Botticelli - July, 2014

Thread Games
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DQ: from folklore or mythology?

1 DQ reserved.

122

IQs:

  1. Are you also known as Reep Daggle?
  2. Are you also known as Rokk Krinn?
  3. Were you the first Holy Roman Emperor?
123

Not … Chameleon Boy?
DQ.
Not Charlemagne. (Though I’m playing him in my current game of Civ IV.)

C

  1. Fictional
  2. Last name starts with C
  3. Female
  4. Not from the movies
  5. Not from literature
  6. Not from the comics
  7. Might be alive today, if real, but unlikely
  8. American
  9. First appeared after 1900
  10. Not from TV
  11. Not from a song
  12. Not from the stage
  13. Not from an expression
  14. Not from folklore or mythology
124

Wow, you knew Chameleon Boy, but not Cosmic Boy.

DQ: from the Internet?

1 DQ still reserved.

IQs:

  1. Are you a frowning feline who has become an Internet meme?
  2. Did Jane Fonda play you in a western musical?
  3. Did your TV series spinoff from The Daily Show?
125

Not Grumpy Cat.
Not Calamity Jane.
DQ.

I suspected those were another pair of comic-book heroes, but I really have no idea why Chameleon Boy popped into my mind.

C

  1. Fictional
  2. Last name starts with C
  3. Female
  4. Not from the movies
  5. Not from literature
  6. Not from the comics
  7. Might be alive today, if real, but unlikely
  8. American
  9. First appeared after 1900
  10. Not from TV
  11. Not from a song
  12. Not from the stage
  13. Not from an expression
  14. Not from folklore or mythology
  15. Not from the internet

Only five DQs left - perhaps you should give up on her origin and try to figure out why***** she’s famous…

  • “Why” in italics for emphasis, not as a subtle clue. :slight_smile:
126

Correct on #1. #2 was Cat Ballou. #3 is Stephen Colbert of The Colbert Report.

DQ: Villainess?

2 DQs reserved.

127

IQ: Are you famous for your cake mix?

128

Even if you are wrong, this is a great guess.

129

Cecil B. Demille, Claudette Colbert, correct

reserving 2 DQs, or readying for etv78’s letter, whichever applies

130

Definitely not.

Yes -originally created in 1921 “as a way to give a personalized response to consumer product questions” (per Wikipedia), I am Betty Crocker.

131

Glad I joined this round!

Your letter is V

132

IQ1: Did your grandfather invented baking powder?
IQ2: Were you the oldest son of Edward VII?
IQ3: Are you an American poet who was once the subject of one of these games?

133

Way to go, etv78! (and: Good choice, SCAdian!)

IQs:

  1. Are you the protagonist in Stranger In A Strange Land?
  2. Did you open your show by saying “Heigh-Ho, Everybody!”?
  3. Was one of your movie roles the inspiration for the Joker?
134

Sca: Not Edna St Vincent Millay 2 DQs
Prof: Not Victor Mature?, at least 2 DQs

135

#1 is Valentine Michael Smith.
#2 is Rudy Vallee.
#3 was Conrad Veidt, in The Man Who Laughs.

DQs:

  1. Real?
  2. Male?
  3. Last name begin with V?
136

1.Real
2.Male
3.1st initial “V”

137

Vincent Price. (Improper grammar due to rewording the question and then not proofreading.)
Prince Albert Victor. He died before his father did, so his younger brother became King George V.
Correct on Edna St Vincent Millay.
DQ1: American?
DQ2: Living?
IQ1: Are you the leader of a Gaulish village?
IQ2: Were you the leader of a Gaulish revolt against Julius Caesar?
IQ3: Are you the guitarist in a group which bears your name?

138

Not Eddie Van Halen 2 DQs

139

More DQ information

140

Chief Vitalstatistix, in the English translation of the Asterix and Obelix comics.
Vercingetorix.
Correct on Eddie Van Halen.
DQ1: European?
DQ2: Died after 1700?
IQ1: Was your name originally Ulyanov?
IQ2: Were you the first woman in space?
IQ3: Were some of Bugs Moran’s men killed on your day?