Botticelli - December 2019

1. Were you the first name mentioned in Tim Curry’s, I Do the Rock?
2. Did your character think Ferris Beuller was a righteous dude?
3. Did you play wacky characters on a late night talk show?

“Edith Sitwell giving readings 14 Moscow Road…”
Edie McClurg
Chris Elliot on Late Night with David Letterman

  1. Male?
  2. Known from literature?
  3. Main character?

E.

  1. not real
  2. male
  3. not known from literature
  4. main character, I guess you could say

IQs:

  1. Were you the spokesman for Publisher’s Clearinghouse Sweepstakes?
  2. Were you the subject of the song They Needed A Songbird In Heaven?
  3. Did you have a hit with Bailando?

Not Ed McMahon, Elvis Presley or Enrique Iglesias (if you mean “Bailamos”).

  1. Were you the daughter of a poor mountaineer?
  2. Were you born Declan MacManus?
  3. Were you an early love interest for Andy Taylor?

Dunno x3.

Elly May Clampett, Elvis Costello, Ellie Walker

1900s?
Film character?
Villain?

E.

  1. not real
  2. male
  3. not known from literature
  4. main character, I guess you could say
  5. first appeared in the 1900s
  6. not a film character
  7. not a villain

Correct on #1
#2 was Enrico Caruso.
Correct on #3 even with me messing up the song name.

DQ: Known from television?

  1. Was possibly the most hated car ever named after you?
  2. Were you mentioned in the first song from Phantom of the Paradise?
  3. Did you leave TV viewers wondering who shot you?

Not Edsel Ford (I actually considered using him this round!), Elvis Presley or J.R. Ewing.

E.

  1. not real
  2. male
  3. not known from literature
  4. main character, I guess you could say
  5. first appeared in the 1900s
  6. not a film character
  7. not a villain
  8. not known from TV

IQs:

  1. Did Father McKenzie preach your funeral sermon?
  2. Did Matt Frewer play you on Max Headroom?
  3. Are you the blonde female agent currently on NCIS?

2. Were you mentioned in the first song from Phantom of the Paradise?

That was Eddie Mitty.

“Little Eddie Mitty, born in Jersey City, started singing when he was five…”

One DQ reserved.

Not Eleanor Rigby, dunno (although I remember the character) and dunno.

Correct on Rigby.
#2 was Edison Carter.
#3 is Eleanor Bishop.

DQs:

  1. Last name starts with E?
  2. First appeared after 1959?

Reserved DQ

Character associated with Christmas?

E.

  1. not real
  2. male
  3. not known from literature
  4. main character, I guess you could say
  5. first appeared in the 1900s
  6. not a film character
  7. not a villain
  8. not known from TV
  9. first name starts with E
  10. first appeared before 1959
  11. character not associated with Christmas

IQs:

  1. Did the Dixie Chicks sing goodbye to you?
  2. Were you Edgar Bergen’s man-hungry female puppet?
  3. Are you an annoying red ticklish Muppet?

Not Earl, dunno, and not Elmo.

Correct on Earl and Elmo.
#2 was Effie Klinker.

DQ: From a song?