Botticelli August 2022

Thread Games
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BB King, who named his guitars Lucille
Stephen King - directed only one movie, mercifully stuck to writing after that
Koko the Clown

DQ: Would be alive today, if real?
DQ: First appeared in a prose work?
Holding one DQ

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DQs:

  1. Protagonist?
  2. Unusual first name?
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IQs:

  1. Were you secretly the Shadow?
  2. Were you a traveler, writer, print artist and illustrator who illustrated the Canterbury Tales, the works of Shakespeare, the Decameron and Moby Dick, among other works?
  3. Did your stand up routine include you hitting yourself in the head with the microphone?
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IQs:
1. Was Regis Live with you?
2. No, really, was he Live with you?
3. Did you play basketball, and also yourself in the movie Uncut Gems?

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Previous IQs:

Did you like to sail on the Victura? - JFK: John F. Kennedy's beloved sailboat Victura back on display - CBS News
Did you visit the Taj Mahal with your sister? - Jackie Kennedy: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/10/travel/jackie-kennedy-christies-india-pakistan.html
Did your American wedding make the cover of Life in the early [actually, a little later, I now see] Eighties? - Caroline Kennedy: Caroline Kennedy Life Magazine

DQs:

American?
Created by an American(s)?

One DQ reserved.

IQs:

Were you a grizzled sergeant of the 20th Maine in Gettysburg?
Were you the actor who played him?
In a Top Ten list, did David Letterman suggest that this was the first name of Mr. Peanut?

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Only name I associate with The Shadow is Lamont Cranston. Three DQs.

  1. Not Kathy Whateverhersurname was
    Two DQs.

Three DQs. Maybe I should have picked a different letter…


K

1, Not real
2. First name begins with K
3. Male
4. Created before 1980
5. Could be alive today, if real (though not normally)
6. First appeared in a prose work
7. Protagonist
8. Unusual first name
9. Not American
10. American creator(s)

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Previous IQs:

Were you a grizzled sergeant of the 20th Maine in Gettysburg? - Buster Kilrain
Were you the actor who played him? - Kevin Conway
In a Top Ten list, did David Letterman suggest that this was the first name of Mr. Peanut? - Keith!: http://www.mudslide.net/TopTen/lnwdxtra.html#extra37

DQs:

Created before 1900?
European?

Two DQs reserved.

IQs:

Were you a hated US Cavalry officer during the Civil War?
Were you Reagan’s UN ambassador?
Are you first officer of the Orville?

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2 was Kelly Ripa; 3 was Kevin Garnett; close enough on Kathy Lee Gifford.

2 DQs reserved.

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  1. Lamont Cranston was a traveling millionaire socialite who let the Shadow, Kent Allard, use his identity while he was away.
    #2 is Rockwell Kent.
    #3 was Kevin Meaney.

DQ: From a work of science fiction or fantasy?

2 DQs reserved.

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Three DQs. (Stop that!)


K

1, Not real
2. First name begins with K
3. Male
4. Created before 1980
5. Could be alive today, if real (though not normally)
6. First appeared in a prose work
7. Protagonist
8. Unusual first name
9. Not American
10. American creator(s)
11. Not created before 1900
12. European
13. Sorta/Kinda from a work of science fiction or fantasy



That’s 13, there are seven reserved DQs*, and I just awarded three more, which brings us up to a total of 23. No more IQs, please, and ask all your DQs before 0900 Eastern Saturday.

* Chock has one; EH, DLR and the Prof have two each.

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DQs:

  1. Work has been made into a movie or movies?
  2. Created before 1950?
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K

1, Not real
2. First name begins with K
3. Male
4. Created before 1980
5. Could be alive today, if real (though not normally)
6. First appeared in a prose work
7. Protagonist
8. Unusual first name
9. Not American
10. American creator(s)
11. Not created before 1900
12. European
13. Sorta/Kinda from a work of science fiction or fantasy
14. Work has sort of been incorporated into a movie or movies
15. Created before 1950


Chock has one outstanding DQ, EH has five, and DLR has two.

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DQ: from a short story?

1 DQ reserved.

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I can’t help myself!

'Twas Gen. Judson “Kill Cavalry” Kilpatrick, Amb. Jeanne Kirkpatrick and Cmdr. Kelly Grayson.

DQs:

British character?
White?
Movie(s) released since 2000?

Two DQs reserved.

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DQ: Human?

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K

1, Not real
2. First name begins with K
3. Male
4. Created before 1980
5. Could be alive today, if real (though not normally)
6. First appeared in a prose work
7. Protagonist
8. Unusual first name
9. Not American
10. American creator(s)
11. Not created before 1900
12. European
13. Sorta/Kinda from a work of science fiction or fantasy
14. Work has sort of been incorporated into a movie or movies
15. Created before 1950
16. Not from a short story
17. British character
18. White
19. A related movie was released after 2000, but I was not in it
20. Human


EH has two outstanding DQs, and DLR has one.

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Final DQ: created after 1930?

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K

1, Not real
2. First name begins with K
3. Male
4. Created before 1980
5. Could be alive today, if real (though not normally)
6. First appeared in a prose work
7. Protagonist
8. Unusual first name
9. Not American
10. American creator(s)
11. Not created before 1900
12. European
13. Sorta/Kinda from a work of science fiction or fantasy
14. Work has sort of been incorporated into a movie or movies
15. Created before 1950
16. Not from a short story
17. British character
18. White
19. A related movie was released after 2000, but I was not in it
20. Human
21. Not created after 1930


EH has two outstanding DQs.

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Okay – past the deadline on DQs. The four who were awarded DQs during the course of the game may ask their final “Are you X?” DQs; please do so by 1800 Eastern tomorrow (Sunday).

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American novel, novella (or play??) created 1900-1930, in the speculative fiction genre.
British character with unusual first name, white, human. Could be alive today, if real, though not normally.
Recent movie didn’t include the character, but he was a protagonist in the book.

Thinking…