Botticelli - November 2015

Thread Games
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Eep - and I was just thinking about sitting out a game or few…
I am L.

242

IQ1: Did you teach at a segregated school for Mexican-American children before your more famous career?
IQ2: Did you become Emperor of the Centauri?
IQ3: Did you receive a Nobel Prize for your work on the nature of the chemical bond?

243

IQs:

  1. Were you the Shadow’s girlfriend?
  2. Did your corpse accompany your father’s on a very long train ride across most of the U.S.A.?
  3. Did you write songs for the Commodores?
244

Three DQs.

Pretty sure #2 is Lincoln, but I don’t remember the kid’s name. Three DQs for you, too.

245

LBJ, Londo Mollari (Babylon 5), and Linus Pauling.

It’s interesting to ponder how his earlier job may have influenced his actions with respect to desegregation as President.

DQ1: Real?
DQ2: Male?

holding one DQ.

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L

  1. Real
  2. Male
247

#1 was Margot Lane.
#2 was Willie Lincoln.
#3 was Lionel Richie.

DQs:

  1. Alive?
  2. Last name starts with L?
  3. Known for politics/government?
248

IQ1: Were you a Jewish mobster who ran a gambling empire and was instrumental in the development of the “National Crime Syndicate” in the United States?
IQ2: Were you an Italian mobster, head of the Genovese family, and an associate of IQ1 in the National Crime Syndicate?
IQ3: Were you an Irish mobster who earned your nickname from your dancing prowess and speed in escaping your enemies?

249

Not Meyer Lansky.
Not Lucky Luciano.
Not … Legs Diamond?
L

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Dead
  4. Last name starts with L
  5. Known for politics/government
250

IQs:

  1. Were you the 16th president of the United States of America?
  2. Did you record If I Had A Boat?
  3. Did Billy Crystal impersonate you, using the catchphrase “You look mahvelous.”?
251

Not Abraham Lincoln.
DQ.
DQ.

252

Correct on Abe. #2 is Lyle Lovett. #3 was Fernando Lamas.

DQs:

  1. American?
  2. Died since 1900?
253

L

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Dead
  4. Last name starts with L
  5. Known for politics/government
  6. American
  7. Did not die after 1900
254

IQ1: Were you a Marquis who became a US citizen?
IQ2: Did you propose the Gaia hypothesis?
IQ3: Were you the last crewmember on the Red Dwarf?

255

IQ1: Did you become an Internet meme when you took part in a World of Warcraft group, screamed your name, and charged into an encounter that resulted in the massacre of your group?
IQ2: Did you and banjo player Earl Scruggs write Foggy Mountain Breakdown?
IQ3: Are you a former Georgia governor from 1967-1971 who supported segregation?

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Not Lafayette.
DQ.
DQ.

DQ.
Not Lester Flatt.
DQ.

257

IQs:

  1. Are you a character from World of Warcraft whose name has become an internet meme?
  2. Are you played by Mark Harmon on NCIS?
  1. Are you Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer’s country cousin?
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Three DQs, unless your IQ1 is the same as KO’s IQ1 (post 255) - in that case take two DQs.

259

Yes, mine is undoubtedly the same as his. Scratch #1.
#2 is Leroy Jethro Gibbs.
#3 is Leroy the Redneck Reindeer.

2 DQs reserved.

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:smack: I’d forgotten about “Leroy” - I was thinking his name was just Jethro Gibbs.