Botticelli, April 2014

Thread Games
101

Yes
Yes
No

Another 3 DQs for you

1: Not Admiral George Dewey.
Take DQs for the other 2

3: Not Dorothy Dix.
Take DQs for the other 2.

Summary:
D

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Last name starts with D
  4. Living
  5. Not American
102

#1 was Edgar Degas. #2 is Duncan (“Lincoln Duncan is my name, and here’s my song…”)

DQs:

  1. European?
  2. Born after 1960?
103

IQ1: Did you host The Generation Game?
IQ2: Are you a magician who was interviewed by Louis Theroux?
IQ3: Are you famous for selling products that really suck?

104

Correct on Admiral Dewey.
Dennis Mitchell, from the US “Dennis the Menace” strip.
Danny Deever, from Kipling’s poem of that name.
DQ1: Known for the Arts?
One DQ reserved.
IQ1: Did Henry Gibson recite poetry on your show?
IQ2: Do you insult people by referring to them as pieces of sports equipment?
IQ3: Did you become famous by killing a man from Gath?

105

Previous IQs:

Was your best-known ship the USS Hartford? - David Glasgow Farragut.
Were you that person’s half-brother? - David Dixon Porter (both made admiral).
Were you the hero of Heinlein’s short story “The Long Watch?” - Ezra Dahlquist.

Three DQs reserved, pending answers to the others’.

106

IQs:

  1. Was your pen name Boz?
  2. Are you Dagwood and Blondie’s pet dog?
  3. Did you portray Eric Cartwright on TV?
107

Yes
No

I’m guessing 3 might have something to do with Dyson vacuums, but I don’t know any names with the company. 3 DQs for you.

Yes

2: Not Don “hockey puck” Rickles.
Take 2 DQs for the others

1: Take a DQ
2: Not Daisy
3: Not Dan Blocker

Summary:
D

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Last name starts with D
  4. Living
  5. Not American
  6. European
  7. Not born after 1960
  8. Known for the arts
108

Quote:

1: Take a DQ
2: Not Daisy
3: Not Dan Blocker

Correct on the last 2. The first was Charles Dickens.

DQ: Known for the performing arts? (Music, Dance, Acting, &c. as opposed to Painting, Sculpture, Comic Strips, &c.)

109

IQs:

  1. Were you the highest-ranked Asian-American politician in U.S. history?
  2. Were you an actor who portrayed D’Artagnan and Alexander Graham Bell in different movies?
  3. Was the only person who could ever reach you the son of a preacher man?
110

Yes

1: Not Dan Inouya (spelling? - The Senator from Hawaii - but that’s just a guess - California had Senator Hirakawa. Maybe the Hawaiin held a higher committee position.)
2: DQ for you
3: Not Dusty Springfield

Summary:
D

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Last name starts with D
  4. Living
  5. Not American
  6. European
  7. Not born after 1960
  8. Known for the arts
  9. Known for the performing arts

Outstanding DQs:
Elendil’s Heir: 3
SCAdian: 3
Prof Pepperwinkle: 1(2 if the Hawaiian Senator is the wrong answer)
fanganga: 3

111

DQs:

Actor?
Still performing?
Has won a major award in his field?

IQs:

Did your character’s shoes end up in the Smithsonian?
Did your creator weep as he killed you?
Did a supervisor constantly bestow gender-inappropriate names upon you?

112

#1 is indeed Daniel Inouye. He was the President pro tempore of the United States Senate from 2010 until his death in 2012.
#3 is Dusty.

#2 is Don Ameche.

I’ll wait on my DQ until after EH’s questions are answered.

113

No. I have acted, but that is not what I am known for
Yes, still performing
Yes, have won major award in my field

Not Dorothy from Wizard of Oz, whose ruby slippers are on display
Not Albus Dumbledore
Take a DQ for #3.

Summary:
D

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Last name starts with D
  4. Living
  5. Not American
  6. European
  7. Not born after 1960
  8. Known for the arts
  9. Known for the performing arts
  10. Not an actor (although I have acted)
  11. Still performing
  12. Have won a major award in my field

Outstanding DQs:
Elendil’s Heir: 1
SCAdian: 3
Prof Pepperwinkle: 1
fanganga: 3

114

DQ: Singer?

IQs:

  1. Do you host a long-time radio/internet show featuring novelty songs?
  2. Did you have a hit song with Put A Little Love In Your Heart?
  3. Have you been seen out in public recently wearing a girl’s engagement ring, even though you’re a guy?-
115

Previous IQs:

Did your character’s shoes end up in the Smithsonian? - Yes, Dorothy Gale from the movie The Wizard of Oz.
Did your creator weep as he killed you? - Dumbledore was created by a she, not a he. This was Little Dorrit, created by Dickens (“Boz,” as noted above).
Did a supervisor constantly bestow gender-inappropriate names upon you? - Dr. J.D. Dorian on Scrubs, often called girls’ names by Dr. Cox.

DQ:

British?

One DQ reserved.

IQs:

Are you a Hitler clone who until recently worked for ISIS?
Are many Scottish coastlanders pissed at you?
Have you played a criminal mastermind, a Nazi bigwig and the President of the United States?

116

1 was Jim Davidson
2 was Paul Daniels who was interviewed on Louis Meets Paul and Debbie
3 was James Dyson, and I’m going to give you that one.

DQs reserved pending answers to current DQs

117

Yes

1: Not Dr. Demento
DQs for the other 2

Yes

  1. Take a DQ
    2: Not Donald Trump
    3: Not Donald Pleasence - who played Blofeld, Himmler, and whatever the POTUS in Escape From New York was named.

Summary:
D

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Last name starts with D
  4. Living
  5. Not American
  6. European
  7. Not born after 1960
  8. Known for the arts
  9. Known for the performing arts
  10. Not an actor (although I have acted)
  11. Still performing
  12. Have won a major award in my field
  13. Singer
  14. British

Outstanding DQs:
Elendil’s Heir: 2
SCAdian: 3
Prof Pepperwinkle: 2
fanganga: 2

118

Correct on the good Doctor. #2 was Jackie DeShannon. #3 is Johnny Depp (he got the ring for his current fiancee, but it didn’t fit so he decided to wear it)

Thinking of some good DQs. A successful British singer born before 1960 who isn’t Mick Jagger or Paul McCartney. Hmm, can’t be more than a few thousand…

119

IQ: Did you write songs and front for the Kinks?

120

'nother IQ: Did you record Lady in Red?