Botticelli - April 2018

Thread Games
61

Dunno, not Eartha Kitt and not Keats.

62

#1 was Captain Kangaroo.
#2 is Kathy Kane.
Correct on Keats.

DQs:

  1. Real?
  2. Last name starts with K?
63

K.

  1. fictional
  2. last name starts with K
64

IQs:

  1. Are you Buck Rogers’s archenemy in the comic strips?
  2. Are you married to Phoebe Cates?
  3. Did you cancel your engagement to Julia Roberts about the time she was playing Tinkerbell in Hook?
65

I am not Killer Kane, the very lucky Kevin Kline or Kiefer Sutherland.

66

Correct x3.

Okay…

IQs:

  1. Are you Killer Kane’s brother?
  2. Did Natalie Portman’s mother have trouble telling which one was you and which was her daughter?
  3. Did you have a hit with the song Roar?
67
  1. Are you a famous Norwegian who had a fictional dog named after you in a Douglas Adams book?
  2. Were you the holder of an office whose successor was the first person not to die doing it?
  3. Are you almost as famous for your crazy hairstyle as for your promotional skills?
68

Not… Kang? Not Keira Knightley (le sigh), and not Katy Perry.

Dunno x2; not Don King.

69

“Killer” Coe Kane’s brother was Nova Kane. Yes, really. Correct on the others.

DQ: Created by an American author or authors?

70

IQs:

  1. Did you create the U.S. comic strip Dennis the Menace?
  2. Did you play Mike Hammer on TV?
  3. Did you win a gold medal for figure skating in 1992?
71

Not Hank Ketcham, Stacy Keach or Kristi Yamaguchi.

K.

  1. fictional
  2. last name starts with K
  3. created by an American author or authors
72

Correct on Don King, the others were Soren Kierkegaard and Karol Wojtyła (aka Pope John Paul II) - but on researching the latter a bit more, I see the question was not framed correctly, I must have misremembered that factoid. It appears Pope Benedict XVI was in fact the first to resign since 1415, not since forever. And Kierkegaard was Danish, not Norwegian. So massive fail there, sorry - no DQs this time!

IQ: Are you a sarcastic Canadian comedienne who has been making her name in the UK in the last few years?
IQ: Are you an American actor recently criticised for deflecting attention away from past misdemeanours by confirming something long suspected?
IQ: Did you have a hit with Bette Davis Eyes?

73

Correct x3.

IQs:

  1. Did you write the hymn, Awake, my soul, and with the sun?
  2. Were you a real pissant who was very rarely stable?
  3. Were you the first Secretary of War?
74

Dunno, dunno, and not Kim Carnes (sp?).

Dunno, not Emmanuel Kant, and not Henry Knox.

75

Correct with Kim Carnes, the others were Kevin Spacey and Katherine Ryan.

DQ: Created post-1945?
DQ: Human?

76

#1 was Thomas Ken. Correct on the others.

DQ: Male?

77

IQs:

  1. Did you invent the tramp clown character Weary Willie?
  2. Are you the title character of a Broadway musical that has been in “development hell” since 2014, but is due to open in October of this year?
  3. Were you born Ethel Skakel?
78

Dunno x2; not Ethel Kennedy.

K.

  1. fictional
  2. last name starts with K
  3. created by an American author or authors
  4. created post-1945
  5. human
  6. male
79

#1 was Emmett Kelly.
#2 is King Kong.
Correct on Ethel Kennedy.

DQs:

  1. Originally from a work of prose fiction?
  2. Created in or after 1980?
80

IQs:

  1. Did you make a fortune with safety razors?
  2. Are you the hero in a series of books by Robert E. Howard?
  3. Were you a puppet character who rivaled Howdy Doody in popularity in the 1950’s?