Botticelli Feb. 2022

Thread Games
221

DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Female
  3. Living
  4. Last name begins with Y
  5. Not known for the Arts
  6. American
  7. Born after 1970
  8. Not political/military
  9. Spouse isn’t as famous as she is
  10. Born before 1990
  11. Probably best known for a single incident
222
  1. I am not Yanni (?).
  2. I am not Yuri Andropov (?).
  3. I am not Sgt. York (?).

Take DQs as appropriate.

223

Yes, Yanni and Yuri Andropov. The third is Rodger Young, known to every Heinlein fan.

DQ:

Best known for involvement in a crime?

IQs:

Were you one of two astronauts on the first crewed Space Shuttle mission?
Did Barbra S. play you in a movie?
Did the Friends characters discuss watching a movie about you?

224

Correct on 1 (Max Yasgur) and 3; 2 was Yancy Butler.

IQs:
1. Seriously, did you found Yahoo!?
2. In a 1987 Straight Dope column mentioning you, does Cecil Adams note “You’d think that playing opposite a talking horse for five years would have to make the rest of your career seem like an anticlimax, but [redacted] has been plugging away like the trouper that he is in the years since, doing a stint on General Hospital and most recently supplying the voice of Scrooge McDuck on Ducktales, a new Disney animated TV series”–and did you continue to voice Scrooge over the years, up to a Mickey Mouse short in 2016?
3. Were you Marian in Robin Hood: Men in Tights?

1 DQ reserved.

225

[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:221, topic:958810”]

DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Female
  3. Living
  4. Last name begins with Y
  5. Not known for the Arts
  6. American
  7. Born after 1970
  8. Not political/military
  9. Spouse isn’t as famous as she is
  10. Born before 1990
  11. Probably best known for a single incident
  12. Not known for crime
226

#2 I am not Yentl.
Take 2 DQs.

Take 3 DQs.

227

1 was Jerry Yang; 2 was Mr. Ed’s Alan Young; 3 was Amy Yasbeck.

DQs:
1. known for sports?
2. most famous in the 90s?

2 DQs reserved.

228

There we go! It won’t be long now…

DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Female
  3. Living
  4. Last name begins with Y
  5. Not known for the Arts
  6. American
  7. Born after 1970
  8. Not political/military
  9. Spouse isn’t as famous as she is
  10. Born before 1990
  11. Probably best known for a single incident
  12. Not known for crime
  13. Famous for sports
  14. Most famous in the 1990s
229

IQ1: Are you a figure skater who in 1992 was the first Asian-American to win gold in the winter Olympics?

230

Yes!

I am

Kristi Yamaguchi!

Good job, Chock!
Please start the March thread for the next round.

231

Congrats, CFOHG!

Previous IQs:

Were you one of two astronauts on the first crewed Space Shuttle mission? - Cmdr. Young
Did Barbra S. play you in a movie? - Yes, Yentl
Did the Friends characters discuss watching a movie about you? - Old Yeller

232

Great! Once it was narrowed to 1990s sports my mind immediately went to figure skaters, given the Olympics just concluded.

New thread for March is here