Botticelli October 2023

Thread Games
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J

  1. Real
  2. First name begins with J
  3. Dead
  4. Male
  5. Not American
  6. European
  7. From the British Isles
  8. Died in or since 1900
  9. Died before 1960
  10. Known from the arts
  11. Not known for the literary arts
  12. Known in part for the performing arts, but not as a performer
  13. Died since 1940
  14. Not known for music
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Not Jelly Roll Morton? (Total guess -first J pianist I thought of - DQ if I’m wrong)
Not Judas
Not Carl Jung? (another guess - first J psychologist that comes to mind)

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Previous IQs:

Were you a politician who dated Linda Rondstadt? - Yes, then-Calif. Gov. Jerry Brown
Did you jump into a river from a helicopter for a TV show? - Jerry Seinfeld: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gc6tubGe9ms
Did a music duo use your name to represent one half of the group, early in their career? - Yes, Jerry of Tom and Jerry, the future Simon and Garfunkel

DQ:

Knighted?

IQs:

Did FDR joke that you were bowlegged?
Were you elected to the U.S. Senate while you were still too young to serve?
Did your character die just before a big explosion in Terminator 2: Judgment Day?

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IQs:
1. Early on in Ghostbusters, does the librarian say her uncle thought he was (appropriately enough) you?
2. Were you the half-English half-Dutch guitarist in the band Utopia Avenue, penning songs like “Darkroom” and “Nightwatchman”?
3. According to your memoir, are you Glad your Mom Died?

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DQs:
1. known for involvement in film?
2. last name begins from A-M?

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J

  1. Real
  2. First name begins with J
  3. Dead
  4. Male
  5. Not American
  6. European
  7. From the British Isles
  8. Died in or since 1900
  9. Died before 1960
  10. Known from the arts
  11. Not known for the literary arts
  12. Known in part for the performing arts, but not as a performer
  13. Died since 1940
  14. Not known for music
  15. Not knighted
  16. Known for involvement in film
  17. Last name does not begin from A-M
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2 DQs
Not Joe Morton

Not Saint Jerome
DQ
Not Janette McCurdy (sp?) - the iCarly second banana that was in the later spinoff with Ariana Grande (yes, I had Nick audience-aged kids at the time)

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2 was Jasper de Zoet, in the novel Utopia Avenue. Close enough on Jennette McCurdy.

DQ: director?

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J

  1. Real
  2. First name begins with J
  3. Dead
  4. Male
  5. Not American
  6. European
  7. From the British Isles
  8. Died in or since 1900
  9. Died before 1960
  10. Known from the arts
  11. Not known for the literary arts
  12. Known in part for the performing arts, but not as a performer
  13. Died since 1940
  14. Not known for music
  15. Not knighted
  16. Known for involvement in film
  17. Last name does not begin from A-M
  18. Director
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Hmmm, it’s October.

DQ: Known for a horror movie or movies?

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Swept me, you cheeky monkey!

Last IQs:

  1. Should we just call you Angel of the Morning?
  2. Were you a blonde actress who became a sex symbol on the '80s sitcom It’s A Living?
  3. Do you warn people that they might be a redneck?
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IQ: Did you direct Frankenstein (the old one with Boris Karloff)?

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J

  1. Real
  2. First name begins with J
  3. Dead
  4. Male
  5. Not American
  6. European
  7. From the British Isles
  8. Died in or since 1900
  9. Died before 1960
  10. Known from the arts
  11. Not known for the literary arts
  12. Known in part for the performing arts, but not as a performer
  13. Died since 1940
  14. Not known for music
  15. Not knighted
  16. Known for involvement in film
  17. Last name does not begin from A-M
  18. Director
  19. Known for a horror movie or movies
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Not Juice Newton
DQ
Not Jeff Foxworthy

YES!! I am James Whale
British born stage director who came to Hollywood and is best known for his Univeral horror classics Frankenstein, The Bride of Frankenstein, The Invisible Man and The Old Dark House.
Ironically, he chose to direct Frankenstein when offered his pick of projects because he was worried about being typecast as a genre director, as he was previously known for war movies.

Congrats, Prof.

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Thank you. Moving on to…

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IQ1: Are you the renamed Bird of Death?
IQ2: Do you love trash, anything dirty or dingy or dusty, anything ragged or rotten or rusty?
IQ3: Did your boyfriend tell you to get to a nunnery?

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Congrats, Prof.!

IQs:
1. Did you play JFK in Bubba Ho-Tep?
2. Were you Edward Cope’s fellow bone-hunting rival?
3. Did you contribute vocals to “The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill”?

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#1. Take a DQ.
#2. I am not Oscar the Grouch.
#3. I am not Ophelia.

#1. I am not Ossie Davis.
Take 2 DQs.

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2 was Othniel Marsh; 3 was Yoko Ono.

DQs:
1. real?
2. first name begins with O?

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Good job, Prof. P.!

There’s a movie about Whale, which I haven’t seen, but I remember it got good reviews: Gods and Monsters (film) - Wikipedia

Previous IQs:

Did FDR joke that you were bowlegged? - Joe Kennedy, who would have to wear court dress when presented in London as U.S. Ambassador to the Court of St. James’s
Were you elected to the U.S. Senate while you were still too young to serve? - Joe Biden
Did your character die just before a big explosion in Terminator 2: Judgment Day? - Yes, Joe Morton

Joe x3!

On to O.

IQs:

Were you a nude organist?
Were you the Biblical figure after whom he was named?
Were you AKA Tharkun?