Botticelli (Part Whatever)

Thread Games
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1&2. Edward Scissorhands and Eddie Arcaro

DQs:

Are you American?

Are you noted more for authorship (writing, painting, composition, etc) of a work as opposed to performing?

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IQ1. Were you a soccer fan with a murderous bent?

IQ2. Were you one of the few people banned from the Olympic Games for your own safety?

IQ3. Were you and one of your closest co-workers called The Berlin Wall by others who knew the two of you?

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Man, I don’t know any of these. 3 more DQs for Wargamer.

Yes to both.

DQs:

  1. I am real.
  2. I am male.
  3. I am not currently living.
  4. I am known for my contributions to the arts.
  5. I am American.
  6. I am noted more for authorship (writing, painting, composition, etc.) than for performance.
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I’m not Thomas Eagleton (again, I’m not sure - take a DQ if I’m wrong).

I’m not Buddy Ebsen, but I don’t know the second question - another DQ.

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  1. Pablo Escobar, the head of the Medellin Cocaine Cartel, murderer, thug, and soccer nut.

  2. British ski jumper and Accident in Waiting - Eddie ‘the Eagle’ Edwards.

  3. John Ehrlichmann, who along with H.R. Haldemann were collectively known as The Berlin Wall in Richard Nixon’s White House, due to their Germanic surnames and their propensity towards keeping Nixon walled off from any other advisers.

DQ. Were you born after 1900?

DQ. Are you noted for your creation of motion pictures or television?

DQ. Does your last name start with E?
IQ1. Did you direct a movie about an odd pink boat (Hint - see Cecil’s column from 5/23)?

IQ2. Did you and your half-sister REALLY not see eye to eye on matters of religion?

IQ3. Did your folksy style endear you to legions of dogfaces and grunts?

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Do you write prose?

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Blake Edwards, who is married to Julie Andrews (she played the grandmother in The Princess Diaries)

DQ: Did you die in the past 50 years?

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DQs:

  1. I am real.
  2. I am male.
  3. I am not currently living.
  4. I am known for my contributions to the arts.
  5. I am American.
  6. I am noted more for authorship (writing, painting, composition, etc.) than for performance.
  7. I was not born after 1900.
  8. I am not noted for my creation of motion pictures or television.
  9. My last name does not start with E.

Do you have a link to Cecil’s column? I didn’t see anything dated 5/23/2012 on the main page or in the archives. In the meantime, take a DQ for #2. I’m not R. Lee Ermey, although I wouldn’t call his a folksy style. If you were thinking of someone else, take another DQ.

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Nope.
DQs:

  1. I am real.
  2. I am male.
  3. I am not currently living.
  4. I am known for my contributions to the arts.
  5. I am American.
  6. I am noted more for authorship (writing, painting, composition, etc.) than for performance.
  7. I was not born after 1900.
  8. I am not noted for my creation of motion pictures or television.
  9. My last name does not start with E.
  10. I died before May 23, 1962.
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Is this an IQ or a DQ? It’ll make it a lot easier for me if you label your questions.

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Enginerd-sorry, that was a DQ. BTW, my Nixon IQ refered to Ellsberg.

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Well, I’m back! Busy, busy…

IQs:

Did a video of you fussing with your hair go viral?
Were you a notable early Irish patriot and freedom fighter?
Did you and your brother play important roles in the early history of a New England state?

And may I suggest, where possible for clarity, that DQ answers be given more directly/affirmatively?

  1. I am not currently living.
    Instead: 3. Dead.

  2. I was not born after 1900.
    Instead: 7. Born before 1900.

  3. My last name does not start with E.
    Instead: 9. First name starts with E.

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Ah, ok. Yes, I did write prose.

DQs:

  1. I am real.
  2. I am male.
  3. I am not currently living.
  4. I am known for my contributions to the arts.
  5. I am American.
  6. I am noted more for authorship (writing, painting, composition, etc.) than for performance.
  7. I was not born after 1900.
  8. I am not noted for my creation of motion pictures or television.
  9. My last name does not start with E.
  10. I died before May 23, 1962.
  11. I did write prose.
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I’m not John Edwards. Take DQs for your other two questions.

I disagree that this adds clarity - I think it’s more clear to answer the DQs exactly as they were written. For example, you assume that the person has only two names or goes by his first name. If your target were H. Ross Perot under “R,” then the answers “last name does not begin with R” and “first name begins with R” are not interchangeable. To keep things consistent, I’ve been answering all the questions this way.

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IQ1: Do you spend most of your time onstage pointlessly, almost absurdly, arguing with Vladimir?

IQ2: Are you the title character of an opera by Donizetti?

IQ3: Are you the bishop who baptized Constantine?

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Yes, John Edwards.
Edward FitzGerald.
Ethan (and Ira) Allen of Vermont.

DQs:

Novelist?
First name start with E?

IQs:

Does a Detroit church include a memorial to a ship named after you?
Were you the first commodore of the Continental Navy?
Did Guy Pearce play you in a recent award-winning movie?

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I’m not Estragon, but you get two more DQs for your other questions.

I’m neither Edmund Fitzgerald nor Edward VIII. Take a DQ for the naval commander.

I am a novelist. I should have noted in my previous answer that there are no misleading answers so far in this round - it’s just something I always do so that when issues happen it’s not immediately obvious. So yes, my first name begins with E, but you can take another DQ if you wish.

DQs:

  1. I am real.
  2. I am male.
  3. I am not currently living.
  4. I am known for my contributions to the arts.
  5. I am American.
  6. I am noted more for authorship (writing, painting, composition, etc.) than for performance.
  7. I was not born after 1900.
  8. I am not noted for my creation of motion pictures or television.
  9. My last name does not start with E (and my first name does begin with E).
  10. I died before May 23, 1962.
  11. I did write prose.
  12. I was a novelist.
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Quite right with Estragon - was that a Luckey guess? :smiley:

  1. We moderns know her as Elizabeth I, but Rossini named the opera “Elizabetta, Regina d’Inghilterra”. I disqualify myself from a DQ because a shiny object went by and I confused Donizetti for Rossini. I anticipate a visit from the Opera Police at any moment, and I may lose my geek card… The overture that we think of as ‘The Barber of Seville’ is actually the overture to Elizabetta, Regina d’Inghilterra, and I should have had that on the forefront of my mind.

  2. The bishop who baptized Constantine was Eusebius.

So -

DQ: Were you born aften 1800?

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IQ1: Papa?

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Booooo! I was going to dock you a DQ for that, but since you did it yourself I’ll let it slide. :wink:

Yes.
DQs:

  1. I am real.
  2. I am male.
  3. I am not currently living.
  4. I am known for my contributions to the arts.
  5. I am American.
  6. I am noted more for authorship (writing, painting, composition, etc.) than for performance.
  7. I was not born after 1900.
  8. I am not noted for my creation of motion pictures or television.
  9. My last name does not start with E (and my first name does begin with E).
  10. I died before May 23, 1962.
  11. I did write prose.
  12. I was a novelist.
  13. I was born after 1800.