Botticelli May 2016

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DQ: Mostly known for holding a federal office?

1 DQ left

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D.

  1. real
  2. male
  3. last name starts with D
  4. living
  5. not known for the arts
  6. politics/government
  7. American
  8. mostly known for holding a federal office
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IQs:

  1. Were you Ike’s Secretary of State?
  2. Did you design the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
  3. Did you write Hammer’s Slammers?
204

IQ1: Were you Secretary of Defense under both Ford and W. Bush?
IQ2: Were you Secretary of Commerce under Clinton and Obama’s Chief of Staff?
IQ3: Did you defend police conduct in 1968, stating “Gentlemen, get the thing straight once and for all– the policeman isn’t there to create disorder, the policeman is there to preserve disorder”?

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Not John Foster Dulles (“Dull, duller, Dulles,” Churchill joked), Stephen Douglas or David Drake.

Not Donald Rumsfeld, the younger Daley (William?) or his dad, Mayor Richard Daley of Chicago.

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Correct x5. On previous page: Dolley Madison had the pet macaw.

DQ: Currently in office?

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IQs:

  1. Did you write some of your works under the pen name “Boz”?
  2. Were you a German artist and printmaker known for your harsh portrayals of Weimar society and the horrors of war?
  3. Did you write Ubik?
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Not Charles Dickens; dunno x2.

D.

  1. real
  2. male
  3. last name starts with D
  4. living
  5. not known for the arts
  6. politics/government
  7. American
  8. mostly known for holding a federal office
  9. not currently in office
209

Correct on Dickens. #2 was Otto Dix. #3 was Philip K. Dick.

DQs:

  1. Born after 1960?
  2. Best known as a Congressman?
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D.

  1. real
  2. male
  3. last name starts with D
  4. living
  5. not known for the arts
  6. politics/government
  7. American
  8. mostly known for holding a federal office
  9. not currently in office
  10. born before 1960
  11. not best known as a Congressman
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IQ1: Were you Gerald Ford’s running mate in the 1976 presidential election?
IQ2: Do you have a puppet named Achmed the Dead Terrorist?
IQ3: Do you write and star in the HBO series Girls?

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IQs:

  1. Are you the main character in a series of books by Jim Butcher?
  2. Were you the most successful Richard Nixon impersonator of the 1970’s?
  3. Did you play Mildred Krebs on Remington Steele?
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Not Bob Dole, dunno, and not Lena Dunham (an alum of my college).

Not Harry Dresden or Rich Little (or did you mean Dan Aykroyd?); dunno the last.

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Jeff Dunham

DQ: Born east of the Mississippi?

holding 1 DQ

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IQs:

  1. Are you the main character in a series of books by Jim Butcher?
  2. Were you the most successful Richard Nixon impersonator of the 1970’s?
  3. Did you play Mildred Krebs on Remington Steele?
    Not Harry Dresden or Rich Little (or did you mean Dan Aykroyd?); dunno the last.
    Correct on Harry. For #2 I was thinking of Richard Dixon, but, yeah, Rich Little was a more successful impersonator, so I drop that.
    #3 was Doris Roberts.

DQ: Known for serving in the executive branch of government?

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D.

  1. real
  2. male
  3. last name starts with D
  4. living
  5. not known for the arts
  6. politics/government
  7. American
  8. mostly known for holding a federal office
  9. not currently in office
  10. born before 1960
  11. not best known as a Congressman
  12. born east of the Mississippi
  13. best known for serving in the Executive Branch
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IQs:

  1. Did you play Uncle Jesse on The Dukes of Hazzard?
  2. Did you record Civilization (Bongo, Bongo, Bongo) with the Andrews Sisters?
  3. Did you co-host Candid Camera with Allen Funt in the 1960’s?
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IQ1: Were you Reagan’s Secretary of Labor and thought to be connected to the Genovese family?
IQ2: Were you QB for the Philadelphia Eagles from 1999-2009?
IQ3: Did you have a couple of Psychedelic Era hits with Sunshine Superman and Hurdy Gurdy Man?

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Dunno x3.

Not Ray Donovan; dunno x2.

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#1 was Denver Pyle. #2 was Danny Kaye. #3 was Durward Kirby.

DQs:

  1. Cabinet member?
  2. Republican?

1 DQ reserved.