Botticelli October 2012

Thread Games
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The letter is R

  1. My first name does not start with R
  2. I am not a politician
  3. I am male
  4. I am alive
  5. I am American
  6. I am known for my achievement in the Arts as defined.
  7. I am not an actor
  8. I am a musician
  9. I was born after 1950
  10. I am a rocker
  11. I am a singer
  12. I am best knows as being in a band (as opposed to a solo performer)
  13. I have released new material in the last 5 years
  14. My band’s first recording was released after 1980
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IQ: Did your band take its name from a sci-fi flick?

63

The only band I can think of like that is Atreyu, no members have a last name that starts with R, so a DQ for you.

64

DQ: Were you the lead singer? (I was thinking Mary Ramsay from 10,000 Maniacs)

65

The letter is R

  1. My first name does not start with R
  2. I am not a politician
  3. I am male
  4. I am alive
  5. I am American
  6. I am known for my achievement in the Arts as defined.
  7. I am not an actor
  8. I am a musician
  9. I was born after 1950
  10. I am a rocker
  11. I am a singer
  12. I am best knows as being in a band (as opposed to a solo performer)
  13. I have released new material in the last 5 years
  14. My band’s first recording was released after 1980
  15. I am/was the lead singer of the band
66

Rand Paul, U.S. Senator.
Ron Paul, U.S. Congressman.
Joachim von Ribbentrop, Hitler’s emissary.

That gives me four DQs, which I will let others ask (one apiece).

67

DQ: Have you won a Grammy?

68

The letter is R

  1. My first name does not start with R
  2. I am not a politician
  3. I am male
  4. I am alive
  5. I am American
  6. I am known for my achievement in the Arts as defined.
  7. I am not an actor
  8. I am a musician
  9. I was born after 1950
  10. I am a rocker
  11. I am a singer
  12. I am best knows as being in a band (as opposed to a solo performer)
  13. I have released new material in the last 5 years
  14. My band’s first recording was released after 1980
  15. I am/was the lead singer of the band
  16. Neither I nor my band have won a Grammy
69

Some more IQs, just to be on the safe side:

Were you a mortal with a trident?
Did you play a character who had sex in a crowded room?
Were you an obscure European celebrity who sold shampoo?

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IQ1: I’m guessing a Trident guitar, not sure who, though. DQ
IQ2: DQ
IQ3: DQ

71

IQ: Are you known for a Supertramp cover?

72

IQ1: Did you sing lead vocal on such songs as “Blitzkrieg Bop” and “I Wanna Be Sedated”?

IQ2: Are you going to love me forever and ever, amen?

IQ3: Did you play a truck driver bootlegging Coors beer from Texas to Georgia?

73

Take a DQ

IQ1: I am not Joey Ramone
IQ2: I am not Randy Travis
IQ3: DQ

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DQ: Is your SO famous in their own right? (I was thinking Johnny Reznick of the Goo Goo Dolls, who covered Give A Little Bit.)

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Prince Ruprecht, one of Steve Martin’s more inspired characters from Dirty Rotten Scoundrels: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqMc9B7uDV8
Rachel Weisz, in Enemy at the Gates.
Rula Lenska, for Alberto V05.

Well, we have plenty of DQs now. Still can’t figure out who this American male rock singer is.

76

The letter is R

  1. My first name does not start with R
  2. I am not a politician
  3. I am male
  4. I am alive
  5. I am American
  6. I am known for my achievement in the Arts as defined.
  7. I am not an actor
  8. I am a musician
  9. I was born after 1950
  10. I am a rocker
  11. I am a singer
  12. I am best knows as being in a band (as opposed to a solo performer)
  13. I have released new material in the last 5 years
  14. My band’s first recording was released after 1980
  15. I am/was the lead singer of the band
  16. Neither I nor my band have won a Grammy
  17. A past SO is/was famous in her own right. No known current SO
77

IQ: Is your wife a “holla back girl”?

78

Correct on Ramone and Travis. The third was Jerry Reed, who played the trucker in Smokey and the Bandit; and who sang the film’s theme song, “Eastbound and Down.”

DQ reserved for now.

79

I am not Gavin Rossdale

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IQ: Was your band named after you and the original lead guitarist, who was replaced before you recorded a debut album?