Botticelli - Aug 2026

FWIW, I’d never heard of Rubén Valtierra either.

S it is!

IQs:

Were you Lincoln’s first SECWAR?
Were you his (much better) second?
Were you his only SECSTATE?

not Wm T Sherman
not Philip Sheridan
DQ

DQ x3

DQ
DQ
not Seward


S

1. fictional
2. male
3. first name begins with S
4. human
5. did not first appear in prose fiction
6. American creator
7. first appeared after 1900
8. not certain if first appearance in a movie/on TV – don’t have exact dates
9. not a main character
10. did not first appear before 1960
11. known from a genre

Correct on the two Civil War generals; the pitcher was Steve Carlton.

1 DQ reserved.

1 was Meryl Streep; 2 was Bernie Sanders; 3 was Stan Pines.

DQ: first appeared after 1990?

Two DQs reserved.

S

1. fictional
2. male
3. first name begins with S
4. human
5. did not first appear in prose fiction
6. American creator
7. first appeared after 1900
8. not certain if first appearance in a movie/on TV – don’t have exact dates
9. main character
10. did not first appear before 1960
11. known from a genre
12. did not first appear after 1990


Note correction to DQ9.

IQs

  1. Did you star in the highly acclaimed, magenta-scented, all-leather 1950s BBC radio series The Goon Show?
  2. Did you also star in the highly acclaimed, rhubarb-powered, mistletoe-lined 1950s BBC radio series The Goon Show?
  3. Were you the third of that triumvirate who starred in the highly acclaimed, cosmically ordained, mongoose-flavored 1950s BBC radio series The Goon Show?

IQs:
1. Did you play the Seventh Doctor on Doctor Who?
2. Did you shoot Andy Warhol?
3. Did you play yourself in Mallrats?

Good to see you back, Prof!

IQs:

  1. Were you a former Page 3 girl before becoming famous?
  2. Were you, and your TV series, lightly spoofed in WandaVision?
  3. Were you the more sexually aggressive of your friends in Sex and the City?

DQ x3

Ditto

You, too.


Which puts us over twenty. No more IQs, please.

1 was Sylvester McCoy; 2 was Valerie Solanas; 3 was Stan Lee.

DQs:
1. first appeared after 1975?
2. has appeared in movies/TV?

Three DQs reserved.

#1 was the inimitable Spike Milligan!
#2 was the versatile Peter Sellers!!
#3 was the ever-lovely Harry Secombe!!!

3 DQs reserved.

Samantha Fox
Samantha Stevens (Bewitched)
Samantha Jones

Samantha x3!

3 DQs reserved

S

1. fictional
2. male
3. first name begins with S
4. human
5. did not first appear in prose fiction
6. American creator
7. first appeared after 1900
8. not certain if first appearance in a movie/on TV – don’t have exact dates
9. main character
10. did not first appear before 1960
11. known from a genre
12. did not first appear after 1990
13. did not first appear after 1975


DLR, I think your second DQ is covered by DQ8. Try again.

Note correction to DQ9.

DQ: From sci-fi/fantasy genre?

2 DQs reserved

S

1. fictional
2. male
3. first name begins with S
4. human
5. did not first appear in prose fiction
6. American creator
7. first appeared after 1900
8. not certain if first appearance in a movie/on TV – don’t have exact dates
9. main character
10. did not first appear before 1960
11. known from a genre
12. did not first appear after 1990
13. did not first appear after 1975
14. not from sci-fi/fantasy genre

DLR, I think your second DQ is covered by DQ8. Try again.

Note correction to DQ9.
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…so the character has appeared in movies or TV, but you don’t know if that was his first appearance?

Last DQ: From crime or mystery genre?

S

1. fictional
2. male
3. first name begins with S
4. human
5. did not first appear in prose fiction
6. American creator
7. first appeared after 1900
8. not certain if first appearance in a movie/on TV – don’t have exact dates
9. main character
10. did not first appear before 1960
11. known from a genre
12. did not first appear after 1990
13. did not first appear after 1975
14. not from sci-fi/fantasy genre
15. not from crime or mystery genre

Note correction to DQ9.

Correct.

DQ: appeared in movie(s) between 1960 and 1975?

Three DQs reserved.