Botticelli - May 2019

Thread Games
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1: Take a DQ.
2: I am not George Hamilton
3: I am not Hamlet. (If I’m wrong about this, take a DQ. But I vaguely remember that the play’s protagonist was named for his father.)

I. I am not Darryl Hannah.
2. I am not Mark Hanna.
3. Take a DQ. But I suspect the answer is “Hannah”. Is that the new Amazon series that keeps coming up as an ad on YouTube?

1: I am not Heathcliff.
2: Take a DQ. (Another Heathcliff?)
3: I am not Cliff Huxtable.

1: Take a DQ. (I can’t think of her name, but is it the actress who played Robin on How I Met Your Mother?)
2: I am not Deborah Harry.
3: I am not Tippi Hendren.

H.

  1. Real.
  2. Surname starts with an “H”.
  3. Male.
  4. Born before 1900.
  5. Not American.
  6. Dead.
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Swept me! Hanna[h] x3.

IQs:

Were you FDR’s cadaverous longtime aide?
Did you play Dr. Ford on Westworld?
Were you “the unspeakable” in Lovecraft’s tales?

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Correct on 2 and 3.
#1 was Brian Henson.

DQ: Born before 1700?

24

IQs:

  1. Did you just win the Kentucky Derby?
  2. Did you create The 53 Stations of the Tokaido series of ukiyo-e?
  3. Were you Rickie Nelson’s mom?
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Hayley Atwell, correct x 2

DQ: European?

26

IQ1: Did you write about the adventures of Allan Quartermain?
IQ2: Were you, H.P. Lovecraft and Clark Ashton Smith pen pals?
IQ3: Did you write The Forever War?

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Correct on 1 and 3 ([Heath]cliff Huxtable), and accidentally correct on 2. That was Heathcliff the cat from the comic strip.

1 DQ reserved.

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1: I am not Harry Hopkins.
2: I am not Anthony Hopkins
3: Take a DQ. I’m guessing it’s another Hopkins, but I don’t know the answer.

I: I am not Country House (but I sure wish I’d put $20.00 on him).
2: Take a DQ.
3: I am not Harriet Nelson.

1: I am not H. Rider Haggard.
2: Take a DQ.
3: Take a DQ.

divemaster, you may take a DQ on Heathcliff the cat. I remembered him later, but at the time I didn’t know the answer to your IQ.

H.

1: Real
2: Surname starts with “H”.
3: Male.
4: Born before 1900.
5. Not American.
6. Dead.
7: Born after 1700.
8: British.

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DQ: Known as an author of fiction?

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correct, Robert E. Howard, Joe Haldeman

holding 2 DQs

31

Correct on 1 and 3. #2 was Hiroshige.

DQ: Born after 1800?

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H.

1: Real
2: Surname starts with “H”.
3: Male.
4: Born before 1900.
5. Not American.
6. Dead.
7: Born after 1700.
8: British.
9: Not known as an author of fiction
10: Born before 1800

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DQ: Politics/Royalty?

holding a DQ

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IQs:

  1. Did you direct the movie Family Plot?
  2. Did you write Far From The Madding Crowd?
  3. Did you attempt to assassinate Ronald Reagan?
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Previous IQs:

Were you FDR’s cadaverous longtime aide? - Yes, Harry Hopkins
Did you play Dr. Ford on Westworld? = Yes, Sir Anthony Hopkins
Were you “the unspeakable” in Lovecraft’s tales? - Hastur

DQ:

Died before 1861?

IQs:

Did your best friend marry Miss Mary Morstan?
Were you Admiral Lord Nelson’s mistress?
Were you known for your scabrous illustrations of Georgian British society?

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1: Take a DQ.
2: I am not Thomas Hardy.
3: I am not John Hinckley, Jr.

1: I am not Sherlock Holmes.
2: I am not Emma Hamilton.
3: I am not William Hogarth.

H.

1: Real
2: Surname starts with “H”.
3: Male.
4: Born before 1900.
5. Not American.
6. Dead.
7: Born after 1700.
8: British.
9: Not known as an author of fiction.
10: Born before 1800
11: Not in politics or royalty
12: Died before 1861.

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DQ: Known for the Arts?

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#1 was Alfred Hitchcock. Correct on the others.

1 DQ reserved.

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IQs:

  1. Are you an 18th Century British scientist best remembered for discovering a comet that was named after you?
  2. Did you discover Uranus?
  3. Were you the first to sign the Declaration of Independence?
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1: I am not Edmund Halley. (Who also invented, or refined, a diving bell, and funded the publication of Newton’s Principia Mathematica. Amazing man.)
2: I am not William Herschel.
3: I am not John Hancock.

1: Real
2: Surname starts with “H”.
3: Male.
4: Born before 1900.
5. Not American.
6. Dead.
7: Born after 1700.
8: British.
9: Not known as an author of fiction.
10: Born before 1800
11: Not in politics or royalty
12: Died before 1861.
13: Not known for the *creative *arts.