December Botticelli

Thread Games
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Previous IQs:

Were you born on Corfu and spent your early married life on Malta? - Yes, Prince Philip
Did you found Kenyon College? - Philander Chase
Did a lightning bolt make you say “OK”? - Philoctetes (Danny DeVito), trainer of heroes in Disney’s Hercules

Two DQs reserved.

Hmm. Not sure who this guy is…

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P

  1. Male
  2. Real
  3. Dead
  4. American
  5. Known for achievements in the arts
  6. Last name does not begin with P
  7. Died after 1960
  8. Not in the performing arts
  9. Born north of the Mason-Dixon Line
  10. Not a painter
  11. Writer of some sort (novels, short stories, essays, plays)
  12. First published after 1940
  13. Best known as a novelist
  14. None of my novels have been adapted for the screen
  15. Have written in the mystery or crime genre, though not best known for it
  16. Died since 1980
  17. Never won a Pulitzer or Nobel for writing, but have won other awards
  18. Known for science fiction
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IQ: Did you ask what androids dreamt of?

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Not Philip K Dick.

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Darn, I was sure he was the one.

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IQ: Did you write about the Psychotechnic League?

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Had to look that one up - I’ve never read any of those stories.

Yes, I am seven-time Hugo and three-time Nebula winner, founding member of the SCA, and SFWA Grand Master
Poul Anderson.

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Crap crap crap! I corresponded briefly with Poul Anderson years ago… coulda shoulda oughta guessed him! Nicely done, once more, Prof. P.!

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Good morning, gamers!

I am O.

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IQ1: Did you sing a song to a pretty woman?
IQ2: Is your name associated with a type of snack food?
IQ3: Did you and your partner sing about a man whose family had very tangled relationships?

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I am not Roy Orbison. I am not Orville Redenbacher. Take a DQ for #3.

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Correct on Orbison and Redenbacher.
“I’m My Own Grandpa” was originally sung by Lonzo and Oscar.
DQ: Real?
IQ1: Are you a mythical hunter who was taken up into the sky after dying?
IQ2: Were you a movie and theatre director?
IQ3: Are you a fictional pig?

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IQs:

Did your friend disapprove of what you did with your cigar?
Did you have something memorable to declare to Customs?
Were you a bureaucrat played by an actor who later played a Confederate general at Gettysburg?

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IQ1: Were you a noted WWII general?
IQ2: Are you an actor who took up bridge?

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I am not Orion. I am not Oscar Preminger. Take a DQ for the pig.

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I am not Oscar Madison. Take 2 DQs.

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I am neither Omar Bradley nor Omar Shariff.

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Previous IQs:

Did your friend disapprove of what you did with your cigar? - Yes, Oscar Madison.
Did you have something memorable to declare to Customs? - The story goes that when Oscar Wilde first came to the U.S., he was asked by a Customs official if he had anything to declare. He replied, “Only my genius!”
Were you a bureaucrat played by an actor who later played a Confederate general at Gettysburg? - Oscar Goldman on The Six Million Dollar Man was played by Richard Anderson, who went on to play Gen. George G. Meade (my mistake, a U.S. and not Confederate general) in Gettysburg.

DQs:

Last name start with O?
Male?

IQs:

Were you played by an actress who is best known for playing a terrified mom?
Did you star in a movie that had the bad guy put into a tiny cage and hung outside?
Did the pizza guy get into your family holiday photo this year?

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DQs:

  1. Fictional
  2. Only name starts with O
  3. Most often female
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…and three more DQs.