Botticelli - Nov 2020

Thread Games
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IQ1: Were you CEO of Fox News before having to resign in 2016 for sexual harassment?
IQ2: Are you a retired tennis pro who was married to Brooke Shields for a couple of years?
IQ3: Are you a co-founder of Home Depot who owns the Atlanta Falcons?

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Take a DQ
I am nor Ariadne
Take a DQ

I am not the skeevy Roger Ailes
I am not Andre Agassi
Take a DQ

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#1 was Alma Mahler Gropius Werfel.
Correct on 2.
#3 was Angelique Dubois.

DQs:

  1. Dead after 1950?
  2. Native speaker of a Romance language?
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The letter is A

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Deceased
  4. Last name does not begin with A
  5. I am not American
  6. I am partially known for The Arts
  7. European
  8. Died after 1900
  9. From continental Europe
  10. Not known primarily for a single event
  11. Died before 2000
  12. Not known for science or inventing anything
  13. First name begins with A
  14. Died after 1950
  15. Native language Romantic; spoke English fairly well
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Arthur Blanc

DQ: Known primarily for politics?

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The letter is A

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Deceased
  4. Last name does not begin with A
  5. I am not American
  6. I am partially known for The Arts
  7. European
  8. Died after 1900
  9. From continental Europe
  10. Not known primarily for a single event
  11. Died before 2000
  12. Not known for science or inventing anything
  13. First name begins with A
  14. Died after 1950
  15. Native language Romantic; spoke English fairly well
  16. Not known for politics
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2 was song parodist Allan Sherman.

DQ: died after 1975?

IQs:
1. Are you a character in the opening of The Fifth Element asked to provide light?
2. Are you going to voice Lady Whistledown on the Netflix series Bridgerton (adapted from the books by Julia Quinn)?
3. Were you Bill Clinton’s second Secretary of State?

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Take a DQ
Take a DQ
I am not Madeline Albright

The letter is A

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Deceased
  4. Last name does not begin with A
  5. I am not American
  6. I am partially known for The Arts
  7. European
  8. Died after 1900
  9. From continental Europe
  10. Not known primarily for a single event
  11. Died before 2000
  12. Not known for science or inventing anything
  13. First name begins with A
  14. Died after 1950
  15. Native language Romantic; spoke English fairly well
  16. Not known for politics
  17. Died after 1975
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IQs:

  1. Did you have a stand-up comedy duo with Jack Burns?
  2. Did you create Fearless Fosdick?
  3. Was your father one of the two editors of the best known Ancient Greek -to- English lexicon?
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I am not Gracie Allen (uhh realized I read George Burns…)
Take three DQs

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#1 was Avery Shreiber.
#2 was Al Capp.
#3 was Alice Liddell, the Alice of Alice in Wonderland, whose father was one of the creators of Liddell & Scott’s Greek Lexicon.

DQ: French?

2 DQs reserved.

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The letter is A

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Deceased
  4. Last name does not begin with A
  5. I am not American
  6. I am partially known for The Arts
  7. European
  8. Died after 1900
  9. From continental Europe
  10. Not known primarily for a single event
  11. Died before 2000
  12. Not known for science or inventing anything
  13. First name begins with A
  14. Died after 1950
  15. Native language Romantic; spoke English fairly well
  16. Not known for politics
  17. Died after 1975
  18. French
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DQ: Known for the performing arts?

1 DQ reserved.

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The letter is A

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Deceased
  4. Last name does not begin with A
  5. I am not American
  6. I am partially known for The Arts
  7. European
  8. Died after 1900
  9. From continental Europe
  10. Not known primarily for a single event
  11. Died before 2000
  12. Not known for science or inventing anything
  13. First name begins with A
  14. Died after 1950
  15. Native language Romantic; spoke English fairly well
  16. Not known for politics
  17. Died after 1975
  18. French
  19. I know him primarily from the Performing Arts; however, that is not where he gained renown
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IQ: Did you play Fezzik in The Princess Bride?

(that’s the only A-name French guy I know of)

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YES!
I AM ANDRE ROUSSIMOFF aka ANDRE THE GIANT!

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Well played, KO!

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Good job!

The October thread:

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There are tons of interesting stories about Andre. He could have had surgery to keep from growing, but he turned it down because he thought he’d lose his identity. He was in pain the rest of his life. He coped with it by drinking heavily and could drink 156 16-oz beers.

In honor of Andre’s last name, let’s go with R.

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IQs

  1. Is the death of your first wife by drowning still thought by many as murder?
  2. Were you an Italian composer known for writing 39 operas, many of which are still performed?
  3. Did you spend many years playing one specific red-haired role in a trio, to the detriment of a future career?