Botticelli - October 2016

Thread Games
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I am not Dean Acheson.
Take 2 DQs.

22

I think we can safely assume that it isn’t Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain again… :smiley:
IQ1: Did you disappear for a few days in 1926?
IQ2: Did you disappear for a few weeks in 1926?
IQ3: Did you disappear permanently in 1928?

23

I am not Agatha Christie. Take 2 DQs.

24

But you didn’t say which one you thought was Christie…
Agatha Christie.
Aimee Semple McPherson.
Roald Amundsen.
DQ1: American?
DQ2: Known for the performing arts?

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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
  8. American
  9. Known for the performing arts
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Correct. I have asked about this guy in previous rounds.

Previous IQs:

Were you Truman’s SECSTATE? - Yes, Dean Acheson.
Did Brock Peters play your client? - Atticus Finch’s client Tom Robinson was played by Brock Peters in To Kill A Mockingbird.
Were you the first CO of the 20th Maine, and later a Reconstruction-era Governor of Mississippi? - Adelbert Ames (Chamberlain was the second CO of the unit).

DQs:

Actress?
Has won a top award?

IQs:

Were you a star of WKRP in Cincinnati?
Did you sometimes fill in for Dr. Watson when he went off on adventures with Sherlock Holmes?
Did you once play Vin Diesel’s sweetie?

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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
  8. American
  9. Known for the performing arts
  10. Actress
  11. Nominated, but hasn’t won a top award
28

See my IQs?

29

oops.

  1. I am not Loni Anderson.
  2. Take a DQ.
  3. Riddick, Groot, Fast and Furious, nope. Take a DQ.
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Previous IQs:

Were you a star of WKRP in Cincinnati? - Yes, Loni Anderson.
Did you sometimes fill in for Dr. Watson when he went off on adventures with Sherlock Holmes? - Dr. Anstruther.
Did you once play Vin Diesel’s sweetie? - Asia Argento in XXX.

DQs:

Best known for comedy?
Greatest fame since 2006?

IQs:

Were you Adama’s daughter in the first BSG?
Did you spring forth from Zeus’s brow?
Is Gloria Vanderbilt your mom?

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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
  8. American
  9. Known for the performing arts
  10. Actress
  11. Nominated, but hasn’t won a top award
  12. Not best known for comedy
  13. Greatest fame since 2006
32

#2: I am not Athena.
#3: I am not Anderson Cooper.
Take a DQ.

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Previous IQs:

Were you Adama’s daughter in the first BSG? - Athena
Did you spring forth from Zeus’s brow? - Yes, another Athena
Is Gloria Vanderbilt your mom? - Yes, Anderson Cooper

DQ:

Best known for movies?

IQs:

Did you play a Republican senator from California?
Are you that senator?
Are you the best-known person to come from Graz?

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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
  8. American
  9. Known for the performing arts
  10. Actress
  11. Nominated, but hasn’t won a top award
  12. Not best known for comedy
  13. Greatest fame since 2006
  14. Known both for movies and TV; nominated for an Oscar
35

Take 3 DQs.

36

Previous IQs:

Did you play a Republican senator from California? - Alan Alda, on The West Wing
Are you that senator? - Arnold Vinick
Are you the best-known person to come from Graz? - Ahnuld

DQ:

Has a famous spouse?

Two DQs reserved.

IQs:

Are you the scary steel-magnolia mom in Gillian Flynn’s Sharp Objects?
Are you her mean-girl younger daughter?
Did your son own Hildene?

37

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
  8. American
  9. Known for the performing arts
  10. Actress
  11. Nominated, but hasn’t won a top award
  12. Not best known for comedy
  13. Greatest fame since 2006
  14. Known both for movies and TV; nominated for an Oscar
  15. Unmarried
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…and take 3 more DQs.

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Previous IQs:

Are you the scary steel-magnolia mom in Gillian Flynn’s Sharp Objects? - Adora Preaker
Are you her mean-girl younger daughter? - Amity Preaker, called Ama
Did your son own Hildene? - Abraham Lincoln’s eldest son, Robert: Hildene - Wikipedia. The house is well worth a visit.

Five DQs reserved. Can’t figure out who this is. Other players may use my DQs, one per customer.

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Hint: the Oscar nomination was for Best Supporting Actress.