New Boticelli

The Game Room
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Baffle:
1: I am not Ronald Reagan
2: No idea, DQ for you
3: I think I have an idea? but no, it’s not me. Another DQ

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IQ2 was Roger Ebert, whose thumbs are the world’s most famous movie critics.
IQ3 was Romulus, legendary founder of Rome.

DQ1: Are you male?
DQ2: Are you alive?

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IQ1: Is there a method of numerical integration named after you?
IQ2: Were you a catcher known for your sense of humor and the 1983 World Series MVP?
IQ3: Are you an eclectic slide guitar virtuoso?

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IQ1: Were you a famous Norwegian polar explorer?

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  1. I am male
  2. I am not living
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IQ1: Math are hard. No idea. DQ
IQ2: I am not Rick Dempsey
IQ3: I am not Robert Johnson

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IQ1. Are you the most famous man to enter the Women’s US Open?

IQ2. Were you sent for by a mother to cheer up her son?

IQ3. Would the citizens of Rock Ridge give you 24 hours to come up with a solution?

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Uff da. Take a DQ.

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I was thinking of Roald Amundsen.

DQ1: Were you real?

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Well done, MissTake!

IQ1: Is your best known accomplishment a long list of synonyms?

IQ2: Are you one of France’s best known playwrights?

IQ3: Did you depict the mythic character of Cyrano de Bergerac?

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#1 was German mathematician Bernhard Riemann. I wasn’t thinking of Robert Johnson for #3, but it’s a valid answer, so I’ll rephrase the question.

IQ3b: Are you a contemporary eclectic slide guitar virtuoso?
DQ: [del]Are you a real person (as opposed to a fictional character)?[/del]

on preview: I’ll reserve the DQ until PacifistProcupine’s question is answered.

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Just to clear up from the last round, these are

  1. Thelonious Sphere Monk, the brilliant but eccentric jazz pianist and band leader.

  2. Glenn Miller, missing in action from the Second World War, possibly a victim of friendly fire.

  3. Marcus Miller, funkmeister, composer of most of the album ‘Tutu’, and Grammy award winning producer.

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I have no idea to any of these. I hear Rock Ridge and think Blazing Saddles. Take 3 DQs

Yes, I was real

IQ1: No idea, DQ
IQ2: I am not Racine
IQ3: I am only familiar with Gerard Depardeau as Cyrano, so take a DQ

IQ3b: I am not Gary Rossington.

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  1. I am male
  2. I am not living
  3. I am/was a real person
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Jean Racine indeed!

  1. is Peter Mark Roget, whose best known work is the Thesaurus that bears his name.

  2. is the playwright who wrote ‘Cyrano de Bergerac’, Edmond Rostand. Cyrano was a real-life writer in the 1600s, but he is much better known as the central figure in Rostand’s play than for who he really was.

So -

DQ1 - Were you born before 1900 AD?

DQ2 - Are you best known for your accomplishments in The Arts, being here defined so as to include all visual arts, cinema, theatre, dance, music, literature or other creative endeavours, whether done for the entertainment of others or for the sake of the creative act itself?

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I only know Racine thanks to a silly decision to translate Phaedra from English to Spanish in high school. shudder

DQ1: No, I was born after 1900 AD
DQ2: Yes

Yanno, I read the IQ, have no idea. Then, upon the answer being revealed, I say “OH!” I should have known Roget, for heaven’s sake!

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  1. I am male
  2. I am not living
  3. I am/was a real person
  4. I was born after 1900 AD
  5. I am best known for my accomplishments in The Arts
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DQ: Are (were) you American?

IQ (we’re going to keep this up until you get it or give up, damn it! ;)):
Are you a contemporary, eclectic slide guitar virtuoso also known for recent collaborations with artists from around the world?

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No, not American

I am not Ry Cooder, either.

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  1. I am male
  2. I am not living
  3. I am/was a real person
  4. I was born after 1900 AD
  5. I am best known for my accomplishments in The Arts
  6. Not American