Botticelli - September 2019

Thread Games
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  1. Real
  2. Female
  3. American
  4. Not living
  5. First name starts with Z
  6. Died before 2000
  7. Known for the arts
  8. Died after 1950
  9. Not known for the performing arts
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Previous IQs:

IQ1: Did you found a cymbal company in the 17th century, which is still manufacturing cymbals today, making it one of the oldest companies in the world? (Surname will suffice). - Avedis Zildjian.

IQ2: Were you the German Foreign Secretary whose telegram to Mexico, offering an alliance against the United States if the US entered World War I on the Allied side, was intercepted and decyphered and indeed caused the US to go to war against Germany? George Zimmerman.

IQ3: Were you the founder of the Stoic school? Zeno of Citium.

New IQs:
IQ1: Were you Jimmy Carter’s foreign affairs advisor?
IQ2: Are you a DCU superhero with magical powers?
IQ3: Were you a Greek philosopher known for posing paradoxes?

DQ1: Known for the literary arts?
DQ2: Known for the visual arts?

Holding one DQ.

Psst. See post #39.

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{Okay, I picked the OTHER minor prophet. :)}

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“ ‘E’s not a minor prophet. ‘E’s a very naughty boy!”

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Not the unspellable Zbignew Brzinski, take two DQs.

66
  1. Real
  2. Female
  3. American
  4. Not living
  5. First name starts with Z
  6. Died before 2000
  7. Known for the arts
  8. Died after 1950
  9. Not known for the performing arts
  1. Not known for the literary arts
  2. Known for the visual arts
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Previous IQs:

IQ1: Were you Jimmy Carter’s foreign affairs advisor? - Correct, Zbignew…something with a “B” and more consonants than vowels.
IQ2: Are you a DCU superhero with magical powers? - Zatana.
IQ3: Were you a Greek philosopher known for posing paradoxes? -Another Zeno, this one of Elea.

New IQs:

IQ1: Are you a folklorist and author who wrote Their Eyes Were Watching God?
IQ2: Were you twice an Olympic gold medal winner in track and field, before becoming a champion golfer?
IQ3: Where you one of only four U.S. Presidents from the Whig Party?
DQ1: Painter?
DQ2: Photographer?

Holding one DQ.

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Guessing Fuzzy Zoeller for 2, Zachary Taylor for 3, take DQs for 1 and any wrong guesses.

69
  1. Real
  2. Female
  3. American
  4. Not living
  5. First name starts with Z
  6. Died before 2000
  7. Known for the arts
  8. Died after 1950
  9. Not known for the performing arts
  1. Not known for the literary arts
  2. Known for the visual arts
  3. Painter
  4. Not a photographer
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IQs:

  1. Were you a wizard with his own castle created by E. Gary Gygax?
  2. Were you Queen of Ix?
  3. Are you the final supermenace in the A-Z Who’s Who of Marvel monsters?
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No clue, take 3 DQs.

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#1 was Zagyg (from the Castle Zagyg D&D module).
#2 was Queen Zixi of Ix, from L. Frank Baum’s Oz series.
#3 is Zzzax, an energy monster.
DQ: First name starts with Za or Ze?

2 DQs reserved.

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Technically, that’s two questions. Want to take an extra DQ?

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Previous IQs:

IQ1: Are you a folklorist and author who wrote Their Eyes Were Watching God? - Zora Neale Hurston.
IQ2: Were you twice an Olympic gold medal winner in track and field, before becoming a champion golfer? - Good guess, but the answer is actually a “babe” - Babe Didrikson Zacharias.
IQ3: Where you one of only four U.S. Presidents from the Whig Party? - Correct, Zachary Taylor.

DQ1: Known for single piece, or body of work?
DQ2: Majority of career after 1950?

Holding one DQ.

75
  1. Real
  2. Female
  3. American
  4. Not living
  5. First name starts with Z
  6. Died before 2000
  7. Known for the arts
  8. Died after 1950
  9. Not known for the performing arts
  1. Not known for the literary arts
  2. Known for the visual arts
  3. Painter
  4. Not a photographer
  5. Not known for just one piece of work
  6. Most active in the 40s and 50s
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No. Let’s put it this way:

DQ: First name alphabetically between Za and Zh (inclusive)?

77
  1. Real
  2. Female
  3. American
  4. Not living
  5. First name starts with Z
  6. Died before 2000
  7. Known for the arts
  8. Died after 1950
  9. Not known for the performing arts
  10. Not known for the literary arts
  11. Known for the visual arts
  12. Painter
  13. Not a photographer
  14. Not known for just one piece of work
  15. Most active in the 40s and 50s
  16. First name does not start with Za - Zh
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DQ: Known for abstracts?

1 DQ reserved.

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Previous IQs:

Were you a much-put-upon alien on Babylon 5 who always referred to himself in the third person? - Zathras
Did the Tijuana Brass famously cover your song? - Yes, Zorba - my sisters and I use to madly dance around to this when we were kids: - YouTube
Were you a badass DI in Starship Troopers? - Sgt. Zim

DQs:

Has a work hanging in the National Gallery of Art in Washington?
Her works sell for big bucks these days?

80
  1. Real
  2. Female
  3. American
  4. Not living
  5. First name starts with Z
  6. Died before 2000
  7. Known for the arts
  8. Died after 1950
  9. Not known for the performing arts
  1. Not known for the literary arts
  2. Known for the visual arts
  3. Painter
  4. Not a photographer
  5. Not known for just one piece of work
  6. Most active in the 40s and 50s
  1. Not known for abstracts
  2. No works in the National Gallery of Art (as far as I know)
  3. Some her work can sell for thousands