Botticelli - July 2015

Okay, 1 DQ reserved. Thanks!

IQs:

  1. Are you the author of The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse and The Brentford Chainstore Massacre?
  2. Are you one of King Lear’s daughters?
  3. Are you a theologian best known for your study Bible?

In “The Exorcist,” Captain Howdy was the first manifestation of the demon that possessed Regan (Linda Blair) MacNeil.

DQ) Best known from a movie?

IQ1) Were you hypnotized and programmed to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II?

IQ2) Did you coach the last all-white team to win the NCAA football title?

IQ3) Did the Beatles steal your drummer, after firing Pete Best?

Not Robespierre.
DQ.
Not … Rip Torn?

Three DQs.

Three DQs.

R

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. Last name does not start with R
  4. Not from literature
  5. Created by an American
  6. Not originally from TV
  7. Not best known from a movie (though there was one)

correct, Reggie Bush, correct

DQ: From the comics?

holding a DQ

IQ1: Did Liam Neeson portray you in Batman Begins?
IQ2: Have Jason Todd, Tim Drake, and Stephanie Brown been you?
IQ3: Were you the voice of Mr. Potato Head in the Toy Story movies?

Not … the Riddler?
DQ.
And I’m not Don Rickles, either, ya hockey puck!

R

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. Last name does not start with R
  4. Not from literature
  5. Created by an American
  6. Not originally from TV
  7. Not best known from a movie (though there was one)
  8. Not from the comics

#1 is Robert Rankin. #2 is Regan. #3 is Charles C. Ryrie.

DQs:

  1. From a song?
  2. Unusual name?

2 DQs reserved.

R

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. Last name does not start with R
  4. Not from literature
  5. Created by an American
  6. Not originally from TV
  7. Not best known from a movie (though there was one)
  8. Not from the comics
  9. From a song
  10. Unusual name

DQ: Created after 1960?

IQ: Are you the title character of a hit song by Fleetwood Mac?

DQ.

R

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. Last name does not start with R
  4. Not from literature
  5. Created by an American
  6. Not originally from TV
  7. Not best known from a movie (though there was one)
  8. Not from the comics
  9. From a song
  10. Unusual name
  11. Created after 1960

That was Rhiannon.

2 DQs reserved.

IQs:

  1. Are you the title character of a Rolling Stones song?
  2. Are you told not to lose the number in a Steely Dan song?
  3. Are you the title character of a Police song?

Previous IQs:

Did your son pretend to be talking to you in a credit-card ad? - Ronald Reagan (Ron Jr. pretended to call him from an airport).
Married to a VIP, were you tiny and loved the color red? - Nancy Reagan.
Did you publicly complain that your dad hadn’t seen his grandkids in too long a time? - Michael Reagan.

DQs:

Created after 2000?
Considered a “good guy”?
In a love song?

IQs:

Were you Samwell’s ogre of a dad?
Did you appear in a movie in the past five years with bird poop on your head?
Did you sing a duet about domestic violence?

Ra’s Al Ghul, Robin, correct

holding 3 DQs as I ruminate

DQ.
Not Rikki.
DQ.

DQ.
Not Radagast the Brown.
DQ.

R

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. Last name does not start with R
  4. Not from literature
  5. Created by an American
  6. Not originally from TV
  7. Not best known from a movie (though there was one)
  8. Not from the comics
  9. From a song
  10. Unusual name
  11. Created after 1960
  12. Not created after 2000
  13. Troublemaker, but presented as a “good guy”
  14. Not in a love song

DQ: From a rock song?

2 DQs remain

Previous IQs:

Were you Samwell’s ogre of a dad? - Randall Tarlys, in Game of Thrones.
Did you appear in a movie in the past five years with bird poop on your head? - Yes, the wizard Radagast, in the Hobbit movies.
Did you sing a duet about domestic violence? - Rihanna, with Eminem, in “Love The Way You Lie.”

DQs:

Character is an American?
Dies in the song?

IQs:

Are you a jurist called “notorious”?
Did you direct The Ghost Writer?
Did you forego a fashion statement of your predecessor?

IQ1: Are you a young boy from the Black mining Hills of Dakota who set out to shoot off the legs of your rival?
IQ2: Did you love Little White Dove with a love that couldn’t die?
IQ3: Had the evening headlines read that you went home last night and put a bullet through your head?