Botticelli - December 2014

Thread Games
621

Sorry Prof. Pepperwinkle

OY Vey! I thought this thread was this thread -> http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=709201&page=41

:smack::smack::smack:

622

IQs:

  1. Did you recently play Peter Pan on TV?
  2. Did you star in Legally Blonde?
  3. Did you play Lucy in Across the Universe?
623

Not Miss Williams, anchorman Brian’s daughter; not Miss Witherspoon; dunno the third.

Final DQ, let’s say, in the next 24 hours from now. Then we’ll go to the “Are you Firstname Lastname?” round.

624

Correct on Allison Williams and Reese Witherspoon.

#3 was Evan Rachel Wood.

DQ: Best known from a series of movies?

625

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
  20. not best known for a series of movies

All right, let’s have your earned "Are you Firstname Lastname?"questions in the next 24 hours, please.

626

Pass

627

Pass.

628

…and Pass.

629

OK, then. Surprised no one guessed; it turns out our mystery guest is in fact

Mara Wilson

She was a child actress best known for appearances in Mrs. Doubtfire, the Miracle on 34th Street remake, and Matilda. She does very little acting these days.

Which brings us to our next letter, which is naturally

X

630

I’ve seen Mrs. Doubtfire, missed the others. Don’t believe I ever knew her name. Oh, well…
IQs:

  1. Does the KJV refer to you as Ahasuerus?
  2. Were you one of Buffy’s pals?
  3. Are you the Titan who occasionally battled Marvel’s Defenders?
631

So, slightly delayed from a few pages ago, I’ll mention that Val Kilmer played Chris Knight in Real Genius, and the other two were correct.

IQ1: Did you rule an interstellar empire that sent ships to Earth?
IQ2: Did you travel with Gabrielle?
IQ3: Were you the headmaster of a school for gifted youth in New York?

632

D’oh! Should have started a Jan. thread. Oh, well, this probably won’t take too long.

Not Xerxes, Xander or… Xenophon?

Dunno the first two; not Prof. Charles Xavier.

633

Correct on the first two. #3 was Xemnu.

DQ: Real?

IQs:

  1. Did you write the Anabasis?
  2. Did you play the director of CTU on 24?
  3. Are you the Happy Hooker?
634

IQ1: Did you play one of Victoria’s newborn vampires in Twilight: Eclipse?
IQ2: Are you a Latin bandleader who was married to Charo?
IQ3: Are you a Belgian tennis player nicknamed “The X-Man”?

635

Dunno and dunno; not Xaviera Hollander.

Dunno, not Xavier Cugat, and dunno.

X.

  1. fictional
636

IQ1: Are you the editor of The Quibbler?
IQ2: Were you a warrior princess?
IQ3: Were you the main character in a movie that has the same name as a Bob Dylan song?

637

BTW:

Never saw any of those movies. I did see a trailer for Matilda, but didn’t pay attention to who was in it.

638

1 was Xenu of Scientology fame, 2 was Xena, Warrior Princess, and you were correct on the third.

DQ1: Male?
DQ2: First appearance in a movie or television program?

639

Xavier Samuel, correct, Xavier Malisse

holding 2 DQs

640

#1 was Xenophon. #2 was Xander Berkeley.

DQ: From an American author (or authors)?

1 DQ reserved.