Botticelli - January 2026

[SunUp]

W

1. Fictional
2. First name starts with W
3. Male
4. Main character
5. American creator
6. Created after 1950
7. Not originally from movies or TV
8. Created before 1985

[De_La_Rue]

@De_La_Rue

IQs:
1. Did John Byrne have you break the fourth wall?
2. Did Arthur Bremer attempt to assassinate you?
3. Did you direct Female Trouble, in which Dawn Davenport claims to have Bremer’s gun?

@SunUp

Take 3 DQs.

1 was Jennifer Walters, the She-Hulk; 2 was George Wallace; 3 was John Waters.

DQs:
1. created after 1970?
2. originally from prose?
3. character is American?

[SunUp]

W

1. Fictional
2. First name starts with W
3. Male
4. Main character
5. American creator
6. Created after 1950
7. Not originally from movies or TV
8. Created before 1985
9. Created after 1970
10. Originally from prose
11. Character was born an American citizen

[kitap]

@kitap

IQs:

1. Did you write stories about John the Balladeer aka Silver John?
2. Did you play Magua in a 1992 film?
3. Did you write the Enchanted Forest Chronicles?

Manly Wade Wellman, Wes Studi, Patricia Wrede.

DQs:

1. Caucasian?
2. From a genre?

One DQ reserved

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

DQs:

1. Did you co-star with Jackie Chan in two comedies?
2. Were you the volleyball in Cast Away?
3. Were you a ventriloquist who also invented an artificial heart?

[De_La_Rue]

IQs:
1. Did you play for the Edmonton Oilers?
2. Do you play the keyboard and do deadpan comedy songs on Saturday Night Live, such as your recent one about the Stranger Things kids?
3. Are you hosting SNL tomorrow?

[SunUp]

@Prof.Pepperwinkle

DQs:

1. Did you co-star with Jackie Chan in two comedies?
2. Were you the volleyball in Cast Away?
3. Were you a ventriloquist who also invented an artificial heart?

I am not Owen Wilson.
I am not Wilson.
I am not… some cardiologist named Wilson?

@De_La_Rue

IQs:

1. Did you play for the Edmonton Oilers?
2. Do you play the keyboard and do deadpan comedy songs on Saturday Night Live, such as your recent one about the Stranger Things kids?
3. Are you hosting SNL tomorrow?

I am not Wayne Gretzky (who once hosted SNL).
Take 2 DQs.

[De_La_Rue]

@SunUp

Take 2 DQs.

2 was Jane Wickline; 3 was Stranger Things kid Finn Wolfhard.

DQs:
1. from a novel?
2. created after 1977?

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

@SunUp

@Prof.Pepperwinkle

DQs:

1. Did you co-star with Jackie Chan in two comedies?
2. Were you the volleyball in Cast Away?
3. Were you a ventriloquist who also invented an artificial heart?

I am not Owen Wilson.
I am not Wilson.
I am not… some cardiologist named Wilson?

Correct on 1 and 2.
3 was Paul Winchell.

1 DQ reserved.

[Elendil_s_Heir]

Previous IQs:

Did you command the USS Kearsarge when she defeated the notorious Confederate commerce raider CSS Alabama off the coast of France in 1864? - Capt. John A. Winslow
Was an early scene in Star Trek: Generations filmed on the deck of a sailing ship named after you? - Martha Washington (the ship was the Lady Washington)
Did you play the villainous Magua opposite Daniel Day-Lewis? - Yes, the great Wes Studi (who should have won an Oscar), in The Last of the Mohicans

DQs:

A good guy?
First story set in the time in which it appeared?

IQs:

Did you decline a drink in order to help a woman whose house was on fire?
Did your character pretend to be Eleanor Roosevelt over the phone?
Did you win the Battle of Fallen Timbers?

[knoodler]

@SunUp

@knoodler

IQs:

1. Are you an imaginary dog?
2. Did you create Pogo?
3. Were you an NBA forward nicknamed “___ Who”?

Take a DQ.
I am not Walt Kelly.
I am not… Luke Walton?

1. Wilfred (Wilfred, played by Jason Gann)
2. Correct
3. Wally Walker (someone told me Wally Szczerbiak — also a former NBA forward — was called that, so I will withdraw this IQ)

1 DQ reserved

[De_La_Rue]

IQs:
1. In late 1950s ads by Jim Henson, did you strongly advocate for a brand of coffee?
2. Did you dislike the brand of coffee, and were often on the receiving end of the above character’s actions?
3. Continuing in this corporate vein, is your actual first name Melinda (your siblings couldn’t pronouce the “l”, thus your nickname and what the company is called)?

[SunUp]

@Elendil_s_Heir

IQs:

Did you decline a drink in order to help a woman whose house was on fire?
Did your character pretend to be Eleanor Roosevelt over the phone?
Did you win the Battle of Fallen Timbers?

I am not… W.C. Fields?
I am not… Robin Williams?
I am not William Henry Harrison.

@De_La_Rue

IQs:

1. In late 1950s ads by Jim Henson, did you strongly advocate for a brand of coffee?
2. Did you dislike the brand of coffee, and were often on the receiving end of the above character’s actions?
3. Continuing in this corporate vein, is your actual first name Melinda (your siblings couldn’t pronouce the “l”, thus your nickname and what the company is called)?

Take 3 DQs.

[SunUp]

W

1. Fictional
2. First name starts with W
3. Male
4. Main character
5. American creator
6. Created after 1950
7. Not originally from movies or TV
8. Created before 1985
9. Created after 1970
10. Originally from prose
11. Character was born an American citizen
12. Character can be presumed Caucasian
13. From a genre work
14. From a novel
15. Created before 1977
16. Generally a good guy, certainly not a bad guy
17. First story setting was not contemporary to its writing

And that’s it for the IQs. Please ask your DQs before 2 p.m. CDT Sunday the 18th.

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

DQ: From a mystery?

[De_La_Rue]

@SunUp

Take 3 DQs.

1 was Wilkins; 2 was Wontkins; 3 was Wendy Thomas, of Wendy’s.

DQ: novel adapted into film or TV?

2 DQs reserved.

[SunUp]

W

1. Fictional
2. First name starts with W
3. Male
4. Main character
5. American creator
6. Created after 1950
7. Not originally from movies or TV
8. Created before 1985
9. Created after 1970
10. Originally from prose
11. Character was born an American citizen
12. Character can be presumed Caucasian
13. From a genre work
14. From a novel
15. Created before 1977
16. Generally a good guy, certainly not a bad guy
17. First story setting was not contemporary to its writing
18. Not a mystery
19. Novel not adapted for film or TV

[knoodler]

I admit I’m stumped.

I relinquish my 1 DQ.

[De_La_Rue]

DQ: from the science fiction or fantasy genre?

1 DQ reserved.

[SunUp]

W

1. Fictional
2. First name starts with W
3. Male
4. Main character
5. American creator
6. Created after 1950
7. Not originally from movies or TV
8. Created before 1985
9. Created after 1970
10. Originally from prose
11. Character was born an American citizen
12. Character can be presumed Caucasian
13. From a genre work
14. From a novel
15. Created before 1977
16. Generally a good guy, certainly not a bad guy
17. First story setting was not contemporary to its writing
18. Not a mystery
19. Novel not adapted for film or TV
20. From the science fiction or fantasy genre