Botticelli - November 2015

Thread Games
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Starting off the month, I am G.

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I heard about the bomb at the Atlanta Olympics, but I never paid attention to the guy’s name.
IQ1: Did you command the losing side in a siege that lasted almost a year?
IQ2: Did you command the forces sent to relieve #1?
IQ3: Are you called the Dialogist?

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Take 3 DQs.

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Our old friend Chinese Gordon. :smiley:
Field Marshal Sir Garnet Wolseley.
Pope Gregory the Great.
DQ1: Real?
DQ2: Male?
Holding off on DQ3 in case anyone thinks Wolseley isn’t well enough known.
IQ1: Were you a noted TV chef of the '60s and '70s?
IQ2: Were you a Byrd and a Flying Burrito Brother?
IQ3: Did you play Arthur and Brian?

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DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Male

Go ahead and take the DQ for Wolseley!

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  1. I am not the Galloping Gourmet Graham Kerr.
  2. I am not Gram Parsons.
  3. I am not Graham Chapman.

Gra(ha)m x3, eh?

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IQ1: Are you the alias of Steven Sharpe and one of the Injustice Society?
IQ2: Are you the alias of Tal Nahii, a member of the Heroes of Lallor?
IQ3: Are you a super detective from All Funny Comics who wears a costume of purple gray tights, red cape and boots, and yellow helmet, and also goes by Answer Man?

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I am not the Gambler.
Take 2 DQs for the others.

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I knew about Richard Jewell and have actually been in Olympic Park. Good name for Botticelli.

On to G.

IQs:

Is the best-known equestrian statue of you made of melted, captured enemy cannon?
Did you leave the room when you were nominated for an important job?
Did you write the Long Telegram?

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Take 3 DQs.

11

Gas Girl, Genius Jones

DQ: Alive?
DQ: First name starts with G?

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IQ1: Are you a Golden Age Wonder Woman foe who started out as Dr. Doris Zeul?
IQ2: Are you the Female Furies member who is really good at chopping things?
IQ3: Are you a Green Lantern foe whose alias is Keith Kenyon?

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DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Dead
  4. Last name starts with G
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I am not Giganta.
Don’t recall that Fury, take a DQ.
Take a DQ for #3 as well.

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Previous IQs:

Is the best-known equestrian statue of you made of melted, captured enemy cannon? - George Henry Thomas, at Thomas Circle in Washington: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/73/Statue_and_Steeple_at_Thomas_Circle.JPG.
Did you leave the room when you were nominated for an important job? - George Washington, when nominated by John Adams to become commander of the Continental Army.
Did you write the Long Telegram? - U.S. diplomat George F. Kennan: X Article - Wikipedia

George x3!

DQs:

American?
Died since 1950?
Known for the arts?

IQs:

Were you a key creator of Dungeons & Dragons?
Are you a noted Civil War historian?
Are you SpongeBob’s pet?

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DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Dead
  4. Last name starts with G
  5. American
  6. Died since 1950
  7. Known for the arts
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  1. I am not E. Gary Gygax.
  2. I am not Paddy Griffith.
  3. I am not Gary.

I figure you had another Gary for #2, but I couldn’t think of him. Care to rephrase the question?

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I actually wanted to do Graham, Gram and Graeme, but I kept drawing a blank on the last one…
DQ: Known for the performing arts?

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DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Dead
  4. Last name starts with G
  5. American
  6. Died since 1950
  7. Known for the arts
  8. Known for the performing arts
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Gilotina, Goldface

DQ: Known for the performing arts?
DQ: Born east of the Mississippi?