Botticelli - December 2014

Thread Games
601

IQ1: Did you and Heath Ledger have a daughter named Matilda?
IQ2: Did your father supposedly name you after his favorite video game character?
IQ3: Are you Demi and Bruce’s daughter?

602

Not Diane Williams, dunno, and not Rumer or Scout Willis.

W.

  1. real
  2. female
  3. last name starts with W
  4. living
  5. born after 1970
  6. American
  7. known for the arts
  8. known for the performing arts
  9. last name doesn’t start with WA-WH
  10. known as an actress
  11. known primarily from movies
  12. born west of the Miss. River
  13. born after 1985
  14. Caucasian
603

Zelda Rae Williams, daughter of Robin Williams, inspired from The Legend of Zelda.

3 DQs in the bank

Feel like we have enough clues, but have no idea who this is.

604

IQ1: Will we have you stokin’ coal on Number Nine?
IQ2: Were you the White Mouse?
IQ3: Did you write about the Duchy of Grand Fenwick?

605

IQs:

  1. Are you the wife of the editor of the Daily Planet?
  2. Did you star in the serial The Perils of Pauline?
  3. Did you star in The Three Faces of Eve?
606

Dunno any of these.

Not Mrs. Perry White; dunno the other two.

607

William Jennings Bryan (here).
Nancy Wake.
Leonard Wibberley (The Mouse That Roared and its sequels).
DQ: Born south of the Mason-Dixon line?
Two DQs reserved.
IQ1: Is a fiendish 180-question test posed annually at a school named for you?
IQ2: Were you the son of Cedric the Saxon?
IQ3: Did you write about #2?

608

Correct on Alice White. #2 was Pearl White. #3 was Joanne Woodward.

DQ: Leading lady?

1 DQ reserved.

609

IQ1: Were you Mary-Elizabeth in the film The Perks of Being a Wallflower?
IQ2: Are you a lady wrestler who contrary to your last name had a career that spanned nine decades?
IQ3: Are you noted for the quote “When I’m good, I’m very good. But when I’m bad I’m better?”

610

Not Roger Williams, Wilfred, or… James White?

Dunno, not Willa the Kid (?), not Mae West.

W.

  1. real
  2. female
  3. last name starts with W
  4. living
  5. born after 1970
  6. American
  7. known for the arts
  8. known for the performing arts
  9. last name doesn’t start with WA-WH
  10. known as an actress
  11. known primarily from movies
  12. born west of the Miss. River
  13. born after 1985
  14. Caucasian
  15. as far as I can tell, born south of the Mason-Dixon Line
  16. not usually thought of as a leading lady
611

William IV. (The current edition - the 110th - of the King William’s College General Knowledge Paper is here. Much to my surprise, I was actually able to answer 11 of the 180 questions this year without doing any research…)
Correct on Wilfred of Ivanhoe.
Sir Walter Scott.
DQ: Nominated for an Oscar?
DQs reserved…
Haven’t a clue here, so I’ll ask some more IQs to while away the time. :slight_smile:
IQ1: Were you Kay’s brother?
IQ2: Did you play Richie’s friend Arthur?
IQ3: Did you play Arthur’s friend Shirley?

612

Mae Whitman, Mae Young, correct

DQ: Known for fantasy/scifi genre?

4 DQs in the tank

613

DQ: Common last name (such as Williams, Wilson, Wood, Wright, etc.)?

614

Dunno any of these. Three DQs.

W.

  1. real
  2. female
  3. last name starts with W
  4. living
  5. born after 1970
  6. American
  7. known for the arts
  8. known for the performing arts
  9. last name doesn’t start with WA-WH
  10. known as an actress
  11. known primarily from movies
  12. born west of the Miss. River
  13. born after 1985
  14. Caucasian
  15. as far as I can tell, born south of the Mason-Dixon Line
  16. not usually thought of as a leading lady
  17. not known for fantasy/scifi genre, all in all
  18. common last name (such as Williams, Wilson, Wood, Wright, etc.)
615

Wart (The Sword in the Stone).
Henry Winkler played Arthur Fonzarelli.
Cindy Williams played Shirley Feeney.
Repeating my DQ from four posts back, which you evidently missed:
DQ: Nominated for an Oscar?
More than enough DQs to finish the game reserved…
Thinking aloud: What might be a good final DQ?

616

Maybe ask if the mystery guest is known from a series of films? (like Hunger Games, etc) Could be a child actor.

617

Sorry.

W.

  1. real
  2. female
  3. last name starts with W
  4. living
  5. born after 1970
  6. American
  7. known for the arts
  8. known for the performing arts
  9. last name doesn’t start with WA-WH
  10. known as an actress
  11. known primarily from movies
  12. born west of the Miss. River
  13. born after 1985
  14. Caucasian
  15. as far as I can tell, born south of the Mason-Dixon Line
  16. not usually thought of as a leading lady
  17. not known for fantasy/scifi genre, all in all
  18. common last name (such as Williams, Wilson, Wood, Wright, etc.)
  19. not nominated for an Oscar
618

So who won the 2014 pool?

619

Hi, Little Pig! Welcome! What Pool?

Ruminating: Series is a good question to ask; or if she’s a comic actress, or a child actress, or a teen, or plays the leading lady’s best friend.

620

Maybe LP meant to post in the Celebrity Death Pool thread.

Mae Whitman was actually my best guess. I got no idea otherwise.