Botticelli - May 2023

Thread Games
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IQs:

Were you an ancient British king alluded to in a Sherlock Holmes story?
Were you possibly the most terrifying spider in all of Western literature?
Were you Tolkien’s publisher?

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  1. Were you Prime Minister in the BBC series “House of cards”?
  2. Were you President in the American version?
  3. Did you write Foucault’s pendulum?
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IQs:
1. Was your last word (allegedly) “Water”?
2. Are you on the Pulp Fiction poster, posing with, well, pulp fiction?
3. Were you Spenser: For Hire?

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Correct
Dolores Umbridge
Steve Urkel

DQs:
Real?
Male?

65

Still not Uther?
Not Ungoliant
Not … Unwin?

Three DQs

DQ
Not … Uma Thurman?
Not Robert Urich


U

1. Real
2. Male

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1 was Ulysses S. Grant; 2 was indeed Uma Thurman; 3 was correct.

DQ: living?

67

IQs:

  1. Do you play Deadpool’s blind housemate?
  2. Did your music video They Don’t Know About Us feature a cameo by a Beatle?
  3. According to the TV series Good Omens, was your dating only off by 15 minutes?
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  1. Francis Urquhart
  2. Francis Underwood
  3. Umberto Eco

DQs:

  1. American
  2. Known for the arts?
    1 DQ reserved
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Previous IQs:

Were you an ancient British king alluded to in a Sherlock Holmes story? - Not Uther but Uffa, in “The Five Orange Pips”
Were you possibly the most terrifying spider in all of Western literature? - Yes, Ungoliant, the giant evil arachnid in Tolkien’s The Silmarillion
Were you Tolkien’s publisher? - Yes, Mr. Unwin

One DQ reserved.

IQs:

Did you sing “More” and “Scream”?
Did Poe imply you had a thing for your pale sister?
Were you that sister?

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DQ
DQ
Not Bishop Ussher

DQ
Not Mr Usher
Not Miss Usher

U

1. Real
2. Male
3. Living
4. American
5. Known for the arts

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#1 was Leslie Uggams.
#2 was Tracy Ullman
#3 is correct.

DQs:

  1. Known for acting?
  2. Born after 1980?
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IQs:

  1. Have you won the Indianapolis 500 race four times?
  2. Were you the last king of Italy?
  3. Were you a Norse god who was the personification of Winter?
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Previous IQs:

Did you sing “More” and “Scream”? - The musician Usher
Did Poe imply you had a thing for your pale sister? - Yes, Roderick Usher
Were you that sister? - Yes, Madeline Usher

Usher x3!

Two DQs reserved.

IQs:

Are you a noted Olympic runner?
Did Peter Fonda play you in a title role?
Were you waiting to interview Indira Gandhi when she was assassinated?

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Not … Al Unser?
Not Umberto II
Not … Uller?

Not Usain (sp?) Bolt
DQ
DQ


U

1. Real
2. Male
3. Living
4. Not originally American
5. Known for the arts
6. Not known for acting
7. Not born after 1980

Note amendment to DQ 4.

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IQs:
1. Does one of your books begin “The king was pregnant”?
2. Is a firearm named after you?
3. Should we have no fear, because you are here?

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Darn it La_Rue,

I had just finished my post with my IQs only to realize on preview that you had just scooped me on two of them. :angry:

So we’ll try again.

  1. Did you create a robot based on the mind engrams of Wonderman to infiltrate and destroy your “father” and his team, but who would later join said team to fight against you.
  2. Were you Frodo’s alias
  3. Was your identity revealed when your brother recognized the style of your manifesto.
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Look, there are only so many U-people.

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No problem, your hints were probably better than mine anyway.

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DQ
Not Uzi
Not Underdog

Not Ultron
Not Mr Underhill
DQ

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1 was Ursula K. Le Guin.

DQ: first name begins with U?