Botticelli - November 2015

Thread Games
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IQs:

Did your husband irritate you by going shoeless around the house?
Were you president of the Pullman Railway Car Co.?
Were you a member of the Mod Squad?

262

DQ.
DQ.
Not Linc.

263

Leeeeeeroy Jenkins, correct, Lester Maddox

DQ: Known from the Civil War era?

holding a DQ

264

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
  8. Not known from the Civil War era
265

DQs:

  1. Died after 1850?
  2. Known for work in the Federal Government?
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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
  8. Not known from the Civil War era
  9. Did not die after 1850
  10. Not chiefly known for work in the Federal Government
267

IQ1: Are you a Frenchman who fought for US during the American Revolutionary War and went on to become a key figure in the French Revolution?
IQ2: Are you a TV sitcom writer who provided the voice of Carlton the Doorman on Rhoda?
IQ3: Are you a former member of boy band NSYNC who trained to be a cosmonaut?

268

Still not Lafayette.
DQ.
DQ.

269

Previous IQs:

Did your husband irritate you by going shoeless around the house? - Mary Todd Lincoln.
Were you president of the Pullman Railway Car Co.? - Robert Todd Lincoln.
Were you a member of the Mod Squad? - Yes, Linc (Lincoln Hayes).

Lincoln x3!

DQs:

Held elected office?
Born north of the Mason-Dixon Line?

IQs:

Did you eulogize Washington as “first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen”?
Were you that person’s even more famous son?
Did that son refer to you as his “old war horse”?

270

Three DQs.
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
  8. Not known from the Civil War era
  9. Did not die after 1850
  10. Not chiefly known for work in the Federal Government
  11. Held elected office
  12. Not born north of the Mason-Dixon Line
271

still correct, Lorenzo Music, Lance Bass

DQ: Governor?

holding 2 DQs

272

IQs:

  1. In the musical movie 1776, did John Adams groan “Oh, dear God” when he saw the fictionalized version of you approach on horseback?
  2. Were you an early 20th Century Canadian humorist who wrote: “Many a man in love with a dimple makes the mistake of marrying the whole girl.”?
  3. Are you a singer whose backup group is the News?
273

Previous IQs:

Did you eulogize Washington as “first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen”? “Light-Horse Harry” Lee.
Were you that person’s even more famous son? - Robert E. Lee.
Did that son refer to you as his “old war horse”? - James Longstreet.

DQs:

Best known for American Revolution role?
Considered a “good guy” in American history?

One DQ reserved.

IQs:

Were you Emperor of Humanity at the time of first contact with the Moties?
Were you the historic monarch after whom he was named?
Were you a Confederate general nearly disembowelled by a well-aimed cannon shot?

274

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
  8. Not known from the Civil War era
  9. Did not die after 1850
  10. Not chiefly known for work in the Federal Government
  11. Held elected office
  12. Not born north of the Mason-Dixon Line
  13. Not a governor
  14. Best known for American Revolution role
  15. Considered a “good guy” in American history
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275

I assume I’ve won the round, then? [Everybody sing along!]

276

I don’t hear the “Oh, dear God” - just “Never!” - but it was quite obvious whom you meant.

277

Well, I was working from memory.

278

…and now, I am W!

279

I had a member of the FFV, just not the right one! Good job, Prof. P.

Previous IQs:

Were you Emperor of Humanity at the time of first contact with the Moties? - Leonidas, in The Mote in God’s Eye.
Were you the historic monarch after whom he was named? - Leonidas, slain at Thermopylae (“Tell them in Sparta, passerby / that here, obedient to their law, we lie”).
Were you a Confederate general nearly disembowelled by a well-aimed cannon shot? - Gen. Leonidas Polk.

Leonidas x3!

On to W.

IQs:

Did you take the biggest piece of meat from the platter at banquets, and keep VIPs waiting while you napped?
Did your stepfather beat your mom until you stepped in?
Did you once give a speech from a rooftop in East Liverpool, Ohio?

280

IQ1: Were you a paranoid schizophrenic busker from Chicago who played punk rock on a Technics keyboard, ending many songs with the phrase “Rock over London, rock on, Chicago”?
IQ2: Are you the voice of BoJack Horseman?
IQ3: Are you a Star Trek actor who plays a fictionalized version of yourself on The Big Bang Theory?