Botticelli - November 2019

Thread Games
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Reserved DQ

Singer?

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DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Female
  3. Alive
  4. First name starts with S (which is her only name, professionally)
  5. Not American
  6. Known for the arts
  7. Popular in this century
  8. Singer
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But, right back atcha. Take 3 DQs.

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I know who this is, but I’m not ready to host the game again.

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Well, I know that feeling. You can, of course, give out clues as to who you think it is without giving it away completely.

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Previous IQs:

Was your brother a noted pre-1897 American general? - John Sherman
Was your brother a noted pre-1897 U.S. senator? - William Tecumseh Sherman
Were you #2’s Catholic wife? - Ellen Sherman

Sherman x3!

DQs:

European?
Has won a Grammy?
Rock/pop?

IQs:

Did you sing “Cheap Thrills”?
Were you a notorious escaped convict in The Hound of the Baskervilles?
Were your brothers Robert and Renly?

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Yes, I am Princess Pepperwinkle’s favorite female singer, Sia!

Good job, EH!

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After eliminating Sade and Shakira, it was fairly obvious, aside from both of those being popular in the last century.

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Hips Don’t Lie came out in 2005, so Shakira’s still good for the 21st Century.

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Good one, PP! Here’s more on her: Sia - Wikipedia

And I actually love that song: Sia - Cheap Thrills (Official Audio) ft. Sean Paul - YouTube

Right, then! Our next letter is

N

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  1. Were you fragged by your own men in Viet Nam, but still managed appearances in Twisted Sister videos?
  2. Are you a yellow skinned church goer who even Rev. Lovejoy finds to be overly sanctimonious?
  3. Were you a singer/songwriter, associated with The Beatles and The Monkees, whose biggest hits were written by someone else?
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IQs:

  1. Did you play Lois Lane on The Adventures of Superman?
  2. Did you write the poem Custard the Dragon?
  3. Were you a centaur who was killed by Hercules?
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IQs:

  1. Did you reportedly enjoy cottage cheese and ketchup sandwiches?
  2. Did your father hide your name in his drawings?
  3. Did you feign insanity and committ yourself to an insane asylum, writing “Ten Days in a Mad-House” about what you experienced?
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Not Doug “You’re all worthless and weak!” Neidermeyer, Ned Flanders and dunno.

Not Noelle Noel (sp?), dunno, and not… Nimue?

Not Richard Nixon, Nina Hirschfeld or Nellie Bly.

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#1. Correct on Noel Neill. (close enough)
#2 was Ogden Nash.
#3 was Nessus.

DQs:

  1. Real?
  2. Male?
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A clean sweep!

IQs:

  1. Did you repeatedly warn a weatherman about stepping off a curb?
  2. Did you lead a group that took its name from a common term for the Dalit caste of India?
  3. Did you write about Milo’s adventures in the Lands Beyond?
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IQs:

  1. Were you the front man for Herman’s Hermits?
  2. Are you one of the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen?
  3. Do you hang around with Sluggo?
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3. Were you a singer/songwriter, associated with The Beatles and The Monkees, whose biggest hits were written by someone else?
That was Harry Nilsson, with Everybody’s Talkin’ and Without You being written by others.

Holding the DQ for now…

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I’m not Ned “It’s a doozie!” Ryerson, not Elliott Ness, and dunno.

Dunno, not Capt. Nemo, and not Nancy.

N.

  1. real
  2. male
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#1 was Peter Noone. Correct on the others.

DQ: Alive?