January 2014, Botticelli

Thread Games
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#1 was Dennis Day.

DQ: Known primarily as a writer?

IQs:

  1. Are you a stage magician who stole his name from a Dickens character?
  2. Are you the TV secret identity of the Incredible Hulk?
  3. In the same movie, did you play Michael Dorsey, Dorothy Michaels and Emily Kimberly?
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Correct on all.

1: Are you the young ward of a millionaire playboy?
2: Did you play left wing for the Montreal Canadiens in the 1950s and 1960s?
3: Thinking of hockey, are you a TV hockey commentator know for your extremely loud suits and sport jackets?

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See post 212.
Not David Banner.
Not … Dustin Hoffman?

Not Dick Grayson.
DQ.
DQ.

D

  1. Real
  2. Last name does not start with D
  3. Male
  4. Dead
  5. Known for the Arts
  6. American
  7. Died after 1900
  8. Not known for the performing arts
  9. Born east of the Mississippi
  10. Known primarily as a writer
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Correct on Dick Grayson. The Montreal hockey player was Dickie Moore, and the hockey commentator is Don Cherry, who is just as loud as his clothing is.

DQ: A writer of fiction or non-fiction?
DQ: Died before 1960?

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Previous IQs:

Were you the young female lead in Firestarter? - Yes, Drew Barrymore.
Were you played for many years by Roy Marsden? - Insp. Adam Dalgliesh.
Did your creator imagine you often humming as you went about your work? - J.K. Rowling said that she imagined Albus Dumbledore doing this (although I don’t think she ever actually wrote the character that way).

DQs:

Born south of the Mason-Dixon Line?
Anything he wrote ever televised?

Three DQs reserved.

IQs:

Did your product give rise to a now-quaint slang term?
Did a filthy sock thrill you?
Were you based on a little boy who went on to become a famous writer?

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1: Are you best known for playing a bespectacled student of magic?
2: Do you live in a hangar at Washington National Airport, together with your collection of classic cars?
3: Did you and your sister host a variety TV show in the 1970s?

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Three DQs.

Not Daniel Radcliffe.
Not Dirk Pitt.
Not Donny Osmond.

D

  1. Real
  2. Last name does not start with D
  3. Male
  4. Dead
  5. Known for the Arts
  6. American
  7. Died after 1900
  8. Not known for the performing arts
  9. Born east of the Mississippi
  10. Known primarily as a writer
  11. A writer of fiction or non-fiction
  12. Did not die before 1960
  13. Not born south of the Mason-Dixon Line
  14. Nothing has been televised (that I can find)
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Right on all 3.

IQs:

  1. Did you kill Superman in 1992?
  2. Are you who Luornu Durgo became after she was killed?
  3. Were you the first supervillain to face Batman?
229

DQ.
Not … Duo Damsel?
DQ.

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#1 was Doomsday. Duo Damsel (aka Duplicate Girl) is correct. #3 was Dr. Death.
DQ: Science Fiction author?

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D

  1. Real
  2. Last name does not start with D
  3. Male
  4. Dead
  5. Known for the Arts
  6. American
  7. Died after 1900
  8. Not known for the performing arts
  9. Born east of the Mississippi
  10. Known primarily as a writer
  11. A writer of fiction or non-fiction
  12. Did not die before 1960
  13. Not born south of the Mason-Dixon Line
  14. Nothing has been televised (that I can find)
  15. Not a science-fiction author
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IQs:

  1. Were you a Librarian of Congress?
  2. Did you have a holistic detective agency?
  3. Are you a longstanding syndicated humorist?
233

Not … Dewey?
Not Dirk Gently.
Not Dave Barry.

234

1: Democritus
2: As you said, Daniel.
3: As you said, David Copperfield

235

Melvil Dewey was many things, but not Librarian of Congress. That would be Daniel J. Boorstin.

Thinking…

236

Previous IQs:

Did your product give rise to a now-quaint slang term? - Duesenberg’s excellent cars led to the phrase “That’s a doozie!”
Did a filthy sock thrill you? - The house-elf Dobby in the Harry Potter stories, who thus won his freedom.
Were you based on a little boy who went on to become a famous writer? - Dill in To Kill a Mockingbird was based on a young Truman Capote, a friend since childhood of Harper Lee’s.

DQs:

Novelist?
Best-known work published before 1950?
Still widely read?

I yield my other two already-earned DQs to other players, one per customer.

237

DQ: Die after 1980?

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A short pause while I kick myself over Duesenberg (my favourite marque) and Dobby…

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D

  1. Real
  2. Last name does not start with D
  3. Male
  4. Dead
  5. Known for the Arts
  6. American
  7. Died after 1900
  8. Not known for the performing arts
  9. Born east of the Mississippi
  10. Known primarily as a writer
  11. A writer of fiction or non-fiction
  12. Did not die before 1960
  13. Not born south of the Mason-Dixon Line
  14. Unlicensed excerpts from one story were televised
  15. Not a science-fiction author
  16. Novelist
  17. Best-known work not published before 1950
  18. Still widely read
  19. Died after 1980

Note change to DQ14 answer.

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So: A dead American male novelist, first name starts with D, born in the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic or New England states (or overseas, I suppose), best-known work published after 1950, not science fiction, died since 1980.

Hmmm. Nobody springs to mind.

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IQ: Did you write about overgrown produce?