Botticelli - July 2024

Thread Games
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DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Female
  3. Living
  4. First name begins with E
  5. Known for the Arts
  6. Not known for literature
  7. Born before 1980
  8. Caucasian
  9. Known for the performing Arts
  10. American
  11. Born after 1950
  12. Considered a beauty
  13. Nominated for a top award, but didn’t win
  14. Last name begins with A - M
  15. Known for acting
  16. Born before 1965
  17. Best known for movies
  18. Has done genre work, but is not best known for it
  19. First name begins with Ea - El
  20. First name is Elizabeth or Ellen

Please ask all remaining DQs by 6pm EDT tomorrow.

82

Last DQ: First name is Ellen?

83

DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Female
  3. Living
  4. First name begins with E
  5. Known for the Arts
  6. Not known for literature
  7. Born before 1980
  8. Caucasian
  9. Known for the performing Arts
  10. American
  11. Born after 1950
  12. Considered a beauty
  13. Nominated for a top award, but didn’t win
  14. Last name begins with A - M
  15. Known for acting
  16. Born before 1965
  17. Best known for movies
  18. Has done genre work, but is not best known for it
  19. First name begins with Ea - El
  20. First name is Elizabeth or Ellen
  21. First name is Ellen

Please ask all remaining DQs by 6pm EDT tomorrow.

84

Hmm, I can’t think of any Ellen who fits these clues.

Previous IQs:

Did you wield Stormbringer? - Yes, Elric of Melniboné
Did the murder victim in Michael Chabon’s The Yiddish Policemen’s Union go by this name? - Emmanuel Lasker
Have you played an Australian cavalry lieutenant, a tough guy who helps the helpless, and a villager with a knack for electronic surveillance? - The great Edward Woodward, in Breaker Morant, The Equalizer and Hot Fuzz

I yield my two earned DQs, one per customer, to other players.

85

DQ:

  1. Was in a cult movie with a ridiculous name playing Peter Weller’s character’s girlfriend?
86

Yes! I am

Ellen Barkin,

best known for her roles in Diner, Switch and as Penny Pretty in The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai across the 8th Dimension!

Nicely done, kitap!

87

Good one!

The next letter is

P

Yes, P

88

IQs:

  1. Are you the Rainbow’s Daughter in the Oz books?
  2. In the Oz books did you discover the Powder of Life?
  3. Were you one of the major actors in the highly acclaimed, ellipson-shaped, radar-impregnated, solid steel 1950’s BBC radio series, The Goon Show?
89

I am not Polychrome, I am not someone whose name I should know but do not remember, and take a second DQ.

90

Aw, should have thought of her! I love Buckaroo Banzai. Well done, kitap.

On to P.

IQs:

Were you First Speaker of the Second Foundation?
Were you Dr. Bowman’s shipmate?
Were you a cute little dog belonging to a young aardvark?

91

Take 3 DQs.

92

Preem Palver (Asimov’s Second Foundation), Dr. Frank Poole (2001: A Space Odyssey) and Pal (on PBS’s kids’ show Arthur)

DQs:

Male?
Real?
Last name starts with P?

IQs:

Were you a presidential candidate in the first season of 24?
Were you Brett’s immediate superior?
Were you Capt. Archer’s dog?

93

That was a great one, kitap. I was trying to decide whether to guess Ellen Green or Ellen Foley, but neither seemed to quite fit.

IQs:

  1. Did you start the Civil War at Island No. 10 and end it in Minnesota?
  2. Were you court-martialed for disobeying #1s orders in the battle of Second Bull Run?
  3. Were you taken to Narnia by a friend who felt you needed cheering up at school?
94

I am not David Palmer? Or take a DQ. Heck, take 2 more.

Take 3 DQs. I think #3 is Jill but do not reme!ber her surname.

She was the only non-De Generis Ellen I could think of.

95

I Am P:

  1. Male
  2. Real
  3. Last name does not begin with P.
96

Previous IQs:

Were you a presidential candidate in the first season of 24? - Yes, David Palmer
Were you Brett’s immediate superior? - Parker, in Alien
Were you Capt. Archer’s dog? - Porthos, on Star Trek: Enterprise

DQs:

Political/military?
American?

IQs:

Were you “Trainer to the Gods” in Disney’s Hercules?
Did you write one of the best-known books on tort law?
Did you command mortar boats on Western rivers during the Civil War?

97

#1 was Major General John Pope; #2 was Major General Fitz-John Porter, and #3 was Jill Pole so I’ll just take 2 DQs since you got the character right.

DQs:

Living?
Born before 1965?

98

Congrats, Kitap!

IQs:
1. Were you the eleventh president of the United States?
2. Did you write the “Ripliad”?
3. Was your work showcased in The Puppetoon Movie?

99

I am not Panic and take 2 DQs.

  1. I am not… Oh, shoot. Stupid chemo brain. Take a DQ.
    Take 2 more DQs.
100

I Am P:

  1. Male
  2. Real
  3. Last name does not begin with P.
  4. Not known for the military/Politics.
  5. Not American
  6. Living
  7. Born after 1965.