August 2014 Botticelli

Thread Games
281
  1. Real person
  2. Last name does NOT start with E
282

Not Ernie Kovacs, not Ernestine, and not Estes Kefauver.

283

Not Eustace Scrubbs (yeah, I’m a Narnia fan)

Take two DQs for the others

284

Was your catchphrase “Never mind”?
Did you play Miss Honey in the movie Matilda?
Did Irish-Americans not appreciate your pre-Civil War visit to the U.S.?
Not Emily Litella or Embeth Davidtz (I have a kid- I have to see all these movies).

But take a DQ for #3

285
  1. Real person
  2. Last name does NOT start with E
  3. Male
286

IQs:

  1. Are you a talking horse, of course, of course?
  2. Did you climb Mt. Everest?
  3. Do you chase a wascawwy wabbit?
287

Not Mr. Ed, Edmund Hillary or Elmer Fudd

288

IQ: Were you the namesake of an automotive flop?
IQ2:Were you the shortest man to bat in MLB history?
IQ3: Did you once own Indianaoolis Motor Speedway?

289

IQs:

  1. Were you Adam’s mate?
  2. Are you the son of George Jetson?
  3. Can many of your poems be read to the tune of The Yellow Rose of Texas?
290

IQ1: Did you play the role of Winston Zeddemore?
IQ2: Were you known for producing Latin and Greek versions of the New Testament, and called “the crowning glory of the Christian humanists”?
IQ3: Are you the keyboardist for the band that performed the album Brain Salad Surgery?

291

Not Edsel Ford or Eddie Gaedel

Take a DQ for the Speedway owner.

292

**IQs:

  1. Were you Adam’s mate?
  2. Are you the son of George Jetson?
  3. Can many of your poems be read to the tune of The Yellow Rose of Texas?
    **
    Not Eve, Elroy Jetson or Emily Dickinson
293

Not Desiderius Erasmus or Keith Emerson.

Take a DQ for Winston Zeddemore

294

Eddie Rickenbacker.

DQ: American?

295

Eustace Scrubb, actually, but close enough…
The jarheads were Merritt Edson and Evans Carlson.
DQ1: Living?
DQ2: Known for the Arts, as usually defined for these games?
IQ1: Did you settle at Brattahlid?
IQ2: Were you the last king of Italy?
IQ3: Are you Viscount Linley’s maternal aunt?

296

IQs:

  1. Were you Johnny Carson’s TV sidekick?
  2. Are you a missing aviatrix?
  3. Were you the Unready king of England?
297

Earnie Hudson in Ghostbusters

holding a DQ

298

IQ1: Did you star in a series of films in the 1940s and early 1950s known as “aquamusicals?”
IQ2: Were you in a band that had the same name as a popular pizza chain?
IQ3: Did you write the novel The Optimist’s Daughter, which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1973?

299

Previous IQs:

Was your catchphrase “Never mind”? - Yes, Emily Litella
Did you play Miss Honey in the movie Matilda? - Yes, Embeth Davidtz
Did Irish-Americans not appreciate your pre-Civil War visit to the U.S.? - Edward VII, when he was still Prince of Wales. The prince was booed and/or snubbed by Irish-Americans at several points during his tour.

DQ:

American?

IQs:

Was your nickname the name of a state?
Was Randy your not-too-bright brother?
Were you a common symbolic character among the Moties?

300

I though the last king of Italy was Umberto II…
If I’m right, take two DQs. If I’m wrong, take 3.