Botticelli - September 2015

Thread Games
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IQ1: Are you noted for saying “This is my sandbox, I’m not allowed to go in the deep end”?
IQ2: Are you a penguin who frequently tormented the dog Smedley?
IQ3: Are you the villain in the video game Fix-It Felix, Jr.?

622

DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Dead
  4. Known for the Arts
  5. American
  6. Last name starts with W
  7. Died since 1950
  8. Known for the performing arts
  9. Not an actor
  10. Won many honors, though not exactly a top award
  11. Not known for being handsome, but not bad looking either
  12. Musician
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#2. I’m not Chilly Willy. Take 2 DQs.

624

Correct.
Eli Wallach (The Good, the Bad and the Ugly).
Correct.
DQ: Best known as a singer?
IQ1: Were you a cartoon odobenid?
IQ2: Were you #1’s frequent opponent?
IQ3: Did you create #2?

625

DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Dead
  4. Known for the Arts
  5. American
  6. Last name starts with W
  7. Died since 1950
  8. Known for the performing arts
  9. Not an actor
  10. Won many honors, though not exactly a top award
  11. Not known for being handsome, but not bad looking either
  12. Musician
  13. Not a singer
626

I can’t think of #1’s name (I know it’s a walrus). Take a DQ.
I am not Woody Woodpecker.
I am not Walter Lantz.

627

Ralph Wiggum, correct, Wreck-it Ralph

DQ: Instrumentalist?

holding 2 DQs

628

DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Dead
  4. Known for the Arts
  5. American
  6. Last name starts with W
  7. Died since 1950
  8. Known for the performing arts
  9. Not an actor
  10. Won many honors, though not exactly a top award
  11. Not known for being handsome, but not bad looking either
  12. Musician
  13. Not a singer
  14. Not remembered primarily as an instrumentalist
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Wally Walrus.
Correct.
Correct.
I really didn’t expect you to know what an odobenid was…
One DQ reserved.
Here’s another set where you’ll know either all of them or none of them. :smiley:

IQ1: Did you write a play about Marian and Harold?
IQ2: Were you Marian’s brother?
IQ3: Were you Harold’s friend?

630

Your right. Take 3 DQs.

631

Meredith Willson.
Winthrop Paroo.
Marcellus Washburn.
DQ: Known for classical music?
Three DQs reserved.

632

DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Dead
  4. Known for the Arts
  5. American
  6. Last name starts with W
  7. Died since 1950
  8. Known for the performing arts
  9. Not an actor
  10. Won many honors, though not exactly a top award
  11. Not known for being handsome, but not bad looking either
  12. Musician
  13. Not a singer
  14. Not remembered primarily as an instrumentalist
  15. Not remembered for classical music.

Y’know, as many times as I’ve seen the Music Man…

633

Previous IQs:

Were you accused of being a Nazi collaborator but defended by George Orwell? - P.G. Wodehouse: P.G. Wodehouse, Nazi sympathizer/collaborationist? - Great Debates - Straight Dope Message Board.
Are you Dilbert’s laziest coworker? - Yes, Wally.
Did Otto eat all of the others like you? - The title character of A Fish Called Wanda.

DQs:

Most famous before 1963?
Composer?

IQs:

Was a U.S. nuclear submarine recently named after you?
Are you a noted German film director?
Were you half of a judicial pair of “Minnesota Twins”?

634

IQ1: Did you compose the soundtrack for horror and suspense movies such as The Bride of Frankenstein and Alfred Hitchcock’s Rebecca?
IQ2: Did you win an Oscar for composing Lullaby of Broadway?
IQ3: Did you compose the opera version of Arthur Miller’s The Crucible?

635

DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Dead
  4. Known for the Arts
  5. American
  6. Last name starts with W
  7. Died since 1950
  8. Known for the performing arts
  9. Not an actor
  10. Won many honors, though not exactly a top award
  11. Not known for being handsome, but not bad looking either
  12. Musician
  13. Not a singer
  14. Not remembered primarily as an instrumentalist
  15. Not remembered for classical music.
  16. Most famous before 1963
  17. Composer, but not best known for that
636

#2. I am not Helmut Weiss. (You may have someone else in mind.)
Take 2 DQs.

637

#2. I am not Henry Warren. Take 2 DQs for the others.

638

IQ1) Did you own a cheese shop with absolutely no cheese in it?

IQ2) Were you the last British female to win a singles title at Wimbledon?

IQ3) Did you win the National League MVP award for breaking Ty Cobb’s stolen bases record?

639

Previous IQs:

Was a U.S. nuclear submarine recently named after you? - Former U.S. Sen. John Warner (R-Va.).
Are you a noted German film director? - I’ll rephrase.
Were you half of a judicial pair of “Minnesota Twins”? - Warren Burger and Harry Blackmun were both Republicans from Minnesota appointed to SCOTUS by President Nixon. Over time, they drifted apart in their jurisprudence.

DQs:

Conductor?
Born east of the Miss. River?

IQs:

Are you a noted German film director with a thing for angels?
Did your dad write* The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table*?
Did you rush troops to the summit of Little Round Top?

640

DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Dead
  4. Known for the Arts
  5. American
  6. Last name starts with W
  7. Died since 1950
  8. Known for the performing arts
  9. Not an actor
  10. Won many honors, though not exactly a top award
  11. Not known for being handsome, but not bad looking either
  12. Musician
  13. Not a singer
  14. Not remembered primarily as an instrumentalist
  15. Not remembered for classical music.
  16. Most famous before 1963
  17. Composer, but not best known for that
  18. Conductor
  19. Born west of the Mississippi River