Botticelli, July 2023

Thread Games
381

IQs:

  1. Did you kill Osiris?
  2. Are you the chief of the Fire Giants in Norse mythology?
  3. Did you demand restitution for not getting your Trick-or-Treat candy?
382

IQs:
1. Were you a prominent early 20th century evangelist?
2. Did you write the essay “Notes on ‘Camp’”?
3. Are you the protagonist’s animal companion in the novel Time Storm?

383

IQs:

  1. Were you a popular singer before being murdered by a crazed fan?

  2. Are you a similarly-named former Disney kid actress and singer?

  3. Are you a fictional soccer player and restauranteur whose greatest dream is to play for the Nigerian national team?

384

Not Set, not Snufir and not S. Charlie Brown.

385

Not Aimee Semple McPherson (there’s a character very much like her in the first season of HBO’s Perry Mason) and dunno x2.

386

Not Serena, not Selena Gomez and not Sam Obasanjo (sp?) from Ted Lasso.

387

S.

  1. fictional
  2. last name begins with S
  3. probably dead now
  4. male
  5. not the main character
  6. not originally from prose
  7. American among other creators
  8. not originally from TV or movies
388

Correct, Surtr, and Sally Brown.

DQs:

  1. Created after 1950?
  2. Antagonist?
389

2 was Susan Sonntag; 3 was Sunday the leopard.

DQs:
1. actually appears in story, isn’t an unseen character or an assumed identity or something like that?
2. originally from theater?

IQs:
1. Were you a baseball player-turned-evangelist?
2. Were you the coach at Tech U who courts basketball prospect Jesus Shuttlesworth in He Got Game?
3. Were you Ronald McDonald’s dog?

390

IQ1 was Selena, not Serena, but I’m inclined to give it to you, since you clearly knew the answer. Correct on Selena Gomez and Sam Obisanya.

IQs:

  1. Were you a playwright and actor, married to Jessica Lange?
  2. Did you make yourself a vow to the moon and stars, that you’d search the honky-tonks and bars, to kill your father?
  3. Did you write the lyrics of the song referenced in IQ2?
391

Dunno, dunno and not Ronaldopup.

Not Sam Shepherd, not a boy named Sue, and dunno.

S.

  1. fictional
  2. last name begins with S
  3. probably dead now
  4. male
  5. not the main character
  6. not originally from prose
  7. American among other creators
  8. not originally from TV or movies
  9. accounts differ, but probably created after 1950
  10. an antagonist, of sorts
  11. an unseen character
  12. not originally from theater
392

First two correct, last one was Stephen Wright.

DQ Originally from comics?

IQ:
Are you Moomintroll’s girlfriend?
Are you an 80’s video game boss who “Hungers”?
Are you the leader of an galactic organization of villians who are powered by fear?

393

Dunno, dunno and not Sinestro.

S.

  1. fictional
  2. last name begins with S
  3. probably dead now
  4. male
  5. not the main character
  6. not originally from prose
  7. American among other creators
  8. not originally from TV or movies
  9. accounts differ, but probably created after 1950
  10. an antagonist, of sorts
  11. an unseen character
  12. not originally from theater
  13. not originally from comics
394

DQs:

  1. From ads?
  2. Human?
395

1 was Billy Sunday; 2 was Coach Billy Sunday; 3 was Sundae.

DQ: created after 1985?

2 DQs reserved.

396

1.The Snork maiden
2. Sinistar
3. Correct

DQ
Are you an urban legend?

1 DQ reserved

397

What were the answers to your IQs, please, kitap?

S.

  1. fictional
  2. last name begins with S
  3. probably dead now
  4. male
  5. not the main character
  6. not originally from prose
  7. American among other creators
  8. not originally from TV or movies
  9. accounts differ, but probably created after 1950
  10. an antagonist, of sorts
  11. an unseen character
  12. not originally from theater
  13. not originally from comics
  14. created before 1985
  15. not an urban legend

We’re at or just over 20 earned DQs, so no more IQs, please.

398

Could be from a song or a poem…

399

DQ From a children’s song or poem?

400

Correct, correct, and Shel Silverstein.

DQ: From an epic poem?