Botticelli November 2011

Thread Games
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Sure. I usually do one per unasked DQ, but either way is fine with me.

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Uh-oh. It looks like I’m working my thread-killing magic on the Botticelli game. Go ahead and fire your “Are you _____?” questions. If no winner then I’ll post the solution after 10 pm PST and try to keep this game from dying over the Thanksgiving holiday/

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OK. I am Sun Wukong, also known as The Monkey King, main character of the Chinese epic fantasy novel Journey to the West, which was originally published around 1590, and has never gone out of print since then. I appeared in the recent Hollywood movie The Forbidden Kingdom, which was very very loosely inspired by my story and was played by Jet Li. There have been numerous Asian adaptations, both live action and animated. One miniseries was dubbed into English and shown in syndication in the US and UK. You can see me on almost every product imaginable in China. Remember back in 1982/83 how you couldn’t go into a store without seeing E.T. plastered on everything? That’s me in China.

Next up…
Let’s try ‘B’

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IQ: Did you paint a picture of Venus rising? :wink:
IQ: Did you win an Academy Award for Best Actress, for your role as Leigh Anne Tuohy?
IQ: Was your No. 7 jersey retired on August 17, 2008?

145

IQ1: Hmm…toughy… I am not Sandro Botticelli
IQ2: I am not Sandra Bullock
Don’t know about number #3. Take a DQ.

146

You are not Craig Biggio, a former Major League Baseball second baseman, catcher, and outfielder. He played his entire 20-year baseball career with the Houston Astros (1988–2007).

DQ: Are you male?

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Yes

Recap:
B

  1. Male
148

As luck would have it, two of my questions from the last round also fit the current initial, so I’ll ask them again!

IQ: Are you a baseball player whose last name was appropriated as the surname of a TV character?

IQ: Did Bob Newhart once point out that you didn’t invent the telephone?

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  1. Are you a famous convicted adulteress who gave birth to a famous virgin?
  2. Is your famous discovery commemorated on the new Canadian $100 bill?
  3. Are you reputed to have died of politeness at a royal feast, and are now buried at Tyn church, Prague?
150

Had anyone else heard of the Monkey King? I hadn’t.

IQ: Did your nephew’s parents die in a boating accident?
IQ: Were you the favorite son of Bloom County in the 1984 U.S. presidential election?
IQ: A pacifist, did you resign an important diplomatic post when war broke out?

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Never heard of the Monkey King.

IQ: Did you write the jingle for Band-Aids?
IQ: Are you a singer/guitarist that got a 4F and did not have to serve in Vietnam?
IQ: Were you involved in a duel in Weehawken, New Jersey on the morning of July 11, 1804?

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Even knowing both initials ‘S’ & ‘B’, I still don’t know. Take 2 DQs.

IQ1: I am not Anne Boleyn.
Don’t know the other ones. 2 DQ for you.

IQ2: I am not Bill the Cat. Take DQs for the other 2.

IQ1: I am not Barry Manilow
IQ2: I am not Aaron Burr? Only American 'B" duelist I can think of.
Take a DQ for #2

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Bruce Springsteen

DQ: Are you living?

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Yes

Recap:
B

  1. Male
  2. Living
155

Phil Silvers named Sgt. Ernie Bilko after baseball’s Steve Bilko.

When Bob Newhart started to gain fame for his “one end of a phone call” routines, Shelley Berman complained that Newhart was “stealing” Berman’s schtick. Bob then pointed out that he hadn’t copied Shelley’s routines, and that Berman thus didn’t have much of a proprietary right to complain.

DQ: Entertainer (actor, singer, dancer, comedian, etc.)?

DQ: American?

IQ: Although you are obviously not Satchel Paige, are you another Negro League baseball player who was said to be fast enough to turn off a light and be in bed before the room got dark?

IQ: Are you yet another Negro League great, the one who told the story on a TV production devoted to baseball?

IQ: Are you the filmmaker responsible for said production?

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  1. Either Frederick Banting or Charles Best, discoverers of insulin (with John Macleod).
  2. Tycho Brahe.

I’ll wait for my DQs until the previous ones are answered…

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Bilbo Baggins’s nephew Frodo’s parents died in a boating accident.
Correct as to Bill the Cat and Bloom County.
William Jennings Bryan was Secretary of State in the Wilson Administration. A pacifist, he resigned when the U.S. entered World War I.

I’ll reserve my two DQs for now.

IQ: Did you create one of the most popular choreographies of The Nutcracker?
IQ: Did you defend the Montgolfier Bros. from early mockery?
IQ: Did you control Leland Palmer against his will?

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DQ1: Yes
DQ2: No

IQ3: Not Ken Burns. Take DQs for the other 2.

Recap:
B

  1. Male
  2. Living
  3. Entertainer of some sort
  4. Not American
159

IQ1: Not Mikhail Baryshnakov ? (I’m totally guessing)
IQ3: Not Bob from Twin Peaks
Take a DQ for #2 and possibly #1

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On Ken Burns’ Baseball series, Buck O’Neil claimed that James “Cool Papa” Bell could pull the light trick (at least in a hotel room in which the switch timer was on a slight delay).

DQ: European?

DQ: Are you known for musical performances?

IQ1: Are you a baseball player who changed his first name from Joey?

IQ2: Were you Sally Kimball’s friend?

IQ: Were you the enemy of the person who’s the answer to IQ2?