Botticelli - October 2015

Thread Games
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Congrats, astorian, you beat out KO by 3 minutes!

Yes, I am Bill Daily, best known as Major Healey on I Dream of Jeannie and pilot/neighbor Howard Borden on The Bob Newhart Show.

Good job, both of you.

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D’oh! Shoulda gotten him. Good job, guys.

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Since it was a virtual tie, and I really don’t have time the next few days, I’m happy to let Knowed Out have this one.

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Thanks astorian. The new letter is E.

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IQs:

  1. Did you discover the theory of relativity?
  2. Were you “the Wizard of Menlo Park”?
  3. Are you a frequent player of Botticelli in the Thread Games?
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not Albert Einstein, not Thomas Edison, not Elendil’s Heir

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IQs:

  1. Did you write Silas Marner?
  2. Did you write The Hollow Men?
  3. Did you head up the Untouchables?
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IQ1: Were you the top-scoring US flying ace of WW I?
IQ2: Were you the second-highest scoring German flying ace of WW I?
IQ2: Were you the highest-scoring flying ace?

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Thanks, Prof. P. My life is now complete: I have been a Botticelli IQ.

And on we go…

IQs:

Were you Arwen’s only known son?
Were you that son’s dad?
Did you and Gil-Galad die in the same fight?

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DQ, DQ, not Elliot Ness

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oh let’s see, one of these in Eddie Rickenbacher, so I’ll try IQ3. Take 2 DQs for the others.

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DQ, DQ, not Elendil

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#1 was George Eliot.
#2 was T. S. Eliot.
Correct on 3.

2 DQs reserved.

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Eddie Rickenbacker (26).
Ernst Udet (60-odd).
Erich Hartmann (over 250).
Hmmm. If the Prof doesn’t want to ask the first DQ, I won’t either. :smiley:
Three DQs reserved.

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Previous IQs:

Were you Arwen’s only known son? - Eldarion.
Were you that son’s dad? - Elessar FKA Aragorn.
Did you and Gil-Galad die in the same fight? - Yes, Elendil.

I fear no DQs! So…

Real?
Male?

IQs:

Were you Lincoln’s first AG?
Were you and your mom the butt of a joke about the weather?
Did your character write a poem about “the trim-set petticoat we leave behind in Devon”?

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DQ Roundup

  1. Real
  2. Male
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WAG time

not Edward Bates, not Hayley Erin, not Edward Lear

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DQ1: Living?
DQ2: American?
DQ3: Known for the Arts?

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DQ: Last name starts with E?

2 DQs reserved.

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DQ Roundup

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Living
  4. American
  5. Not known for the arts
  6. First name starts with E