Botticelli - Sep 2013

Thread Games
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IQ: Do you have a publishing house named after you?

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Take a DQ for #1. I’m not Goober or Gomer.

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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.
  14. Not known for literature in any form.
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I’m not Gutenberg.

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Ole Golly, the nanny in Harriet the Spy
George Costanza: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caoYdiq3kak
Rudy Giuliani, when first sworn in as NYC mayor. His son stole the show.

DQs:

Known for the visual arts (painting, sculpture, printing, sketching, etc.)?

Two DQs reserved.

IQs:

Were you a painter who died in Polynesia?
Did you have no talent at all for guessing how much candy was in a jar?
Were you a fictional sports star who went on to become a writer?

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I’m not Gauguin.
DQ for #2.
Unless #3 is Goofy again, take another DQ.

167

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.
  14. Not known for literature in any form.
  15. Known for the visual arts.
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Right
Gibby, the slow and/or weird kid in iCarly
Ginny Weasley, a women’s quidditch star before becoming a sportswriter for The Daily Prophet

DQs:

Painter?
Best known for a single work?

Three DQs reserved.

IQs:

Did you design a structure that instantly symbolizes the city in which it stands?
Is your name supposedly the result of a mispronunciation?
Did you “lose control” of your horse at an opportune moment?

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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.
  14. Not known for literature in any form.
  15. Known for the visual arts.
  16. Painter
  17. While one of his paintings usually makes the list of the top 100 most important paintings, he’s equally as well known for his entire oeuvre
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And three more DQs.

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IQ: In ‘The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie’, did Maggie Smith’s character describe you as her favourite painter of the Italian renaissance?

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Take a DQ, Ministre.

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Gustave Eiffel
Galinda in Wicked became Glinda in The Wizard of Oz
George Armstrong Custer dramatically went thundering down the street in the Grand Review in Washington, D.C. at the end of the Civil War. Many still think it was just a stunt.

I yield my earned DQs to anyone who’d like to ask them, one per customer. I can’t think of a French painter of that period other than Gaugin, about whom I already asked.

Just to be on the safe side:

IQ:

Are you a painter who famously mutilated himself and eventually committed suicide?

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That would be ‘Giotto’ - I’ve derived endless delight from hearing her saying ‘…but my favourite painter of the Italian renaissance is Giot-tow.’ in her posh Scots accent.

DQ: Did your paintings chronicle the French Revolution like your (apparent) contemporary David?

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I am not Vincent van Gogh.

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David’s teacher was Girodet: I’m not him. I’m not Gros either.

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Colllline! I’m stuck - Gros was my best guess.

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  • Should have added, “with a last name beginning with G.”
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Still thinking… thinking… thinking…

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Gauguin and Van Gogh are the only French painters I can think of with a ‘G’ name. Don’t think I’d ever even heard of Girodet or Gros.