Botticelli - November 2018

Thread Games
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Respectively:
I am not Frank something.
Take a DQ.
Take a DQ.

  1. I am not John Fitch.
  2. I am not Robert Fulton.
  3. I am not Francisco Goya.
    DQs:
  1. real
  2. male
  3. last name begins with F
  4. dead
  5. American
  6. born before 1950
  7. partially known for the arts, if the arts include writing
  8. not best known for novels
  9. greatest fame before 1941
  10. not known for literature (short stories, plays, poems, etc.)
  11. never won a major award for his writing
  12. born before 1900
  13. not known for government/politics
  14. not known for philosophy
  15. not known for military activity
  16. born after 1800
  17. born east of the Miss. River
  18. born north of the Mason-Dixon Line, in Albany
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Swept me.

IQs:

  1. Were you Audrey Hepburn’s first husband?
  2. Did you write the screenplay for the movie Popeye?
  3. Were you the founder of Boys’ Town?
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Previous IQs:

Were you the “action guy” on FYI? - Frank Fontana
Did you command Hill Street Station? - Francis “Frank” Furillo
Is your dog buried not far from you? - Franklin D. Roosevelt

Frank x3!

Can’t figure out who this is.

DQ:

Best known for screenwriting?

I yield my other two DQs to whoever would like to ask them, one per customer.

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My boxer was Floyd Mayweather, you got the other two correct.

DQ: known for religious activities?

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  1. Take a DQ.
  2. I am not Jules Feiffer.
  3. Take a DQ.
    DQs:
  1. real
  2. male
  3. last name begins with F
  4. dead
  5. American
  6. born before 1950
  7. partially known for the arts, if the arts include writing
  8. not best known for novels
  9. greatest fame before 1941
  10. not known for literature (short stories, plays, poems, etc.)
  11. never won a major award for his writing
  12. born before 1900
  13. not known for government/politics
  14. not known for philosophy
  15. not known for military activity
  16. born after 1800
  17. born east of the Miss. River
  18. born north of the Mason-Dixon Line, in Albany
  19. not best known for screenwriting
  20. not known for religious activities

Well, that’s 20 questions. Get in any final DQs by 8PM EST tomorrow (12/6).

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I’m stumped.

167

#1 was Mel Ferrer.
Correct on Jules Feiffer.
#3 was Father Flanagan.

DQs:

  1. Known for business?
  2. Known for science?
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nm

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DQs:

  1. real
  2. male
  3. last name begins with F
  4. dead
  5. American
  6. born before 1950
  7. partially known for the arts, if the arts include writing
  8. not best known for novels
  9. greatest fame before 1941
  10. not known for literature (short stories, plays, poems, etc.)
  11. never won a major award for his writing
  12. born before 1900
  13. not known for government/politics
  14. not known for philosophy
  15. not known for military activity
  16. born after 1800
  17. born east of the Miss. River
  18. born north of the Mason-Dixon Line, in Albany
  19. not best known for screenwriting
  20. not known for religious activities
  21. not known for business
  22. known for science (some might say pseudoscience)
170

(slight clarification to 22: pseudoscience, fringe science, parascience, etc.)

171

Last DQ: Are you Charles Fort?

172

I am indeed Charles Fort! Who wrote about scientific anomalies in such works as Lo! and The Book of the Damned.

Next round goes to Prof. Pepperwinkle.

173

I’ll start a December thread with G in the morning.

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Congrats, Prof. P.! I’d heard of Fort but would’ve been unlikely to come up with his name anytime soon.

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Link to December 2018 thread: https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=21364795#post21364795