Botticelli - September 2019

Thread Games
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#3. I am not Bob Jones.
Take 2 DQs.

422

DQ: Spanish?

holding a DQ

IQ1: Did John Travolta play you in Welcome Back Kotter?
IQ2: Are you the evil head coach of the New England Patriots?
IQ3: Are you the evil QB of the New England Patriots?

423

Let me guess, you don’t like the Patriots.

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Previous IQs:

Have you played a prosecutor, a concierge, a computer scientist and a network exec? - Bob Balaban, in Absence of Malice, The Grand Budapest Hotel, 2010: The Year We Make Contact and Seinfeld
Did you work in Chicago and have a frizzy-haired receptionist? - Bob Newhart
Did a nice little old lady want to send you money in the remake of The Ladykillers? - Yes, Bob Jones (and his University)

Bob x3!

DQs:

Singer?
Best known for rock/pop music?

IQs:

Were you a notable German playwright?
Did you write about a spunky little girl who lived in a Paris house covered in vines?
Did you change your mind about dedicating an important work of yours to Napoleon?

425

DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Not American
  4. Dead
  5. Known for the Arts
  6. Last name starts with B
  7. European
  8. Not British nor Irish
  9. Not best known for the visual arts
  10. Greatest fame after 1950
  11. Popular in the U.S., but more popular elsewhere
  12. Best known for music
  13. Native speaker of a Romance language
  14. Not Spanish
  15. Singer
  16. Best known for pop music
426
  1. I am not Vinnie Barbarino.
  2. Take a DQ.
  3. I am not Tom Brady.
  1. I am not Bertolt Brecht.
  2. I am not Ludwig Bemelmans.
  3. I am not Ludwig van Beethoven.
427

IQ1: Are you a loser with two turntables and a microphone?
IQ2: Were you often associated with Frank Zappa in discussions of bizarre music acts?
IQ3: Are you The Brown Dirt Cowboy?

428
  1. I am not Beck (??)
  2. I am not Captain Beefheart (??)
  3. I am not Bernie Taupin.

Take DQ’s if I’m wrong.

429

correct, Bill Bellichek, correct

DQ: Italian?

holding a DQ

430

DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Not American
  4. Dead
  5. Known for the Arts
  6. Last name starts with B
  7. European
  8. Not British nor Irish
  9. Not best known for the visual arts
  10. Greatest fame after 1950
  11. Popular in the U.S., but more popular elsewhere
  12. Best known for music
  13. Native speaker of a Romance language
  14. Not Spanish
  15. Singer
  16. Best known for pop music
  17. Not Italian
431

Right on all of them. I’ll get you next time gadget, NEXT TIME!

432

Sorry it’s been a minute since I popped in - life intervened.

IQ1: Have you played a caveman, a Mountie, an adventurer, and a man who sold his soul to Elizabeth Hurley’s Satan?
IQ2: Were you a possibly mythical Irish saint who made a definitely mythical journey to the Isles of the Blessed?
IQ3: Were you an famously alcoholic Irish playwright?

433

IQ1: Were you a silent movie actress known for playing Lulu?
IQ2: Were you a 50s pinup model who took much of your style from 1?
IQ3: Were you a model/photographer associated with 2?

434

IQ1: Did Barbra Streisand play you in Funny Girl?
IQ2: Did you play Shirley Bennett in Community?
IQ3: Are you the voice of Lois Griffin?

DQ: Greatest fame before 1970?

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  1. I am not Brendan Frazier.
  2. I am not St. Brendan.
  3. Take a DQ.
  1. I am not Theda Bara.
    Take 2 DQs.
  1. I am not Fanny Brice.
    Take 2 DQs.
436

DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Not American
  4. Dead
  5. Known for the Arts
  6. Last name starts with B
  7. European
  8. Not British nor Irish
  9. Not best known for the visual arts
  10. Greatest fame after 1950
  11. Popular in the U.S., but more popular elsewhere
  12. Best known for music
  13. Native speaker of a Romance language
  14. Not Spanish
  15. Singer
  16. Best known for pop music
  17. Not Italian
  18. Greatest fame right around 1970 give or take a couple of years
437

I’ll take 3 DQs, not Theda Bara, but Louise Brooks. Had you gotten that, you might have landed on Bettie Page and Bunny Yeager.

DQ: Died in the last century?

Two DQs reserved.

438

DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Not American
  4. Dead
  5. Known for the Arts
  6. Last name starts with B
  7. European
  8. Not British nor Irish
  9. Not best known for the visual arts
  10. Greatest fame after 1950
  11. Popular in the U.S., but more popular elsewhere
  12. Best known for music
  13. Native speaker of a Romance language
  14. Not Spanish
  15. Singer
  16. Best known for pop music
  17. Not Italian
  18. Greatest fame right around 1970 give or take a couple of years
  19. Died in the 20th Century
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Swept me! Good job.

Dunno who this is. Hmm.

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Previous IQs:

IQ1: Have you played a caveman, a Mountie, an adventurer, and a man who sold his soul to Elizabeth Hurley’s Satan?
IQ2: Were you a possibly mythical Irish saint who made a definitely mythical journey to the Isles of the Blessed?
IQ3: Were you an famously alcoholic Irish playwright?

Correct on the first two; it was a Brendan triptych, and #3 was the writer Brendan Behan.

DQ: French?