Botticelli -- November 2016

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161

Dunno, not Gordon Lightfoot (?), not Groucho Marx.

G.

  1. real
  2. male
  3. alive
  4. last name starts with G
  5. born before 1970
  6. not known for the Arts
  7. American

I’ve updated the letters-we’ve-used-so-far thread: Botticelli - the letters we've used so far - Thread Games - Straight Dope Message Board

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Thanks for the update. That’s always helpful.

#1 was Goya.
#2 is Art Garfunkel.
Correct on Groucho.

DQs:

  1. Born before 1950?
  2. Known for politics/military?
163

Correct on all three again. Stop that! :smiley:
IQ1: Were you a Cretan painter known for work done in Spain?
IQ2: Did you write about Pongo Twistleton and his uncle Fred?
IQ3: Did you write about cavorite, the anti-gravity metal?

164

Dunno x3 (although I’ve heard of cavorite).

G.

  1. real
  2. male
  3. alive
  4. last name starts with G
  5. born before 1970
  6. not known for the Arts
  7. American
  8. born before 1950
  9. known for politics/military, but not primarily so
165

IQs:

  1. Did Drew Carey play you in a disaster of a TV musical special?
  2. Are you Kurt Russell’s long time significant other?
  3. Were you a big band bandleader with the Royal Canadians?
166

Dunno, not Goldie Hawn, and not… Guy Hall?

167

#1 was Gepetto.
Correct on Goldie.
#3 was Guy Lombardo.

DQ: Known as a criminal?

1 DQ reserved.

168

El Greco (“The Greek”).
P G Wodehouse.
H G Wells (The First Men in the Moon).
DQ1: Known for science?
DQ2: Born east of the Mississippi?
One DQ reserved.

169

Guy Lombardo, of course! Duh.

G.

  1. real
  2. male
  3. alive
  4. last name starts with G
  5. born before 1970
  6. not known for the Arts
  7. American
  8. born before 1950
  9. known for politics/military, but not primarily so
  10. not known as a criminal
  11. not known for science
  12. born east of the Miss. River
170

DQ: Known for business?

171

IQs:

  1. Did the Redshirts follow you (in Italy)?
  2. Are you aka Kyle Radner?
  3. Are you credited with being one of the writers who created the Silver Age of Comics?
172

Not Giuseppe Garibaldi, dunno, and dunno.

G.

  1. real
  2. male
  3. alive
  4. last name starts with G
  5. born before 1970
  6. not known for the Arts
  7. American
  8. born before 1950
  9. known for politics/military, but not primarily so
  10. not known as a criminal
  11. not known for science
  12. born east of the Miss. River
  13. not known for business
173

Correct on Giuseppe.
#2 is Green Lantern.
#3 was Gardner Fox.

DQ: Known for sports or games?

1 DQ reserved.

174

IQ1: Were you the Galloping Ghost?
IQ2: Were you the Galloping Gourmet?
IQ3: Were you a former football player who worked as RFK’s bodyguard?

175

Not George Gipp, dunno, and not Rosie Grier.

G.

  1. real
  2. male
  3. alive
  4. last name starts with G
  5. born before 1970
  6. not known for the Arts
  7. American
  8. born before 1950
  9. known for politics/military, but not primarily so
  10. not known as a criminal
  11. not known for science
  12. born east of the Miss. River
  13. not known for business
  14. not known for sports or games
176

DQ: Last name starts with GO-GZ?

177

IQs:

  1. Were you the Sheriff of Nottingham?
  2. Did you talk in sound effects?
  3. Did you write The Vicar of Wakefield?
178

Dunno x3, Prof.

G.

  1. real
  2. male
  3. alive
  4. last name starts with G
  5. born before 1970
  6. not known for the Arts
  7. American
  8. born before 1950
  9. known for politics/military, but not primarily so
  10. not known as a criminal
  11. not known for science
  12. born east of the Miss. River
  13. not known for business
  14. not known for sports or games
  15. last name starts with GO-GZ
179

Red Grange.
Graham Kerr.
Correct.

180

DQ1: Best known as someone’s husband?
Two DQs reserved.