Botticelli - July 2022

Thread Games
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P

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. Only name starts with P
  4. Originally from a work of prose fiction
  5. Created by an American author
  6. First appeared after 1900
  7. Non-American character
  8. Could be alive today, if real
  9. First appeared since 1950
  10. Not human
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2 DQs
Still not Pink, nor P!nk

23

This was Pompey, and Pontius Pilate in The Life of Brian (Graham Chapman played both the title role and Biggus Dickus), and yes, P!nk.

DQs:

From Earth?
SF/fantasy character?

IQs:

Were you Harry Truman’s early political patron?
Are you the junior senator from Kentucky?
Are you his dad?

24

Correct x2. #3 was Pierre Prud’hon.

1 DQ reserved.

25

IQs:
1. Have you played an unusual superhero, host of You Don’t Know Jack Troy Stevens, and Bat-mite (all after the incident)?
2. Did you found an agency with the motto “We never sleep”?
3. Did you write The Good Earth?

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P

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. Only name starts with P
  4. Originally from a work of prose fiction
  5. Created by an American author
  6. First appeared after 1900
  7. Non-American character
  8. Could be alive today, if real
  9. First appeared since 1950
  10. Not human
  11. Not from Earth, strictly speaking
  12. Not a SF/fantasy character, although from an adjacent genre
27

DQ
Not Rand Paul
Not Ron Paul

DQ
Not Pinkerton (coincidentally I pulled up the Weezer album for my commute this morning)
Not Pearl S. Buck

28

1 was Paul Reubens.

DQ: from horror?

29

P

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. Only name starts with P
  4. Originally from a work of prose fiction
  5. Created by an American author
  6. First appeared after 1900
  7. Non-American character
  8. Could be alive today, if real
  9. First appeared since 1950
  10. Not human
  11. Not from Earth, strictly speaking
  12. Not a SF/fantasy character, although from an adjacent genre
  13. From horror
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DQ: Appreared in a movie or movies?

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IQs:

  1. Were you Soleil Moon-Frye’s best known role?
  2. Did you campaign for president repeatedly in the 1970’s, but not seriously?
  3. Did you appear topless briefly on a PBS production of the play Steambath?
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P

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. Only name starts with P
  4. Originally from a work of prose fiction
  5. Created by an American author
  6. First appeared after 1900
  7. Non-American character
  8. Could be alive today, if real
  9. First appeared since 1950
  10. Not human
  11. Not from Earth, strictly speaking
  12. Not a SF/fantasy character, although from an adjacent genre
  13. From horror
  14. Appeared in a movie or movies
33

Not Punky Brewster
DQ
Not Valerie Perrine

34

Correct, Pat Paulson, correct.

DQ: First appeared after 1990?

35

P

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. Only name starts with P
  4. Originally from a work of prose fiction
  5. Created by an American author
  6. First appeared after 1900
  7. Non-American character
  8. Could be alive today, if real
  9. First appeared since 1950
  10. Not human
  11. Not from Earth, strictly speaking
  12. Not a SF/fantasy character, although from an adjacent genre
  13. From horror
  14. Appeared in a movie or movies
  15. First appeared before 1990
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Previous IQs:

Were you Harry Truman’s early political patron? - “Boss” Tom Pendergast of the Kansas City, Mo. Democratic machine
Are you the junior senator from Kentucky? - Yes, Rand Paul
Are you his dad? - Yes, Ron Paul

DQs:

Created by HP Lovecraft?

IQs:

Was Argos your husband’s dog?
Did you found Kenyon College?
Did you win the Battle of Lake Erie?

37

DQs:
1. Is a small figurine of you atop the Comcast Technology Center on Arch St., the tallest building in the city? (Not that your “curse” is real, but hey–it can’t hurt.)
2. Did you have a book of your photography, titled Webs?
3. Were you Abby Sciuto, TV’s quintessential cheerful goth, on NCIS?

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IQs:

  1. Are you a kind of demon clown that haunts sewers and entices children with balloons in a story by Stephen King?
  2. Did Jack Black play you, a master of kung fu?
  3. Did you write O Little Town of Bethlehem?
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P

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. Only name starts with P
  4. Originally from a work of prose fiction
  5. Created by an American author
  6. First appeared after 1900
  7. Non-American character
  8. Could be alive today, if real
  9. First appeared since 1950
  10. Not human
  11. Not from Earth, strictly speaking
  12. Not a SF/fantasy character, although from an adjacent genre
  13. From horror
  14. Appeared in a movie or movies
  15. First appeared before 1990
  16. Not created by HP Lovecraft
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3 DQs

2 DQs
Not Pauly Perette

Not Pennywise
Not Po
DQ