Botticelli, February 2014

Thread Games
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IQ1: Did a film adaptation of the work in which you appeared have a mis-spelling of your name as its title?
IQ2: Did you say greed was good?
IQ3: Did you oppose Ming the Merciless?

82

Yes, male.
Last name starts with G.

Summary for G:

  1. Not real.
  2. Male.
  3. Last name starts with G.
83

IQ: Did you hate spunk?

84

No idea on 1 and 3. For 2, I’m not Giuseppe Garibaldi.

For 1, I’m not George M. Cohan. Take two DQs for 2 and 3.

For 1, I’m not Johannes Gutenberg; for 3, I’m not Art Garfunkel. Take a DQ for 2.

No idea for 1; take a DQ. For 2, I’m not Gordon Gekko; and for 3, I’m not Flash Gordon.

85

I’m not Lou Grant.

86

Correct on Gordon Gecko and Flash Gordon. The first was inspired by an earlier question, and the inspiration for the triumvirate of Gordons - Charlie Gordon, from Flowers for Algernon and its film adaptation, CHARLY

DQ: Were you created in the twentieth century?

87

Previous IQs:

Does a statue of you stand in Times Square? - Yes, George M. Cohan.
Were you beloved by a young female secret agent? - Ole Golly was the nanny to the title character of Harriet the Spy.
Did JFK particularly appreciate your memos? - Economist and then-U.S. ambassador to India John Kenneth Galbraith.

DQs:

American?
Generally considered a “good guy”?

IQs:

Did you invent Dungeons & Dragons?
Was your creator unsure of whether or not you had been reincarnated?
Were you Tom Bombadil’s sweetie?

88

IQ1: Did you hold an officer’s rank in a chickenshit outfit?
IQ2: Are you responsible for the batsignal?
IQ3: Did you encourage captains of industry to withdraw from society?

89

Yes, created in the twentieth century.

American, and generally considered a good guy.

Summary for G:

  1. Not real.
  2. Male.
  3. Last name starts with G.
  4. Created in the twentieth century.
  5. American.
  6. Generally considered a good guy.
90

For 1, I’m not Gary Gygax. No idea on 2 and 3; take two DQs.

For 2, I’m not Commissioner Gordon. For 1 and 3, I have no idea–take two DQs.

91

#2 was Gloria Mundi.

DQ: From literature?

92

Not from literature.

Summary for G:

  1. Not real.
  2. Male.
  3. Last name starts with G.
  4. Created in the twentieth century.
  5. American.
  6. Generally considered a good guy.
  7. Not from literature.
93

IQs:

  1. Were you the 3rd Prime Minister of India?
  2. Were you the 2nd President of Egypt?
  3. Were you marooned by your pirate crewmates?
94

For 1, I’ll take a guess at Indira Gandhi; and for 2, I’ll try Gamel Abdul Nasser. DQ for 3, and also for the others if they are wrong.

95

1: Lieutenant William Gorman, of the Colonial Marines - from Aliens
2: As you say, Gotham City Police Commissioner Jim Gordon
3: John Galt, from Atlas Shrugged.

96

Did she barf in buses? “Sick transit Gloria Mundi.”

Previous IQs:

Did you invent Dungeons & Dragons? - Yes, Gary Gygax.
Was your creator unsure of whether or not you had been reincarnated? - Tolkien had his doubts about Glorfindel.
Were you Tom Bombadil’s sweetie? - Goldberry. How she put up with his idiotic “poetry” I’ll never know.

DQs:

First appeared on TV?
Would still be alive today, if real?

IQs:

Did you sing “We Shall Be Free?” in a cowboy hat?
Were you an unusual alien prostitute?
Were you the victor of the Battle of Gettysburg?

97

Right on 1 and 2. #3 was Treasure Island’s Ben Gunn.

I’ll wait on the DQ.

98

Groan!

Did not first appear on TV.
If real, would still be alive today.

Summary for G:

  1. Not real.
  2. Male.
  3. Last name starts with G.
  4. Created in the twentieth century.
  5. American.
  6. Generally considered a good guy.
  7. Not from literature.
  8. Did not first appear on TV.
  9. If real, would still be alive today.

For 1, I’m not Garth Brooks. For 3, I’ll guess at George Meade (take a DQ if I’m wrong).

For 2, all I can think of is the three-breasted prostitute in Total Recall, but I cannot remember her name. DQ for you.

ETA: Aside to the Professor: :smack: I should have known Ben Gunn! I read that book years ago, and quite enjoyed it.

99

Oops!

Just realized that I’ll have to change the answer to number 7: “Originally appeared in a little-known work of literature, but better known in another medium.”

Summary for G:

  1. Not real.
  2. Male.
  3. Last name starts with G.
  4. Created in the twentieth century.
  5. American.
  6. Generally considered a good guy.
  7. Originally appeared in a little-known work of literature, but better known in another medium.
  8. Did not first appear on TV.
  9. If real, would still be alive today.

Sorry about that folks–hope I caught the error before too much damage was done.

100

DQ: Best known from a movie or movies?

IQs:

  1. Were you the amazing, amusing wizard of Bored of the Rings?
  2. Were you Larry Niven’s character with a psychic arm?
  3. Did you get stuck on an island with Mary Ann and Skipper?