Botticelli April 2015

Thread Games
201

IQs:

  1. Did you play Queen Elizabeth in The King’s Speech?
  2. Did you win 5 Special or Honorary Oscars, but never a competitive one?
  3. Did Julia Morgan build your castle?
202

DQ Roundup

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. Not American
  4. Last name starts with H
  5. Have been in a movie, but not best known for that
  6. Not the protagonist
  7. Have been on TV, but not best known for that
  8. Created by an American
  9. If real, would officially be dead
203

Not Hawkeye Pierce, dunno, not Harry Potter

204

Not Helen Mirren, not Ray Herryhausen, dunno

205

Previous IQs:

Were you an American Civil War general who functioned as Lincoln’s de facto chief of staff? - Henry Halleck.
Were you imprisoned in a building that looked an awful lot like an actual real-world art museum? - Dr. Hannibal Lecter; his prison in Manhunter was actually the High Museum in Atlanta. Scene from the movie: http://www.the-medium-is-not-enough.com/images/ManhunterPrison.jpg. The museum in real life: http://s3-media2.fl.yelpcdn.com/bphoto/ywRALgAMOgjpBgvQUw4Cmw/348s.jpg.
Did you give your name to that museum? - Mrs. High, a grand dame of Atlanta society back in the day; I forget her first name.

DQs:

European?
First appeared since 1950?
Known to carry a gun?

IQs:

Were you a child physician on TV?
Did you play that character?
Have you played an unctuous personal assistant, a gambler and a top national security official?

206

#1 was Helena Bonham Carter.
#2 was Bob Hope.
#3 was William Randolph Hearst, and Hearst Castle.

3 DQs reserved.

207

DQ Roundup

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. Not American
  4. Last name starts with H
  5. Have been in a movie, but not best known for that
  6. Not the protagonist
  7. Have been on TV, but not best known for that
  8. Created by an American
  9. If real, would officially be dead
  10. Not European
  11. First appeared since 1950
  12. Likely to have carried a gun, but not a defining characteristic
208

Not Doogie Howser, not Neal Patrick Harris, not Mark Harmon

209

DQs:

  1. Asian?
  2. Cartoon character"

1 DQ reserved.

210

Pierce shared a tent with several other surgeons, but I’ve never heard anything about his living with a former surgeon. I had Sherlock Holmes in mind, but I just checked and the word he actually used was diggings, not digs. I’ll pass on the DQ.
Rupert of Hentzau , in the novel of that name (the sequel to The Prisoner of Zenda).
Harry Potter, who wasn’t a gypsy, grew up in Surrey. Heathcliff (Wuthering Heights) was a gypsy - or at least looked like one - and did grow up in Yorkshire.
DQ: Story set in what at the time was a contemporary setting?

211

DQ Roundup

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. Not American
  4. Last name starts with H
  5. Have been in a movie, but not best known for that
  6. Not the protagonist
  7. Have been on TV, but not best known for that
  8. Created by an American
  9. If real, would officially be dead
  10. Not European
  11. First appeared since 1950
  12. Likely to have carried a gun, but not a defining characteristic
  13. Not Asian
  14. Not a cartoon character
  15. Story set in what at the time was considered a contemporary setting
212

DQ: African?

213

DQ Roundup

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. Not American
  4. Last name starts with H
  5. Have been in a movie, but not best known for that
  6. Not the protagonist
  7. Have been on TV, but not best known for that
  8. Created by an American
  9. If real, would officially be dead
  10. Not European
  11. First appeared since 1950
  12. Likely to have carried a gun, but not a defining characteristic
  13. Not Asian
  14. Not a cartoon character
  15. Story set in what at the time was considered a contemporary setting
  16. Not African, or from anywhere on Earth
214

Previous IQs:

Were you a child physician on TV? - Yes, Doogie Howser.
Did you play that character? - Yes, NPH.
Have you played an unctuous personal assistant, a gambler and a top national security official? - Don’t think Mark Harmon has done all of these roles. I was thinking of Philip Seymour Hoffman, in The Big Lebowski, Hard Eight and A Most Wanted Man.

DQ:

First appeared in a novel or short story?

IQs:

Did you admit to using the same history essay over and over?
Did Jim Carrey mock the actor who played you?
Did you ask your country to look after your mistress, but it didn’t?

215

IQs:

  1. Did Han Solo owe you money?
  2. Are you quoted as having said: “Your Grace, I have only one question. Do you wish this man crippled, or dead?” ?
  3. Did John Lormer play you on ST:TOS?
216

IQ1) Did you create Allan Quatermain?

IQ2) Did you create the unbalanced Captain Queeg?

IQ3) Did you throw a no-hitter in your first major league start?

217

DQ Roundup

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. Not American
  4. Last name starts with H
  5. Have been in a movie, but not best known for that
  6. Not the protagonist
  7. Have been on TV, but not best known for that
  8. Created by an American
  9. If real, would officially be dead
  10. Not European
  11. First appeared since 1950
  12. Likely to have carried a gun, but not a defining characteristic
  13. Not Asian
  14. Not a cartoon character
  15. Story set in what at the time was considered a contemporary setting
  16. Not African, or from anywhere on Earth
  17. First appeared in a novel or short story
218

dunno (I’m thinking this is something from Animal House, but I’m probably wrong), dunno (who hasn’t Jim Carrey mocked), don’t remember

219

not Jabba the Hut, dunno (I think this might be from Game of Thrones, but not sure), not Mr. Hingis(?)

220

not H. Rider Haggard, not Herman Melville, dunno