Botticelli May 2016

Thread Games
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Kenny Chesney

DQ: From literature?

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IQ1: Were you Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs under Jimmy Carter who frequently was the reluctant face talking to the press during the Iran Hostage Crisis?
IQ2: Are you a Red Skelton character who Bullwinkle the Moose sounded so similar to, Skelton considered suing the voice artist?
IQ3: Are you an outspoken former punter for the Minnesota Vikings who alleged that his support of same-sex marriages led to his release?

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#1 was W. C. Fields (who is almost never called anything else).
Correct on #2 and #3.

DQ: Last name starts with C?

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IQs:

  1. Are you a bumbling droid who has been in all of the Star Wars films?
  2. Are you DC’s antihero occultist from the pages of Hellblazer?
  3. Are you Snoopy’s college kid persona?
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Dunno x3.

Not C-3PO, dunno, and not Joe Cool.

C.

  1. fictional
  2. male
  3. not from literature
  4. last name starts with C
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Correct, John Constantine, Correct.

DQ: From the movies?

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IQs:

  1. Did you have a hit with Walking in Memphis?
  2. Did you have a hit with Sisters of Mercy?
  3. Did you have a hit with Everybody Works But Father?
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Hodding Carter (no relation to Jimmy), Clem Kadiddlehopper, Chris Kluwe

DQ: protagonist?

holding 2 DQs

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I should know the first but don’t; dunno the other two, either.

C.

  1. fictional
  2. male
  3. not from literature
  4. last name starts with C
  5. not from movies
  6. kinda sorta a protagonist, but not really
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#1 was Marc Cohn. #2 was Leonard Cohen. #3 was George M. Cohan.

DQ: From TV?

2 DQs reserved.

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IQs:

  1. Are you a TV detective who always says, “Just one more thing…”?
  2. Are you the long-time mascot/incarnation of a cleaning product?
  3. Are you a notoriously bumbling French detective played by Peter Sellers, Alan Arkin & Steve Martin?
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IQ1: Did you found the American Red Cross?
IQ2: Were you a Senator from Kentucky known as “The Great Compromiser”?
IQ3: Did you write The Last of the Mohicans?

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Not Det. Columbo, Mr. Clean or Insp. Clouseau.

Not Clara Barton (whose house I’ve visited), Henry Clay or James Fenimore Cooper.

C.

  1. fictional
  2. male
  3. not from literature
  4. last name starts with C
  5. not from movies
  6. kinda sorta a protagonist, but not really
  7. not from TV
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Correct x3.

DQ: from a song?

1 DQ remains.

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DQ: American creator?

1 DQ left

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IQ1: Are you the current QB for the Arizona Cardinals?
IQ2: Are you the current QB for the Oakland Raiders?
IQ3: Are you the current QB for the Tennessee Titans?

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Dunno x3. You know sports are my Achilles heel!

C.

  1. fictional
  2. male
  3. not from literature
  4. last name starts with C
  5. not from movies
  6. kinda sorta a protagonist, but not really
  7. not from TV
  8. from a song
  9. not created by an American
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Hey, you clean me out whenever I ask American history questions, so I gotta try other avenues.

Carson Palmer, Derek Carr, Matt Cassel

DQ: Pop/rock song?

holding 3 DQs

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I’ve never even heard of those guys!

C.

  1. fictional
  2. male
  3. not from literature
  4. last name starts with C
  5. not from movies
  6. kinda sorta a protagonist, but not really
  7. not from TV
  8. from a song
  9. not created by an American
  10. pop/rock song
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DQ: Song composed after 1980?