Botticelli - July 2024

Thread Games
101

1 was James K. Polk; 2 was Patricia Highsmith; 3 was George Pal.

DQs:
1. European?
2. born after 1980?
3. known for the arts?

102

Correct on Polychrome.
#2 was Dr. Pipt.
#3 was the multitalented Peter Sellers.

2 DQs reserved.

103

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.
  8. Not European
  9. Born before 1980
  10. Known for the arts
104

Well-done, kitap!

IQ:

  1. Do you play a cheerful Goth forensic scientist?
  2. Were you a genius scientist and inventor whose name was adopted by a well-known Doper?
  3. Were you a Macedonian king with a famous kid?
105

I am not Pauley Perrette, I am not um. Errr. Take a DQ. I am not Philip of Macedonia.

106

Perhaps I could have said something about The Goon Show as a hint; 2) was Professor Pepperwinkle. Correct on 1) and 3).

DQ:

  1. Known for the literary arts?

IQs:

  1. Are you a broadcast journalist who succeeded both Barbara Walters and Charles Osgood on their respective programs?
  2. Were you a Nobel laureate physicist who shared a name and a homeland with a famous composer?
  3. Were you a fictional New Jersey mobster, part of the DiMeo crime family?
107

IQs:
1. Did you play Zelda Fitzgerald in Midnight in Paris?
2. Did you drive the snakes out of Ireland?
3. Were you Walter White’s partner in crime?

108

I am not Jane Pauley? Or take a DQ. Take a DQ, and,then take another.

Take a DQ, I am not Saint Patrick, take another DQ.

109

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.
  8. Not European
  9. Born before 1980
  10. Known for the arts
  11. Although he has written a book, it is not what he is best known for, and many people are probably unaware he wrote one.
110

1 was Alison Pill; 3 was Jesse Pinkman, in Breaking Bad.

DQs:
1. Asian?
2. known for the performing arts?

111

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.
  8. Not European
  9. Born before 1980
  10. Known for the arts
  11. Although he has written a book, it is not what he is best known for, and many people are probably unaware he wrote one.
  12. Not Asian
  13. Can I get a definition of Performing Arts?
112

Correct on Jane Pauley. 2) was Wolfgang Pauli (an Austrian like the other famous Wolfgang, Mozart). 3) was Paulie Walnuts of The Sopranos. Pauley/Pauli/Paulie x3!

2 DQs reserved.

113

DQ: Multimedia artist?

1 DQ reserved.

IQs:

  1. Were you a tentmaker, famous for your letters?
  2. Were you the recipient of one of those letters?
  3. At the end of the first marathon, did you “hit the wall” in the hardest possible way?
114

A Performing Artist is one who’s efforts are seen and/or heard by the public: actors, singers, dancers, magicians, circus performers, etc.

Those who support the performing arts (directors, set designers, cinematographers, etc.) are not considered performing artists.

DQs:

  1. Film director?
  2. Australian?

IQ: Did you direct and produce The Lord of the Rings and King Kong?

115

Take 3 DQs.

116

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.
  8. Not European
  9. Born before 1980
  10. Known for the arts
  11. Although he has written a book, it is not what he is best known for, and many people are probably unaware he wrote one.
  12. Not Asian
  13. Known for the Performing Arts. Technically.
  14. Not a multimedia artist.
  15. Not Australian
  16. Not a film director
117

I am not Peter Jackson.

118

Previous IQs:

Were you “Trainer to the Gods” in Disney’s Hercules? - Panic was a minor demon and a character in the movie, but Philoctetes (Danny DeVito) was the satyr “Trainer to the Gods”
Did you write one of the best-known books on tort law? - Prof. Prosser
Did you command mortar boats on Western rivers during the Civil War? - Admiral David Dixon Porter

DQs:

From the Southern Hemisphere?
Has won a top award in his field?
Would be recognized on sight by your average American?

IQs:

Did you surrender Vicksburg on July 4, 1863?
A leader of Federal cavalry, did you lose the Battle of Brandy Station?
An Episcopal bishop, did you found Kenyon College?

119

IQs:
1. Are you Prince William’s sister-in-law?
2. Speaking of directors, did you direct The Master?
3. Are you you, the Sailor Man?
Are you you, the Sailor Man?
Are you strong to the finish, 'cause you eats your spinach?
Are you you, the Sailor Man?

120

Correct on Peter Jackson. I really thought I had it.

IQs:

  1. Were you the game show host on the original Hollywood Squares?
  2. Were you the Center Square celebrity on that show?
  3. Were you the 6th Doctor’s American companion?