Botticelli - October 2013

Thread Games
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IQs:

  1. Did you discover Uranus?
  2. Did you battle Green Lantern in his movie?
  3. Are you the best known of all of the Japanese ukiyo-e artists?
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Ribsy belonged to Henry Huggins (from Henry Huggins and its sequels, by Beverly Cleary).
DQ: Male?
IQ1: Did you claim to have trouble seeing flags at Copenhagen?
IQ2: Are you famous for defending Rome from Lars Porsena’s army?
IQ3: Were you a VC recipient shot down by von Richthofen?

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Heinrich Hertz, for whom the SI Unit of frequency Hz, corresponding to a frequency of once per second is named

Harry Houdini

I was going for Helen Hunt, who voiced Renee in the episode where Homer commits insurance fraud to help Moe pay off the huge bills he ran up courting her. It’s possible that there’s an episode where Hank Azaria (who voices Moe) also voices his love interest, so I’ll withhold the DQ until I know.

DQ1: Died since 1500?
DQ2: Known for political or military endeavours?

IQ1: Are you a female mathematician who was killed by a mob?
IQ2: Did you swear by Apollo to do no harm?
IQ3: Did you create a sphere that was rotated by steam jets?

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No, I am not William Herschel or Hokusai. Take a DQ for the Green Lantern question.

I am not Lanoe Hawker or Horatius Cocles. Take a DQ for number 1.

H.

  1. Real
  2. Not American
  3. Not a Yank
  4. Dead
  5. European
  6. Male
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I am not Hypatia, Hippocrates (that is Hippocratic Oath I suppose) and Hero (of Alexandria).

H.

  1. Real
  2. Not American
  3. Not a Yank
  4. Dead
  5. European
  6. Male
  7. Died after 1500
  8. I was known for my political endeavours
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You got all 3.

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Horatio Nelson was ordered (by flag signal) to withdraw from combat at Copenhagen, but he held his telescope to his blind eye and said that he couldn’t see the signal.
Correct on Horatius Cocles and Lanoe Hawker VC (which was the one I expected you to miss - I thought I was making it too easy by using “Horatio” and “Horatius” in the same set of questions).
DQ: Died after 1800?
IQ1: Were you an early 20th-century PM of the UK?
IQ2: Were you a gunslinger whose best friend was the sheriff of Conniption?
IQ3: Were you a young female spy?

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Right on Henry Higgins and Herodotus. #3 is Hector of Troy, son of Priam, slayer of Patroclus, who is in turn slain by Achilles.

DQ: From the British Isles (thereby including England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, the Orkneys, the Shetlands, the Isle of Man and the Isle of Wight)?

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I had in mind Hiroshige, but I’ll accept Hokusai. #2 was Hector Hammond.

I’ll wait on my DQ.

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I’m not Herbert Henry Asquith or Mata Hari. Have a DQ for the second one.

H.

  1. Real
  2. Not American
  3. Not a Yank
  4. Dead
  5. European
  6. Male
  7. Died after 1500
  8. I was known for my political endeavours
  9. Died after 1800
  10. Not from the British Isles
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Correct on Herbert Asquith.
Hipshot Percussion, from the Rick O’Shay comic strip.
I wouldn’t call Mata Hari young - 40ish, as I recall - but I’ll rephrase.
DQ: Native speaker of a Germanic language?
IQ1: Are you a fictional young, female American spy?
IQ2: Are you a fictional internationally known detective with two sons?
IQ3: Did Lewis Carroll write a poem about your work as a photographer?

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DQ: Last name start with an H?

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IQ1: Was King George II moved to stand at the first performance of your most famous composition?
IQ2: Was your poetry set to music by both Franz Schubert and Robert Schumann?
IQ3: Were you one of ‘Les Six’?

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3 DQS if the second one is not Sherlock Holmes because I don’t recall him as having two sons…

I’m not Henrich Heine. I would say the first one is Handel, but I’m not sure so have a DQ if I’m wrong there. Have a DQ for number three though.

H.

  1. Real
  2. Not American
  3. Not a Yank
  4. Dead
  5. European
  6. Male
  7. Died after 1500
  8. I was known for my political endeavours
  9. Died after 1800
  10. Not from the British Isles
  11. Native speaker of a Germanic language
  12. Last name starts with an H
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IQs:

  1. Were you the Fuhrer?
  2. Were you #1’s head of the SS?
  3. Were you Lincoln’s first VP?
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George Frederick Handel is indeed who I was after, along with Henrich Heine. #3 is Artur Honegger. ‘Les Six’ drop off steeply in terms of their renown, with Poulenc, Milhaud and Honegger on the ‘at least I’ve heard of them’ side, and Auric, Tailleferre and Durey being real stumpers.

DQ: Are you a member of a royal family?

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Harriet, from the children’s book Harriet the Spy.
Fenton Hardy, father of Frank and Joe.
Hiawatha.
DQ: Scandinavian?
Two DQs reserved…
IQ1: Were you president of Germany when Hitler became chancellor?
IQ2: Were you a WWI ace who later became Master of the German Forests?
IQ3: Were you head of the US Army Air Forces during WW II?

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Join the club! :rolleyes: :wink:

Handel’s Messiah was first performed in Dublin, and His Majesty was not in attendance. I believe the story about him standing at a later performance remains apocryphal.

IQs:

Were you the only chubby Elf in the LOTR movies?
Did you watch firefighters put out a Christmas fire in your workplace?
Was one of your most famous tunes a fake folk song?

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Aye, fair enough. I should have said ‘rumoured to have stood’ and then we’d have been fine. (Apocryphal or not, just try being the only soloist not to stand for the Hallelujah chorus in performance; I dare you!)

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I go to a Messiah performance just about every Christmas. Care to make it interesting?