Botticelli - May 2018

Thread Games
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Well, here’s my last DQ:

DQ: Are you Dr. Peter Parker, missionary-physician who introduced Western medicine to China? (and not secretly Spider-Man at all)

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Are you noted economist Paul Samuelson?

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Not either of those I’m afraid. I think I would have answered “yes” to science for a doctor or an economist.

I’ll leave this open for another 12 hours in case MonkeyMensch or Knowed Out want to have a guess.

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My best guess is LePetomaine. I concede.

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Never heard of him. I am in fact Paul Morphy, American chess prodigy who was considered the best player in the world in his prime. Born in New Orleans, he spent most of 1857 beating all comers in New York, then Europe, before retiring from the game and dying back in New Orleans at the age of only 47. Surely someone has heard of this American chess icon?

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Yes, I have heard of Paul. My father was a big chess enthusiast, and studied Edward Lasker’s books and games, but I heard about a number of chess prodigies, and Morphy certainly was one of them. Good job, DC!

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Thanks. For reference, here’s a list of the last few letters we have used:

P
F
R
K
C
A
S
H
B
M

Let’s try W for the next round.

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IQ1: Did you portray *Blade *in the Marvel movies about a vampire hunter?
IQ2: Were you a much maligned boy genius in ST:TNG?
IQ3: Are you the actor who played him?

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I am not Wesley Snipes (or has there been a Marvel series that differs from the original that I am thinking of?). Don’t know the other two but will guess Wil Wheaton for the last one, despite being pretty sure he only appears in later ST series.

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Here’s a link to EH’s continuing thread of Letters We Have Used So Far:
https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=20884349#post20884349

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IQs:

  1. Were you a presidential candidate who wrote One World?
  2. Are you Walter Lantz’s best known character?
  3. Did you write The Once and Future King?
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Thanks, Prof. P.

I have heard of Morphy but wouldn’t have come up with his name in a million years.

IQs:

Did Daniel Day-Lewis say you were his last film role?
Were you Lincoln’s SECSTATE?
Were you DNC Chair in 2016?

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  1. I am not Walter Mondale (complete guess).
  2. Don’t know.
  3. Darn, I’m sure this has come up before and I don’t remember the answer! I am not William Golding. Take DQs as appropriate.

I suspect your first question relates to Gangs of New York but not having seen it, I can’t guess the answer. Or perhaps it’s his more recent film, which I can’t even remember the name of. And in terms of US politics past and present, I’m even more in the dark. Take 3 DQs.

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correct, Wesley Krusher, correct

DQ: Real?

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IQ1: Did you play the first incarnation of Doctor Who?
IQ2: Were you VP under Jimmy Carter?
IQ3: In a Steely Dan song, “Are you really just a shadow of the man that I once knew? Are you crazy, are you high, or just an ordinary guy?”

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Previous IQs:

Did Daniel Day-Lewis say you were his last film role? - Reynolds Woodcock, temperamental Fifties fashion designer in Phantom Thread
Were you Lincoln’s SECSTATE? - William H. Seward
Were you DNC Chair in 2016? - Debbie Wasserman-Schultz

DQs:

Male?
American?
First name start with W?

IQs:

Was Marcus Hanna your kingmaker?
Your father was an ambassador. Is your fine home in Cincinnati now open for visitors?
Did you give the “Cross of Gold” speech?

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  1. I am not William Hartnell
  2. I am not… Walter Mondale?!
  3. Don’t know.

You swept me again - take 3 more DQs.

DQ answers:

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. Not American
  4. Last name starts with W
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#1 is Wendell L. Willkie.
#2 is Woody Woodpecker.
#3 is T. H. White.

DQs:

  1. Originally from a work of prose fiction?
  2. Created after 1899?
  3. Created by an American author or authors?
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IQs:

  1. Were you a mayor of London who is perhaps best remembered for his cat?
  2. Are you the title character in Gilbert & Sullivan’s The Sorcerer?
  3. Was your last screen role the voice of a talking dog in a (mostly) non-animated comedy starring Simon Pegg?
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  1. I am not Dick Whittington
  2. I am not John Wellington Wells
  3. I’ll take a guess at Robin Williams

DQ answers:

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. Not American
  4. Last name starts with W
  5. Originally from a work of prose fiction
  6. Created after 1899
  7. Not created by an American author or authors