Botticelli - September 2018

Thread Games
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Yes, I am Dolly! Named as the 1997 Breakthrough of the Year by Science Magazine.

Next round goes to the Prof.

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Swept me, too, and good job, Prof. P.! That was a damned quick round.

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The one-word name (and not being in the Arts) was the giveaway.

Looking at EH’s handy list, I see M and N haven’t been used in a bit, so…
I am M!

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I forgot we could use animals. Grats, Prof.

IQ1: Are you quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons?
IQ2: Are you quarterback for the Detroit Lions?
IQ3: Are you quarterback for the NY Giants?

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IQs:

Were you a longtime spokesman for Publisher’s Clearinghouse?
Did you advise Neo on how to survive the Matrix?
Do you play Teddy on Westworld?

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IQs:

  1. Did your steam shovel dig out a cellar, but couldn’t get out of it?
  2. Do you have a sister named after a season?
  3. Do you hail from the extradimnsional land of Zrfff?
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#2. I am not Eli Manning. Take 2 DQs.

#1. I am not Ed McMahon.
#2. I am not Morpheus.
Take a DQ.

#1. I am not Mike Mulligan.
Take a DQ for #2.
#3. I am not Mr. Mxyzptlk.

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Matt Ryan, Matthew Stafford, correct

DQ: Real?
DQ: Last name start with M?

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DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Last name starts with M
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IQ1: Are you an NBA sportscaster who was fired by NBC for biting women?
IQ2: Are you head coach of the Cincinnati Bengals?
IQ3: Are you an American composer noted for the ragtime tunes used in the soundtrack for The Sting?

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#3. I am not Marvin Hamlisch (who used tunes written by Scott Joplin, if I remember correctly).
Take 2 DQs for the others.

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#2 was Morty Smith, of Rick and Morty (whose sister is named Summer.).
IQs:

  1. Were your novels adapted into the movies The Incredible Shrinking Man and What Dreams May Come?
  2. Did you write the screenplay for ET?
  3. Did you play Otter in Animal House?
    DQ: Living?
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Previous IQs:

Were you a longtime spokesman for Publisher’s Clearinghouse? - Yes, Ed McMahon
Did you advise Neo on how to survive the Matrix? - Yes, Morpheus
Do you play Teddy on Westworld? - James Marsden

DQ:

Male?

IQs:

Were you a fictional villain with the same name as your brother?
Were you that brother?
Were you a bad guy on Babylon 5 who ended up on display after your death?

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DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Last name starts with M
  3. Deceased
  4. Male
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  1. I am not Richard Matheson.
    Take 2 DQs.
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Take 3 DQs. (I know I’ll facepalm when I see who 1 & 2 are.)

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Previous IQs:

Were you a fictional villain with the same name as your brother? - James Moriarty
Were you that brother? - James Moriarty (Conan Doyle was never much on continuity)
Were you a bad guy on Babylon 5 who ended up on display after your death? - Mr. Morden

DQs:

American?
Died since 1950?
Best known for the Arts?

IQs:

Did you play Lois Lane in the first big-budget Superman movie?
Did you (perhaps apocryphally) help load and fire a cannon during the Battle of Monmouth?
Did Kathy Bates play you, a real person, in a historical drama?

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DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Last name starts with M
  3. Deceased
  4. Male
  5. American
  6. Died since 1950
  7. Not known for the Arts
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  1. I am not Margot Kidder.
    Take 2 DQs.
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Marv Albert, Marvin Lewis, correct.

Marvin x 3!

DQ: Known for the Sciences?

holding a DQ