Botticelli October 2012

Thread Games
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IQ: Are you known for the organization Excellence in Braodcasting?

122

IQs:

Will you be played by Sally Field in an upcoming movie?
Did you look quite a bit like Leonardo DiCaprio in your youth?
Were you a noted muckraker?

123

I’m not Rush Limbaugh.

I’m not Vladimir Lenin or Lincoln Steffens. Take a DQ for the Sally Field role.

124

IQ: Are you an Indiana senator who lost a primary to a Tea Party candidate?

125

I’m not Dick Lugar.

126

Sally Field will play Mary Todd Lincoln in the upcoming Spielberg film Lincoln.
See below.
Yes, Lincoln Steffens.

DQ:

Elected to Federal office?

IQs:

I’ll rephrase this: Were you an American who looked quite a bit like Leonardo DiCaprio in your youth?
Were you credited by some with inventing Reaganomics?
Were you in The Mod Squad and Twin Peaks?

127

Letter L:

  1. Male
  2. Not currently alive
  3. Not involved in the arts
  4. A real person
  5. American
  6. Last name starts with L
  7. Not known for participation in sports
  8. Not a scientist
    9. A political figure*
  9. Not best known for a single incident
  10. Born after 1900
  11. Died after 1980
  12. Not elected to federal office
  • Don’t get too hung up on this one. Although this is undoubtedly true, it was more a product of his fame than the reason for it.

Well, Leonardo DiCaprio looked quite a bit like Leonardo DiCaprio when he was younger, but I don’t imagine he’s who you had in mind. As for the other two, I’m not Laffer (of curve fame) or Lara Flynn Boyle, but neither am I confident in those answers. Take as many DQs as you deserve.

128

IQ: Do you share your last name with the POTUS at the time of the market crash?

129

Robert Todd Lincoln, the President’s oldest son: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LplVGDXYvwc/TmrfPJ_9ZzI/AAAAAAAAAFY/6bBhYQSpYzs/s1600/roberttoddlincoln2.jpg
Yes, Arthur Laffer.
This was actress Peggy Lipton.

DQs:

Elected to state office?
A Southerner?

IQs:

Did Terri Garr play you early in her career?
Was Jason Alexander astonished by your past behavior?
Were you a beloved Cleveland Indians player of the Nineties?

130

IQ1: Have you been a goalie for the Vancouver Canucks?

IQ2: Are you a painter/sculptor who is only two letters away from the above goalie?

IQ3: Were you Richard Wagner’s father-in-law?

131

Letter L:

  1. Male
  2. Not currently alive
  3. Not involved in the arts
  4. A real person
  5. American
  6. Last name starts with L
  7. Not known for participation in sports
  8. Not a scientist
    9. A political figure*
  9. Not best known for a single incident
  10. Born after 1900
  11. Died after 1980
  12. Not elected to federal office
  13. Not elected to state office
  14. Not a southerner, although associated (again, tangential to his primary role) with a southern-oriented political position
  • Don’t get too hung up on this one. Although this is undoubtedly true, it was more a product of his fame than the reason for it. Seriously, EH, you’re barking up the wrong tree!

Unless you’d like to be more specific about which market crash, I’m not Laura Bush.

I’m not Kenny Lofton, but you get 2 more DQs for the other two.

I’m not Roberto Luongo - take DQs for the other two.

132

IQ: Do you share the last name of the President who was in office when the Great Depression began?

133

IQ1: Were you the Lone Eagle who lost your son?
I am totally at a loss…

134

Quite right about Roberto Luongo.

  1. is painter/sculptor Robert Longo.

  2. is Franz Liszt, whose daughter Cosima married Hans von Bulow before having an affair with Richard Wagner, ultimately marrying him. Von Bulow continued to conduct and champion Wagner’s music. Family gatherings must have been rather strained…

I’ll reserve one of my DQs for later, if I may…

DQ1: Are you famous for your military service?

135

Letter L:

  1. Male
  2. Not currently alive
  3. Not involved in the arts
  4. A real person
  5. American
  6. Last name starts with L
  7. Not known for participation in sports
  8. Not a scientist
  9. A political figure*
  10. Not best known for a single incident
  11. Born after 1900
  12. Died after 1980
  13. Not elected to federal office
  14. Not elected to state office
  15. Not a southerner, although associated (again, tangential to his primary role) with a southern-oriented political position
  16. Famous for military service
  • Don’t get too hung up on this one. Although this is undoubtedly true, it was more a product of his fame than the reason for it.
136

I can’t think of an L. Hoover, so take a DQ for this one.

Still not Charles Lindbergh. :wink:

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Roberta Lincoln, in a Star Trek episode.
Larry David, after whom the George Costanza character in Seinfeld was heavily based. When various plot points arose in scripts for the show, David admitted to doing all kinds of embarrassing things that Alexander said he’d never dream of doing.
Yes, Kenny Lofton.

Two DQs reserved.

IQ:

Were you George Wallace’s running mate in 1968?

138

Yes, I am USAF General Curtis LeMay! nice work, EH!

139

Well done, Elendil’s Heir!!

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Good job EH!