Botticelli September 2011

Thread Games
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Not William Jennings Bryan

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IQ: Are you typically depicted in a toque?

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IQ: Was an item of your imagined attire popular kidswear in the Fifties?

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IQ: Are you the only person outside of the Jackson family to have 7 US Top 10 singles from one album?

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Yes… and I have a VERY strong feeling you know who I am, but this question is just a tad too indirect.

Try again, and I suspect you’ll be champion again.

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Not Daniel Boone.

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Not… Bruce Springsteen?

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IQ: Did a young Helen Mirren once play your moll?

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Not… Bob Hoskins?

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Correct, in The Long Good Friday.

IQ: Did a likely political opponent half-jokingly suggest that you and he campaign together?

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DOn’t know this one- ask a DQ.

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John F. Kennedy suggested to his personal friend but political rival Barry Goldwater that they campaign together for President in 1964, each having a chance to speak before the same crowds, a la the Lincoln-Douglas debates. LBJ didn’t make the same offer after JFK’s death, and beat Goldwater handily.

DQ: Did you become a folk hero or legendary figure after your death?

IQ: Was a kind of small military vehicle named after you?

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No

  1. Real person (though millions probably believe I’m a made-up character)
  2. Last name starts with “B”
  3. Not born in 20th century.
  4. An American citizen, but born and raised in another country
  5. Male
  6. Alive before 1899- just barely.
  7. I never held a political/public office
  8. I am not a folk hero or legendary figure, and I achieved my fame long before my death

Oh, and ask another DQ- I do’t know the military vehicle.

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Sorry I missed this one- take a DQ.

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Omar Bradley, after whom the Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle was named.

DQ: Greatest achievement(s) during the Civil War?

IQ: Is one of your best-known songs also the title of a popular TV show?

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Had no connection of any kind to the U.S. Civil War - note factoid #6.

  1. Real person (though millions probably believe I’m a made-up character)
  2. Last name starts with “B”
  3. Not born in 20th century.
  4. An American citizen, but born and raised in another country
  5. Male
  6. Alive before 1899- just barely.
  7. I never held a political/public office
  8. I am not a folk hero or legendary figure, and I achieved my fame long before my death
  9. No involvement at all in U.S. Civil War

I can’t think of the song/TV show. Ask another DQ.

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Correct

IQ: When marketing your food product, did you spell your last name phonetically to make it easier for Americans to pronounce your Italian name?

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In an episode of ‘Fawlty Towers’, Basil is listening to a cassette recording of Johannes Brahms’ 3rd Symphony when Sybil walks by and orders him to ‘turn off that racket’. Basil then exclaims ‘But that’s Brahms!’ and mutters under his breath ‘Brahms’ third racket.’

DQ: Did you die before 1960?

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DQ: Are you the author of ‘The Narrow Road to the Deep North’?

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**Yesss! I am Hector Boiardi, better known to millions as Chef Boy-Ar-Dee!

I was born in Italy in 1897, and moved to New York, where I became executive chef at the Plaza Hotel. Later, I was a successful restaurateur in Cleveland. I regularly gave away samples of my sauces in milk bottles, and eventually started canning and mass marketing my dishes myself. Since many Americans wouldn’t know how to pronounce “Boiardi,” I spelled the name phonetically, as “BOY-AR-DEE.”**