Botticelli - Aug 2026

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DQ: Movie released after 1990?

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A

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. First name begins with A
  4. Not from prose
  5. Not the main character
  6. From a movie
  7. Did not appear in multiple movies
  8. Movie released after 1970
  9. Character is American
  10. Movie is American
  11. Not best known from sci-fi or fantasy genre
  12. Not best known as a hero or protagonist
  13. Movie released before 2000
  14. Best known from comedy, romance, or action genre
  15. Movie released after 1985
  16. Best known from comedy genre
  17. Race is unknown, presumably Caucasian
  18. Last name starts with A-M
  19. First name starts with Aa-Al
  20. Movie released before 1990

One DQ left (@Elendil_s_Heir )

Please have all DQs asked by 6:00 p.m. CDT, August 25th.

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I guess it’s time for “Are you Firstname Lastname” questions. Talk amongst yourselves to trade ideas. It’s pretty obscure, but I guarantee you some of you have heard the name.

I’ll close it out by 6:00 p.m. CDT tomorrow, August 27th.

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Still baffled. Thinkthinkthink…

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Are you Abe Froman, Sausage King of Chicago? If so, your table is ready.

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Ding ding ding! We have a winner!

Yes, I am

Abe Frohman

the unseen “sausage king of Chicago”, who Ferris Bueller impersonated in a (successful) attempt to get a table at an extra ritzy French restaurant.

De_La_Rue, you are up!

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Great job, DLR!!

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OK:

I am O.

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Would not have come up with Abe Froman, have see. ferris Bueller probably about three years ago.

O

  1. Are you a pig?
  2. Did Virginia Woolf write a book about your life?
  3. Are you a mighty archer. Now found in the night sky?
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I know of the Abe Froman character and I probably would not have ever guessed it. Tip o’ the hat to @De_La_Rue.

IQs:

  1. Are you a grouch?
  2. Did Sylvester Stallone play you in a movie?
  3. Did you take in your poker buddy after his wife kicked him out?
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1. I am not Orson.
2. I am not Orlando.
3. I am not Orion.

1. I am not Oscar.
2. I am not Oscar.
3. I am not Oscar Madison.

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IQs

  1. Did you write The Iceman Cometh?
  2. Were you a Marvel superhero with Superman-like powers who was an alien robot but didn’t know he was a robot?
  3. Are you a Disney character who is finally getting his own movie?
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IQs:

  1. Are you the narrator of The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress?
  2. Were you an early manager of the Rolling Stones with your own “orchestra”?
  3. Did you play a nurse in Empty Nest?
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1. I am not Eugene O’Neill.
2. I am not Omega the Unknown?
3. I am not Olaf the snowman?

Take three DQs.

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Manuel “Manny” O’Kelly-Davis, Andrew Oldham, and Park Overall.

DQs:

Real?
Male?
First name begins with O?

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[quote=“De_La_Rue, post:254, topic:1032035”]

1. I am not Eugene O’Neill.
2. I am not Omega the Unknown?
3. I am not Olaf the Snowman.

Correct, correct, and Oswald the Lucky Rabbit.

DQ: Real?

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  1. Orson was not the pig I was looking for, but does appear to be a pig
  2. Orlando, yes
  3. Orion, Yes

No DQs for me.

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Trying again

  1. Are you a pig with a big imagination?
  2. Are you one of a quartet of sisters on Barrayar?
  3. Were you one of the original stars of Hamilton?
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DQs:
1. real
2. male
3. only name (as commonly referred to for part of life) begins with O

Prof., your DQ already has been asked; pick another.

1. I am not Olivia?
2. Take a DQ.
3. I am not Leslie Odom.

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  1. Yes, Olivia
  2. Olivia Koudelka (Vorkosigan series)
  3. Yes, Leslie Odom Jr.

DQ: Alive?