Botticelli - May 2017

Thread Games
81

#1 was Gilbert Godfrey. Correct on the others.

DQ: Real?

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IQs:

  1. Were you a radio character who started on Fibber McGee & Molly, but was spun off to his own series?
  2. Are you one of the founders of Foo Fighters?
  3. Did you peddle the Sledge-o-Matic?
83

Good job, KO!

Nitpick: It’s “Gottfried.”

Previous IQs:

Did you compose the scores for the Lord of the Rings films? - Yes, Howard Shore
Did you share a recipe for many years on NPR’s Thanksgiving broadcasts? - Susan Stamberg - for a particular kind of chutney IIRC
Did you have a garbage truck named after you? - American humorist David Sedaris, who has a hobby of picking up trash on the roads near his home in England

On to G…

IQs:

Were you nicknamed “Pap” and “Old Slow Trot”?
Did you have a dove of peace as a weathervane atop your house?
Did you try to keep your estranged wife out of a very important event?

84

Billie Jo Spears.
Sammi Smith.

Don’t think I’ve ever heard Kristofferson’s version, but it took me half an hour to get Willie Nelson out of my head after I posted the question this morning. :smiley:

85

IQ1: Did the mayor of Chicago promise to give you “a poke in the snoot” if you ever visited his city?
IQ2: Were you #1’s younger son, who took over as boss after his elder brother quit?
IQ3: Are you now third in line to take over that same job?

86

DQ Roundup

  1. Real
87

DQ, not Dave Grohl, not the Dan Aykroyd character whose name I can’t remember…

88

3 DQs for you

89

3 DQs for you

90

#1 was The Great Gildersleeve.
Correct on #2.
#3 was Gallagher.

DQs:

  1. Male?
  2. Alive?
91

Previous IQs:

Were you nicknamed “Pap” and “Old Slow Trot”? - Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas of Civil War fame
Did you have a dove of peace as a weathervane atop your house? - George Washington, at Mount Vernon: http://s3.amazonaws.com/mtv-main-assets/files/resources/medium_roombyroom_14.jpg
Did you try to keep your estranged wife out of a very important event? - King George IV, at his coronation

George x3!

DQs:

Born since 1964?
Best known for the Arts, broadly defined?
Last name start with G?

IQs:

Were you Ted Baxter’s girlfriend?
Were your official papers moved in the past ten years to Mississippi, of all places?
Did a newspaper say you should be elected because 1. you were honest, 2. you were honest, and 3. you were honest?

92

George V.
George VI.
Prince George of Cambridge.
DQ: American?
Two DQs reserved.

93

IQs:

  1. Did you write the screeplay The Trouble With Tribbles?
  2. Were you a catcher for the Cardinals and the Cubs, later known as a sportscaster?
  3. Did you battle King Kong and win (in the Japanese version), or lost (in the American version)?
94

DQ Roundup

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Alive
  4. Born since 1964
  5. Not known for the arts
  6. Last name starts with G
  7. American
95

Not Georgette, DQ, DQ

96

not David Gerrold(?), not Joe Garagiola, not Godzilla

97

DQ: Known for politics/military?
One DQ reserved.

98

You swept my questions.

IQs:

  1. Did you play Sir Lancelot in Camelot on Broadway?
  2. Were you married to Steve Lawrence?
  3. Were you the nosy neighbor on Bewitched?
99

DQ Roundup

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Alive
  4. Born since 1964
  5. Not known for the arts
  6. Last name starts with G
  7. American
  8. Not known for politics/military
100

DQ, not Edie Gormet, not Gladys