Boticelli Oct. 2019

Thread Games
81

DQs:

  1. Fictional
  2. First name starts with T (last name unknown)
  3. Male
  4. Dead
  5. Character not originally from movie/TV, but was eventually in movie/TV
  6. Character from literature
  7. Not from a novel
  8. Antagonist
82
  1. I am not Thomas Dewey.
  2. I am not Harry Truman.
  3. Take a DQ.
  1. I am not Tim Curry.
  2. Take a DQ.
  3. I am not Timothy Schmidt.
83

IQ1: Are you a former Steelers strong safety who now displays his flowing mane in shampoo commercials?
IQ2: Are you a former Dallas Cowboys QB who now does color for Fox NFL?
IQ3: Do you play the opposite term of your last name in The Goldbergs?

DQ: Children’s lit genre?

84

September thread: https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=881389

Sorry to be gone a few days - crazy busy here. My thanks to Prof. P. for his PM.

T it is!

IQs:

Did you write, “These are the times that try men’s souls”?
Were you “the Sledge of Nashville”?
Did you rant about the American obsession with bosoms?

85

DQs:

  1. Fictional
  2. First name starts with T (last name unknown)
  3. Male
  4. Dead
  5. Character not originally from movie/TV, but was eventually in movie/TV
  6. Character from literature
  7. Not from a novel
  8. Antagonist
  9. Not from children’s literature
86

Take 3 DQs.

  1. I am not Thomas Paine.
  2. Take a DQ.
  3. I am not Thomas Titbasher. Okay, take a DQ.
87

IQ2: Are you a successful actor once teamed with not so successful comic Tom Dreesen?

That was Tim Reid, Venus Flytrap from WKRP.

DQ: Live action, as opposed to animated, in movie/TV?

88

DQs:

  1. Fictional
  2. First name starts with T (last name unknown)
  3. Male
  4. Dead
  5. Character not originally from movie/TV, but was eventually in movie/TV
  6. Character from literature
  7. Not from a novel
  8. Antagonist
  9. Not from children’s literature
  10. Usually live action in movie/TV, but there are animated versions
89

Correct on Tam o’ Shanter and Tamburlaine (to use Marlowe’s spelling). IQ2 was River Tam, Summer Glau’s character from Firefly.

IQ1: Are you a literal watchdog, who guards against wasting time?
IQ2: Are you a cartoon and live-action superhero whose battlecry is “Spooon!”?
IQ3: Were you a virulently racist South Carolina senator, nicknamed “Pitchfork Ben” for your boast to go to Washington and pitchfork the guts out of Grover Cleveland?

One DQ reserved.

90
  1. I am not Tock.
  2. I am not the Tick.
  3. Take a DQ.
91

Previous IQs:

Did you write, “These are the times that try men’s souls”? - Yes, Thomas Paine
Were you “the Sledge of Nashville”? - Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas, who won a great victory there in 1864
Did you rant about the American obsession with bosoms? - Terry-Thomas: Milton Berle and Terry-Thomas discuss America, England and bosoms - YouTube

Thomas x3!

DQs:

First appeared before 1950?
Considered evil?

IQs:

Were you the weird servant in Manos: Hands of Fate?
Were you a schoolmate of young Flashman’s?
Were you the longtime Governor of Illinois?

92

IQ1: Did you appear in the last few seasons of Love Boat, Happy Days, and Married with Children on TV while also dealing with nerds in the movies?
IQ2: Were you known for your old man character on a popular variety show?
IQ3: Were you the egotistical football player killed by a falling goal post on Daria?

93

3 (the yellow Power Ranger) was Trini.

IQs:

  1. Were you one of the leads on Sister, Sister?
  2. Were you the other lead?
  3. Was your tomb discovered by Howard Carter?
    DQ: from American literature?
94

DQs:

  1. Fictional
  2. First name starts with T (last name unknown)
  3. Male
  4. Dead
  5. Character not originally from movie/TV, but was eventually in movie/TV
  6. Character from literature
  7. Not from a novel
  8. Antagonist
  9. Not from children’s literature
  10. Usually live action in movie/TV, but there are animated versions
  11. First appeared before 1950
  12. Not considered evil
  13. Not from American literature
95
  1. I am not Torgo. Take 2 DQs.
  1. I am not Tim Conway. Take 2 DQs.
  1. I am not King Tut. Take 2 DQs.
96

IQ1: Did you appear in the last few seasons of Love Boat, Happy Days, and Married with Children on TV while also dealing with nerds in the movies?
IQ2: Were you known for your old man character on a popular variety show?
IQ3: Were you the egotistical football player killed by a falling goal post on Daria?

Tim Conway is correct. 1 is Ted McGinley, often referred to as the series killer for all the shows he helped to Kevorkian. He was also in the Revenge of the Nerds movies. 3 was Tommy Sherman.

DQs:

Comic book character?
French speaking?

97

Troy Polamalu, Troy Akiman, Troy Gentile

Troy x 3!

DQ: Human?

holding 2 DQs

98

The first two were Tia and Tamera Mowry.

IQs:

  1. Are you a Calvin Trillin protagonist who is not going out?
  2. Do you host State of the Union on CNN?
  3. Did you create a plastic storage container?
    DQ: created after 1900?

One DQ reserved.

99

DQs:

  1. Fictional
  2. First name starts with T (last name unknown)
  3. Male
  4. Dead
  5. Character not originally from movie/TV, but was eventually in movie/TV
  6. Character from literature
  7. Not from a novel
  8. Antagonist
  9. Not from children’s literature
  10. Usually live action in movie/TV, but there are animated versions
  11. First appeared before 1950
  12. Not considered evil
  13. Not from American literature
  14. Not a comic book character, though there have been comic book adaptations of the story
  15. Not French speaking
  16. Created before 1900
100
  1. I am not Earl Tupper.
    Take 2 DQs.