Botticelli -- November 2016

Thread Games
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IQs:

  1. Did you have a hit with You’re No Good?
  2. Did you have a hit with Devil Woman?
  3. Did your career take off when Gene Autry enlisted?
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DQ.
Not Marty Robbins.
Not … Roy Rogers?

R.

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Living
  4. Not American
  5. Last name starts with R
  6. Not born after 1960
  7. Known for the Arts
  8. European
  9. Not best known for the visual arts (painting, sculpture, photography, etc.)
  10. Not British

(I’ve deleted acting from EH’s DQ because I consider that to be a performance art, not a visual art.)

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Nah, thanks, you had the right idea.

Well, you look at it, so I think it’s both a visual and a performance art.

Previous IQs:

Were you Earl Hickey’s slower, younger brother? - Randy, on My Name Is Earl.
Were you Stannis’s older brother? - Robert Baratheon, on Game of Thrones.
Were you Stannis’s younger brother? - Renly Baratheon, ditto.

DQs:

Actor?
Born in or east of Vienna?
Born in or north of Vienna?

IQs:

Were you a female cast member of Laugh-In?
Did you seduce Tom Cruise in Risky Business?
Is Donald Trump not a fan of you, an actress, standup comic and former talk-show host?

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Not Ruth Buzzi.
DQ.
DQ.

R.

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Living
  4. Not American
  5. Last name starts with R
  6. Not born after 1960
  7. Known for the Arts
  8. European
  9. Not best known for the visual arts (painting, sculpture, photography, etc.)
  10. Not British
  11. Not an actor
  12. Not born in or east of Vienna
  13. Born in or north of Vienna
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[QUOTES]

IQs:

  1. Did you have a hit with You’re No Good?
  2. Did you have a hit with Devil Woman?
  3. Did your career take off when Gene Autry enlisted?
    DQ.
    Not Marty Robbins.
    Not … Roy Rogers?
    [/QUOTES]

#1 is Linda Ronstadt.
#2 is Cliff Richard.
Correct on Roy.

DQs:

  1. Known for music?
  2. Currently active?
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R.

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Living
  4. Not American
  5. Last name starts with R
  6. Not born after 1960
  7. Known for the Arts
  8. European
  9. Not best known for the visual arts (painting, sculpture, photography, etc.)
  10. Not British
  11. Not an actor
  12. Not born in or east of Vienna
  13. Born in or north of Vienna
  14. Known for music

“Devil Woman”

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Okay, Marty also had a Devil Woman. Granted.

IQs:

  1. Did you “Dial H for Hero”?
  2. Were you one of the star of Emergency?
  3. Did Chris Tucker play you in The Fifth Element?
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Not Robby Whatshisface.
DQ.
DQ.

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Correct on Robby Reed.
#2 was Randolph Mantooth.
#3 was Ruby Rhod.

DQs:

  1. Singer?
  2. Native speaker of a Germanic language?
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R.

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Living
  4. Not American
  5. Last name starts with R
  6. Not born after 1960
  7. Known for the Arts
  8. European
  9. Not best known for the visual arts (painting, sculpture, photography, etc.)
  10. Not British
  11. Not an actor
  12. Not born in or east of Vienna
  13. Born in or north of Vienna
  14. Known for music
  15. Not a singer
  16. Native speaker of a Germanic language
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Born NW of Vienna, Germanic speaker, last name starts with R, musician/composer but not singer

Hmmm…
IQs:

  1. Was one of your catchphrases: “Lucy, you got some ‘splainin’ to do!”?
  2. Did you die in an airplane crash with Wiley Post?
  3. Did you host Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous?
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Hmm. I have the feeling I’m not going to know this guy.

Previous IQs:

Were you a female cast member of Laugh-In? - Yes, Ruth Buzzi
Did you seduce Tom Cruise in Risky Business? - Rebecca DeMornay
Is Donald Trump not a fan of you, an actress, standup comic and former talk-show host? - Rosie O’Donnell.

DQs:

Best known for rock and roll or pop music?
Has won a top prize in his field?

IQs:

Were you “the Butcher of Prague”?
Did Twain say he liked your music because one could talk as loudly as one liked while it was being performed, and no one would mind?
Are you the best-known person to come from Whittier, Calif.?

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Not Ricky Ricardo.
Not Will Rogers.
DQ.

Not Reinhard Heydrich.
Not … Richard Wagner?
DQ.

R.

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Living
  4. Not American
  5. Last name starts with R
  6. Not born after 1960
  7. Known for the Arts
  8. European
  9. Not best known for the visual arts (painting, sculpture, photography, etc.)
  10. Not British
  11. Not an actor
  12. Not born in or east of Vienna
  13. Born in or north of Vienna
  14. Known for music
  15. Not a singer
  16. Native speaker of a Germanic language
  17. Not best known for rock and roll or pop music
  18. Have not won a top prize in my field
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Correct on 1 and 2. Robin Leach was the host.

DQ: Known for Classical music?

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R.

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Living
  4. Not American
  5. Last name starts with R
  6. Not born after 1960
  7. Known for the Arts
  8. European
  9. Not best known for the visual arts (painting, sculpture, photography, etc.)
  10. Not British
  11. Not an actor
  12. Not born in or east of Vienna
  13. Born in or north of Vienna
  14. Known for music
  15. Not a singer
  16. Native speaker of a Germanic language
  17. Not best known for rock and roll or pop music
  18. Have not won a top prize in my field
  19. Known for Classical music
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Previous IQs:

Were you “the Butcher of Prague”? - Yes, Reinhard Heydrich.
Did Twain say he liked your music because one could talk as loudly as one liked while it was being performed, and no one would mind? - Yes, Richard Wagner.
Are you the best-known person to come from Whittier, Calif.? - Richard Nixon.

DQ:

Best known as a conductor?

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That’ll be 20.

I’m gonna go with this for my final DQ:

Are you Andre Rieu?

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  1. Best known as a conductor

Yes! I am Dutch violinist Andre Rieu, owner and conductor of the Johann Strauss Orchestra, the largest privately owned orchestra in Europe.
Good job. I really wasn’t looking forward to hosting a fourth consecutive game… :smiley:

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I didn’t think there was anyone else who fit the parameters.

Next, I am L.

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All right, Prof. P.!

IQs:

Did your son own Hildene?
Did your husband joke about your family’s collective ego?
Did you last appear in public in 1922?