Botticelli - February 2018

Thread Games
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I’m easy either way, at least now that I have a start on both lists.

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Here’s what I have so far regarding DQ answers:
1. Fictional
2. Male
3. Created by American authors
4. Human
5. First published 1945 or later
6. Not originally from a work of prose fiction
7. Created before 1980
8. Has appeared in a movie.
9. Last name does not start with ‘Z’
10. Originally from Film or TV
Is there a limit to the number of DQs? You mention 20…

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It’s typically 20 DQs. Sometimes the Host/Moderator allows anyone who has any outstanding unasked DQs when the Big List hits 20 to go ahead and ask 'em, but it’s optional.

284

Thanks, Professor. Everything look kosher to you, so far?

285

So far, so good. :slight_smile:

286

You don’t need to do this.

Agreed. It is customary, and very helpful, for the gamemaster to do this.

287

Previous IQs:

Were you the Bartlets’ youngest daughter? - Zoe Bartlet, daughter of the President and First Lady, on The West Wing
Did Sean Connery star in a movie about you? - Yes, Zardoz (spoofed in an early episode of Rick and Morty)
Were you Ike’s favorite author? - Yes, Western author Zane Grey

DQ:

The main character of the movie?

IQs:

Were you a noted American sf author?
Were you Buzz Lightyear’s dad?
Did you discover the Western mountain that still bears your name?

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DQ reply: Certainly one of the leads, but not really the “main” character of the movie.

IQs
1)Dunno … DQ
2)Dunno … DQ
3) No, I am not Zebulon Pike

And parenthetically, I am ashamed to have spelt Pepperwinkle as ‘Periwinkle’. I should have knuckles rapped; oh, Sister Mary Agnes?!

289

Oh, I cannot count how many times that particular mistake was been made. 'Tis but the common fallacy and worry not over it.

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Don’t forget to add your DQ answer to all the others this round, MM. An updated list is much appreciated.

Previous IQs:

Were you a noted American sf author? - Roger Zelazny
Were you Buzz Lightyear’s dad? - The evil Emperor Zurg
Did you discover the Western mountain that still bears your name? - Yes, Zebulon Pike

DQs:

In genre fiction (sf, fantasy, Western, detective, etc.)?
Usually carries a weapon?

IQs:

Did you have a big ol’ truck called Richard the Deep Breather?
Were you marooned in Sarpeidon’s ice age?
Were you a bad guy from Krypton?

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IQ: Were you the President of the Galaxy, a position that actually held very little power, in what turned out to be an overarching plan to find out who actually rules the Universe?
IQ: Were you another conspirator in the same plan, who was extremely unsatisfied with the result (and then marooned by the other participants)?
IQ: Are you a great prophet from the same universe as the two characters above?

292

IQs:

  1. Were you a female athlete who won 2 gold medals at the 1932 Summer Olympics?
  2. Are you an actress who appeared in Butterfly and Santa Claus Conquers The Martians?
  3. Did you direct the Back to the Future trilogy?
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DQs

  1. Yes I was in genre fiction.
  2. I had a weapon from time to time, but not much use of it.

IQs

  1. Dunno DQ
  2. Dunno DQ
  3. No, I am not General Zod
294

IQs

  1. No, I am not Zaphod Beeblebrox
  2. Drawing a blank; DQ
  3. Another blank; DQ
295

IQs

  1. No I am not Babe Zaharias
  2. No I am not Pia Zadora
  3. No I am not Bob Zemeckis
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Summary of DQS

DQ Summary

  1.   1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. Created by American authors
  4. Human
  5. First published 1945 or later
  6. Not originally from a work of prose fiction
  7. Created before 1980
  8. Has appeared in a movie.
  9. Last name does not start with ‘Z’
  10. Originally from Film or TV
  11. Certainly one of the leads, but not really the “main” character of the movie.
    12. Yes I was in genre fiction.
    13. I had a weapon from time to time, but did not make much use of it.
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Correct on Zaphod. His ‘buddy’ was Zarniwoop [Vann Harl}, an editor of the Hitchhikers’ Guide who creates a universe specifically for Zaphod to find the ruler of the Universe, who turns out to be a man who lives in a shack with his cat, who is constantly amazed by simple things. Arthur and Trillian abandon Zarniwoop there. And the third was the Great Prophet Zarquon.

DQ: From sci-fi?

I doubt I know this character, so I’ll happily yield my two remaining DQs to anyone who cares to ask them, unless I can see a good use for them or get a flash of inspiration.

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DQ: Yes I am from SciFi.

I figured Zarniwoop was in there but I couldn’t remember his role. Onward!

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Summary of DQS (with handy post numbers from where the DQ was posed)

DQ Summary

    1. Fictional (#254)
  2. Male (#263)
  3. Created by American authors (#263)
  4. Human (#265)
  5. First published 1945 or later (#265)
  6. Not originally from a work of prose fiction (#271)
  7. Created before 1980 (#271)
  8. Has appeared in a movie. (#272)
  9. Last name does not start with ‘Z’ (#277)
  10. Originally from Film or TV (#277)
  11. Certainly one of the leads, but not really the “main” character of the movie. (#287)
  12. Yes I was in genre fiction. (#290)
  13. I had a weapon from time to time, but did not make much use of it. (#290)
  14. I am from SciFi (#297)
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Thanks, but you need not go to the trouble of supplying the post numbers, as far as I’m concerned.

Previous IQs:

Did you have a big ol’ truck called Richard the Deep Breather? - Junkyard owner Zeke Boniface in the Mad Scientists Club books
Were you marooned in Sarpeidon’s ice age? - Zarabeth (Mariette Hartley) in the ST:TOS episode “All Our Yesterdays”
Were you a bad guy from Krypton? - Yes, Gen. Zod

DQs:

Considered a “good guy”?
Story set in the future?

IQ:

Are you a Kirk parody on Futurama?
Are you a liberal revisionist American historian?
Were you a drill instructor in Starship Troopers?