Botticelli - November 2018

Thread Games
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Congratulations, Prof.!

IQs:

  1. Were you one of the eponymous Siamese twins?
  2. Are you a paleobotanist brought on to consult before the opening of a park?
  3. Have you played a tobacco lobbyist, a crusading D.A., and a chef?
82
  1. I am not Edward Teller.
  2. I am not Edward Scissorhands.
    Take a DQ for #3.
83
  1. I am not Eng.
  2. I am not Ellie Sadler.
    Take a DQ for #3.
84

DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Female
85

#3 was Aaron Echhart (in Thank You for Smoking, The Dark Knight, and No Reservations, respectively).

DQ: living?
IQs:

  1. Are you Mary-Kate and Ashley’s younger sister?
  2. Aside from your other film-related career, did you write the screenplay for Beyond the Valley of the Dolls?
  3. Are you a telekinetic telepath who likes frozen waffles?
86

DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Female
  3. Living
87
  1. Take a DQ.
  2. I am not Roger Ebert.
  3. I am not Eleven from Stranger Things.
88

Well played the Prof. Good bit of logical deduction at the end there.

  1. Are you best-known for your eponymous ‘pet’?
  2. Are you the world’s best-known failed patents offical?
  3. Are you considered by most to be the first named European to set foot in the Americas?
89
  1. Take a DQ.
  2. I am not Albert Einstein.
  3. I am not Erik the Red.
90

Previous IQs:

Are you considered by some the “Father of the H-bomb”? - Yes, Edward Teller
Did Vincent Price play your father, who died too soon? - Yes, Edward Scissorhands
Are you a weepy young lady who really wants to marry her artist sweetheart in Hello, Dolly? - Ermengarde

DQ:

Last name start with E?

IQs:
Did your husband, to the surprise of many, appear in an ad with Britney Spears and a dog?
Has an actress said she wants to play you at intervals throughout her career, as she’s already done twice?
Have you been played by actresses who have also played a detective and a suspected witch?

91

DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Female
  3. Living
  4. First name starts with E
92

Take 3 DQs.

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1 was Erwin Schrodinger, correct on Einstein. For number 3 I seem to remember us having this exact conversation in a previous game (which was not my intention - it was only your answer that triggered the memory!). Erik the Red founded the first settlement on Greenland. His son Leif Erikson is generally considered the first European to reach Newfoundland.

DQs:

Known for the arts?
Born after 1968?

IQs:

  1. Did you recently get married, causing a minor fuss about the cost to taxpayers?
  2. Are you grandmother to the above?
  3. Did you become famous for pursuing a high-profile lawsuit against a large corporation, later made into an eponymous film?
94

Previous IQs:

Did your husband, to the surprise of many, appear in an ad with Britney Spears and a dog? - Elizabeth Dole: Britney Spears Bob Dole Pepsi - YouTube
Has an actress said she wants to play you at intervals throughout her career, as she’s already done twice? - Cate Blanchett and Queen Elizabeth I
Have you been played by actresses who have also played a detective and a suspected witch? - Helen Mirren (Prime Suspect) and Claire Foy (Season of the Witch) have both played Queen Elizabeth II

DQs:

American?
Considered a beauty?

IQs:

Did your father have your pants pockets sewn shut to keep you from sticking your hands in them?
Did your young daughter have surgery because she was slightly wall-eyed?
Was one of your songs adapted for the soundtrack of the first *Matrix *movie?

95

DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Female
  3. Living
  4. First name starts with E
  5. Known for the Arts
  6. Born since 1968
  7. Not American
  8. Considered a beauty
96
  1. I am not Prince Edward.
  2. I am not Queen Elizabeth II.
    Take a DQ for #3.
97

#3. I am not Enya (???).
Take 2 DQs for the others.

98

Previous IQs:

Did your father have your pants pockets sewn shut to keep you from sticking your hands in them? - King Edward VIII, the future Duke of Windsor
Did your young daughter have surgery because she was slightly wall-eyed? - Prince Edward (who was not married recently)
Was one of your songs adapted for the soundtrack of the first *Matrix *movie? - Edward Elgar: Clubbed To Death - matrix soundtrack - YouTube

Edward x3!

DQs:

European?
Actress?
Born since 1988?

IQs:

Were you not an actual aristocrat, but an Australian man in drag?
Were you murdered for supposedly flirting with an older woman?
Did you once play J. Jonah Jameson’s secretary?

99

DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Female
  3. Living
  4. First name starts with E
  5. Known for the Arts
  6. Born since 1968
  7. Not American
  8. Considered a beauty
  9. European
  10. Actress
  11. Born before 1988
100
  1. No, Possums, I am not Dame Edna Everage.
    Take 2 DQs.