Botticelli - July 2015

Thread Games
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Correct, Orlando Cepeda, correct.

1 DQ reserved.

362

DQ Roundup

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. Created by an American or Americans
  4. Known to be from TV or movies, but not primarily
  5. C is the initial of my last name
  6. Created since 1950
  7. Considered a “good guy”
  8. Did not first appear in a book or short story
  9. Did not first appear in comic books
  10. Not specifically associated with NYC
  11. Not a cop or detective
  12. Would be alive if real, in the sense that he has never been depicted as dead
363

Some day I’m going to study Abraham Lincoln so I can answer these questions. Take 3 DQs.

364

IQ1: Did you create an incomplete list of improper words?
IQ2: Do the Germans call you Karl der Grosse?
IQ3: Does Moe call you “Twinky”?

365

DQ: From a song?

366

Previous IQs:

Was it said that you probably wouldn’t steal a hot stove? - Simon Cameron, Lincoln’s first SecWar.
Did Lincoln give you a new gig in December 1864? - Salmon P. Chase, appointed Chief Justice of the U.S.
Were you the Finch family’s beloved servant? - Calpurnia, in To Kill a Mockingbird.

DQs:

Associated with big-city life?
Created since 1980?

One DQ reserved.

IQs:

Did you write a book about the experience of playing Shakespeare’s Richard III?
Are you the only signer of the Declaration of Independence to include your hometown along with your signature?
Are you a Canadian often mocked for your baldness on a TV show?

367

DQ Roundup

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. Created by an American or Americans
  4. Known to be from TV or movies, but not primarily
  5. C is the initial of my last name
  6. Created since 1950
  7. Considered a “good guy”
  8. Did not first appear in a book or short story
  9. Did not first appear in comic books
  10. Not specifically associated with NYC
  11. Not a cop or detective
  12. Would be alive if real, in the sense that he has never been depicted as dead
  13. Not from a song
  14. Not associated with big-city life
  15. Created before 1980
368

not George Carlin, dunno x2

369

not Tim Curry (?), not Samuel Chase (?), not John Candy (?)

370

Previous IQs:

Did you write a book about the experience of playing Shakespeare’s Richard III? - No, 'twas Simon Callow.
Are you the only signer of the Declaration of Independence to include your hometown along with your signature? - Charles Carroll of Carrollton.
Are you a Canadian often mocked for your baldness on a TV show? - Colin Mochrie, on Whose Line Is It Anyway?

That leaves me with four unasked DQs. I’m coming up blank here. Others may use my DQs, one per customer.

371

Using one of EH’s proffered DQs (thank you):
DQ: From a comic strip?

IQs:

  1. Did you voice Superman in The Lego Movie?
  2. Did you write The Book of the Duchess?
  3. Did you turn Odysseus’s men into swine?
372

DQ Roundup

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. Created by an American or Americans
  4. Known to be from TV or movies, but not primarily
  5. C is the initial of my last name
  6. Created since 1950
  7. Considered a “good guy”
  8. Did not first appear in a book or short story
  9. Did not first appear in comic books
  10. Not specifically associated with NYC
  11. Not a cop or detective
  12. Would be alive if real, in the sense that he has never been depicted as dead
  13. Not from a song
  14. Not associated with big-city life
  15. Created before 1980
  16. Not from a comic strip
373

not Chris Pratt(?), dunno, not Circe

374

#1 was Channing Tatum.
#2 was Geoffrey Chaucer (his first book).
Correct on 3.

2 DQs reserved.

375

Correct.
Charlemagne.
Calvin (“… and Hobbes”).
DQ: From advertising?
Two DQs reserved.

376

So, we’ve got radio characters, but not OTR.
We’ve got characters from theater, or stand-up comedians, or ventriloquists dummies.
We’ve got sports mascots.

Hmmm…

377

IQ: Are you the best known sports mascot from San Diego?

378

DQ Roundup

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. Created by an American or Americans
  4. Known to be from TV or movies, but not primarily
  5. C is the initial of my last name
  6. Created since 1950
  7. Considered a “good guy”
  8. Did not first appear in a book or short story
  9. Did not first appear in comic books
  10. Not specifically associated with NYC
  11. Not a cop or detective
  12. Would be alive if real, in the sense that he has never been depicted as dead
  13. Not from a song
  14. Not associated with big-city life
  15. Created before 1980
  16. Not from a comic strip
  17. From advertising
379

not the Charger guy?

380

IQ: Are you a bald man with an earring, who advertises cleaning products?