Botticelli - September 2018

Thread Games
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Previous IQs:

Did you get a happy-birthday call from JFK just hours before he died? - Not ol’ Nikita, FDR’s first VP, John Nance Garner
Did you play Sgt. Carter’s nemesis? - Yes, Jim Nabors, on Gomer Pyle USMC
Was your only nephew named Frederick? - Dr. Niles Crane, on Frasier

DQs:

First appeared in print?
American?

82
  1. (guest appearance on Sesame Street) is Ralph Nader.
  2. (“vast wasteland”) is FCC chair Newton Minow.

IQs:

  1. Did you produce and co-write the movie Head?
  2. Were you the first golfer to win the Masters Tournament twice in a row?
  3. Are you the love interest of Jake Sully?
    DQs:

Main character?
First appeared after 1980?

83

IQs:

Were you Hagrid’s pet who had to go away?
Have you played a senior police officer, a superhero and a man preparing to go to prison?
Does a statue of you stand in Langley, Va.?

84

EH: Could you clarify “first appeared in print?” Print applies to more than text.

DQ Roundup

  1. Fictional
  2. Female
  3. Last name does not start with N
  4. First appeared since 1950
  5. American
  6. Not the main character
  7. First appeared after 1980
85

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IQs:

  1. Did you produce and co-write the movie Head?
  2. Were you the first golfer to win the Masters Tournament twice in a row?
  3. Are you the love interest of Jake Sully?

take 3 DQs

86

DQ, not Nicholas Cage? DQ

87

Clarified DQ:

First appeared in a book or short story?

Previous IQs:

Were you Hagrid’s pet who had to go away? - Norbert the baby dragon
Have you played a senior police officer, a superhero and a man preparing to go to prison? - Not Nicolas Cage, but Edward Norton, in The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Incredible Hulk and 25th Hour
Does a statue of you stand in Langley, Va.? - Nathan Hale, Revolutionary War spy, at CIA HQ

New DQs:

First appeared after 2000?
Romantic interest of the lead character?
Considered a beauty?

IQs:

Were you misquoted as saying “Get there fustest with the mostest”?
Were you one of Washington’s top generals?
Did you write about caring for your young son, perhaps the first male novelist ever to do so?

88

DQ Roundup

  1. Fictional
  2. Female
  3. Last name does not start with N
  4. First appeared since 1950
  5. American
  6. Not the main character
  7. First appeared after 1980
  8. Did not originally appear in a book or short story
  9. First appeared after 2000
  10. Not the romantic interest of the lead character (but that would be a sight to see)
  11. Considered beautiful to some, not beautiful to others
89

not Nathan Bedford Forest (who really said it if not him?), DQ, DQ

90

Previous IQs:

Were you misquoted as saying “Get there fustest with the mostest”? - Yes, Nathan Bedford Forrest (most historians think it’s the kind of thing he might say, just that he probably never actually said it)
Were you one of Washington’s top generals? - Nathaniel Greene
Did you write about caring for your young son, perhaps the first male novelist ever to do so? - Nathaniel Hawthorne

Nathan(iel) x3!

DQs:

First appeared in a movie?
Would generally be considered a nice person?

IQs:

Was Emma Hamilton your lover?
Was your nickname “Commissary”?
Was Mindy, your daughter, a much nicer person than you?

91

DQ Roundup

  1. Fictional
  2. Female
  3. Last name does not start with N
  4. First appeared since 1950
  5. American
  6. Not the main character
  7. First appeared after 1980
  8. Did not originally appear in a book or short story
  9. First appeared after 2000
  10. Not the romantic interest of the lead character (but that would be a sight to see)
  11. Considered beautiful to some, not beautiful to others
  12. Did not first appear in a movie, but did eventually
  13. Not generally perceived as nice
92

take 3 DQs

93

DQs:

  1. Originally from a TV series?
  2. Unusual first name?
94

DQ Roundup

  1. Fictional
  2. Female
  3. Last name does not start with N
  4. First appeared since 1950
  5. American
  6. Not the main character
  7. First appeared after 1980
  8. Did not originally appear in a book or short story
  9. First appeared after 2000
  10. Not the romantic interest of the lead character (but that would be a sight to see)
  11. Considered beautiful to some, not beautiful to others
  12. Did not first appear in a movie, but did eventually
  13. Not generally perceived as nice
  14. Not originally from a TV series
  15. Unusual first name
95

IQs:

  1. Did Karen Gillan play you in the Guardians of the Galaxy movies?
  2. Did you create the first American English dictionary?
  3. Did Andrew Cuomo just defeat you in a primary?
96
  1. is Jack Nicholson.
  2. is Jack Nicklaus.
  3. is Neytiri (from Avatar.)

IQs:

  1. Did you and your similarly-named band sing “99 Luftballons”?
  2. Aside from being a scientist, did you prosecute counterfeiters as Master of the London Mint?
  3. Are you Barb Holland’s best friend?
    DQs:
    From science fiction/fantasy?
    First appeared after 2009?

One DQ reserved.

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Previous IQs:

Was Emma Hamilton your lover? - Lord Nelson
Was your nickname “Commissary”? - Gen. Nathaniel Banks, during the Civil War, because the Confederates captured so many supplies from him
Was Mindy, your daughter, a much nicer person than you? - King Neptune, in The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie

DQ:

First appeared in comics?

Two DQs reserved.

98

DQ Roundup

  1. Fictional
  2. Female
  3. Last name does not start with N
  4. First appeared since 1950
  5. American
  6. Not the main character
  7. First appeared after 1980
  8. Did not originally appear in a book or short story
  9. First appeared after 2000
  10. Not the romantic interest of the lead character (but that would be a sight to see)
  11. Considered beautiful to some, not beautiful to others
  12. Did not first appear in a movie, but did eventually
  13. Not generally perceived as nice
  14. Not originally from a TV series
  15. Unusual first name
  16. From Science fiction/fantasy
  17. First appeared before 2009
  18. First appeared in comics
99

not Nebula, DQ, not Cynthia Nixon

100

not Nina, not Isaac Newton from the *Baroque *series, DQ