Botticelli November 2011

Thread Games
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  1. Male
  2. Dead
  3. Real Person
  4. Not involved in sports
  5. Not an entertainer of any kind.
  6. Not a politician, but a very important political figure anyway.
  7. Not American
82

The Tenth Man was a late-career “entertainment” (as he styled his enjoyable novels) by Graham Greene.

DQ: Does your last name begin with “G”?

83

Ah… I should have extrapolated from “The Third Man.”

No, my last name doesn’t start with G.

  1. Male
  2. Dead
  3. Real Person
  4. Not involved in sports
  5. Not an entertainer of any kind.
  6. Not a politician, but a very important political figure anyway.
  7. Not American
  8. First name starts with G
84

The song Ghosts of Cape Horn (or, as some people hear, “Ghosts of Gay Porn”) was written and performed by Gordon Lightfoot.

Robert Moses Grove was better known as “Lefty”.

DQ: Royalty?

DQ: European?

IQ: Were you both a Supreme Court justice and U.S. Ambassador to the U.N.?

IQ: Were you a Dallas Cowboy and a smokeless tobacco pitchman?

85

IQ: Are you an iconic Canadian actor from Newfoundland?

86

How did I miss this thread before now? D’oh!

IQ: Did you include a little apartment for yourself in your most famous structure?

IQ: Did you have to borrow money just before beginning your most important gig?

IQ: Did your dad have a white flag in his office for eight years?

87

Not Arthur Goldberg or Walt Garrison.

No, not royalty

Yes, European

  1. Male
  2. Dead
  3. Real Person
  4. Not involved in sports
  5. Not an entertainer of any kind.
  6. Not a politician, but a very important political figure anyway.
  7. Not American
  8. First name starts with G
  9. Not an aristocrat, nobleman, monarch or member of any royal family
  10. European
88

Not… Lorne Greene? (I know he was Canadian, but not his home province).

89

I’m ever so sorry, Lorne Greene is indeed an iconic Canadian actor, but he was born and raised in Ottawa, Ontario. If he’d been from The Rock, I’d have given you that one.

Gordon Pinsent was who I had in mind. From ‘The Rowdyman’ to ‘A Gift to Last’ to his role as the ghost of Bennie’s father on ‘Due South’ to his outstanding performance in ‘Away from Her’, he is one of the most recognizable figures on the Canadian scene.

DQ: Did you die between 1900 and the present day?

90

Not… Gustave Eiffel?
Don’t know who borrowed money.

Don’t know the white flag, either.

So, you get either 2 or 3 DQs.

91

Yes.

  1. Male
  2. Dead
  3. Real Person
  4. Not involved in sports
  5. Not an entertainer of any kind.
  6. Not a politician, but a very important political figure anyway.
  7. Not American
  8. First name starts with G
  9. Not an aristocrat, nobleman, monarch or member of any royal family
  10. European
  11. Died after 1900
92

Correct as to Eiffel.

George Washington, land-rich but cash-poor, had to borrow money from a friend before going to New York City for his first inauguration as President.

George W. Bush’s dad served eight years as Vice President. The VP’s flag is white.

DQ: British?

DQ: Died after 1950?

IQ: Was a big modern art museum named after you?

IQ: Is the mispronunciation of your name a minor plot point in a recent popular musical?

IQ: Did you, with a reporter, draw a clear line between domestic life and official policy as to a single word?

93

No and no.

  1. Male
  2. Dead
  3. Real Person
  4. Not involved in sports
  5. Not an entertainer of any kind.
  6. Not a politician, but a very important political figure anyway.
  7. Not American
  8. First name starts with G
  9. Not an aristocrat, nobleman, monarch or member of any royal family
  10. European
  11. Died after 1900 but before 1950
  12. Not British
94

Not Solomon Guggenheim

Don’t know the other 2, so take 2 DQs.

95

IQ: Did the current Pope call you a prophet of peace?

IQ: Was your most famous creation a substitute for Binky, Sheba, Bongo, Akbar and Jeff?

96

Not Matt (“The Simpsons”) Groening (THAT one I’m sure of).

As for the prophet of peace… I’ll venture a guess and say, not Mohandas Gandhi. (If Gandhi is wrong, ask a DQ)

97

IQ: Was your posthumously published play made into an opera by Alban Berg? (Extra hint: the title character’s name is spelled differently, depending on whether you’re speaking of the play or the opera, because the condition of the manuscript was so bad, the first editor could hardly read it for the mouse turds…)

98

I know the play has to be either Lulu or Wozzeck, but I don’t know who wrote either of those plays.

So, take a DQ.

99

Did the Supreme Court order your father’s company broken up?

100

I can’t think of any Rockefellers with first names that start with G, so take a DQ.