: Died after 1886?

68

Good thing I’m retired now, so I can sit here waiting through all these 502 and 504 errors.

Now if only I can keep up enough patience to…

69

SCA, Congrats on retirement! I’m enjoying mine.

#1 was Wing.
#2 is Wonder Warthog.
#3 was Carolyn Wells.

DQ: Known for military/political?

2 DQs reserved.

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W.

  1. real
  2. deceased
  3. male
  4. American
  5. not known for the Arts
  6. died after 1886
  7. known, in part, for military/political
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IQ:

  1. Did you win a Best Actor Oscar for 1931’s The Champ?
  2. Have you won 3 Best Supporting Oscars (1936, 1938 and 1940)?I
  3. Are you the writer who created the character Silver John?
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DQs:

  1. Died after 1999?
  2. Best known from politics?
73

Sigh

#2 should be Best Supporting Actor. Sorry.

74

No worries.

Not Buster Keaton, Noah Beery and dunno.

W.

  1. real
  2. deceased
  3. male
  4. American
  5. not known for the Arts
  6. died after 1886
  7. known, in part, for military/political
  8. died after 1999
  9. arguably not best known from politics
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IQs:

  1. Did you admonish customers not to squeeze the Charmin?
  2. Are you a “Highly Magnified” and “Thoroughly Educated” citizen of the Emerald City of Oz?
  3. Were you known as “The Perfect Fool”?
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Not Mr. Whipple, Mr. Wisdom or… dunno.

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#1 was Wallace Beery, Noah 's uncle
#2 was Walter Brennan
#3 was Manly Wade Wellman

DQs:

  1. White?
  2. Married?
  3. From the East Coast?
78

#1 is correct.
#2 is the Wogglebug.
#3 was Ed Wynn.

DQ: Last name starts with W?

1 DQ reserved.

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W.

  1. real
  2. deceased
  3. male
  4. American
  5. not known for the Arts
  6. died after 1886
  7. known, in part, for military/political
  8. died after 1999
  9. arguably not best known from politics
  10. white
  11. married
  12. not from the East Coast
  13. last name started with W
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DQ: Known for writing?