Botticelli - March 2020

Thread Games
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IQ1: Was your left arm several inches shorter than your right arm?
IQ2: Were you probably the best-known person from Elderslie?
IQ3: Did you command the Chindits?

102

DQ: Were the political and criminal aspects of your career directly related?
One DQ reserved.

103

I think you mean “IQs.” I’m not George Washington, dunno, and not Bertie Wooster (or P.G. Wodehouse).

Not Kaiser Wilhelm II, dunno, and not… Waverill?

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
  14. not known for writing
  15. arguably best known for one particular event
  16. born west of the Mississippi
  17. known, in part, for a crime
  18. second letter of last name was A, E or I
  19. political and criminal aspects of my career were directly related

As there are several reserved DQs out there, no more IQs, please.

104

Correct.
William Wallace.
Orde Wingate.
DQ1: Criminal activity was the one particular event for which you were arguably best known?
DQ2: Democrat?
DQ3: Criminal activity took place after 1975?

105

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
  14. not known for writing
  15. arguably best known for one particular event
  16. born west of the Mississippi
  17. known, in part, for a crime
  18. second letter of last name was A, E or I
  19. political and criminal aspects of my career were directly related
  20. criminal activity was the one particular event for which you were arguably best known
  21. Democrat
  22. criminal activity took place before 1975

Please ask all remaining earned DQs by noon EST Wednesday.

106

Yeah, I meant IQs.

#1 was Martha Custis Washington, whose first husband (Custis) had a mansion known as the White House. George never lived in The White House (if I remember correctly).
#2 was Marsha Wallace.
#3 was W. C. Fields.
DQs:

  1. Known for actions regarding Watergate?
  2. Known for actions regarding espionage?
  3. Convicted and jailed for the criminal activity?
107

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
  14. not known for writing
  15. arguably best known for one particular event
  16. born west of the Mississippi
  17. known, in part, for a crime
  18. second letter of last name was A, E or I
  19. political and criminal aspects of my career were directly related
  20. criminal activity was the one particular event for which you were arguably best known
  21. Democrat
  22. criminal activity took place before 1975
  23. not known for actions regarding Watergate
  24. not known for actions regarding espionage
  25. not convicted and jailed for the criminal activity
108

No idea yet.

109

Please ask all earned “Are you Firstname Lastname?” questions by noon EST Thursday.

110

Nope. No clue.

111

I’ll extend the deadline to 6pm EST today.

112

Still no clue.

113

Right, then. I am

Henry Wade

The Dallas DA who prosecuted Jack Ruby for killing Lee Harvey Oswald, and was the defendant in the landmark abortion case Roe v. Wade: Henry Wade - Wikipedia

114

Oooo, good one! I don’t remember him regarding Ruby, but Roe v. Wade is certainly memorable.

115

The letters-we’ve-used-already thread is now updated: Botticelli - the letters we've used so far - Thread Games - Straight Dope Message Board

And our next letter is

C

116

IQs:

  1. Did you voice the lead in Oh, Heavenly Dog!?
  2. Did you play an astrologer in The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh?
  3. Did you play an evangelist in W. W. and the Dixie Dance Kings?

The perils of dating Madame Pepperwinkle, back in the day.

117

Not Chazz Palminteri, Chita Rivera or Chuck Connors

118

#1 was Chevy Chase.
#2 was Stockard Channing.
#3 was Art Carney.

DQs:

  1. Real?
  2. Male?
  3. Last name starts with C?
119

Clearly not every wildass guess works out.

C.

  1. fictional
  2. not male
  3. first name starts with C
120
  1. Did you write The Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet?
  2. Did you once famously declare that “Bumbles bounce”?
  3. Did you write The Burning Court?