Botticelli, Aug. 2011

Thread Games
481

No, I am not Miley Cyrus?

482

I thought it might be the Rumpole guy, but had no idea of his name.

DQ1: Yes.
DQ2: No.

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. American
  4. Dead
  5. Known for accomplishments in the arts
  6. Known for accomplishments in the visual arts
  7. Not known for photography
  8. Not known for painting
  9. Not known for work in movie business
  10. Not a sculptor
  11. Born in the twentieth century
  12. Slightly cutting-edge
  13. Last name begins with “M”
  14. Not known for acting
  15. Alive in 1950
  16. My art involved drawing
  17. I drew a comic strip that appeared in newspapers
  18. I did not draw comic books or graphic novels
483

The first initial of my birth certificate name does not start with A-M

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. American
  4. Dead
  5. Known for accomplishments in the arts
  6. Known for accomplishments in the visual arts
  7. Not known for photography
  8. Not known for painting
  9. Not known for work in movie business
  10. Not a sculptor
  11. Born in the twentieth century
  12. Slightly cutting-edge
  13. Last name begins with “M”
  14. Not known for acting
  15. Alive in 1950
  16. My art involved drawing
  17. Correct, proper, formal first name begins with N-Z
484

No, and I don’t know. Take a DQ.

485

Barry Manilow hit the top ten with “Ships” (as in “Two ships that pass in the night”), a song by Ian Hunter.
DQ: Were your comic strips “serious” rather than humorous?

486

Tough one. I tried to make serious points in a humorous way.

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. American
  4. Dead
  5. Known for accomplishments in the arts
  6. Known for accomplishments in the visual arts
  7. Not known for photography
  8. Not known for painting
  9. Not known for work in movie business
  10. Not a sculptor
  11. Born in the twentieth century
  12. Slightly cutting-edge
  13. Last name begins with “M”
  14. Not known for acting
  15. Alive in 1950
  16. My art involved drawing
  17. Correct, proper, formal first name begins with N-Z
  18. My work was serio-humorous
487

Correct about Miley Cyrus.

IQ: After being blasted for timidity in wartime, did you later head a military academy?

488

Does your comic still enjoy large circulation?

489

You’ve left the DQ responses originally numbered #17 and #18 from your latest summaries.

As for my IQ, you came up with a reply I hadn’t anticipated, so I’ll try again.

IQ: Although you’re not Mory, did Doonesbury name a taproom after you?

490

No, I am not Marcus Reno?

491

Edited post. Originally it was in response to etv’s DQ, which he probably earned with his Pop art stumper, but I don’t know yet what his intended answer was.

492

Aha, you’re right, sorry about that.

Mory was just a wild stab; chances are it is not correct but if you think it is, I will boldly answer “No, I am not Millicent Fenwick” this time.

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. American
  4. Dead
  5. Known for accomplishments in the arts
  6. Known for accomplishments in the visual arts
  7. Not known for photography
  8. Not known for painting
  9. Not known for work in movie business
  10. Not a sculptor
  11. Born in the twentieth century
  12. Slightly cutting-edge
  13. Last name begins with “M”
  14. Not known for acting
  15. Alive in 1950
  16. My art involved drawing
  17. I drew a comic strip that appeared in newspapers
  18. I did not draw comic books or graphic novels
  19. Correct, proper, formal first name begins with N-Z
  20. My work was serio-humorous
493

Never mind.

494

Sorry, didn’t realize I earned a DQ! So I’ll ask: Is your main character the epitome of Butt Monkey & Chew Toy?

495

That looks more like an IQ. I’ll answer your DQ from above once you tell me your intended answer to the Pop Art question. Looking at earlier rounds, I believe that once twenty DQ’s are answered, we are in overtime and don’t treat with IQ’s any longer. I have answered a couple already because I messed up the listing and didn’t realize we were already at twenty.

496

The name I had in mind WRT Pop Art was Warhol.

497

No, Mark Clark, blasted for not nudging his subordinate John Lucas to be aggressive enough in forcing his way out of the Anzio, Italy beachhead during WWII. Clark went on to head The Citadel military academy in Charleston, S.C.

Can’t ask a DQ, but I guess it doesn’t matter. I don’t know who AppallingGael is thinking of.

498

…but neither ‘Andy’ nor ‘Warhol’ begin with the letter ‘M’. The answers to your Indirect Questions must all have an ‘M’ (for this round) as one of the initials.

499

So, we’re looking for someone who had a newspaper comic strip, first name N-Z (but the way it was so precisely described, this may not have been a name the artist used for the strip.), last name M.

Wasn’t there a US editorial cartoonist named ‘Monahan’? Anyway, I’m much further ahead on who it isn’t than who it is, but I’ll keep grinding away at it…

500

I’m not actually aware of a taproom named after Mory, but there was a Margaret Mead Taproom in the South Pacific as part of the story arc when Duke was Governor of American Samoa.

I believe I’ve earned one, so I’ll ask a

DQ: Did your title character spend time in Slumberland?