Botticelli - August 2019

Thread Games
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Dunno x3.

G.

  1. real
  2. last name begins with G
  3. male
  4. living
122

#1 was Groucho Marx (in, respectively, A Day at the Races, Animal Crackers and The Story of Mankind [in which Harpo played Isaac Newton and Chico played an adviser to Christopher Columbus].)
#2 is Gyro Gearloose.
#3 is Elvira Gulch from The Wizard of Oz.

DQs:

  1. Born after 1969?
  2. Known for the Arts?
  3. American?
123

DQ: Actor?

124

IQs:

  1. Was your catchphrase “Well, I’ll be a dirty bird.”?
  2. Did you write The Shadow series of pulp novels?
  3. Did you play the mayor’s wife in The Music Man?
125

Dunno, dunno and not Hermione Gringold.

G.

  1. real
  2. last name begins with G
  3. male
  4. living
  5. born before 1969
  6. known for the Arts
  7. not American
  8. actor
126

1 was also Groucho Marx; 2 was Bryant Gumbel (in a Chappelle’s Show skit); 3 was Betty Gilpin.

DQs:

  1. European?
  2. born before 1940?

IQs:

  1. Are you a self-proclaimed Israel psychic and spoon-bender?
  2. Did you write “The Unquiet Dead”, “The Idiot’s Lantern”, and other episodes of Doctor Who?
  3. Have you played a wizard, a Maine sheriff, and an Irish cop (or garda)?

1 DQ reserved.

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IQs:

  1. Did you star in the Road Warrior/Mad Max movies?
  2. Did Jay Leno ask you what the hell you were thinking after you got caught with a hooker?
  3. Are you number 2’s brother who co-starred in L.A. Story?
128

#1 was “Lonesome” George Gobel.
#2 was Maxwell Grant.
#3 is, indeed, Hermione Gingold.

2 DQs reserved.

129

Not Uri Geller, dunno, and not the incomparable Brendan Gleeson.

Not Mel Gibson, Hugh Grant or… Percy Grant?

G.

  1. real
  2. last name begins with G
  3. male
  4. living
  5. born before 1969
  6. known for the Arts
  7. not American
  8. actor
  9. European
  10. born after 1940
130

DQ: Native English speaker?

holding a DQ

131

3 was Richard E. Grant.

DQ:

British?

132

Richard E. Grant isn’t Hugh Grant’s brother, so I’m inclined to disallow that DQ.

G.

  1. real
  2. last name begins with G
  3. male
  4. living
  5. born before 1969
  6. known for the Arts
  7. not American
  8. actor
  9. European
  10. born after 1940
  11. native English speaker
133

DQs:

  1. Best known for movies?
  2. Best known for one role?
134

G.

  1. real
  2. last name begins with G
  3. male
  4. living
  5. born before 1969
  6. known for the Arts
  7. not American
  8. actor
  9. European
  10. born after 1940
  11. native English speaker
  12. not best known for movies
  13. arguably not best known for one role
135

IQs:

  1. Did you play Dumbledore in some of the Harry Potter films?
  2. Did you play Prof. Moody in some of the Harry Potter films?
  3. Have you been cast to play Batman in DC’s series Titans?
136

2 was Mark Gatiss.

DQs:

  1. born before 1950?
  2. best known from television?

IQs:

  1. Were you offered the role of Clarence Beeks, but turned it down?
  2. Did you play Clarence Beeks?
  3. Were you a comedian and sitcom actor known as the Great One?
137

Ah, well, I see Mr. Gleeson has already been asked. Never mind #2.

138

IQ1: Did Johnny Depp play you in a 1993 film, of which the title asks about eating you?
IQ2: Were you the star of the UK version of The Office?
IQ3: Are you the only member of Monty Python who was born in America?

139

Not Michael Gambon, Brendan Gleeson (earlier asked about, as you note) and dunno.

Not George Peppard, dunno, and not Jackie Gleason.

Not Gilbert Grape, Ricky Gervais or Terry Gilliam.

G.

  1. real
  2. last name begins with G
  3. male
  4. living
  5. born before 1969
  6. known for the Arts
  7. not American
  8. actor
  9. European
  10. born after 1940
  11. native English speaker
  12. not best known for movies
  13. arguably not best known for one role
  14. born after 1950
  15. best known from television
140

Correct on the first 2. The last is Iain Glen.

IQ: Are you married to Jamie Lee Curtis?