Botticelli, May 2012 - Wargamer, chooser; initial D

Thread Games
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OK, it’s…

D.

Have at it!

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IQ1: Are you an Italian composer of opera?

IQ2: Are you a French composer?

IQ3: Are you an Elizabethan English composer?

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IQ2: I’m not DeBussey. You may take two DQs for 1 & 3 and call me in the morning.

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IQ1: So, like … were you a hoser, eh?

IQ2: Did you argue with an ignorant slut?

IQ3: Were you a teen heartthrob in the early 1970s?

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Were you the target of a record number of assasination attempts?

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  1. **Gaetano Donizetti **was the composer, who, in the 19th century, was seen as the successor to Giaocchino Rossini. His best know works include the comedies ‘Don Pasquale’, ‘L’Elisir d’amore’ and ‘La Fille du regiment’, as well as the tragedy ‘Lucia di Lammermoor’. He also wrote a cycle of operas on Tudor history.

  2. John Dowland was a lutenist and composer during the reign of Elizabeth I, and may also have operated as a spy for Sir Robert Cecil. He left behind a large body of compositions for lute, as well as songs for lute and voice.
    DQs:

  3. Are you fictional?

  4. Are you male?

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I’m not Doug McKenzie.

I’m not Dan Akroyd.

I’m not Donny Osmond.

No idea (unless you’re ‘shooting for’ 'Dolph Hitler…). Take a DQ.

DQ Summary

  1. Male
  2. Not fictional.
    DQs Outstanding

etv78 - 1

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Correct on Doug McKenzie, Dan Aykroyd, and Donny Osmond.

IQ1: Did you often wonder how all these people got in your room?

IQ2: Did you compose a song that the state of Colorado adopted as a state song?

IQ3: Did you coach NFL teams in Chicago and New Orleans?

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I’m not John Denver or Mike Ditka. You may take a DQ for question 1.

Outstanding DQs

spoons - 1
etv78 - 1

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IQ1: Are you the father of Absalom?

IQ2: Did you retire from the peak of your power to raise cabbages?

IQ3: Are you the father of Yudhisthira?

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IQs:

Do you always have a dental checkup on a particularly significant day?
Did your autobiography have a catchphrase title that you never actually said?
Is a major airport in your small country named after you?

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Were you French?

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Correct on Denver and Ditka.

If Dean Martin had a catchphrase, “How’d all these people get in my room?” was it. He said it at the beginning of his TV show, and often when he came out on stage to do a show in Las Vegas.

DQ: Are you currently alive?

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I am not King David. DQs for the other two.

3 DQs

DQ Answer Summary

DQ Summary

  1. Male
  2. Not fictional.
  3. Not French.
  4. Dead.

DQs Outstanding

Le Ministere - 2
Elendil’s Heir - 3

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  1. The Roman emperor Diocletian established the tetrarchy and then retired, the first emperor to do so. A few years later, when the empire was going pear-shaped in a hurry, a delegation sought him out to coerce him into taking power once again. He famously told them that if they could see the size of the cabbages on his farm, they would not be wasting their time trying to bring him back to Rome.

  2. In the Mahabharata, Kunti has a mantra by which she can summon any god to father a child with her. Pandu first asks her to summon Dharma, and the resultant boy is Yudhisthira.
    DQs -

  3. Are you American?

  4. Are you best known for your accomplishments in The Arts, being here defined so as to include all visual arts, theatre, dance, music, literature or other creative endeavours, whether done for the entertainment of others or for the sake of the creative act itself?

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IQ1: Are you a snorkosaurus voiced by Mel Blanc?
IQ2: Were you the second guitarist and third leader of a popular rock band?
IQ3: Did you famously say the reason most rock critics loved Elvis Costello was because most rock critics look like Elvis Costello?

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  1. I’m not Dino from the Flintstones.
  2. I’m not Don Henley of the Eagles. (Take a DQ if that’s not who you’re thinking of though - while Henley is arguably behind Joe Walsh in guitar, I’m not sure if he’s third leader behind Glen Frey and Walsh.)
  3. No idea - take a DQ. Did Bob Dylan say this? Take a DQ anyway.
    DQ Answer Summary

DQ Summary

  1. Male
  2. Not fictional.
  3. Not French.
  4. Dead.
  5. I am an American.
  6. I am not noted for participation in The Arts.

DQs Outstanding

Chock/Goodness - 1, maybe 2
Elendil’s Heir - 3

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IQ3 was David Lee Roth
IQ2: My wording was a little vague, so I’ll rephrase. Were you hired to be the second guitarist for an existing famous rock band and did you end up being considered the leader of the band after the departures of the original leader and his eventual successor?

DQ: Were you a political figure?

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Former VP Dan Quayle always gets his teeth cleaned on Election Day. A longstanding and rather odd tradition.
Sam Donaldson’s book was entitled Hold On, Mr. President!
The late PM David Ben-Gurion gave his name to a major Israeli airport.

DQs:

Born since 1900?
Born north of the Mason-Dixon Line?
Last name start with “D”?

IQs:

Was your husband one of only three men to do something no one else ever did?
Do you almost invariably wear a hoodie when you’re not at work?
Did you conceal a picture of one of your many mistresses in a trick frame on your desk?

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IQ2: Then, I have no idea, take a DQ.

3 more DQs.

DQ Answer Summary

DQ Summary

  1. Male
  2. Not fictional.
  3. Not French.
  4. Dead.
  5. I am an American.
  6. I am not noted for participation in The Arts.
  7. I am not a political figure.
  8. I was not born in 1900 or later.
  9. I was not born north of the mason-Dixon line.
  10. My last name starts with the letter D.

DQs Outstanding

Chock/Goodness - 1
Elendil’s Heir - 3