Botticelli Round #30

Thread Games
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So I was trying to think of names this morning, and kept coming up with initials we’ve already used recently…well, more on that later. Meanwhile:

I’m WB.

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Are you either member of the only father-son pair to share a single Nobel Prize?

3

Are you the Sage of Omaha?

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[QUOTE=tim314]
Are you either member of the only father-son pair to share a single Nobel Prize?
[/QUOTE]

No, and I don’t know who that is. DQ to you.

[QUOTE=Wargamer]
Are you the Sage of Omaha?
[/QUOTE]

I am not Warren Buffett.

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[QUOTE=tim314]
Are you either member of the only father-son pair to share a single Nobel Prize?
[/QUOTE]

William Henry Bragg and William Lawrence Bragg shared the 1915 Nobel Prize in Physics for X-Ray diffraction.

Does that mean I get two DQs?

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[QUOTE=tim314]
Does that mean I get two DQs?
[/QUOTE]

Don’t be greedy! :smiley:

Oh, all right. Two DQs.

7

DQ: Are you fictional?
DQ: Were you born (if real) or created (if fictional) after 1900?

IQ: Do you have a shooting star on your tummy?

8

Did you win an Oscar for your role as the Cisco Kid?

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[QUOTE=tim314]
DQ: Are you fictional?
DQ: Were you born (if real) or created (if fictional) after 1900?
[/QUOTE]

No and no.

Not that I’m aware of. Another DQ.

WB is

  • Not fictional
  • Not born after 1900
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[QUOTE=tim314]
Did you win an Oscar for your role as the Cisco Kid?
[/QUOTE]

I am not Warner Baxter.

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[QUOTE=tim314]
Do you have a shooting star on your tummy?
[/QUOTE]

Wish Bear, one of the original Care Bears. :smiley:

DQ: Were you born in an English-speaking country?

IQ: Were you a famous opponent of the theory of evolution?

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Are you a noted outlaw?

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[QUOTE=tim314]
DQ: Were you born in an English-speaking country?
[/quote]

Yes.

I am not William Jennings Bryan.

WB is

  • Not fictional
  • Not born after 1900
  • Born in an English-speaking country
14

Are you a Franciscan who bears a certain resemblance to Sherlock Holmes?

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[QUOTE=Wargamer]
Are you a noted outlaw?
[/QUOTE]

Well, are you?

16

Are you a British jurist who had a job forced on him by Parliament?

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[QUOTE=Wargamer]
Are you a noted outlaw?
[/QUOTE]

Don’t know who you mean. Take a DQ.

I am not William of Baskerville.

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[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir]
Are you a British jurist who had a job forced on him by Parliament?
[/QUOTE]

Hmm. Dunno. DQ to you.

19

Were you the first US Senator to be expelled from the Senate?

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Are you an 18th-century American choral composer?