Botticelli, July 2023

Thread Games
481

Peg Bundy
Mary Poppins
George “Possum” Jones


Three DQs reserved.

482

P.

  1. fictional
  2. female
  3. last name starts with P
  4. not an American creator or creators
  5. from TV or movies
  6. not from movies, although later appeared in one
  7. not Caucasian
  8. first appeared before 1990
  9. not main character
  10. not, I would say, from a genre show
  11. arguably a sympathetic character, but YMMV
  12. not a romantic character
  13. from a primarily comedy show
  14. first appeared before 1970
483

IQs:

  1. Were you always huntin’ the Questin’ Beast, what?
  2. Until IQ 1 married, at which point you began to pursue (and possibly slew) it?
  3. Were you convinced that the Holy Grail was on the Upper East Side, prompting a friend to steal it for you when you were laid low by the Red Knight/a psychotic break?
484

Not Sir Pellinore, not Sir Percival, and dunno.

485

DQ: Would be alive today, if real?
Two DQs reserved.

486

Correct on King Pellinore. IQ2 was Sir Palomides, the “noble paynim”. IQ3 was Parry, Robin Williams’s character from The Fisher King.

DQs

  1. British creator/s?
  2. Created after 1930?
487

IQs:

  1. Were you responsible for genocidal attempts in Cambodia?
  2. Were you a French WWI general who was arrested for treason?
  3. Are you also known as Bartholomew Richard Fitzgerald-Smythe?
488

IQs:

  1. Were you Astrid Lindgren’s most famous creation?

  2. Were you a human computer, in service to an evil and corrupt baron?

  3. Were you a soldier, courtier, and poet, considered the second-best sonneteer in English (after Shakespeare)?

489

Not Pol Pot, not Phillipe Petain and dunno.

Not Pippi Longstocking, dunno and not Sir Philip bleedin’ Sydney.

P.

  1. fictional
  2. female
  3. last name starts with P
  4. not an American creator or creators
  5. from TV or movies
  6. not from movies, although later appeared in one
  7. not Caucasian
  8. first appeared before 1990
  9. not main character
  10. not, I would say, from a genre show
  11. arguably a sympathetic character, but YMMV
  12. not a romantic character
  13. from a primarily comedy show
  14. first appeared before 1970
  15. would not be alive today, if real
  16. British creator/s
  17. Created after 1930

No more IQs, please, as I think we’re at the 20-DQ mark.

490

Correct, Correct, and Planters’ Mr. Peanut.

1 DQ reserved.

491

I have five. :slight_smile:

DQ1: Show was set in the era in which it first aired?
DQ2: Second letter of ‘P’ name is A-H?
DQ3: First name starts with a vowel?
Two DQs reserved.

492

Final DQ:
East Asian?

493

At least at the 20-DQ mark. :wink:

P.

  1. fictional
  2. female
  3. last name starts with P
  4. not an American creator or creators
  5. from TV or movies
  6. not from movies, although later appeared in one
  7. not Caucasian
  8. first appeared before 1990
  9. not main character
  10. not, I would say, from a genre show
  11. arguably a sympathetic character, but YMMV
  12. not a romantic character
  13. from a primarily comedy show
  14. first appeared before 1970
  15. would not be alive today, if real
  16. British creator/s
  17. Created after 1930
  18. Show was set in the era in which it first aired
  19. second letter of ‘P’ name is A-H
  20. first name does not start with a vowel
  21. not East Asian
494

F

IQ2 was Pieter De Vries, Baron Harkonnen’s Mentat in Dune. Correct on the other two.

Final DQ: From a BBC series?

495

DQ: South Asian?
One DQ reserved.

496

DQ: Human?

497

P.

  1. fictional
  2. female
  3. last name starts with P
  4. not an American creator or creators
  5. from TV or movies
  6. not from movies, although later appeared in one
  7. not Caucasian
  8. first appeared before 1990
  9. not main character
  10. not, I would say, from a genre show
  11. arguably a sympathetic character, but YMMV
  12. not a romantic character
  13. from a primarily comedy show
  14. first appeared before 1970
  15. would not be alive today, if real
  16. British creator/s
  17. created after 1930
  18. show was set in the era in which it first aired
  19. second letter of ‘P’ name is A-H
  20. first name does not start with a vowel
  21. not East Asian
  22. not South Asian
  23. not human

Please ask all earned DQs by noon EST tomorrow.

498

EH, I think you missed my last DQ, from post 494: from a BBC show?

499

Indeed I did, sorry.

P.

  1. fictional
  2. female
  3. last name starts with P
  4. not an American creator or creators
  5. from TV or movies
  6. not from movies, although later appeared in one
  7. not Caucasian
  8. first appeared before 1990
  9. not main character
  10. not, I would say, from a genre show
  11. arguably a sympathetic character, but YMMV
  12. not a romantic character
  13. from a primarily comedy show
  14. first appeared before 1970
  15. would not be alive today, if real
  16. British creator/s
  17. created after 1930
  18. show was set in the era in which it first aired
  19. second letter of ‘P’ name is A-H
  20. first name does not start with a vowel
  21. not East Asian
  22. not South Asian
  23. not human
  24. from a BBC show
500

My last DQ: Mammal?