Bottticelli -- Oct 2017

Thread Games
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IQ1: Did you win the Battle of Stirling Bridge in 1297?
IQ2: Were you the voice of Underdog and a regular on Hollywood Squares?
IQ3: Were you another Hollywood Squares regular whose real name was Cliff Arquette?

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I would allow it. The movie’s title reasonably led to your question.

63

DQ.
Not … Wm J Clinton?
DQ.

DQ.
Not Woody Woodpecker.
DQ.

Not Sir William Wallace.
Not Wally Whatsis.
DQ.

I agree. The question as asked said nothing about being a character in the movie,

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#1 was Robin Williams. (The movie is a stellar waste of talent.)
Correct on #2.
#3 was Willie Nelson.

Okay, I bend to the majority ruling about Wong Foo.

DQs:

  1. Real?
  2. Male?
  3. Last name starts with W?
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IQs:

  1. Did you star opposite Julie Andrews in a remake of Little Miss Marker?
  2. Are you a Hanna-Barbera cartoon character that makes life hard for Mr. Twiddle?
  3. Do you play Patrick Swayze’s sidekick in To Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything, Julie Newmar?
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Three DQs.

W

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Last name does not start with W
67

#1 was Walter Matthau.
#2 was Wally Gator.
#3 was Wesley Snipes.

DQs:

  1. Living?
  2. Known for the Arts?

1 DQ reserved.

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correct, Wally Cox, Charlie Weaver

holding 2 DQs

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Previous IQs:

Were you badly defeated at Chickamauga? - Maj. Gen. William Rosecrans
Did you joke that you wore Fat Boy jeans as a kid? - Yes, William J. Clinton
Did you figure out your boss had died, even though no one told you directly? - Secretary of State William H. Seward, recuperating in bed after a failed assassination attempt in April 1865, saw the flag on the War Department roof at half-mast and noted that he hadn’t been visited lately by President Lincoln.

William x3!

DQs:

American?
Born since 1950?

IQs:

Were you principal hobbies clearing brush on your country estate and organizing your personal papers?
Did you, in your creative work, have a thing for Weimereiners?
Are you a well-known male fictional character from Alaska?

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IQs:

  1. Were you known as “The Perfect Fool”?
  2. Did you have a hit with Classical Gas?
  3. Are you Timmy Turner’s fairy godmother?
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DQ.
Not William Wegman.
DQ.

DQ.
Not … Walter/Wendy Carlos?
Not Wanda.

W

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Last name does not start with W
  4. Dead
  5. Known, in a way, for the Arts
  6. American
  7. Not born after 1950
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One – I did get Wally right.

73

#1 was old comic Ed Wynn.
#2 was Mason Williams.
Correct on #3.

DQs:

  1. Born after 1900?
  2. Known for the performing arts?
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Previous IQs:

Were you principal hobbies clearing brush on your country estate and organizing your personal papers? - British PM William Gladstone
Did you, in your creative work, have a thing for Weimereiners? - Yes, William Wegman: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nNGkeSgwgRc/UUNB-f_4qdI/AAAAAAAAR-4/aECFefsva6k/s1600/william-wegman-acne-studios-dog-campaign-3.jpg
Are you a well-known male fictional character from Alaska? - Cmdr. William T. Riker, from ST:TNG

William x3 redux!

DQs:

Best known for a single incident?
Greatest fame before 1941?

IQs:

Were you the last eaten of all those like you?
Were you partial to prune juice, once you’d tried it?
Did your also-famous boyfriend have your name tattooed on him?

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IQ1: Were you FDR’s opponent in the 1940 presidential election?
IQ2: Were you a British abolitionist who died 3 days after hearing that Parliament was going to pass abolition of slavery in the British Empire?
IQ3: Did Oompa Loompas sing whenever a child disobeyed you?

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Not … Wilbur the pig?
DQ.
DQ.

Not Wendell Wilkie.
DQ.
Not Willy Wonka.

W

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Last name does not start with W
  4. Dead
  5. Known, in a way, for the Arts*
  6. American
  7. Not born after 1950
  8. Born after 1900
  9. Known for the performing arts, in a way*
  10. Not best known for a single incident
  11. Greatest fame not before 1941
  • This is about the best I can come up with here…
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IQs:

  1. Did you found one of the best known U.S. talent agencies?
  2. Though Swedish yourself, did you play Charlie Chan in the movies?
  3. Did you die in a plane crash with Will Rogers?
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William Wilberforce

I didn’t consider “Wally Whatsisface” a valid answer, but fine. 2 DQs in reserve.

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Previous IQs:

Were you the last eaten of all those like you? - Wilbur lived all his days happily in the barnyard and was never eaten, as far as we know. This was the title character of A Fish Called Wanda.
Were you partial to prune juice, once you’d tried it? - Worf, on ST:TNG
Did your also-famous boyfriend have your name tattooed on him? - Johnny Depp thus honored Winona Ryder

DQs:

Best known for politics/military?
Considered handsome?
White?

IQs:

Was your wife’s nickname “Duchess”?
Did Ike consider your appointment one of his greatest mistakes?
Did he consider yours another one?

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DQ.
DQ.
Not Wylie Post.

Not Warren Harding.
DQ.
DQ.

I can go back through previous games and find other cases where it was done this way.

W

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Last name does not start with W
  4. Dead
  5. Known, in a way, for the Arts*
  6. American
  7. Not born after 1950
  8. Born after 1900
  9. Known for the performing arts, in a way*
  10. Not best known for a single incident
  11. Greatest fame not before 1941
  12. Concerned with politics/military, but not best known for that
  13. Not considered especially handsome
  14. White
  • This is about the best I can come up with here…