Botticelli Round #30

Are you a famous Pilgrim and the author of Of Plymouth Plantation?

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Were you the first US Senator to be expelled from the Senate?
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Don’t know these; DQs to youse.

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Are you a famous Pilgrim and the author of Of Plymouth Plantation?
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I am not William Bradford.

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

DQ: Are you an American?

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DQ: Are you an American?
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Nope.

WB is

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

Does your “road to excess lead to the palace of wisdom?”

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Does your “road to excess lead to the palace of wisdom?”
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You got me! I am visionary poet, engraver, and artist William Blake.

Thanks to everyone for playing!

Were you half of the team that made “Aja”?

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Were you half of the team that made “Aja”?
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Not Walter Becker, and a bit late, but I was hoping someone would ask this!

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Are you a British jurist who had a job forced on him by Parliament?
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This was William Babington, who was forced to take the job of serjeant-at-law by Parliament despite his protests that he couldn’t afford the inauguration ceremony!

Congrats, want2know!

I don’t believe it–that was a stone cold guess!

Thank you, Bull Durham ! :smiley:

Mine was William Billings, for the record.

The noted outlaw - William Bonney aka Billy the Kid.

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The noted outlaw - William Bonney aka Billy the Kid.
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I figured it was a name I should have known!