Botticelli - August 2017

Thread Games
101

Not Horton, Horace or Hesse.

Not Hillary Clinton, Don Henley or Harry Knowles.

Ouch! Dunno x3.

H.

  1. fictional
  2. male
  3. first name starts with H
  4. not created by an American or Americans
  5. created after 1899
102

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Correct on #1 and #3.
Horace was a 1st Century B.C. Roman author. Homer was Greek and dated back to circa 600-800 B.C. along with Hesiod.

DQ: Originally from a prose work of literature?

103

IQs:

  1. Were you in love with Columbine?
  2. Were you Hannibal’s dad?
  3. Did you marry Anna Livia Plurabelle?
104

Horatius Cocles (“A Medal for Horatius”).
Humphrey Pennyworth (“Joe Palooka”).
Harriet Nelson.

DQ1: Created after 1954?
DQ2: European creator(s)?
One DQ reserved.

IQ1: Are you a fictional Belgian policeman who moved to England during WW I?
IQ2: Were you a New Englander who established a distillery in Canada, selling products that bear your name?
IQ3: Were you Elwood’s friend?

105

IQ1: Are you a bandleader who composed the music for “Stardust” and “Georgia on My Mind”?
IQ2: Did you play Russell Brand’s escort in Get Him to the Greek?
IQ3: Did you have a one hit wonder with a cover of Ricky Martin’s hit song “She Bangs” on American Idol in 2004?

106

Dunno x3

Not Hercule Poirot, dunno, and not the invisible giant bunny Harvey

Not Hoagy Carmichael, dunno, and not… that Hung guy?

H.

  1. fictional
  2. male
  3. first name starts with H
  4. not created by an American or Americans
  5. created after 1899
  6. originally from a prose work of literature
  7. created before 1954
  8. European creator(s)
107

#1 was Harlequin.
#2 was Hamilcar.
#3 was Humphrey Chimpden Earwicker (or any other HCE) from Finnegans Wake.
DQ: By a British author?

2 DQs reserved.

108

Correct.
Hiram Walker.
Correct.
DQ1: Appeared in more than one published story?
DQ2: Appeared in a movie?

109

correct, Jonah Hill, William Hung (close enough)

DQ: Military genre?

110

IQ1: Are you an occultist who co-founded the Theosophist Society in 1875?
IQ2: Are you an actress who’s played Bellatrix Lestrange in the Harry Potter movies?
IQ3: Did Sherilyn Fenn play you in a 1993 movie in which a lovesick surgeon amputated your limbs?

111

Dunno, not Helena Bonham Carter, and not the boxed Helena.

H.

  1. fictional
  2. male
  3. first name starts with H
  4. not created by an American or Americans
  5. created after 1899
  6. originally from a prose work of literature
  7. created before 1954
  8. European creator(s)
  9. by a British author
  10. did not appear in more than one published story
  11. appeared in a movie
  12. not in military genre
112

Helena (Madame) Blavatsky

DQ: Originally from a Children story?

113

IQ1: Are you a Spanish explorer credited with discovering the Mississippi River?
IQ2: Were you a guest on Billy Crystal’s “Fernando’s Hideaway” with Mr. T in 1984?
IQ3: Were you a sportscaster guest on Billy Crystal’s “Fernando’s Hideaway” in 1985?

114

Not Hernan De Soto, Hannibal from The A-Team or Howard Cosell

H.

  1. fictional
  2. male
  3. first name starts with H
  4. not created by an American or Americans
  5. created after 1899
  6. originally from a prose work of literature
  7. created before 1954
  8. European creator(s)
  9. by a British author
  10. did not appear in more than one published story
  11. appeared in a movie
  12. not in military genre
  13. not originally from a children’s story
115

IQ1: Were you the best-known of the Barcids?
IQ2: Were you the best-known resident of Centerburg?
IQ3: Do you write about Liam Devlin and Sean Dillon?

116

DQs:

  1. Protagonist?
  2. Considered a good guy?
117

IQs:

  1. Were you married to Lemonade Lucy?
  2. Were you killed whilst playing poker in Deadwood?
  3. Did Tom Lehrer sing a song asking “Whatever Became Of” you?
118

Dunno x2; not Jack Higgins

Not Rutherford B. Hayes, Wild Bill Hickock or… dunno.

H.

  1. fictional
  2. male
  3. first name starts with H
  4. not created by an American or Americans
  5. created after 1899
  6. originally from a prose work of literature
  7. created before 1954
  8. European creator(s)
  9. by a British author
  10. did not appear in more than one published story
  11. appeared in a movie
  12. not in military genre
  13. not originally from a children’s story
  14. not the protagonist
  15. considered a good guy
119

Correct on 1 and 2. #3 was Hubert (Humphrey, that is.)

DQ: Unusual first name?

120

IQs:

  1. Did Lord Macaulay write a long poem about your heroism in regards to your actions at a bridge?
  2. In the TV series The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, did you play Mrs. Muir?
  3. In a song of the 1930’s did Elsie Carlisle sing “Puh-leeze! Mr. [Your name]”?