Botticelli - May 2021

Thread Games
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Previous IQs:

Are you name-checked in a song from Grease? - Yes, Troy Donahue
Are you a longtime loudmouthed talk-radio host in Cleveland? - Mike Trivisonno
Are you a female Democratic U.S. senator? - I’ll rephrase

DQ:

From China or India?

IQs:

Are you a female Democratic U.S. senator who isn’t a wounded veteran?
Did Hillary Clinton say in 1992 that she wasn’t like you?
Did you work at Cheers and have a temper?

183

DQs:

T

  1. Male
  2. Real
  3. Living
  4. Last name does not start with T
  5. Known for the Arts
  6. Known, in part, for acting
  7. Born after 1970
  8. Not American
  9. Not entirely Caucasian
  10. Not known as a singer
  11. Not European
  12. Not from the Northern Hemisphere
  13. From the Eastern Hemisphere
  14. Not Australian
  15. Not born after 1990
  16. Not from China or India
184

Not Tammy Baldwin
Not Tammy Faye Baker?
Not Carla Tortelli

185

#3 was Helen Traubel. Correct on the others.

Why are we asking about Australia, China and India if we know he’ s not from the Eastern Hemisphere?

1 DQ reserved.

186

He is from the eastern hemisphere.

Your objection to China and India is legitimate, though.

187

D’oh. I read that wrong repeatedly.

188

Oh.

IQ: Did you play Hitler in Jojo Rabbit?

189

Yes!!! I am writer/director/actor Taika Waititi
from New Zealand. (#9) Dad is Maori, mom is Caucasian.

Good job, Prof!!

190

I’m a big fan of his.

Next up, I am

191

Never heard of him.


IQ1: Did you speak for a horse?
IQ2: Were you a WWI artilleryman who later became an actor?
IQ3: Were you Wallace’s friend Clarence?

192
  1. I am not Rocky Lane, voice of Mr. Ed.
  2. I am not Rudolph Valentino (??)
  3. Take a DQ.
193

BTW,

194

He came to my attention with Thor:Ragnarock, easily one of the Top 3 MCU movies. Then someone pointed out to me he’d worked on Flight of the Conchords. Loved Jojo Rabbit and his episode of The Mandalorian. Now I’m working my way back through his earlier New Zealand stuff.

On to R…

IQ1: Did Sheriff Bart invoke your name to get the townsfolk of Rock Ridge to cooperate?
IQ2: Did your words of encouragement inspire Marge Simpson to resume her painting hobby?
IQ3: Were you a hunchbacked court jester?

195

#1. You’d do it for (I am not) Randolph Scott!
#2. Take a DQ.
#3. Take a DQ.

196

Congrats, Prof. P.!

Previous IQs:

Are you a female Democratic U.S. senator who isn’t a wounded veteran? - Yes, Tammy Baldwin
Did Hillary Clinton say in 1992 that she wasn’t like you? - Tammy Wynette, not just blindly “standing by her man”
Did you work at Cheers and have a temper? - Yes, Carla Tortelli

On to R:

IQs:

Did Garry Wills write about, among other things, your commendable service as a lifeguard in your youth?
Were you later married to that person?
Were you that person’s son?

197

:white_check_mark:
Randolph Scott.
Lumpy Rutherford (Leave It to Beaver).


DQ1: Real?
DQ2: Male?

198

DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Female
199

I am not Ronald Reagan.
I am not Nancy Reagan.
I am not Ronald Reagan, Jr. (??)

200

IQs

  1. Did your donning a bikini in a pre-historic movie turn you into a sex symbol?
  2. Did you take more than a few roles away from Myrna Loy?
  3. Are you a singer who frequently sang with Donnie Hathaway?
201

Correct
Ringo Starr
Rigoletto, from Verdi’s opera of the same name

DQ: Living?
DQ: Known for the arts?