Botticelli - May 2020

Thread Games
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DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Last Name Starts with D
  4. Deceased
  5. Not American
  6. Born before 1900
  7. Not famous for politics
  8. European
  9. Best known for the Arts
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#1. I am not Diana.
Take a DQ.
#3. I am not Michael Douglas.

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Previous IQs:

Did Augustus Saint-Gaudens sculpt you in the nude? - Yes, Diana: Diana (Saint-Gaudens) - Wikipedia
Did you play a scientist and later a doctor on two versions of the same TV show? - Diana Muldaur, on Star Trek and ST:TNG
Were you supporting your father more than the other way 'round when you got married? - I’ll rephrase

DQs:

Best known for the visual arts (painting, sculpture, photography, etc.)?
Born on the British Isles?

IQs:

You were a woman. Were you supporting your father more than the other way 'round when you got married?
Were you a French painter with a five-letter last name?
Did your husband not sit down for your wedding picture so as not to ruin the crease on his uniform trousers?

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DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Last Name Starts with D
  4. Deceased
  5. Not American
  6. Born before 1900
  7. Not famous for politics
  8. European
  9. Best known for the Arts
  10. Not best known for the visual arts
  11. Born on the British Isles
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#1. Take a DQ.
#2. I am not Edgar Degas.
#3. Take a DQ.

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Previous IQ:

Are you a rapper without an advanced degree? Dr. Dre, who, of course, is not a doctor.

DQ:

Did you compose music?

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DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Last Name Starts with D
  4. Deceased
  5. Not American
  6. Born before 1900
  7. Not famous for politics
  8. European
  9. Best known for the Arts
  10. Not best known for the visual arts
  11. Born on the British Isles
  12. Not a music composer
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IQs:

  1. Were you an actor probably best known for playing Uncle Charley on My Three Sons?
  2. Are you an actress probably best known for playing Corinne Tate Flotsky on Soap?
  3. Did you play Father Marcus on the TV series The Exorcist?

Correct
Correct
Ben Daniels

DQ:

Known for poetry?

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Previous IQs:

You were a woman. Were you supporting your father more than the other way 'round when you got married? - Diana, Princess of Wales (which would’ve made it Diana x3 when first asked)
Were you a French painter with a five-letter last name? - Yes, Edgar Degas
Did your husband not sit down for your wedding picture so as not to ruin the crease on his uniform trousers? - Dwight D. Eisenhower: Dwight and Mamie Eisenhower wedding - White House Historical Association

DQs:

Born before 1850?
Knighted?

IQs:

Did you start a famous series of reference books on the British aristocracy?
Were you G&S’s impresario?
Was Dr. Bell your medical-school mentor?

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DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Last Name Starts with D
  4. Deceased
  5. Not American
  6. Born before 1900
  7. Not famous for politics
  8. European
  9. Best known for the Arts
  10. Not best known for the visual arts
  11. Born on the British Isles
  12. Not a music composer
  13. Not known for poetry
  14. Born after 1850
  15. Titled, but not knighted
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#1. Gack! “Find him in D…” But it eludes me. Take a DQ.
#2. I am not D’oyly Carte.
#3. Take a DQ.

32

Previous IQs:

Did you start a famous series of reference books on the British aristocracy? - Mr. Debrett: Debrett's - Wikipedia
Were you G&S’s impresario? - Yes, D’oyly Carte
Was Dr. Bell your medical-school mentor? - Arthur Conan Doyle

DQs:

Best known for prose?
Greatest fame before 1900?

IQs:

Were you a French aircraft designer?
Were you master of Pemberley?
Did Tim Conway portray you, a very short fellow?

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DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Last Name Starts with D
  4. Deceased
  5. Not American
  6. Born before 1900
  7. Not famous for politics
  8. European
  9. Best known for the Arts
  10. Not best known for the visual arts
  11. Born on the British Isles
  12. Not a music composer
  13. Not known for poetry
  14. Born after 1850
  15. Titled, but not knighted
  16. Best known for prose
  17. Greatest fame after 1900
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#3. I am not Dorf.
Take 2 DQs.

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Wow. I did not understand the question *or *the answer.

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G&S are Gilbert & Sullivan. Their operettas (e.g., The Mikado, The Pirates of Penzance, The H.M.S. Pinafore) were first staged by the D’oyly Carte Opera Company.

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Quite.

Previous IQs:

Were you a French aircraft designer? - M. Dassault
Were you master of Pemberley? - Fitzwilliam Darcy, in Austen’s Pride and Prejudice
Did Tim Conway portray you, a very short fellow? - Yes, Dorf

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DQs:

Best known for a single work?
Greatest fame before 1914?

IQs:

Did you marry your first cousin, who worried about the fate of your soul?
Did you give your name to the test of whether scientific evidence would be accepted in U.S. courts?
Did people dip their handkerchiefs in your blood for souvenirs after you were shot and killed?

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DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Last Name Starts with D
  4. Deceased
  5. Not American
  6. Born before 1900
  7. Not famous for politics
  8. European
  9. Best known for the Arts
  10. Not best known for the visual arts
  11. Born on the British Isles
  12. Not a music composer
  13. Not known for poetry
  14. Born after 1850
  15. Titled, but not knighted
  16. Best known for prose
  17. Greatest fame after 1900
  18. Not best known for a single work
  19. Greatest fame after 1914
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Take 3 DQs.