Botticelli - Aug. 2021

Thread Games
201

Not Mr. Wilson, Owen Wilson or that other Mr. (Gareth?) Wilson.

Dunno, dunno and not Vanna White.

Not Martha Washington, Walter Kronkite or Bruce Wayne.

202

Jules Winnfield (Pulp Fiction), Otto West (A Fish Called Wanda), and Chuck Woolery was the original Wheel of Fortune host

DQs:

  1. First appeared after 2000?
  2. Film win any major awards?
  3. Contemporary film (ie not period or futuristic)?
203

W.

  1. fictional
  2. last name begins with W
  3. male
  4. from film or TV
  5. would probably be alive today, but that’s just my guess
  6. a main character
  7. first appeared after 1970
  8. from film, and later TV
  9. film first appeared before 2000
  10. film did not win any major awards
  11. contemporary film (i.e. not period or futuristic)

Answer #8 revised - thanks.

204

#1 was Chon Wang.
Correct on Owen.
#3 was Meredith Willson, so close enough, I guess.

DQ: first appeared after 1989?

205

“Gareth” is a good bit different from “Meredith,” although rhyming, so take another DQ, Prof. P.

W.

  1. fictional
  2. last name begins with W
  3. male
  4. from film or TV
  5. would probably be alive today, but that’s just my guess
  6. a main character
  7. first appeared after 1970
  8. from film, and later TV
  9. film first appeared before 2000
  10. film did not win any major awards
  11. contemporary film (i.e. not period or futuristic)
  12. first appeared before 1989
206

DQ: First appeared after 1979?

207

W.

  1. fictional
  2. last name begins with W
  3. male
  4. from film or TV
  5. would probably be alive today, but that’s just my guess
  6. a main character
  7. first appeared after 1970
  8. from film, and later TV
  9. film first appeared before 2000
  10. film did not win any major awards
  11. contemporary film (i.e. not period or futuristic)
  12. first appeared before 1989
  13. first appeared after 1979
208

A clean sweep!

IQs:
1. Did you play Unicron at the end of your career?
2. Did you work at the Mystery Shack in a small Oregon town?
3. Were you a player for the Pittsburgh Pirates for 17 years and considered one of the best shortstops, though you’re most known these days for being on the T206 card?

209

IQs:

  1. Was your place of business at Number 70, Simmery Axe?
  2. Did you paint Christina’s World?
  3. Are you #2’s father, also an artist?
210

Oops, I should’ve known better than to misspell Walter Cronkite’s last name.

Dunno, dunno and not Willie Stargell.

Dunno, and neither of the Wyeths.

211

#1 was John Wellington Wells, the Sorcerer in Gilbert & Sullivan’s operetta of the same name.
Correct on Andrew and N.C.

DQ: Considered a good guy?

212

W.

  1. fictional
  2. last name begins with W
  3. male
  4. from film or TV
  5. would probably be alive today, but that’s just my guess
  6. a main character
  7. first appeared after 1970
  8. from film, and later TV
  9. film first appeared before 2000
  10. film did not win any major awards
  11. contemporary film (i.e. not period or futuristic)
  12. first appeared before 1989
  13. first appeared after 1979
  14. not entirely a nice person, but a “good guy” in Hollywood terms
213

1 was Orson Welles; 2 was Gravity Falls’ Wendy; 3 was Honus “The Flying Dutchman” Wagner.

DQ: from a mundane movie (i.e. without fantasy or science fiction elements)?

2 DQs reserved.

214

W.

  1. fictional
  2. last name begins with W
  3. male
  4. from film or TV
  5. would probably be alive today, but that’s just my guess
  6. a main character
  7. first appeared after 1970
  8. from film, and later TV
  9. film first appeared before 2000
  10. film did not win any major awards
  11. contemporary film (i.e. not period or futuristic)
  12. first appeared before 1989
  13. first appeared after 1979
  14. not entirely a nice person, but a “good guy” in Hollywood terms
  15. from a mundane movie (i.e. without fantasy or science fiction elements)
215

IQs:

  1. Did you play the lead in Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins?
  2. Did you grouse about chicken jokes on Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In?
  3. Did you write Leaves of Grass?
216

Not Remo Williams, dunno and not Walt Whitman.

217

#1 was Fred Ward.
#2 was Joanne Worley.
Correct on Walt.

DQ: From an action/adventure film?

1 DQ reserved.

218

W.

  1. fictional
  2. last name begins with W
  3. male
  4. from film or TV
  5. would probably be alive today, but that’s just my guess
  6. a main character
  7. first appeared after 1970
  8. from film, and later TV
  9. film first appeared before 2000
  10. film did not win any major awards
  11. contemporary film (i.e. not period or futuristic)
  12. first appeared before 1989
  13. first appeared after 1979
  14. not entirely a nice person, but a “good guy” in Hollywood terms
  15. from a mundane movie (i.e. without fantasy or science fiction elements)
  16. from what may fairly, I think, be described as an action/adventure film

Although that’s not how Wikipedia describes it.

219

DQ: Caucasian?

220

W.

  1. fictional
  2. last name begins with W
  3. male
  4. from film or TV
  5. would probably be alive today, but that’s just my guess
  6. a main character
  7. first appeared after 1970
  8. from film, and later TV
  9. film first appeared before 2000
  10. film did not win any major awards
  11. contemporary film (i.e. not period or futuristic)
  12. first appeared before 1989
  13. first appeared after 1979
  14. not entirely a nice person, but a “good guy” in Hollywood terms
  15. from a mundane movie (i.e. without fantasy or science fiction elements)
  16. from what may fairly, I think, be described as an action/adventure film
  17. Caucasian