Botticelli - January 2015

Thread Games
1

Hmm. I had a good Z picked out, and a really good R, but no Y…

Go ahead and start asking questions - by the time I come back I’ll have somebody.

I am Y!
Leftovers from the last game:

Another Xena question, as I didn’t recognise Tim’s. :slight_smile:
Xavier Quinn (The Mighty Quinn).

2

IQ1: Are you a MLB pitcher whose nickname is short for “Cyclone”?
IQ2: Did you star as Julia Brougham in the film The Bishop’s Wife?
IQ3: Were you US Ambassador to the UN during the Carter administration?

3

IQs:

  1. Do you “yust go nuts at Christmas”?
  2. Did you play Batgirl?
  3. Were you arguably the first comic strip character?
4

Not Cy Young.
DQ.
DQ.

Not Yogi Yorgesson. (I think I spelt that correctly…)
Can’t remember Yvonne’s last name, so DQ.
Not the Yellow Kid.

5

  1. Are you a Baseball Hall of Famer who made the All-Star Game as both a shortstop and a center fielder?

  2. Did your musical performance trigger post-traumatic stress in a leading character on The West Wing?

  3. Did you write an extremely popular folk song based on a kids’ story written by an old classmate at Cornell?

6

Correct on #1 and #3. #2 was Yvonne Craig.

DQ: Real?

7

IQs:

  1. Were you the first to break the sound barrier?
  2. Were you the “Hunter from the Future”?
  3. Were you the chief of the Frost Giants?
8

IQ1: Did you live in Jellystone Park?
IQ2: Did you look good for someone who is 900 years old?
IQ3: Did you often throw to Jerry Rice?

9

DQ.
DQ.
Not … Peter Yarrow? (I know he went to Cornell.)

Not Chuck Yeager.
DQ.
DQ.

Not Yogi Bear.
DQ.
DQ.
Y

  1. Fictional
10

IQs:

Did you also go by the names Saffron and Bridgit?
Were you part of a famous musical trio?
Were you a fictional Duchess of Cornwall?

11

Right on Chuck. #2 was Yor. #3 was Ymir.

DQs:

  1. Male?
  2. Best known from movies?
12

IQs:

  1. Are you aka Ant-Man, Giant-Man, Goliath and Dr. Pym?
  2. Did you star in Father Knows Best?
  3. Were you King Arthur’s mommy?
13

1 was correct.
“When 900 years old you reach, look as good you will not, hmm?” - Yoda
3 was Steve Young.

14

nm

15

IQ1: Were you known as a fellow of infinite jest?
IQ2: Did you play wideout for the Steelers?
IQ3: Is your amulet found at the bottom of every NetHack dungeon?

16

DQ.
Still not Peter Yarrow.
Not Ygraine.

Not Yellowjacket.
Not Robert Young
Still not Ygraine.

Not poor Yorick.
DQ.
DQ.
What the heck is a “wideout”?

Y

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. Not (I think) best known from movies
17

Correct on 1 of course
2 was Yancey Thigpen (a wideout is slang for a wide receiver, a position in US football)
3 was Yendor.

DQ1: Best known from works of the written word?
DQ2: Last name starts with Y?

Two DQ reserved.

18

IQ1: Did you put a feather in your hat?
IQ2: Were you played by Mel Brooks, in heavy makeup?
IQ3: Were you the last man on Earth (as far as you knew, for most of the series)?

19

Not Yankee Doodle.
DQ.
DQ.

Y

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. Not (I think) best known from movies
  4. Probably (I think) best known from works of the written word
  5. Last name does not start with Y
20

correct, Loretta Young, Andrew Young

DQ: Military genre?
DQ: From a series?