Boticelli March 2022

Thread Games
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W

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. Would not be alive today, if real
  4. American
  5. First name begins with W
  6. Did not first appear in print
  7. First appeared since 1900
  8. Not from a movie or movies
  9. First appeared before 1950
  10. More or less considered a good guy
  11. Not from genre fiction (sf, fantasy, crime, etc.)
22

Not Wallace
Neither Waldo (US) nor Wally (UK)
Take a DQ

23

Yes, yes and Alabama Gov. George Wallace, during the integration of the University of Alabama.

DQ:

First appeared on radio?

IQs:

Were you the head of Faber College?
Did you command the USS Monitor in her most famous battle?
Was Otto not really your brother?

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W

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. Would not be alive today, if real
  4. American
  5. First name begins with W
  6. Did not first appear in print
  7. First appeared since 1900
  8. Not from a movie or movies
  9. First appeared before 1950
  10. More or less considered a good guy
  11. Not from genre fiction (sf, fantasy, crime, etc.)
  12. Did not first appear on radio
25

Not Dean Wormer
Take a DQ
Not Wanda Gershwitz

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IQs:

  1. Are you a cartoon woodpecker with a famous laugh?
  2. Are you Dr. Strange’s right-hand man?
  3. Are you a Native American friend of the Human Torch?
27

Not Woody Woodpecker
Not Wong
DQ

28

Correct x2, and Wyatt Wingfoot.

DQ: From comic strips or comic books?

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W

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. Would not be alive today, if real
  4. American
  5. First name begins with W
  6. Did not first appear in print
  7. First appeared since 1900
  8. Not from a movie or movies
  9. First appeared before 1950
  10. More or less considered a good guy
  11. Not from genre fiction (sf, fantasy, crime, etc.)
  12. Did not first appear on radio
  13. Not from comic strips or comic books
30

I would interpret the answer “Did not first appear in print” to mean the character did not originate in comics, so perhaps Prof. P. need not have asked his most recent DQ. Comics are printed, after all, even though the illustrations are typically more important than the words. Do others think differently for purposes of phrasing Botticelli DQs?

Previous IQs:

Were you the head of Faber College? - Yes, Dean Wormer, in Animal House
Did you command the USS Monitor in her most famous battle? - Lt. John Worden, whose ironclad battled the CSS Virginia to a draw, and who was later to become superintendent of the Naval Academy
Was Otto not really your brother? - Yes, Wanda from A Fish Called Wanda

DQ:

From a song?

IQs:

Did your character ask, while riding in a car at night, “Was that a goat?”
Did Mel Gibson play you in a movie very, very loosely based on history?
Were you Vice President Bob Russell’s chief of staff?

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IQs:

  1. Is it said that people “can’t push you around, 'cause you won’t go”?
  2. Are you known for “peeking out under a stairway, calling a name that’s lighter than air”?
  3. Did you reportedly shoot an apple off your son’s head?
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Had my character originated in comics, I would have answered #6 with a slight rewording like “First appeared in printed material” just to avoid misleading people into thinking it was prose

W

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. Would not be alive today, if real
  4. American
  5. First name begins with W
  6. Did not first appear in print
  7. First appeared since 1900
  8. Not from a movie or movies
  9. First appeared before 1950
  10. More or less considered a good guy
  11. Not from genre fiction (sf, fantasy, crime, etc.)
  12. Did not first appear on radio
  13. Not from comic strips or comic books
  14. Not from a song
33

DQ
Not William Wallace
DQ

2 DQs
Not William Tell

34

#1 was Little Willy (by Sweet)
#2 was Windy (by the Association)
Correct on Bill.

DQs:

  1. From Advertising?
  2. Unusual first name?
35

Thanks, CFOHG. Print means print to me, but I’d be interested to see if others draw that distinction.

Previous IQs:

Did your character ask, while riding in a car at night, “Was that a goat?” - Patrick Warburton, in perfect deadpan, in Big Trouble: vlc record 2014 09 13 17h32m30s Big Trouble VOB - YouTube
Did Mel Gibson play you in a movie very, very loosely based on history? - Yes, William Wallace, in Braveheart
Were you Vice President Bob Russell’s chief of staff? - Will Bailey, on The West Wing

Two DQs reserved.

IQs:

Were you a false identity assumed by Haviland Tuf while visiting the Suth’lam system?
Did you serve two different Republican presidents as AG?
Did Gilda Radner play you, a noted journalist with a speech impediment?

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W

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. Would not be alive today, if real
  4. American
  5. First name begins with W
  6. Did not first appear in print
  7. First appeared since 1900
  8. Not from a movie or movies
  9. First appeared before 1950
  10. More or less considered a good guy
  11. Not from genre fiction (sf, fantasy, crime, etc.)
  12. Did not first appear on radio
  13. Not from comic strips or comic books
  14. Not from a song
  15. Not from Advertising
  16. Common first name
37

DQ
Not William Barr
Not Baba Wawa

38

Weemowet (he was disguised as a guy from a culture which worships lions, in Tuf Voyaging), correct and correct.

Who is this guy, and where did he originate? It is a puzzlement.

Three DQs reserved.

39

When I answered this, I interpreted it as “did not originate in a movie or movies”. My character has appeared in a movie or movies.

40

I agree with that interpretation.