Botticelli - June, 2014

Thread Games
221

IQ1: Did Adam Ant play you in Love Bites?
IQ2: Did Bradley Cooper play you in Wedding Crashers?
IQ3: Did Peter Greene play you in Pulp Fiction?

222

Dunno any of these.

Z.

  1. fictional
  2. male
  3. first name starts with Z
  4. not from literature
  5. from a work by an American
  6. still alive when last heard from
  7. not from the comics
  8. from the movies
  9. a protagonist
  10. appeared in one movie
  11. did not appear in more than one medium
  12. not science fiction
  13. created after 1990
  14. not from a cartoon
  15. human
  16. not from a videogame
  17. movie set in the USA
  18. movie set in what was then the present day
223

IQ1: Did you write The Spirit of the Border and The Last Trail?
IQ2: Were you a wee little man?
IQ3: Did you ask a policeman why he shot Tiffany?

224

Zachary Simms, Zachary “Sack” Lodge, Zed

DQ: Rom com?

saving 2 DQs

225

Not Zane Grey; dunno the other two.

Z.

  1. fictional
  2. male
  3. first name starts with Z
  4. not from literature
  5. from a work by an American
  6. still alive when last heard from
  7. not from the comics
  8. from the movies
  9. a protagonist
  10. appeared in one movie
  11. did not appear in more than one medium
  12. not science fiction
  13. created after 1990
  14. not from a cartoon
  15. human
  16. not from a videogame
  17. movie set in the USA
  18. movie set in what was then the present day
  19. not in a rom com
226

Correct on Zane Grey. (Good books. I was ten or so when I read them - I keep telling myself I ought to reread them to see if they’re really as good as I remember their being.)
Zaccheus, the man who climbed a tree to see Jesus, according to the old Sunday-school song.
Yet another man named Zed, this one from MiB.
Hmmm… Male protagonist from a non-SF American movie made (and set) in the last quarter-century; still alive; has not appeared in any other works. We’re at 19 DQs already, and I haven’t a clue.

227

If this character has only been in one movie and no other media, I’m wondering if he actually qualifies as “at least as famous as Botticelli.” But, his identity reveal will probably make me slap myself and wonder how I couldn’t think of his name. For now, I’m clueless.

DQ: Is the movie based on a true story?

DQ in reserve

228

Z.

  1. fictional
  2. male
  3. first name starts with Z
  4. not from literature
  5. from a work by an American
  6. still alive when last heard from
  7. not from the comics
  8. from the movies
  9. a protagonist
  10. appeared in one movie
  11. did not appear in more than one medium
  12. not science fiction
  13. created after 1990
  14. not from a cartoon
  15. human
  16. not from a videogame
  17. movie set in the USA
  18. movie set in what was then the present day
  19. not in a rom com
  20. movie not based on a true story

That’s 20 DQs. Any remaining DQs should be asked in the next, say, 24 hours, and then we’ll go to any earned “Are you Firstname Lastname?” questions to end the round.

229

It finally hit me. The reason why this is such a good choice is because everybody in the SDMB hates Adam Sandler.

Are you Zohan?

230

I am not.

231

OK, please ask any other earned “Are you Firstname Lastname?” questions in the next 24 hours.

232

Are you international fashion model Derek Zoolander?

233

I am not.

234

I got nothing. Zohan was my best shot.

235

Pass.
I posted this several hours ago, but apparently it drained off into the bit bucket…

236

Behold, I am

Zeus Carver

Samuel L. Jackson’s memorable character from Die Hard with a Vengeance: Samuel Jackson, Die Hard with a vengance, Zeus - YouTube.

237

Well, I’ve seen the movie. I remember the character, but would never have come up with his name.

238

His name is something of a plot point, as you see. Certainly stuck with me.

239

Never saw the movie. Oh well, what’s the next letter?

240

Oh, agreed. It’s a good choice, just one I wouldn’t have remembered.