[ GAME ] Botticelli - Nov. 2014

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IQ1: Were you born a slave who pioneered methods of farming and crop rotation?
IQ2: Did you invent the cyclometer in 1895?
IQ3: Are you credited with inventing the mechanical reaper, eventually becoming one of the founding members of International Harvester?

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IQs:

  1. Were you one of the Mercury Seven?
  2. Were you another of the Mercury Seven?
  3. Were you given the nickname Scarface?
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Scott Carpenter.
Correct on Chaffee and Casper.
Three DQs reserved.

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The third time is not a charm (see post 32), and I am still not George Washington Carver. Dunno the second; not Cyrus McCormick.

Also still not Scott Carpenter or Roger Chaffee; not Al Capone.

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See the straws. |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
See me grasping at them.

Curtis Veeder invented the cyclometer.

DQ: Noted for an invention?

2 DQs reserved

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IQ1) Was the tallest building in the world, briefly, named after you?

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IQs:

  1. Is there a thread in Cafe Society dedicated to your new TV series?
  2. Are you one of Timmy Turner’s fairy godparents?
  3. Did you compose Star Dust?
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IQ1: Did your company’s products include the Hawk, Sparrowhawk, and Tomahawk?
IQ2: Were you Andromeda’s mother?
IQ3: Did you ask if anyone was going to Phoenix, Arizona?

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Not Mr. Chrysler.

Not Tom Cruise, dunno, or George M. Cohan.

Dunno, not Calliope (also just a guess), and dunno.

C.

  1. real
  2. male
  3. dead
  4. last name starts with C
  5. not known for the arts
  6. American
  7. not known for political or military endeavours
  8. died after 1900
  9. born west of the Mississippi
  10. known for science or a related field
  11. born north of the Mason-Dixon Line
  12. died of natural causes
  13. died before 2000
  14. not known for medical achievement
  15. associated with manufacturing
  16. born before 1900
  17. not noted for an invention
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Aviation pioneer Glenn Curtis. (The Tomahawk was the plane used by the Flying Tigers.)
Cassiopeia.
Charley Pride.
Bleah…

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DQ: Noted criminal?

1 DQ left

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C.

  1. real
  2. male
  3. dead
  4. last name starts with C
  5. not known for the arts
  6. American
  7. not known for political or military endeavours
  8. died after 1900
  9. born west of the Mississippi
  10. known for science or a related field
  11. born north of the Mason-Dixon Line
  12. died of natural causes
  13. died before 2000
  14. not known for medical achievement
  15. associated with manufacturing
  16. born before 1900
  17. not noted for an invention
  18. not a noted criminal
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Not Tom Cruise, dunno, or George M. Cohan.

#1 is Constantine.
#2 is Cosmo.
#3 was Hoagy Carmichael.

DQ: Died before 1950?

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C.

  1. real
  2. male
  3. dead
  4. last name starts with C
  5. not known for the arts
  6. American
  7. not known for political or military endeavours
  8. died after 1900
  9. born west of the Mississippi
  10. known for science or a related field
  11. born north of the Mason-Dixon Line
  12. died of natural causes
  13. died before 2000
  14. not known for medical achievement
  15. associated with manufacturing
  16. born before 1900
  17. not noted for an invention
  18. not a noted criminal
  19. died after 1950
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IQ) Are you considered a pioneer in air conditioning?

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IQ: Did you make lanterns and camping gear?

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Neither Mr. Carrier…

…nor Mr. Coleman.

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IQ: Does a chain of stores selling hunting, fishing, and camping gear bear your name?

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IQ: Did you market and successfully advertise your line of water conditioners?

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Not Mr. Cabela…

…and not Mr. Culligan.