Botticelli - November 2024

Thread Games
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1 was David Paterson; 2 was Princess Carolyn, in BoJack Horseman; 3 was Bobby “Boris” Pickett, in of course “Monster Mash”.

DQs:
1. born before 1990?
2. originally born in Europe?
3. known for politics?

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Paul Stookey, Peter Yarrow (of Peter, Paul, and Mary fame), and Pete Seeger.

3 DQs reserved

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DQs:

  1. Real.
  2. Male.
  3. Living.
  4. First name starts with “P”.
  5. Born after 1960.
  6. Naturalized American.
  7. Not known for the arts.
  8. Born before 1990.
  9. Not originally born in Europe.
  10. Not known for politics.
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DQs:

Known for science?
Born in Canada?
Last name begins with A-M?

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IQs:

  1. Were you awarded an honorary high school diploma at age 60, after receiving two Nobel Prizes?
  2. Are you a Nobel Prize winner whose accomplishments are overshadowed by your wife?
  3. Are you an Oscar winner who become a culinary figurehead?
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i1Qs:

  1. Were you castigated for performing too good of an impression of PM Winston Churchill on the highly esteemed, rubber-capped, licorice-whipped, satin-bound 1950’s BBC radio series The Goon Show?
  2. Did you play Prof. Pepperwinkle on The Adventures of Superman?
  3. Are you the protagonist of Great Expectations?
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  1. I am not…Linus Pauling?
  2. I am not…Pierre Curie?
  3. I am not Paul Newman.
  1. I am not Peter Sellers. (HA! I boned up on the cast and characters of The Goon Show before I started the round, just for questions like this! I am also not Private Bogg nor Professor Osric Pureheart.)
  2. I am not Phil Tead. (Which I only know because I looked Professor Pepperwinkle up, when I was thinking about choosing you as the answer to this round. I gave up the idea because I wouldn’t be able to answer enough DQs about you or any other Doper to make it a fair game.)
  3. I am not Pip.
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DQs:

  1. Real.
  2. Male.
  3. Living.
  4. First name starts with “P”.
  5. Born after 1960.
  6. Naturalized American.
  7. Not known for the arts.
  8. Born before 1990.
  9. Not originally born in Europe.
  10. Not known for politics.
  11. Not known for science.
  12. Not born in Canada.
  13. Last name begins “A” - “M”.
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Congrats! Ya swept me! Good for you!

IQs:

  1. In the Oz books, are you the Rainbow’s daughter?
  2. Were you secretly Ant-Man, Giant-Man, Goliath and/or Yellowjacket at various times?
  3. Did you encounter the first Goon, who lent that word to Spike’s vocabulary?
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IQs:
1. Is this a Wild Thing as you, atop a certain Philadelphia building?
2. Were you in the 1953 version of House of Wax?
3. Were you in the 2005 version?

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  1. Take a DQ.
  2. Oh, crap, I know who this is - superhero from the MCU. But all I can think of is the actor, Paul Rudd. Take a DQ.
  3. Take a DQ.
    Damn, you still managed to get me with a Goon Show-related question. I should have known better than to poke the bear.
  1. I am not William Penn.
  2. I am not Vincent Price.
  3. I am not Paris Hilton.
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A clean sweep!

IQs:
1. Are you George, Louis, and Charlotte’s aunt?
2. Did your creator describe you thus: “An energetic monster of a boy…blond red hair, popped blue eyes and a dedicated troublemaker, in other words, the kid next door…genius in his own way, he makes toy guillotines, full size racks, threatens to poison his sister, can turn himself into a Mr. Hyde with an ordinary chemical set…his voice is hoarse…is sometimes allowed an occasional cigar”?
3. Did you play the above character in the 1973 musical variety pilot The [character’s last name] Family Fun-House, nine years after another role?

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#1 is Polychrome.
#2 is Dr. Hank Pym, the original Ant-Man. Paul Rudd played Scott Lang.
#3 is Popeye the Sailor, who met Alice the Goon in his comic strip.

DQ: Known for sports?

2 DQs reserved

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  1. I am not Pippa Middleton.
  2. Take a DQ.
  3. Take a DQ.
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DQs:

  1. Real.
  2. Male.
  3. Living.
  4. First name starts with “P”.
  5. Born after 1960.
  6. Naturalized American.
  7. Not known for the arts.
  8. Born before 1990.
  9. Not originally born in Europe.
  10. Not known for politics.
  11. Not known for science.
  12. Not born in Canada.
  13. Last name begins “A” - “M”.
  14. Known for sports.

I gotta confess to you guys that I had an “Oh, shit” moment last night. I had originally picked the producer and songwriter Phinneas O’Connell, otherwise known as Billie Eilish’s brother and collaborator. But I realized that he spells his name “Finneas”. I was only about four DQs in, so I scrambled to find someone else to fit the criteria. Rest assured that all the questions fit with the guy I eventually went with.

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2 was Pugsley Addams; 3 was The Munsters’ Butch Patrick.

DQs:
1. born before 1975?
2. known for baseball, basketball, American football, or hockey?

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DQ: First name begins with Pa - Ph?

1 DQ reserved.

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Another sweep for my IQs!

IQs:

  1. Were you featured in the ten-pin bowling sports documentary A League of Ordinary Gentlemen?
  2. Did you miss the entire 2014–15 NBA season after suffering a compound fracture of both bones in his lower right leg?
  3. Are you one of five quarterbacks in NFL history to win three or more Super Bowls as a starter?
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IQs:

  1. Are you arguably the best known Brazilian soccer player in the U.S.?
  2. When your boss learned you were in mortal jeopardy, did he say “So?”
  3. Were you Soleil Moon Frye’s biggest role?
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IQs:
1. Did you found a company with the motto “We never sleep”?
2. Is this the theme of the TV show you’re from?
3. Did you narrate the opening and closing of the soundtrack album for The Nightmare before Christmas?