Botticelli - October 2013

Thread Games
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IQ: Are you a mathematician whose ideas flummoxed fellow mathematicians for centuries?

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IQ1: Did you write a novel about a Vietnam vet who was killed by his former CO?
IQ2: Did you marry JJ and have a daughter named Alex?
IQ3: Did you become king after the death of your best friend’s father, the former king?

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IQ1: Did you sing a Willie Nelson song over garbage time in football broadcasts?
IQ2: Do you own and operate a holistic detective agency?
IQ3: Did you refuse to buy a denim jacket with your name bedazzled on it on the grounds that “[your name here] doesn’t advertise”?

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Not Daniel Defoe, dunno, and dunno.

Not Dick Whittington, Dennis “Stand and deliver!” Moore, or Darkman.

Not… Diogenes?

Dunno the first two; not… Diocletian?

Dunno, not Dirk Gently, and dunno.

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Looking for Descartes.

DQ: Living?

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Daniel Defoe, as you said.
Dominic Diamond, host of Gamesmaster.
Daisy Duke

DQ1: Male?
DQ2: Fictional?

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Don Meredith and Disco Stu (of the Simpsons).

DQ: American?
DQ: Political or military figure?

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IQs:

  1. Were you the Great Schnozzola?
  2. Are you the son of a Gypsy witch named Cynthia?
  3. Are you reputedly the bestselling living author?
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David Morrell was the author of First Blood.
Michael Doonesbury.
David, who became king of Judah after the death of King Saul.
DQs reserved pending the answers to those already asked.
IQ1: Did you interpret dreams for the king of Babylon?
IQ2: Were you murdered whilst retreating from a Macedonian invader?
IQ3: Were your forces defeated at Marathon?

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Whoa. Did you change usernames in a rather grisly way?

The first is on the tip of my tongue, I can even see him in my mind’s eye, but I’m blanking. Dunno the others. Take three DQs.

Not David, dunno, or Darius.

D.

  1. dead
  2. male
  3. real
  4. American
  5. not a political or military figure
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For the name change, see Post #40 on this thread.

#1 was Jimmy Durante. #2 is Dr. Doom. #3 is Danielle Steele.

DQs:

  1. Last name start with D?
  2. Died after 1970?
  3. In the Arts as we know them here?
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Daniel (he of the lions’ den).
Darius III of Persia, trying to escape from Alexander.
Correct on Darius - specifically, Darius I of Persia.
DQ: Born east of the Mississippi River?
Three DQs reserved pending answers to previous questions.
IQ1: Is there a well-known story about you and the devil?
IQ2: Did you sucker your boyfriend into letting you cut his hair?
IQ3: Did you kill you a bear when you were only three?

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Thanks for the Halloween name-change info.

YES! D’oh - Jimmy Durante. :smack::smack::smack:

Not Daniel Webster, Samson’s treacherous sweetheart Delilah, or Daniel Boone.

D.

  1. dead
  2. male
  3. real
  4. American
  5. not a political or military figure
  6. last name started with D
  7. died before 1970
  8. not in the Arts as we know them here
  9. born east of the Mississippi River
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Correct on Daniel Webster.
Correct on Delilah.
Close - this was Davy Crockett.
DQ1: Died after 1900?
DQ2: Scientist?
Two DQs reserved.

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IQ1: Were you an early American automobile builder?
IQ2: Were you his brother and partner?
IQ3: Were you one of the original X-Men?

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IQ1: Are you a notorious American bank robber?
IQ2: Does a system named after you imply computing and occultism are closely related?
IQ3: Did you play a key role in the Scopes Monkey Trial?

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Not Will Durant, not the other Mr. Durant, not… Dreadnought?

Not John Dillinger, dunno, not Clarence Darrow.

D.

  1. dead
  2. male
  3. real
  4. American
  5. not a political or military figure
  6. last name started with D
  7. died before 1970
  8. not in the Arts as we know them here
  9. born east of the Mississippi River
  10. died before 1900
  11. not a scientist
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IQs:

  1. Were you the first white child born in North America (at least by some accounts)?
  2. Are you an actress who’s gone back to using her birth name of Kappelhoff?
  3. Are you the Halloween-themed superhero name of Boston Brand?
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IQ: Did you participate in the “Long Count Bout”?

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I meant to thank Prof. P. for remembering me and welcoming me back and then forgot to do so. Better late than never, so - thanks, Prof P.

Dillinger, as you said
I was going for Dewey of Dewey Decimal System fame, but on later reflection I suspect the relationship that prompted my IQ was more a function of my local library than the system itself, so I’ll not take the DQ.
Darrow, as you said.