Botticelli - November 2024

Thread Games
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Take 3 DQs

  1. I am not Edward Albee
  2. Take a DQ
  3. Take a DQ
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#1 was indeed Erle Stanley Gardner.
#2 was Earl Derr Biggers, so correct on the first name.
#3 is Ellery Queen.

DQ: Known for historical fiction?

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DQs

  1. Real
  2. First name starts with “E”
  3. Male
  4. Surname begins “A” - “M”
  5. Deceased
  6. Known for the arts
  7. Not known for acting
  8. Died after 1900
  9. Known for literature
  10. Known for prose
  11. Born before 1950
  12. Known for a particular genre
  13. US citizen
  14. Not known for sf/fantasy
  15. Not known for mystery/horror
  16. Died before 1980
  17. Greatest fame after 1950
  18. Not known for historical fiction
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DQ: First name starts with “E.” - “Ek”?

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DQs

  1. Real
  2. First name starts with “E”
  3. Male
  4. Surname begins “A” - “M”
  5. Deceased
  6. Known for the arts
  7. Not known for acting
  8. Died after 1900
  9. Known for literature
  10. Known for prose
  11. Born before 1950
  12. Known for a particular genre
  13. US citizen
  14. Not known for sf/fantasy
  15. Not known for mystery/horror
  16. Died before 1980
  17. Greatest fame after 1950
  18. Not known for historical fiction
  19. First name starts with “Ek” - “Ez”
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No more IQs, please.

Get your DQs in by 12 pm tomorrow (PST).

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Previous IQs:

Was your ship transformed [into] what we know as Venus? - Earendil the Mariner, in the works of J.R.R. Tolkien; NASA used a different spelling for something else
Did you sleep under a red-and-white-checked quilt when you visited Oyster Bay? - Eleanor Roosevelt; our guide at T.R.'s home pointed it out
Did you marry Mr. Knightley, but your hypochondriacal dad still lived with you? - The title character in Jane Austen’s Emma

DQs:

Died before 2000?
Won a top writing award?

One DQ reserved.

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DQs

  1. Real
  2. First name starts with “E”
  3. Male
  4. Surname begins “A” - “M”
  5. Deceased
  6. Known for the arts
  7. Not known for acting
  8. Died after 1900
  9. Known for literature
  10. Known for prose
  11. Born before 1950
  12. Known for a particular genre
  13. US citizen
  14. Not known for sf/fantasy
  15. Not known for mystery/horror
  16. Died before 1980
  17. Greatest fame after 1950
  18. Not known for historical fiction
  19. First name starts with “Ek” - “Ez”
  20. Died before 2000
  21. Has won writing awards, although probably did not win a top award (like Newberry or Caldecott)
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DQs

  1. Real
  2. First name starts with “E”
  3. Male
  4. Surname begins “A” - “M”
  5. Deceased
  6. Known for the arts
  7. Not known for acting
  8. Died after 1900
  9. Known for literature
  10. Known for prose
  11. Born before 1950
  12. Known for a particular genre
  13. US citizen
  14. Not known for sf/fantasy
  15. Not known for mystery/horror
  16. Died before 1980
  17. Greatest fame after 1950
  18. Not known for historical fiction
  19. First name starts with “Ek” - “Ez”
  20. Died before 2000
  21. Has won writing prizes, although probably did not win a top award (like Newberry or Caldecott)

Clarifying last DQ

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I didn’t see the “Died before 1980” answer. :expressionless:

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Last DQ: Writes children’s or young adult books?

112

It happens to all of us.

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DQs

  1. Real
  2. First name starts with “E”
  3. Male
  4. Surname begins “A” - “M”
  5. Deceased
  6. Known for the arts
  7. Not known for acting
  8. Died after 1900
  9. Known for literature
  10. Known for prose
  11. Born before 1950
  12. Known for a particular genre
  13. US citizen
  14. Not known for sf/fantasy
  15. Not known for mystery/horror
  16. Died before 1980
  17. Greatest fame after 1950
  18. Not known for historical fiction
  19. First name starts with “Ek” - “Ez”
  20. Died before 2000
  21. Has won writing prizes, although probably did not win a top award (like Newberry or Caldecott)
  22. Not known for writing children’s or young adult books
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Correct on 1. 2. was Éamon de Valera. 3. was T.S. Eliot, in “The Wasteland”.

Last DQs:

  1. Known for nonfiction?
  2. Born after 1900?
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DQs

  1. Real
  2. First name starts with “E”
  3. Male
  4. Surname begins “A” - “M”
  5. Deceased
  6. Known for the arts
  7. Not known for acting
  8. Died after 1900
  9. Known for literature
  10. Known for prose
  11. Born before 1950
  12. Known for a particular genre
  13. US citizen
  14. Not known for sf/fantasy
  15. Not known for mystery/horror
  16. Died before 1980
  17. Greatest fame after 1950
  18. Not known for historical fiction
  19. First name starts with “Ek” - “Ez”
  20. Died before 2000
  21. Has won writing prizes, although probably did not win a top award (like Newberry or Caldecott)
  22. Not known for writing children’s or young adult books
  23. Known for non-fiction
  24. Born after 1900
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There’s still time before I reveal the answer. Get your DQs in!

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Final FirstName LastName DQ: Are you Eldridge Cleaver?

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I yield my final reserved DQ to whoever would like to ask it.

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I am not Eldridge Cleaver.

I am… Euell Gibbons! Self-taught writer, health food advocate and outdoorsman, best remembered for asking the rhetorical question, “Ever eat a pine tree?”

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Ah, that’s a good one! Though I haven’t read him, I do remember the name mostly from some cartoons in Mad magazine, and a truly horrible pun in one of the early Callahan’s stories.

I think you get to go again, knoodler!