Botticelli - May 2020

Thread Games
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#1. Take a DQ.
#2. I am not Hamfast.
#3. I am not Hogarth Hughes.

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Previous IQs:

Have you played a candidate, a soldier and a President, and also been an insurance pitchman? - Dennis Haysbert, in 24, The Unit, 24 again, and for Allstate
Were you Samwise’s dad AKA “the Gaffer”? - Yes, Hamfast Gamgee
Were you the scrappy boy hero of The Iron Giant? - Yes, Hogarth Hughes

I’m stumped, too. I suspect I won’t recognize this singer’s name.

Kitap, wanna use one of my two reserved DQs?

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Um, sure?

DQ:

Is she award-winning?
Is it Holivia Newton-John?

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DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Female
  3. First name starts with H
  4. Born after 1900
  5. Living
  6. Not American
  7. Best known for the Arts
  8. Born before 1950
  9. Not European
  10. Born in the Southern Hemisphere
  11. Not best known for the visual arts, though she has acted in films
  12. Caucasian
  13. Considered a beauty
  14. Best known for her music
  15. Singer
  16. Best known as a soloist
  17. Born in the Eastern Hemisphere
  18. Best known for rock/pop music
  19. Won a Grammy

No, not Holivia, and not Kylie Hinogue, either. :smiley:

85

Ooo, I think I may have it.

IQ:

Were you an Australian pop singer known for such hits as “I Am Woman, Hear Me Roar”?

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Yes, I am Helen Reddy.

Good job, EH!

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Thanks! Good one, Prof. P. Just listened to some of her stuff on YouTube to mark the occasion.

Helen Reddy - Wikipedia

Angie Baby- Helen Reddy - YouTube

Lemme see… guess it’s been awhile since we did

Z

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IQs:

  1. Did you lead the way in the restoration of Israel after the Babylonian Captivity?
  2. Did you play a major character in the movie The Front?
  3. Did George Hamilton play you as two separate characters in the same movie?
89

IQ1: Were you a Greek fisherman?
IQ2: Were you a Greek philosopher?
IQ3: Were you a queen of Palmyra?

90

Correction: Were you a Greek peasant?

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Not Zacharias, Zero Mostel or Zorro.

Not Zorba, Zebulon or Zazu.

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Prof. Pepperwinkle View Post
IQs:

  1. Did you lead the way in the restoration of Israel after the Babylonian Captivity?
  2. Did you play a major character in the movie The Front?
  3. Did George Hamilton play you as two separate characters in the same movie?
    Not Zacharias, Zero Mostel or Zorro.

#1. Zechariah predicted the restoration, but Zerubbabel lead the way. (See Ezra.)
Correct on the others.

DQ: Real?

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IQs:

  1. In the novels of L. Frank Baum, are you the Queen of Ix?
  2. Did you star in Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch?
  3. Did you play the female lead in Remington Steele?
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Correct.
Zeno.
Zenobia.
DQ: Male?
One DQ reserved.
IQ1: Did you explore the American West in the early 19th century?
IQ2: Was your hood permanently affixed to your face?
IQ3: Are you a DC Comics magician?

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Not Zazu, Grace Zabriskie or Stephanie Zimbalist.

Not Zebulon Pike, Zorro after a tragic ironing accident, or The Amazing Zappo.

Z.

  1. fictional
  2. male
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IQs:

  1. Are you a monkey who showed up in several Dilbert strips?
  2. Are you a young adult author who is perhaps best known for her book The Egypt Game?
  3. We’re you an author best known for her stories about The People?

I’m sensing a pattern with Zazu.

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Correct.
Baron Zemo.
Zatanna.
DQ1: Originally from prose fiction?
DQ2: American creator(s)?
One DQ reserved.

98

#1 was Queen Zixi of Ix.
#2 was Zasu Pitts.
correct on #3

DQ: Created after 1899?

1 DQ reserved.

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I didn’t think anyone else remembered Queen Zixi!

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I grew up with my Dad reading the Oz books to my sisters and me.