Botticelli - April 2025

Thread Games
101

S.

  1. fictional
  2. female
  3. last name starts with S
  4. created before 1950
  5. a main character, but not the only one
  6. non-American creator(s)
  7. created after 1900
  8. not originally from prose fiction
  9. originally from a dramatic work
  10. not mentioned in title of debut work
  11. appeared on TV or in movies
  12. Caucasian
  13. contemporary to the time it was written
  14. did not first appear on TV
  15. first name starts with A-M
  16. by a European creator(s)
  17. I’d say from genre fiction, but YMMV

Please ask all earned DQs by 4pm EST Weds.

102

I’m stumped.

I have three DQs, if someone needs one.

103

Or, you could bring the date span down to a range of 6-7 years…

104

Well, it’s past 4, but I’ll ask knoodler’s DQs:

  1. Created after 1929?
  2. From a series of movies?
  3. From the Mystery genre?
105

S.

  1. fictional
  2. female
  3. last name starts with S
  4. created before 1950
  5. a main character, but not the only one
  6. non-American creator(s)
  7. created after 1900
  8. not originally from prose fiction
  9. originally from a dramatic work
  10. not mentioned in title of debut work
  11. appeared on TV or in movies
  12. Caucasian
  13. contemporary to the time it was written
  14. did not first appear on TV
  15. first name starts with A-M
  16. by a European creator(s)
  17. I’d say from genre fiction, but YMMV
  18. created after 1929
  19. not from a series of movies
  20. from the Mystery genre, in part

Right. Please ask all earned “Are you Firstname Lastname?” by noon EST Friday.

106

Are you Anna Schmidt (sp?) from The Third Man?

107

Damn, you’re good! I am indeed

Anna Schmidt

The Czech love interest in the 1949 Cold War noir thriller The Third Man, as played by Italian actress Alida Valli. For more: The Third Man - Wikipedia

Well done, Prof. P.

108

Good lord. How did you even figure that out!?

109

Good job Prof!

110

A possibly British mystery movie from the '30s or '40s.
I often listen to Herb Alpert, as I was yesterday, whose hits include The Third Man Theme (gotta love the zither).

I just thought it was a good guess.

Onwards next to…

T!

111

Congratulations, Prof! What a get!

IQs:

  1. Did you play President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho?
  2. Were you last National Leaguer to hit .400 for a season?
  3. Was your first major TV role in a backdoor pilot of a sci-fi show?
112

Take 3 DQs.

113

IQs:

  1. Did you make your film debut in the movie The Cowboy Millionaire in 1909?
  2. Were you the driver of the Thunderbolt Grease-Slapper?
  3. Were you drafted during the Vietnam War, and serve in the California Army National Guard where you achieved the rank of sergeant?
114

Terry Crews, Bill Terry, and Teri Garr, respectively.

DQs:

Real?
Female?
First name begins with T?

115

DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Last name begins with T
116
  1. I am not Tom Slick.
    Take 2 DQs.
117

IQ1: Are we exhorted to give you the ball and just look at you go?
IQ2: Are you #1 under a different name?
IQ3: Do your associates include Nkima and Muviro?

118

Take 3 DQs.

119

Mr Touchdown
Mr Team
Tarzan

DQ1: Living?
DQ2: Known for the arts?
One DQ reserved.

120

T it is.

IQs:

Were you “the Rock of Chickamauga”?
Are you the best-known denizen of the Island of Sodor?
Are you Ohio’s most recent honoree in Statuary Hall at the U.S. Capitol?