Botticelli February 2021

Thread Games
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Good job, Chock!

182

Way to go, CFOHG!

Previous IQs:

Did you describe George Washington as “modest, wise and good”? - Not John, but Abigail Adams
Were you that person’s spouse? - Not Abigail, but John Adams
Were you SECSTATE in the Monroe Administration? - Their son, John Quincy

183

Wrap up from last round

Alfred Pennyworth, Alfred Packer

Next up…
I am F

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  1. Are you an underground comic character?
  2. Are you his pet?
  3. Are you his friend?
185

Congrats, Chock!

Belated IQ wrap-up: 3 (creator of Groo) was Sergio Aragones, who you might also remember from Mad magazine.

IQs:
1. Do you appear as a diner owner/waitress in The Blues Brothers (1980), belting out “Think” to your husband?
2. Did you invent bifocals?
3. Did you have “some pig”?

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IQs:

  1. Were you Al Capp’s parody of Dick Tracy?
  2. Were you an adversary of Davy Crockett, known as the King of the River?
  3. Did you play Mr. Roper on Three’s Company?
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Not Fat Freddy
Not Fat Freddy’s Cat - I think that was how it was always referred to in the side strips. If it had an actual name, take a DQ
Not Freewheelin’ Frank

Not Aretha Franklin
Not Ben Franklin
Not Fern from Charlotte’s Web

Not Fearless Fosdick
Take 2 DQs

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Correct on Fosdick. I recently discovered that Tracy met Fosdick fairly recently in a “dream sequence” in his own strip.
#2 was Mike Fink.
#3 was Norman Fell.

DQs:

  1. Real?
  2. Male?
189

IQ1: Did you write Quartered Safe Out Here?
IQ2: Are you the main character in a 12-book series written by #1?
IQ3: Were you the antagonist in a film about an ogre?

190

A clean sweep!

IQs:
1. Were you the love interest in a film about an ogre?
2. Do you appear as yourself in Zoolander (2001), accepting an award?
3. Were you the first woman to be part of a US presidential cabinet?

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Damn. I was hoping that was too obscure of a reference. Yeah, Fat Freddy’s Cat. Freewheeling Franklin. Not Phineas. You must be an old phart like me.

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DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Female
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Take 2 DQs
Not Lord Farquad

Not Princess Fiona
Not Fabio?
Take a DQ

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George MacDonald Fraser.
Harry Flashman.
:white_check_mark:
(Nitpick: Farquaad)


DQ1: Living?
DQ2: Known for the Arts?

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Not that old. Gen X, but my older sister married an ex-hippie who had several boxes of comix that he lent me. Lots of R. Crumb and drug stuff. Freak Brothers were my favorite, especially after I got to use one of their lines in real life. In high school, I had long hair down past my shoulders, and one dude was constantly bugging me with “Are you a boy or a girl? I really can’t tell”. Finally Fat Freddy (I think) gave me the perfect reply - “Why don’t you suck my dick and find out!” Never got bothered again after that one.

The old hippie took his boxes to a comic book shop in the early 90s, and was told they were worthless - 25c an issue was all they would give him. I don’t know if my sister still has them - she’s been going through his stuff after he died last year.

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IQs:

  1. Are you a notable jewel thief who is reformed by Father Brown?
  2. Have you been called “the Godfather of Fantasy Art”?
  3. Was your face the first to be televised.

I, too, remember Gilbert Shelton’s work with joy.

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Take a DQ
Not Frank Frazetta
Take another DQ

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DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Female
  3. Living
  4. Not known for the Arts
199

#1 is Flambeau.
Correct on Frank Frazetta.
#3 is Felix the Cat. A revolving statue of Felix was broadcast in the late 1920s as a display of futuristic technology. The TV sets had a 2" tube.

DQs:

  1. Last name starts with F?
  2. Born after 1969?
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DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Female
  3. Living
  4. Not known for the Arts
  5. Last name starts with F
  6. Not born after 1969