Botticelli - January 2020

Thread Games
201
  1. Did you have a fear of “zeal”, due to your misinterpreting a Bible passage?
  2. In the opening credits of a 1999 film, are you described with a quick series of flashing multiple adjectives, not just the single one in the title?
  3. Did you publish the Shaver Mystery stories?
    1 DQ reserved.
202

Dunno, not Ricardo Montalban, and not Mr. Rutle.

Dunno x3.

R.

  1. fictional
  2. male
  3. not from a work of prose fiction
  4. created by an American or Americans
  5. created after 1900
  6. not from a filmed dramatic work (i.e. movie, TV, etc.)
  7. last name begins with R
  8. not portrayed by an actor
  9. created after 1960
  10. not the main character
  11. not from a song
  12. not from advertising
  13. created before 1990
  14. from a narrative story
  15. does not appear in story
  16. character may have been created from 1970-1979
  17. not from a play
  18. human
  19. from a medium involving actors

We’re about to go over 20, so that’s it for new IQs, please.

203

#1 is Uncle Remus, currently not appearing in the taboo Song of the South.
#2 is correct.
#3 was Ron Nasty.

So, we’re dealing with some character who’s constantly offsides or dead. Godot, for instance. Time to think.

2 DQs reserved.

204

1 (feared “zeal” as a child") was Theodore Roosevelt; 2 (described with a series of flashing adjectives in the opening credits) was Tom Ripley; 3 (published the Shaver Mystery stories) was Ray Palmer.
DQ: from a narrative story performed in front of a live audience?

3 DQs reserved.

205

R.

  1. fictional
  2. male
  3. not from a work of prose fiction
  4. created by an American or Americans
  5. created after 1900
  6. not from a filmed dramatic work (i.e. movie, TV, etc.)
  7. last name begins with R
  8. not portrayed by an actor
  9. created after 1960
  10. not the main character
  11. not from a song
  12. not from advertising
  13. created before 1990
  14. from a narrative story
  15. does not appear in story
  16. character may have been created from 1970-1979
  17. not from a play
  18. human
  19. from a medium involving actors
  20. not from a narrative story performed in front of a live audience

Please ask all earned DQs by 6pm EST tomorrow.

206

DQ: from an Urban Legend?

1 DQ reserved.

207

R.

  1. fictional
  2. male
  3. not from a work of prose fiction
  4. created by an American or Americans
  5. created after 1900
  6. not from a filmed dramatic work (i.e. movie, TV, etc.)
  7. last name begins with R
  8. not portrayed by an actor
  9. created after 1960
  10. not the main character
  11. not from a song
  12. not from advertising
  13. created before 1990
  14. from a narrative story
  15. does not appear in story
  16. character may have been created from 1970-1979
  17. not from a play
  18. human
  19. from a medium involving actors
  20. not from a narrative story performed in front of a live audience
  21. not from an urban legend
208

DQ: from radio?

(I’m thinking something on the order of Prairie Home Companion here.)

209

R.

  1. fictional
  2. male
  3. not from a work of prose fiction
  4. created by an American or Americans
  5. created after 1900
  6. not from a filmed dramatic work (i.e. movie, TV, etc.)
  7. last name begins with R
  8. not portrayed by an actor
  9. created after 1960
  10. not the main character
  11. not from a song
  12. not from advertising
  13. created before 1990
  14. from a narrative story
  15. does not appear in story
  16. character may have been created from 1970-1979
  17. not from a play
  18. human
  19. from a medium involving actors
  20. not from a narrative story performed in front of a live audience
  21. not from an urban legend
  22. not from radio
210

DQ: from animation?

2 DQs reserved.

211

R.

  1. fictional
  2. male
  3. not from a work of prose fiction
  4. created by an American or Americans
  5. created after 1900
  6. not from a filmed dramatic work (i.e. movie, TV, etc.)
  7. last name begins with R
  8. not portrayed by an actor
  9. created after 1960
  10. not the main character
  11. not from a song
  12. not from advertising
  13. created before 1990
  14. from a narrative story
  15. does not appear in story
  16. character may have been created from 1970-1979
  17. not from a play
  18. human
  19. from a medium involving actors
  20. not from a narrative story performed in front of a live audience
  21. not from an urban legend
  22. not from radio
  23. not from animation

I remind you of the importance of the wording of #6.

212

Um, so maybe it’s from a filmed non-dramatic work??

213

Warmer…

214

DQ: from a medium involving the use of a camera?

One DQ reserved.

215

Final DQ: narrative story has a definite date of creation?

216

An imaginary friend, maybe… Thinking…

217

R.

  1. fictional
  2. male
  3. not from a work of prose fiction
  4. created by an American or Americans
  5. created after 1900
  6. not from a filmed dramatic work (i.e. movie, TV, etc.)
  7. last name begins with R
  8. not portrayed by an actor
  9. created after 1960
  10. not the main character
  11. not from a song
  12. not from advertising
  13. created before 1990
  14. from a narrative story
  15. does not appear in story
  16. character may have been created from 1970-1979
  17. not from a play
  18. human
  19. from a medium involving actors
  20. not from a narrative story performed in front of a live audience
  21. not from an urban legend
  22. not from radio
  23. not from animation
  24. from a medium involving the use of a camera
  25. narrative story has a definite date of creation, if by that you mean it first came before the public on a discernible date

Please ask all earned “Are you Firstname Lastname?” questions by noon EST Monday.

218

So we have an unseen non-main character from a narrative story in a medium involving actors and a camera, but likely not dramatic (I should have asked if it was filmed or dramatic first), with the story having a definite date of creation although the character MAY have been created during the 70s.

I’m stumped for the moment.

219

Maybe he’s dead.

220

Warmer still…