Botticelli - May, 2013

Thread Games
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DQ: Were you a politician?

(My IQ was Jane Addams, founder of Hull House)

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IQs)

  1. Were you an Irish author beloved by Dopers FinnAgain and Leo Bloom?
  2. Were you “the Hoosier Poet”?
  3. Is your name my name too?
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Way to go, ChockFull! Mel Blanc wasn’t even on my radar screen.

IQs:

Did a Navy corpsman help you work out almost every day?
Did your magazine bear the first name of an important historical figure?
Did a New Yorker article describe what you would probably be like as an obtrusive waiter?

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I’ll treat these as the same question, since entertainer is a subset of arts, and the 2 DQs were posted 4 minutes apart.
Yes

  1. Not Jerry Howard
    Take DQs for 1&3

No

  1. Not James Joyce
  2. DQ
  3. Not John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt

3 DQs for you

Summary:
J

  1. Female
  2. Dead
  3. Real
  4. American
  5. Died after 1950
  6. Entertainer known for the arts
  7. Not a politician
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The Hoosier Poet is James Whitcomb Riley, author of Little Orphan Annie.

DQs:

  1. Were you an actress?
  2. Is the J for your first name?
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  1. No
  2. Yes

I should amend #6. Exclusively known for the arts and an entertainer, but not exclusively an entertainer. Make sense?

Summary:
J

  1. Female
  2. Dead
  3. Real
  4. American
  5. Died after 1950
  6. Known for the arts and an entertainer.
  7. Not a politician
  8. Not an actress
  9. First name starts with J
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IQs:

  1. Did you stop men dead in their tracks in your Broadway debut?
  2. Did you call yourself a fool and then point out God’s unique creative abilities?
  3. Were you the captain of the Calypso?
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President John F. Kennedy.
His son JFK Jr., editor of George (named after Washington).
Vice President Joe Biden: My Name is Joe Biden and I’ll Be Your Server | The New Yorker

DQs:

Known for her writing skills?
Over 50 years old when she died?
Died after 1990?

IQs:

Is your car on display in a museum in Cleveland, Ohio?
Are you an actress and model married to a noted musician?
Did you refuse to change your clothes immediately after a tragedy, despite being encouraged to?

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IQ: Did you want the Lord to buy you a Mercedes Benz?

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  1. Not Jacques Cousteau
    DQs for the other 2

Among other things, yes
Yes
Yes

  1. Not Joan Jett
  2. Not Jerry Hall
  3. Take a DQ

Not Janis Joplin

Summary:
J

  1. Female
  2. Dead
  3. Real
  4. American
  5. Died after 1950
  6. Known for the arts and an entertainer.
  7. Not a politician
  8. Not an actress
  9. First name starts with J
  10. Known for writing, among other things
  11. Over 50 at time of death
  12. Died after 1990
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IQ: Were you a “dingbat”?

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Julie Newmar portrayed Stupefyin’ Jones in Li’l Abner and was a sensation although she had no lines. Joyce Kilmer, poet, said: “Poems are made by fools like me, /But only God can make a tree.” Recited at Arbor Days around the U.S.

I’ll study on my DQs a bit more.

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Not Jean Stapleton

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DQ: Singer?

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No

Summary:
J

  1. Female
  2. Dead
  3. Real
  4. American
  5. Died after 1950
  6. Known for the arts and an entertainer.
  7. Not a politician
  8. Not an actress
  9. First name starts with J
  10. Known for writing, among other things
  11. Over 50 at time of death
  12. Died after 1990
  13. Not a singer
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Correct on Moe Howard’s brother Jerry.
#1 was Jesse James, and #3 was Howard Johnson.
Some more IQs while I think about DQs:

IQ1: Did you request that people not eat the flowers?
IQ2: Was your husband at different times very short and very tall?
IQ3: Are you well-known for portraying a slob?

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IQ:

Did you first rise to fame on a quiz show, for your surprising range of knowledge on a subject people wouldn’t have expected of you?

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IQs:

  1. Did you host one of the earliest TV shows and champion French cuisine in the US?
  2. Have you recently played a vampire, a pirate, a candymaker, a cowboy chameleon, and are about to be seen as a faithful Indian sidekick?
  3. Did you Scream with your brother and have a wardrobe mulfunction at the Superbowl?
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  1. Not John Belushi
    1 & 2 - Would be DQs, except… see below

Not Joyce Brothers

  1. Not Johnny Depp
  2. Not Janet Jackson
    1)** Yes!!! I am Julia Child**, cookbook author and host of several PBS cooking shows. I consider cooking an art.

Well done.

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Newmar was always my favorite Catwoman, so I had to Image Search “Julie Newmar Stupefyin Jones”. Dayum!!! We really need time machines!
It looks like she reprised the role for the film version. I’ll have to look for clips when I get home to a machine where YouTube isn’t blocked.