Botticelli - October 2024

Thread Games
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DQs:

  1. Real.
  2. Male.
  3. Dead.
  4. Surname began with “A”.
  5. Naturalized American citizen.
  6. Died before 1900.
  7. Not known for the arts.
  8. Died before 1950.
  9. Not famous for television roles.
  10. Born in Europe.
  11. Born after 1800.
  12. Not known for government/military.
  13. Born west of Vienna.
  14. Born south of Vienna.
  15. Born before 1850.
  16. Known for science.
  17. Did earn an M.D., and worked extensively in a particular field of biology, but not primarily remembered for either discipline.
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Okay – I think I know who this is. Somebody wake me up after the game is over…

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/runs crying from thread

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Previous IQs:

Were you AKA Sauron? - Annatar (“Lord of Gifts” in Quenya)
Were you AKA Estel? - Yes, Aragorn
Were you Gilraen’s husband? - Yes, Arathorn, Aragorn’s papa

DQ:

Had a disease, condition or malady named after him?

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DQ: Known for physics?

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DQs:

  1. Real.
  2. Male.
  3. Dead.
  4. Surname began with “A”.
  5. Naturalized American citizen.
  6. Died before 1900.
  7. Not known for the arts.
  8. Died before 1950.
  9. Not famous for television roles.
  10. Born in Europe.
  11. Born after 1800.
  12. Not known for government/military.
  13. Born west of Vienna.
  14. Born south of Vienna.
  15. Born before 1850.
  16. Known for science.
  17. Did earn an M.D., and worked extensively in a particular field of biology, but not primarily remembered for either discipline.
  18. Did not have a disease, condition, or malady named after him.
  19. Not known for physics (save in the sense that physics underlies the field of science for which he is remembered).
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Final DQ: known for astronomy?

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If anyone has a DQ they’re welcome to use either or both of mine.

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Might as well try to narrow the nationality down.

DQ: French?

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Don’t give up, knoodler. We all make mistakes!

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DQs:

  1. Real.
  2. Male.
  3. Dead.
  4. Surname began with “A”.
  5. Naturalized American citizen.
  6. Died before 1900.
  7. Not known for the arts.
  8. Died before 1950.
  9. Not famous for television roles.
  10. Born in Europe.
  11. Born after 1800.
  12. Not known for government/military.
  13. Born west of Vienna.
  14. Born south of Vienna.
  15. Born before 1850.
  16. Known for science.
  17. Did earn an M.D., and worked extensively in a particular field of biology, but not primarily remembered for either discipline.
  18. Did not have a disease, condition, or malady named after him.
  19. Not known for physics (save in the sense that physics underlies the field of science for which he is remembere
  20. Not known for astronomy.
  21. Not French.

Give it to @SCAdian. They think they know who this is, and that will give them a firstname-lastname question.

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Okay, folks, seems like no more incoming DQs. I’ll be traveling tomorrow and Saturday morning, so get your firstname-lastname questions in by, let’s say midnight Eastern on Saturday October 12th.

133

Well, it’s not Ampere, Avogadro or Angstrom…

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Niels Abel was Norwegian, so he’s out.

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DQ (courtesy of knoodler): Are you Swiss-born fish-and-glacier scientist Louis Agassiz?

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Good guess.

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@SCAdian had an idea that they knew who this person is, and they were correct! Yes, I am Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz, a Swiss-born ichthyologist, paleontologist, and geologist, coiner of the phrase “Ice Age”, founder of the field of glaciology, the first geologist to recognize the extent of continental glaciation in Europe and North America and the effects of glaciers on Holocene geology, opponent of Darwinism, who ended my days as a much-beloved professor of zoology and geology at Harvard.

@SCAdian bears the bell away! Well-done!

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Ah, well done, SCA! I’ve heard of him but probably wouldn’t have guessed him for a lonnnng time.

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Glacial Lake Agassiz is the best place name ever.

Well done!

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Great pic, SMV. Masterfully done, SCAdian!