Botticelli - October 2016

Thread Games
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And this round, I am A.

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IQ1: Did you introduce yourself palindromically to your new help meet?
IQ2: Were you the hero of Shakespeare’s bloodiest play?
IQ3: Were you the losing commander at Actium?

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IQ1: Did you introduce yourself palindromically to your new help meet?
IQ2: Were you the hero of Shakespeare’s bloodiest play?
IQ3: Were you the losing commander at Actium?

I am not Adam.
I am not Titus Andronicus.
I am not Mark Antony.

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September thread: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=803313

IQs:

Are you a key figure in the new HBO Westworld series?
Are you her malfunctioning father?
Did Lorne Greene and Edward James Olmos both play you?

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I don’t get HBO. Take 2 DQs for the first two.
I am not Commander Adama.

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Previous IQs:

Are you a key figure in the new HBO Westworld series? - Dolores Abernathy
Are you her malfunctioning father? - Horace Abernathy
Did Lorne Greene and Edward James Olmos both play you? - Yes, Commander Adama

DQs:

Real?
Male?

IQs:

Did the song “Girl of My Dreams” haunt you?
Did you defend soldiers charged in the Boston Massacre?
Will you appear in the upcoming miniseries Sharp Objects?

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DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Female
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#2: I am not John Adams.
Take 2 DQs.

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Correct on all three.
IQ1: Was Anna Anderson proven to not be you?
IQ2: Were two of your great-grandchildren kings of the same country?
IQ3: Were the Diadochi your successors?

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#1. I am not Anastasia. (? Take a DQ if I’m wrong.)
Take 2 DQs anyway.

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Previous IQs:

Did the song “Girl of My Dreams” haunt you? - Harry Angel, in Angel Heart
Did you defend soldiers charged in the Boston Massacre? - Yes, John Adams
Will you appear in the upcoming miniseries Sharp Objects? - Amy Adams

DQs:

Living?
Last name begin with A?

IQs:

Do you deserve credit for the Monroe Doctrine?
Did you get notoriously tipsy in March 1865?
Was your catchphrase “Keep the faith, baby”?

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DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Female
  3. Living
  4. Last name starts with A
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I am not John Quincy Adams.
I am not Andrew Johnson.
I am not Adam Clayton Powell.

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Swept 'em.

IQs:

Were you a helicopter pilot during the 1982 Falklands War?
Does your cross appear on the flag of Scotland?
Were you Jimmy Carter’s UN ambassador?

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#2. I am not St. Andrew.
Take 2 DQs.

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Correct.
Prince Albert. (The g’grandsons were Edward VIII and George VI.)
Alexander the Great.
IQ1: Did you have a camel named Clyde?
IQ2: Were you played by Leo G Carroll and Hugh Grant?
IQ3: Were you the inspiration for two novels illustrated by Sir John Tenniel?

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I am not Ahab the Arab.
Take a DQ for #2.
I am not Alice Liddell.

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Correct.
Alexander Waverly, head of UNCLE.
Correct.

DQ: Known for the Arts?

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Previous IQs:

Were you a helicopter pilot during the 1982 Falklands War? - Prince Andrew
Does your cross appear on the flag of Scotland? - Yes, St. Andrew
Were you Jimmy Carter’s UN ambassador? - Andrew Young

Andrew x3!

DQs:

Considered a beauty?
Born since 1964?

IQs:

Were you Truman’s SECSTATE?
Did Brock Peters play your client?
Were you the first CO of the 20th Maine, and later a Reconstruction-era Governor of Mississippi?

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DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Female
  3. Living
  4. Last name starts with A
  5. Known for the Arts
  6. Considered a beauty
  7. Born since 1964