Botticelli April 2016

Thread Games
121

Not Ursula the witch, dunno, and not Ursula K. LeGuin.

Dunno x3.

Dunno, not Dolores Umbridge, not King Umberto.

Not Umberto Eco, dunno and dunno.

Dunno x2; still not Umberto Eco.

122

Previously posted IQs
IQ1: Did you create the character William of Baskerville? Umberto Eco is correct
IQ2: Did you play Mia Wallace in film? Uma Thurman in Pulp Fiction
IQ2: Did you star in The Emigrants opposite Max von Sydow? Actress Liv Ullman

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DQ

  1. Fictional?

One DQ in reserve

123

IQ1) During Cuban Missle Crisis, did you negotiate with Fidel Castro to return the body of a downed American U-2 pilot?
IQ2) Did you play lead guitar for the Scorpions in the mid-1970s?
IQ3) Was your interracial kiss on prime-time American television a subtle watershed moment for the medium?

124

Correct, Ursula Andress in Dr. No, and Correct, for three Ursulas.

DQ: Female?

IQ1: Were you the fastest man on Earth?
IQ2: Did you play linebacker for the Bears?
IQ3: Did you play QB for the Colts?

125

#1 was Tracy Ullman.
#2 was Maurice Utrillo.
#3 was Uncle Remus.

3 DQs reserved.

126

Lars Ulrich, Utnapishtim (Babylonian precursor to Noah)

holding 2 DQs

127

IQ1: Are you Dormammu’s sister, foe of Dr. Strange?
IQ2: Are you the father of King Arthur?
IQ3: Are you a Norse giant who tricked Thor to hit a mountain instead of you?

128

Ulysses (Outis means “Nobody”).
Correct.
Correct.
DQ: American? (Or if fictional, created by an American?)

129

Not U Thant, dunno, and not Lt. Uhura.

Dunno x2; not Johnny Unitas.

Dunno; not Uther Pendragon; dunno.

U.

  1. fictional
  2. female
  3. not created by an American
130

DQs:

  1. Created after 1950?
  2. By a European creator?
  3. Last name starts with U?
131

U.

  1. fictional
  2. female
  3. not created by an American
  4. created after 1950
  5. by a European creator
  6. first name starts with U
132

IQs:

  1. Did Susan Sarandon play you (among other parts) in Cloud Atlas?
  2. Are you a cat-eared fairy in a novel by Neil Gaiman?
  3. Did you play Hercule Poirot in Death On The Nile?
133

I loved Cloud Atlas but don’t remember the character’s name; dunno and not Peter Ustinov.

134

#1 was Older Ursula.
#2 was Una in Stardust.
Correct on Peter.

DQs:

  1. By a British creator?
  2. Originally from prose fiction?
135

IQs:

  1. Are you the eponymous subject of a song covered by Bette Midler, Kermit the Frog and Peter Sellers?
  2. Were you a marionette who bedeviled Jimmy Durante on his TV show?
  3. Did you play Dr. McCoy in the last two Star Trek movies?
136

Correct on U Thant and Uhura. Uli Jon Roth played lead guitar for the Scorpions in from 1974-1978.

I will reserve this DQ, and my prior one from post #122 above.

137

Umar, correct, Utgarda-Loki

holding 4 DQs

138

Dunno, dunno and not Karl Urban.

U.

  1. fictional
  2. female
  3. not created by an American
  4. created after 1950
  5. by a European creator
  6. first name starts with U
  7. by a British creator
  8. originally from prose fiction
139

#1 was Ukulele Lady.
#2 was Umbriago.
Correct on Karl.

DQs:

  1. Also from a movie or movies?
  2. Created after 1980?
140

DQ: scifi/fantasy genre?

holding 3 DQs