Botticelli - Sep 2013

Thread Games
141

Henry Gibson. (Here is the Duke’s version, followed by a bunch of Henry’s.)
Correct on Garth Brooks.
Cotton Jenny was done by Gordon Lightfoot.
DQ1: Living?
DQ2: European?

142

DQs:

  1. Real.
  2. Male.
  3. Not American.
  4. Dead.
  5. European.
143

IQ1: Did you play a soldier, a high-school football coach, and a wealthy amnesiac?
IQ2: Were you told to light the lamp, not the rat?
IQ3: Were you killed by Jesse’s youngest son?

144

I’m not Goldie Hawn.
I’m not Gonzo, but am a fan of both the Muppets and A Christmas Carol.
Take a DQ for #3.

145

Correct on Goldie and Gonzo.
Jesse’s youngest son was David, who killed Goliath of Gath.
DQ: Died after 1800?
IQ1: I’ve made an effigy of you - may I have a penny for it?

146

DQs:

  1. Real.
  2. Male.
  3. Not American.
  4. Dead.
  5. European.
  6. Died after 1800.
147

IQ1: I’ve made an effigy of you - may I have a penny for it?

A penny for the old Guy! I am not Guy Fawkes.

148

DQ1: G is for your last name?
DQ2: known for the arts?

IQ1: were you the first human being to achieve a particular feat, previously accomplished by a dog?
IQ2: Do you have a biscuit named after you?
IQ3: Do you have a style of chant named after you?

149

Isabella Stewart Gardner
Nathanael Greene, one of George Washington’s favorite generals, exhumed many years after burial
Adolf Galland, fighter ace and later Luftwaffe general

DQs:

Last name start with G?
British?
Died since 1900?

IQs:

Did you relish life in Karinhall?
Did you look much older in your first media appearance?
Did you have a dog named Sweetlips?

150

DQs:

  1. Real.
  2. Male.
  3. Not American.
  4. Dead.
  5. European.
  6. Died after 1800.
  7. Last name starts with G.
  8. Not British.
  9. Died before 1900.
151

#2, I’m not Groucho. If not Groucho, take a DQ.
Take 2 DQs for the others.

152

Hermann Goering - Karinhall was his country retreat, stuffed with looted art
Goofy the Dawg - he looked like a geezer in his first cartoon appearance
George Washington

DQs:

French?
Political/military?
Died after 1850?

IQs:

Did a young spy depend on you?
Was your answering-machine message based on a TV show theme?
Did your little boy get a lot of attention for clowning around when you were sworn in?

153

DQs:

  1. Real.
  2. Male.
  3. Not American.
  4. Dead.
  5. European.
  6. Died after 1800.
  7. Last name starts with G.
  8. Not British.
  9. Died before 1900.
  10. French.
  11. Not political/military.
  12. Died before 1850.
154

I suspect the last one is George H. W. Bush, but I don’t know.
Take 3 DQs.

155

Think you may have missed this ^

156

DQs:

  1. Real.
  2. Male.
  3. Not American.
  4. Dead.
  5. European.
  6. Died after 1800.
  7. Last name starts with G.
  8. Not British.
  9. Died before 1900.
  10. French.
  11. Not political/military.
  12. Died before 1850.
  13. Known for the arts.
157

IQ1: were you the first human being to achieve a particular feat, previously accomplished by a dog?
IQ2: Do you have a biscuit named after you?
IQ3: Do you have a style of chant named after you?

Sorry 'bout that. Since we already had the “last name starts with G”, take another DQ for that.

I am not Yuri Gagarin.
I don’t know for whom exactly the Graham Cracker was named, so take a DQ.
I’m not St. Gregory.

158

Correct on 1 and 3, number 2 was Guisseppe Garibaldi.

159

IQ1: Were you CO of the Arab Legion in the '40s and '50s?
IQ2: Were you a small-town auto mechanic whose cousin enlisted in the Marines?
IQ3: Were you that cousin?

160

DQ1: Known for literature, including drama and poetry?