[ GAME ] Botticelli - Nov. 2014

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Continuing our second march through the alphabet, your new letter is C. Have at you!

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IQs:

  1. Were you a despicable Roman emperor known for your hooded tunic?
  2. Were you a despicable Roman emperor named after your boots?
  3. Were you a despicable Roman emperor who was “pumpkinified” rather than deified after your death?
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No, I’m not Claudius, Caligula or Caesar?

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#1 was Caracalla. Correct on Caligula and Claudius.

DQ: Real?

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IQs:

  1. Were you an instructor at a school for the deaf who became first lady?
  2. Were you a plantation owner’s widow who became first lady?
  3. Did you ask: “Where’s the beef?”?
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IQ1: Were you the little tramp?
IQ2: Did Pete Tosh object to the way they teach the youth about you, and say you were a very great man?
IQ3: Were you a female performer who frequently appeared with the Monty Python Team?

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Not Grace Coolidge, dunno, and not Clara Peller.

Not Charlie Chaplin, dunno, and not Carol Cleveland.

C.

  1. real
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1: As you said, Charlie Chaplin
2: From “Can’t Blame the Youth” - “You teach the youth about Christopher Columbus, and you say he was a very great man.”
3: As you said, Carol Cleveland.

DQ: Male?

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Correct on the two you guessed. #2 was Martha Dandridge Custis Washington.

DQ: Alive?

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C.

  1. real
  2. male
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I’ll ask for a players’ consensus as to whether Martha Washington is a “C.” Her full name is IME rarely used in referring to her.

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IQs:

  1. Did you record Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom)?
  2. Did you record You Call It Madness (But I Call It Love)?
  3. Did you play Candy on Bonanza?
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Oh, come now. I know your extensive knowledge of presidential history puts her well within your purview.

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Dunno any of these. Three DQs.

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IQ1: Are you a president with the nickname “Silent”?
IQ2: Are you an NFL football player with the nickname “Megatron”?
IQ3: Did you win a national championship in baton twirling in the 8th grade, and have the distinction of being the shortest NBA player inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame?

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1 is Perry Como. 2 is Russ Columbo. 3 is David Canary.

3 DQs reserved.

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IQ1: Were you the last Ptolemaic pharaoh?
IQ2: Were you #1’s father?
IQ3: Were you #1’s mother?

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IQ1: Are you reported as saying that your enemies “Would make a desert and call it peace?”
IQ2: Could Major-General Stanley recall every detail of your uniform?
IQ3: Did you bring Christianity to the North of England and wind up with a deity in the Greyhawk Pantheon sharing your name?

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Looks like no one’s going to vote on Martha.

My other 3 DQs:

  1. Alive?
  2. Last name starts with C?
  3. Known for the Arts?
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IQs:

  1. Are you aka The Tin Woodman?
  2. Did Mark Twain write a hilarious critique against your portrayal of Native Americans?
  3. Did you co-anchor with David Brinkley?