Botticelli - May 2017

Thread Games
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DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Dead
  4. Known for the Arts
  5. Last name starts with K
  6. Known for the Performing Arts
  7. Not American
  8. Not an Actor
  9. Died before 1950
  10. Not ethnically Slavic, according to all sources I found
  11. A visual performing artist, as opposed to a musical or oratorial performing artist
  12. Did not receive a top award in his field
  13. Quite possibly died on or before 1850, as there is no certain death date for him
  14. Not a dancer
  15. Native speaker of a Germanic language
  16. Normally performed in a circus or similar venue
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Previous IQs:

Did Jonathan Pryce play your dad in several big-budget movies? - Yes, Keira Knightley, in the Pirates of the Caribbean movies
Was Emma slow to see that you were really her true love? - Mr. Knightley, in Jane Austen’s Emma
After 1950, was your coffin hauled in a mule-pulled wagon? - MLK: http://cdn.history.com/sites/2/2014/01/martin-luther-king-funeral-procession-P.jpeg

Hmm. Gotta think about this. Two DQs reserved.

443

DQ:

British?

One DQ reserved.

IQ:

Were you mentioned in the title of a Beatles song based on a Victorian-era poster which John Lennon saw?

444

Yes, I am that celebrated early 19th Century English acrobat, Mr. William Kite!

What with it being the 50th Anniversary of the release of Sgt. Pepper, and the closing of Ringling Bros. Circus, I thought that one was due.

Great job, EH!

445

I can’t say I know many 19th C. circus performers, but he’s one! Good one, Prof. P. I will admit that that Beatles song (and “Blue Jay Way”) always creeped me out a little when I was a kid.

Right, then. Our next letter is

B

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IQ1: Did you accept a writing gig in Hollywood, only to find that your hotel room neighbor is a serial killer who decapitates people?
IQ2: Are you a valkyrie who is featured in Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen?
IQ3: Are you a Bond girl who later married a famous drummer?

447

IQs:

  1. Were you Captain of the White Tower?
  2. Did Leonard Nimoy sing your praises on his album The Two Sides of Leonard Nimoy?
  3. Are you give to such pronouncements as “Hey dol! Merry dol! Ring dol a dillo!”?
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Not Barton Fink, Brunhilde or Barbara Bach (mrrrowrr: https://filmfrontier.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/the-spy-who-loved-me-girl.jpg)

Not Boromir, Bilbo Baggins (aiyeee!) or Tom Bombadil.

449

IQ1: Were you known as the Ambassador of the Third World and a Rastafari?
IQ2: Are you a former presidential candidate who was frequently parodied by Dennis Miller?
IQ3: Are you the head football coach of the Oklahoma Sooners?

450

IQ1: Did you think it a pity you’d run out of bullets?
IQ2: Were you #1’s nephew?
IQ3: Did you save #2 and his friends when they were attacked in the woods?

451

Swept 'em.

IQs:

  1. Did you write The Decameron?
  2. Are you noted for painting The Birth of Venus?
  3. Were you married to Whitney Houston?
452

Excellent x 3. No DQ for me! (Yet.)

IQ1: Did you win the Heisman trophy in 1959, sealed in part by your legendary"Halloween Run," which remains one of the most famous plays in your school’s history?
IQ2: Did you transform from a cleavaged, sexy flapper to a much more modest career gal due to the Hays Code?
IQ3: Are you a former SNL writer, performer on various skit and comedy shows, who is currently starring in a spin-off from an acclaimed dramatic series?

453

Dunno, not Bob Dole, and dunno.

Dunno x3.

Dunno, not Sandro Botticelli, and not Bobby Brown.

Dunno x3.

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Dildo Bugger.
“He would have finished Goddam off then and there, but pity stayed his hand. ‘It’s a pity I’ve run out of bullets,’ he thought.”
Frito Bugger.
Tim Benzedrine.

(All from Bored of the Rings – and you can thank the Prof for that :D)
Three DQs reserved. (No time…)

455

#1 was Giovanni Boccaccio.
Correct on the others.

DQ: Real?

456

IQs:

  1. Were you a fictional classical composer offspring created by Peter Schickele?
  2. Did you play Rick (the hero) in the last series of Mummy movies before Tom Cruise’s?
  3. Were you a short, round blue cat who hung around with Top Cat?
457

Bob Marley, correct, Bob Stoop

Bob x 3!

DQ: Male?
DQ: Last name starts with B?

458

IQ1: Are you a Heisman-winning running back who played your entire NFL career with the Detroit Lions until 1998?
IQ2: Are you a deep-voiced crooner of R&B love songs?
IQ3: Are you a falsetto-voiced singer of 70’s disco songs?

459

IQ1 is Billy Cannon
IQ2 is Betty Boop
IQ3 is Bob “Better Call Saul” Odenkirk

DQ1: Real?

460

Psst – the Prof already asked that one…