Botticelli - January 2015

Thread Games
181

Prof P now has three DQs.

182

I remember that show, but never watched it. DQ.
Which by my count makes 14 unasked DQs…

183

#1 was Ralph Rackstraw!
#2 was Roger Bacon.
#3 was Roger Price.

DQ: Was the movie a comedy?

2 DQs reserved.

184

R

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. Last name starts with R
  4. Possibly best known from a movie
  5. Protagonist
  6. Military genre
  7. American
  8. Created after 1900
  9. First appeared in a novel
  10. Considered a “good guy”
  11. Served on or after December 7, 1941
  12. May have served on or after Jan. 1, 1965
  13. Not known to have often carried a rifle
  14. Movie not created after 1980
  15. Officer
  16. US Army (technically)
  17. Appeared in only one movie
  18. My movie was not a comedy
185

IQ1: Are you paratrooper played by Matt Damon in a 1998 film directed by Steven Spielberg?
Iq2: Did Lee Marvin play you in The Dirty Dozen?
IQ3: Did Casper Van Dien play you in Starship Troopers?

186

Previous IQ:

Did you serve aboard “the wackiest ship in the Army”? - Rip Crandall.

DQ reserved.

Hmm. Can’t figure out who this guy is.

187

DQ: Common last name (such as Richardson, Roberts, Rogers, etc.)?

188

DQ.
Not Major … Reisman?
Still not Johnny Rico.

R

Note slight change to #12

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. Last name starts with R
  4. Possibly best known from a movie
  5. Protagonist
  6. Military genre
  7. American
  8. Created after 1900
  9. First appeared in a novel
  10. Considered a “good guy”
  11. Served on or after December 7, 1941
  12. Probably did not serve on or after Jan. 1, 1965
  13. Not known to have often carried a rifle
  14. Movie not created after 1980
  15. Officer
  16. US Army (technically)
  17. Appeared in only one movie
  18. My movie was not a comedy
  19. Common last name

(The three names you mentioned are in the top 75 US surnames, per the 2000 census. Mine is in the top 200.)

189

Private Ryan, correct x2

DQ: Did story take place during WWII?

190

That’s it, then? No more questions?

R

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. Last name starts with R
  4. Possibly best known from a movie
  5. Protagonist
  6. Military genre
  7. American
  8. Created after 1900
  9. First appeared in a novel
  10. Considered a “good guy”
  11. Served on or after December 7, 1941
  12. Probably did not serve on or after Jan. 1, 1965
  13. Not known to have often carried a rifle
  14. Movie not created after 1980
  15. Officer
  16. US Army (technically)
  17. Appeared in only one movie
  18. My movie was not a comedy
  19. Common last name
  20. Story took place during WW II
    So - on to the “Are you Firstname Lastname?” questions, then…
191

I’ll have to pass.

192

I made my guesses already in my IQs and have nothing left. Pass…

193

Hint: The story is set in the Mediterranean theatre. And DQ 16 is important.

Prof and KO, if this makes you think of someone go ahead and ask your DQs.

194

Ok, I just remembered Anzio. Are you Corporal Jack Rabinoff?

195

I’m coming up blank. I yield my question to whoever wishes it.

196

I am not.

197

Waiting on Tim and astorian…

If I haven’t heard from them by noon tomorrow, I’ll give the answer before I leave for work.

198

I’m out, drawing a blank.

199

I got nothing… just the observation that “technically” a flyboy in WW2 would probably be part of the Army, as the Air FOrce didn’t exist. So, we MAY be looking for a fictional WW2 pilot.

200

I am P-38 pilot and POW Col Joseph “von” Ryan, USAAF, star of the book Von Ryan’s Express (and its sequel) and of the movie based on it, in which I was portrayed by Frank Sinatra.