Botticelli February 2021

Thread Games
161

1 (“A=A”) was Ayn Rand; 2 (mom in Foxtrot) was Andrea “Andy” Fox.

1. Did you coin the term “robotics”?
2. Did a ridiculously popular musical come out about you in 2015?
3. Did you play Han Solo?

DQs:
1. first name starts with A?
2. from a dramatic production (i.e. film or TV)?

162

I am A

  1. I am not real
  2. Last name does not start with A
  3. Male
  4. Not from prose
  5. Caucasian
  6. First name begins with A
  7. I am not from a dramatic production (i.e. film or TV)
163

Now I’m not Amy Adams
I am not Amy Irving
DQ

DQ
I am not Alexander Hamilton
DQ

164

Correct, Correct, and Austin Pendleton.

DQ: By an American author or authors?

165

I am A

  1. I am not real
  2. Last name does not start with A
  3. Male
  4. Not from prose
  5. Caucasian
  6. First name begins with A
  7. I am not from a dramatic production (i.e. film or TV)
  8. As he is most commonly known, created by an American (there are earlier and similar versions created by non-Americans)
166

IQs:

  1. Did Diane Keaton play you in an eponymous Woody Allen movie?
  2. Were you Jackie O’s second husband?
  3. Are you the late eponymous protagonist in a novel by the person who created Mr. Moto?
167

Good job, MissTake.

Previous IQs:

Were you a widely-loathed cavalry general during the Civil War? - Gen. Judson “Kill Cavalry” Kilpatrick
Were you a Latin American specialist in the Kennedy Administration? - Roswell Kilpatrick
Did you joke that if the United Nations left NYC and sailed away, you’d be down on the docks, waving a not-so-fond farewell? - Jeanne Kilpatrick, Reagan’s UN ambassador, who was no fan of the institution

Kilpatrick x3!

Right, then. On to A.

IQs:

Was Barry Sonnenfeld’s first directing gig about you?
And you, his wife?
And you, his daughter?

168

I am not Annie Hall
I am not Aristotle Onassis
DQ

Take three DQs, but I’m probably going to kick myself

169

Correct, Correct, and the Late George Apley by J. P. Marquand.

DQ: Created after 1949?

170

I am A

  1. I am not real
  2. Last name does not start with A
  3. Male
  4. Not from prose
  5. Caucasian
  6. First name begins with A
  7. I am not from a dramatic production (i.e. film or TV)
  8. As he is most commonly known, created by an American (there are earlier and similar versions created by non-Americans)
  9. Created after 1949
171

Was DQ #6 necessary after DQ #2?

Previous IQs:

Was Barry Sonnenfeld’s first directing gig about you? - Gomez Addams
And you, his wife? - Morticia Addams
And you, his daughter? - Wednesday Addams (not to mention his son, Pugsley)

DQs:

American character?
Would be alive today, if real?
First appeared in comics?

IQs:

Did you describe George Washington as “modest, wise and good”?
Were you that person’s spouse?
Were you SECSTATE in the Monroe Administration?

172

I am A

  1. I am not real
  2. Last name does not start with A
  3. Male
  4. Not from prose
  5. Caucasian
  6. First name begins with A
  7. I am not from a dramatic production (i.e. film or TV)
  8. As he is most commonly known, created by an American (there are earlier and similar versions created by non-Americans)
  9. Created after 1949
  10. American
  11. More than likely would be alive, if real
  12. First appeared in a comic
173

I am not John Adams
I am not Abigail Adams
DQ

174

Alan Freed
Correct
Ethan Allen

DQ1: Has appeared in dramatic (i.e movies or TV) adaptations?

Holding one DQ

175

IQs:

  1. Do you become overexcited when your wife speaks French?
  2. Do you dread being asked to perform one particular song of yours when November rolls around?
  3. Did you write the hymn Come, Ye Thankful People, Come?
176

1 (coined the term “robotics”) was Isaac Asimov; 3 (played Han Solo) was Alden Ehrenreich.

Just thought I would confirm which name started with A.

IQs:
1. Were you a member of the last ruling royal family of Russia?
2. Were you an action movie star-turned-governor of California?
3. Did you create Groo the Wanderer?

DQ: created before 1980?

One DQ reserved.

177

I am A

  1. I am not real
  2. Last name does not start with A
  3. Male
  4. Not from prose
  5. Caucasian
  6. First name begins with A
  7. I am not from a dramatic production (i.e. film or TV)
  8. As he is most commonly known, created by an American (there are earlier and similar versions created by non-Americans)
  9. Created after 1949
  10. American
  11. More than likely would be alive, if real
  12. First appeared in a comic
  13. Has not appeared in any dramatic adaptations, movies or TV
  14. Created before 1980
178

I am not Gomez Addams
DQ
DQ

I am not Anastasia
I am not Ahhhhhnold Schwarzenegger
DQ

179

IQ1: Is your catchphrase “What, me worry?”
IQ2: Are you Batman’s butler?
IQ3: Were you known as the Colorado Cannibal?

180

Yes! I am Alfred E. Neuman!