Botticelli - May, 2013

Thread Games
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I thought you’d never ask!

I am indeed Umberto II, by the Grace of God King of Italy, King of Sardinia, Cyprus, Jerusalem, Armenia, Duke of Savoy, count of Maurienne, Marquis (of the Holy Roman Empire) in Italy; Prince of Piedmont, Carignano, Oneglia, Poirino, Trino; Prince and Perpetual Vicar of the Holy Roman Empire; Prince of Carmagnola, Montmellian with Arbin and Francin, Prince bailiff of the Duchy of Aosta, Prince of Chieri, Dronero, Crescentino, Riva di Chieri and Banna, Busca, Bene, Bra, Duke of Genoa, Monferrat, Aosta, Duke of Chablais, Genevois, Duke of Piacenza, Marquis of Saluzzo (Saluces), Ivrea, Susa, of Maro, Oristano, Cesana, Savona, Tarantasia, Borgomanero and Cureggio, Caselle, Rivoli, Pianezza, Govone, Salussola, Racconigi over Tegerone, Migliabruna and Motturone, Cavallermaggiore, Marene, Modane and Lanslebourg, Livorno Ferraris, Santhià Agliè, Centallo and Demonte, Desana, Ghemme, Vigone, Count of Barge, Villafranca, Ginevra, Nizza, Tenda, Romont, Asti, Alessandria, of Goceano, Novara, Tortona, Bobbio, Soissons, Sant’Antioco, Pollenzo, Roccabruna, Tricerro, Bairo, Ozegna, delle Apertole, Baron of Vaud and of Faucigni, Lord of Vercelli, Pinerolo, of Lomellina, of Valle Sesia, of the Marquisate of Ceva, Overlord of Monaco, Roccabruna and eleven-twelfths of Menton, Noble Patrician of Venice, Patrician of Ferrara.

62

I finally stopped thinking of dictators and switched to royalty.

63

Oh - just for the record:

That would have been three DQs if I hadn’t forgotten to answer…

64

*Okay, an hour’s long enough to think about it. *

I am B!

65

IQ: Did you martyr the Great Emancipator?

66

Way to go, Professor!

Liv Ullmann.
Skeet Ulrich.
Urkel, on Family Matters.

B, eh…?

IQs:

Did your creator once complain that he was having too much sex?
Did you write Enemy Mine?
Were you played by two actors, each of whom had a last name with four letters?

67

IQ1: Were you hired as a burglar by a group of 13 people?
IQ2: Were you the head of a German youth organisation?
IQ3: Was a large German cannon allegedly named after you?

68

I am not John Wilkes Booth.

69

DQs for the first two. I am NOT… Batman, (Bale/West)

70

DQs for the first two. I am not Bertha Krupp.

71

Bilbo Baggins and Baldur von Shirach.
Correct on Bertha Krupp.
DQ1: Real?
DQ2: Male?
IQ1: Are you the best-known employee of Admiral Sir Miles Messervy?
IQ2: Do you share a house with your ward, Dick Grayson, and your butler?
IQ3: Did your performances include music by Joe Green?

72

DQ1: Real
DQ2: Male

The name’s NOT Bond, James Bond. I am still NOT… Batman!

DQ for the third.

73

Charlie Bucket (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory)'s creator Roald Dahl was, as a young RAF officer assigned to Washington D.C. during WWII, engaged in a torrid affair with an American woman who, he griped, was wearing him out in bed.
Barry Longyear.
I’ll rephrase this question.

DQs:

American?
Alive?

IQs:

Other than Batman, were you played by two actors, each of whom had a last name with four letters?
Did you sing a song with a title that was the same as an unrelated sitcom?
Were you the pooch of a very bad guy?

74

DQ1) Real.
DQ2) Male.
DQ3) American.
DQ4) Dead.

Not Bette Midler (Friends.)
Take 2 DQs.

75

Jonathan Frid and Johnny Depp both played the vampire Barnabas Collins of Dark Shadows.
I’ll rephrase this one, too.
Blondi was Hitler’s dog.

DQs:

Last name start with B?
Died since 1900?

IQs:

You are not Bette Midler. Did you sing a song with a title that was the same as an unrelated sitcom?
Were you born in London but raised in Cleveland?
Did you fake an assassination attempt on yourself to win an election?

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DQ1) Real.
DQ2) Male.
DQ3) American.
DQ4) Dead.
DQ5) Last name starts with B.
DQ6) Died since 1900.

[let’s see: Harry Chapin did Taxi, Joe Diffie did Third Rock from the Sun]

Okay, DQs on 1 and 3. Not Bob Hope.

77

Belinda Carlisle sang “Mad About You.”
Yes, Bob Hope.
Bob Roberts, in the movie of the same name.

DQs:

Best known for the creative arts, as we’ve broadly defined it in the past?
Died since 1975?

IQs:

Were you a British action-comics heroine?
Do you occasionally invite people to kiss your shiny metal ass?
Are you the best-known person from Russell, Kansas?

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DQ1) Real.
DQ2) Male.
DQ3) American.
DQ4) Dead.
DQ5) Last name starts with B.
DQ6) Died since 1900.
DQ7) Best known for the creative arts.
DQ8) Died since 1975.
Not Modesty Blaise. Not Bender. Not Bob Dole.

79

Damn, you’re good!

IQs:

Did your control use the name “John Anderson”?
Did you play a barrel-chested nobleman in Henry V?
Did you direct that 1989 movie?

80

Not that good. Take 2 DQ’s. I’m not… Batman director Tim Burton.