Botticelli - May 2017

Thread Games
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Politician?

302

Adams. How could you forget ADAMS?

holding a DQ

303

While we’re waiting…

Is there a “master post” with the rules we’re going by? Parameters for questions, etc. I’d like to read up as a refresher, especially if I happen to host a round at some point. Along those lines, is someone compiling a list of subjects so we don’t pick one already done?

304

IQ1: Did you allege that you were attacked by thugs who asked “What’s the frequency, Kenneth?”
IQ2: In The Court Jester, did your character fumble with a rhyme to remember which drink was poisoned?
IQ3: Are you currently the best selling author alive?

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We more or less go by the rules here, with the option to reserve DQs. EH maintains a separate thread of the letters we’ve used, going back 5 years!

My memory is shit, but other players do remember when we’ve used names before. It’s only happened twice that I can recall. I think the art of picking names that aren’t too obvious makes this kind of self-governing.

I’ve remarked when I thought a question was too vague before, so I’d say it’s up to the players to determine parameters when such issues come up.

306

Thanks, KO. You can also search “Botticelli” and a particular name to see if it’s been used in the past.

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Cool; thanks.

308

DQ.
Not Doris Day.
(Love the way you worded that, BTW.)
DQ.

DQ.
Not Danny … Thomas?
DQ.

D

  1. Real
  2. Female
  3. Alive
  4. American
  5. Last name does not start with D
  6. Not born after 1964
  7. Considered a beauty
  8. Best known for the Arts
  9. Not a politician

Well, I’ve never actually read any of those books…

309

DQ: Actress?

310

IQs:

  1. Are you Kenneth Robeson’s best known creation?
  2. Did Benedict Cumberbatch play you in a blockbuster movie last year?
  3. Have you been plated by Rowan Atkinson, Hugh Grant, Jim Broadbent and Joanna Lumley?
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A few more points re names:

If the person has a multi-word name but no surname, the first and last words of the name are the “first name” and “last name” for questions such as Last name begins with X? For instance, Sitting Bull’s “first name” is Sitting; his “last name” is Bull.

We use the most common form of the person’s name. Stephen Grover Cleveland can be used for G or C, but not as an S. Similarly, Thomas Woodrow Wilson can only be used as a W, not as a T.

If the person’s middle name (John Philip Sousa, Louisa May Alcott) or initial (D H Lawrence, James K Polk) are more or less always used when speaking of him/her/it, it’s okay to use the middle name as the basis for an IQ. Using it as the basis for a game, however, is frowned upon.
I did start making a list of people who had been used for games, but gave it up when I started having computer problems last year.

312

Being Doc Savage once was quite enough, thank you.
DQ.
Do you mean gold-plated or silver-plated, or is the difference not important? Either way, DQ.

D

  1. Real
  2. Female
  3. Alive
  4. American
  5. Last name does not start with D
  6. Not born after 1964
  7. Considered a beauty
  8. Best known for the Arts
  9. Not a politician
  10. Actress
313

Dan Rather, Danny Kaye (The pellet with the poison’s in the flagon with the dragon; the vessel with the pestle has the brew that is true), Danielle Steel

Dan x 3!

DQ: Best known from movies?
DQ: Best known for drama?

holding 2 DQsies

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D

  1. Real
  2. Female
  3. Alive
  4. American
  5. Last name does not start with D
  6. Not born after 1964
  7. Considered a beauty
  8. Best known for the Arts
  9. Not a politician
  10. Actress
  11. Best known from movies
  12. Best known for drama
315

IQ1: Do you have friends such as Gub-Gub, Dab-Dab, Chee-Chee, and Too-Too?
IQ2: Did you play a famous queen, starring with a famous swashbuckler?
IQ3: Are you the senior U.S. Senator from Illinois?

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Previous IQs:

Are you credited by some for the extra brake light on American cars? - Elizabeth Dole, when she was Secretary of Transportation
Were you a Fifties actress who would not be expected to be nocturnal? - Yes, Doris Day
Was your last TV appearance in the very early days of the David Letterman show? - Bette Davis

DQs:

Has won an Oscar?
Has been in a movie nominated for any Oscar in the past ten years?

IQs:

Were you the star of the Seventies sitcom Angie?
Did you play Mary Bailey?
Did you play Tasha Yar?

317

Correct on Doc.
#2 was Doctor Strange.
#3 was Doctor Who. (All four as the Doctor in the Comic Relief version, The Curse of Fatal Death.)

2 DQs reserved.

318

IQ1: Are you an actress from the movie The Help who has the same first name as a stringed instrument?
IQ2: Do you play the role of Night Nurse in Marvel’s Netflix shows like Daredevil, Luke Cage, etc?
IQ3: Are you a talk show personality who’s married to Portia de Rossi?

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Not Dr Doolittle.
DQ.
DQ.

Three DQs.

Three DQs. (Viola Dsomething for IQ1, I suppose…)

D

  1. Real
  2. Female
  3. Alive
  4. American
  5. Last name does not start with D
  6. Not born after 1964
  7. Considered a beauty
  8. Best known for the Arts
  9. Not a politician
  10. Actress
  11. Best known from movies
  12. Best known for drama
  13. Has not won an Oscar
  14. Has not been in a movie nominated for any Oscar in the past ten years
320

DQ: Unusual first name?

1 DQ reserved.