[ GAME ] Botticelli - Nov. 2014

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IQ1: Was your most famous bit as a used car salesman, inviting customers to call BR-549?
IQ2: When you played for the San Diego Chargers, did you earn the nickname"The Tasmanian Devil?"
IQ3: Are you a NASCAR driver whose biography is titled “The Last American Hero?”

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Take 3 DQs.

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Race, genre(s), E/W of Mississippi…

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DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Dead
  3. Male
  4. From the US
  5. Died after 1900
  6. First name starts with J
  7. Known for the Arts
  8. Known for the Performing Arts
  9. Not a musician
  10. Known as an actor
  11. Best known for movie work
  12. Known for serious and light roles: his best remembered work is a lighter piece
  13. Did not win a major acting prize, except for a star on the Walk of Fame
  14. Died after 1975
  15. Considered a handsome guy
  16. Best remembered work released way before 1990.
  17. Best remembered work released before 1960.

Correction on #13.

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DQs:

White?
Born east of Miss. River?

Not sure how to narrow it down to a genre. One DQ reserved.

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DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Dead
  3. Male
  4. From the US
  5. Died after 1900
  6. First name starts with J
  7. Known for the Arts
  8. Known for the Performing Arts
  9. Not a musician
  10. Known as an actor
  11. Best known for movie work
  12. Known for serious and light roles: his best remembered work is a lighter piece
  13. Did not win a major acting prize, except for a star on the Walk of Fame
  14. Died after 1975
  15. Considered a handsome guy
  16. Best remembered work released way before 1990.
  17. Best remembered work released before 1960.
  18. Caucasian
  19. Born east of the Mississippi River
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Junior Samples, Junior Seau, Junior Johnson

IQ1: Were you Preacher Casy from The Grapes of Wrath?
IQ2: Did you play Cochise in Broken Arrow?
IQ3: Is your most famous role in the film Rebel Without a Cause?

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Take 2 DQs. I am not James Dean.

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John Carradine, Jeff Chandler, correct

holding a bunch of DQs as I ruminate some more

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IQ1: Did you play a secret agent, a psychiatrist, and a German army sergeant?
IQ2: Did you take over a major role because of the original actor’s allergy?
IQ3: Did you star in a series about a reincarnated mother?

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Take a DQ for #1.
I am not Jack Haley.
I am not Jerry van Dyke.

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James Coburn (Our Man Flint, The President’s Analyst, Cross of Iron).
Correct on Haley and Van Dyke.

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Still not sure who this guy is. Hmmm.

DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Dead
  3. Male
  4. From the US
  5. Died after 1900
  6. First name starts with J
  7. Known for the Arts
  8. Known for the Performing Arts
  9. Not a musician
  10. Known as an actor
  11. Best known for movie work
  12. Known for serious and light roles: his best remembered work is a lighter piece
  13. Did not win a major acting prize, except for a star on the Walk of Fame
  14. Died after 1975
  15. Considered a handsome guy
  16. Best remembered work released way before 1990.
  17. Best remembered work released before 1960.
  18. Caucasian
  19. Born east of the Mississippi River
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IQ) Did you appear in a movie that inspired the film title*** O Brother, Where Art Thou?***

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Take a DQ.

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In the movie Sullivan’s Travels, *** a director who’s always made silly, slapstick comedies dreams of making a serious epic called O Brother, Where Art Thou?***

The star of that movie was Joel McCrea.

DQ) does your first name start with “Jo”?

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DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Dead
  3. Male
  4. From the US
  5. Died after 1900
  6. First name starts with J
  7. Known for the Arts
  8. Known for the Performing Arts
  9. Not a musician
  10. Known as an actor
  11. Best known for movie work
  12. Known for serious and light roles: his best remembered work is a lighter piece
  13. Did not win a major acting prize, except for a star on the Walk of Fame
  14. Died after 1975
  15. Considered a handsome guy
  16. Best remembered work released way before 1990.
  17. Best remembered work released before 1960.
  18. Caucasian
  19. Born east of the Mississippi River
  20. First name starts with Jo.
    Special Bonus 20a) Best remembered for a family holiday classic film.

And that puts us in the “Are you Firstname Lastname?” portion of the round. All who earned a DQ this game get a chance. If no one has guessed by 6pm tomorrow, I’ll reveal the name.

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Are you John Payne?

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Yes! I am John Payne! Actor who appeared in about 50 films in the 30’s to 50’s, including musicals, westerns and film-noir thrillers, but whose best known role was Fred Gailey, the defense lawyer who won the heart of Maureen O’Hara and convinced the court that Kris Kringle was the real Santa Claus in 1947’s Miracle on 34th Street. It turns out that John believed in the message of the film so much he put up his own money to see it produced.

Well done, KO! Be sure to start your “K” in a new December thread.

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All right, KO! I knew the role but not the actor. Way to go.

Looking forward to the December thread…