Botticelli - January 2018

Thread Games
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Prof. P., is there a word missing from your answer to DQ #11?

Previous IQs:

You are not Phil Rask. Have you been played several times recently on TV by an actor who also appeared in The Hobbit movies? - Poldark
Were you “trainer to the gods” in Disney’s Hercules? - Yes, Philoctetes
Did Dame Judi Dench play you, a kindly Irishwoman, in a recent movie? - The title character in Philomena

DQs:

Lead character of the story?
From a story set before 1900?

IQs:

Did you design a cannon used extensively during the American Civil War?
Did you marry Kevin Kline?
You are a TV character. Did you agree to serve as a surrogate for your younger brother and his beloved?

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DQs:

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. Not American
  4. Last name starts with P
  5. From literature
  6. European
  7. British
  8. First appeared before 1950
  9. Good guy
  10. First appeared after 1900
  11. Did not appear in a setting contemporary with publication
  12. Has been adapted to film and TV
  13. Not of the fantasy/sci-fi genres
  14. Lead character of the story
  15. Story set before 1900
    Thanks for the catch, EH!
183

#2. I am not Phoebe Cates.
Take 2 DQs for the others.

184

No worries.

Previous IQs:

Did you design a cannon used extensively during the American Civil War? - Parrott
Did you marry Kevin Kline? - Yes, the delectable Phoebe Cates
You are a TV character. Did you agree to serve as a surrogate for your younger brother and his beloved? - Phoebe Buffay, on Friends

DQs:

Story set before 1800?
Story set in the British Isles?

IQs:

Did the people of Jawusawem mock you in a movie?
Did you win the Battle of Lake Erie?
Might you have run for President, except that no one was quite sure where you’d been born?

185

DQs:

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. Not American
  4. Last name starts with P
  5. From literature
  6. European
  7. British
  8. First appeared before 1950
  9. Good guy
  10. First appeared after 1900
  11. Did not appear in a setting contemporary with publication
  12. Has been adapted to film and TV
  13. Not of the fantasy/sci-fi genres
  14. Lead character of the story
  15. Story set before 1900
  16. Story set before 1800
  17. Story not mainly set in the British Isles, though there are a few scenes there
186
  1. I am not Pontius Pilate.
    Take 2 DQs.
187

IQ1: Did Diana Rigg portray you in The Avengers?
IQ2: Did Pearl Mackie portray you in Doctor Who?
IQ3: Did Connie Booth play you in Fawlty Towers?

188
  1. I am not Emma Peel.
  2. I am not Bill Potts.
  3. I am not Polly, last name unremembered.
189

Polly Sherman

IQ1: Are you a country singer known for wearing flamboyant rhinestone suits onstage?
IQ2: Did you frequently sing in duets with IQ1?
IQ3: Is one of your biggest hits “How Much is that Doggie in the Window”?

190
  1. I am not Porter Wagoner.
  2. I am not Dolly Parton.
    Take a DQ for #3.
191

Patty Page

DQ: Story set in medieval times?

192

IQ1: Are you commonly identified as the “Godmother of Soul” with one of your biggest hits “New Attitude”?
IQ2: Did you portray Jesse Pinkman in Breaking Bad?
IQ3: Are you a current US Senator from Kentucky?

193

DQs:

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. Not American
  4. Last name starts with P
  5. From literature
  6. European
  7. British
  8. First appeared before 1950
  9. Good guy
  10. First appeared after 1900
  11. Did not appear in a setting contemporary with publication
  12. Has been adapted to film and TV
  13. Not of the fantasy/sci-fi genres
  14. Lead character of the story
  15. Story set before 1900
  16. Story set before 1800
  17. Story not mainly set in the British Isles, though there are a few scenes there
  18. Story not set in medieval times
194
  1. I am not Patti LaBelle.
    Take 2 DQs.
195

Previous IQs:

Did the people of Jawusawem mock you in a movie? - Yes, Pontius Pilate, and fow that I shall have you thwon to the fwow!
Did you win the Battle of Lake Erie? - Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry
Might you have run for President, except that no one was quite sure where you’d been born? - Gen. Phil Sheridan, a hero of the Civil War. He might’ve been born in Ireland, or on the ship on the way over, or in NYC, or in Albany.

DQs:

Known for using a sword?

One DQ reserved.

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

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Aaron Paul, Rand Paul

DQ: From Shakespeare?

holding a DQ

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DQs:

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. Not American
  4. Last name starts with P
  5. From literature
  6. European
  7. British
  8. First appeared before 1950
  9. Good guy
  10. First appeared after 1900
  11. Did not appear in a setting contemporary with publication
  12. Has been adapted to film and TV
  13. Not of the fantasy/sci-fi genres
  14. Lead character of the story
  15. Story set before 1900
  16. Story set before 1800
  17. Story not mainly set in the British Isles, though there are a few scenes there
  18. Story not set in medieval times
  19. Very handy with a sword
  20. Not from Shakespeare

And that’s 20! Anyone with remaining DQ’s may use them by 8pm EST tonight. After that’s it’s the endgame.

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DQ #10 would tell you this dude’s not Shakespearean.

So… a fictional British good guy, last name starts with P, first appeared in literature between 1900-50, in a story set before 1800, only partly set in the British Isles. Handy with a sword and not from fantasy/sf. Think think think…

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I’m pretty sure I know who it is, but not having participated in this round, I will let others take any guesses first. However, I think I can ask this of the OP without giving the game away: could you have correctly offered a different answer for DQ4? If you prefer not to answer until the end of the game, that’s fine.

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If EH & KO will let you guess, DC, that’s fine with me. As far as DQ4, the character was originally from a play, then from a series of novels, then on to more plays, radio plays, movies and TV series.