Botticelli - May, 2013

Thread Games
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U

  1. Dead
  2. First name (the name I am best known by) starts with ‘U’
  3. Male
  4. Real
  5. Not a religious figure
  6. European
  7. Political figure
  8. Not British
  9. Died since 1975
  10. Not notable for just one incident or event
  11. Not known for artistic accomplishments
  12. From a country largely east of the Rhine (for certain definitions of “East of the Rhine”)
  13. Served as head of government
42

Miss this?

43

Yes, U Thant.
Felix Unger in The Odd Couple opening credits.
Dolores Umbridge from the Harry Potter books.

DQs:

Born north of Vienna?
Usually regarded in the West as a “good guy”?

One DQ reserved.

IQs:

Did your sister surprise you and kill you?
Were you J.R.R. Tolkien’s longtime publisher?
Did a fan accidentally kick you onstage?

44
  1. Uwe Boll
  2. Uriah the Hittite, husband of Bathsheba from the biblical story of David and Bathsheba

I’ll need to think about my DQs

45

Well, my DQ was for Uwe Boll, but since ChockFull did him already, I’ll pass on that one.

46

What was your author’s name?

47

Going for Uris.

48

DQ: From a country that was part of the Soviet Union or the Soviet Union itself?

IQs

  1. Did a character you portrayed kill Bill?
  2. Did your career start as a stand-in for Lillian Gish?
  3. Were you swallowed by a space whale?
49

Argh. And I really enjoyed Battle Cry…

U

  1. Dead
  2. First name (the name I am best known by) starts with ‘U’
  3. Male
  4. Real
  5. Not a religious figure
  6. European
  7. Political figure
  8. Not British
  9. Died since 1975
  10. Not notable for just one incident or event
  11. Not known for artistic accomplishments
  12. From a country largely east of the Rhine (for certain definitions of “East of the Rhine”)
  13. Served as head of government
  14. Did not come to power democratically

I’m going to pretend you didn’t ask this. Reread DQ12.

50

Not Uma Thurman.
Two DQs.

51

Thanks for not counting my DQ. Somehow I missed #12.

Una Merkel, and Ultra-Boy (aka Jo-Nah, of the Legion of Superheroes).
…thinking in my usually frustrated manner…

52

I already used Uma in my post 27.

Still waiting for answers to these, if you please:

53

Sorry about that.

Three DQs.

54

Well, it’s been nice and quiet here lately, lots of time to think. Not to solve this puzzle, of course, but lots of time to think.

55

Roderick Usher, in Poe’s story.
Raymond Unwin.
Singer/songwriter Usher: Usher kicked in face by fan - YouTube

DQs:

Serving as head of government at time of death?
Died violently?

Two DQs reserved.

IQs:

Were you a noted Scandinavian actress?
Did you star in Jericho?
Were you a secondary character who came to dominate the TV show you were on?

56

I already used the Ushers. See posts 4 and 7.

57

I"ll use my DQs to try to narrow it down a little.

DQ1: Alive in 2000?
DQ2: Does the country whose government you headed exist today with the same boundaries and name as when you were the head?

58

Ooops! My mistake. Withdrawn.

I’ll just use my two previously-reserved DQs, then, to ask:

Serving as head of government at time of death?
Died violently?

59

U

  1. Dead
  2. First name (the name I am best known by) starts with ‘U’
  3. Male
  4. Real
  5. Not a religious figure
  6. European
  7. Political figure
  8. Not British
  9. Died since 1975
  10. Not notable for just one incident or event
  11. Not known for artistic accomplishments
  12. From a country largely east of the Rhine (for certain definitions of “East of the Rhine”)
  13. Served as head of government
  14. Did not come to power democratically
  15. Died before 2000
  16. The country whose government I headed exists today with the same boundaries and common name as when I was the head
  17. Was not serving as head of government at time of death
  18. Did not die violently
60

Well, it’s all I have:
DQ: Were you Umberto II, last king of Italy?