Botticelli - July 2022

Thread Games
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Previous IQs:

Was Argos your husband’s dog? - Penelope, wife of Odysseus
Did you found Kenyon College? - Bishop Philander Chase
Did you win the Battle of Lake Erie? - Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry

DQs:

Maybe obvious, but… a villain?
Has superhuman/unhuman powers?

One DQ reserved.

Perhaps you want to cut off further IQs?

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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
  17. A villain - certainly the primary antagonist
  18. Has superhuman/unhuman powers

With at least 4 outstanding DQs, I will close this game to further IQs.
Ask your remaining DQs by 6 pm PDT Friday July 8th

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Reserved DQ:

Has several or many other names?

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Correct, Correct, and Phillips Brooks.

DQ: Created after 1969?

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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
  17. A villain - certainly the primary antagonist
  18. Has superhuman/unhuman powers
  19. Has several or many other names - at least one other name used
  20. Created after 1969
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1 was William Penn; 2 was Peter Parker.

DQ: from a 70s horror novel and movie?

1 DQ reserved.

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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
  17. A villain - certainly the primary antagonist
  18. Has superhuman/unhuman powers
  19. Has several or many other names - at least one other name used
  20. Created after 1969
  21. From a 70s horror novel and movie
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Final Question: Are you the Abominable Dr. Phibes?

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I am not

I believe De_La_Rue still has one outstanding DQ.

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Ah, I saw the 6pm but spaced the PST.

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OK, I’m back from vacation and just in the nick of time.

Final DQ: demon, devil, or other infernal being (or something that resembles one)?

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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
  17. A villain - certainly the primary antagonist
  18. Has superhuman/unhuman powers
  19. Has several or many other names - at least one other name used
  20. Created after 1969
  21. From a 70s horror novel and movie
  22. Demon, devil, or other infernal being (or something that resembles one)

That’s all the DQs. Ask your first name, last name (or in this case only name) questions by 6 pm Sunday July 10 Pacific time (PDT)

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Oh, so I really shouldn’t have jumped the gun. It’s not A 70s horror movie, it’s THE 70’s horror movie.

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Heh heh, I mean, no comment.

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Did you possess poor little Linda Blair?

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Yes!! I am Pazuzu!!!
I am the demon who possessed Reagan in The Exorcist, also known as Captain Howdy in the early stages when I was thought to be merely Reagan’s imaginary friend.

Good job, EH!!

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Thanks! Good one - don’t think we’ve had him, er, it before.

Updated list: Botticelli - the letters we've used so far - #94 by Elendil_s_Heir

Our next letter is

R

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Good going, EH!

I hope you’re feeling better!!

IQs:

  1. Did you propose the idea of a new English translation of the Bible to King James?
  2. Did you have a hit with The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face?
  3. Were you a French Impressionist painter who refused to use black?
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Still a bit congested, but doing better, thanks.

Dunno, not Roberta Flack and dunno.

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IQs:
1. Did you think of a co-ordinate system, therefore it was?
2. Can we stand under your parasol (asol, asol, asol…)?
3. Did you credit the things famously associated with you to Professor Lucifer Gorgonzola Butts?