Botticelli - June 2019

Thread Games
241
  1. I am not Rin Tin Tin.
  2. I am not Rat.
  3. I am not Kenneth Robeson.
242

DQ:
12) British creator?

243

Correct on Mary Read. Semi correct, but mostly not, on Keith Richards; he was an inspiration for Captain Jack Sparrow’s father, but the captain of the pirate crew that included Mary Read and Anne Bonney was Calico Jack Rackham. The protagonist of Irvine Welsh’s book is Mark “Rent Boy” Renton.

IQ1: Were you the only character played by the same actor in the original movie, as well as in the long-running TV series it inspired?

IQ2: Were you the dreamed-of doom of Chaunticleer?

IQ3: Were you the French humanist writer whose name is somewhat synonymous with bawdy humor and fart jokes?
DQ1: From nursery rhymes?

DQ2: From medieval literature?

244

IQ1: Were you Mike and Sean’s father, the eponymous main character of a book by Kjelgaard?
IQ2: Were you the narrator of stories by J C Harris?
IQ3: Is your last name the participle of a synonym of your first name?

245

DQs:

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. Only name starts with R
  4. Originally appeared in prose fiction
  5. Not by an American author
  6. Nonhuman
  7. Adapted to film
  8. From children’s lit
  9. First appeared in English
  10. Earth animal
  11. First appeared before 1950
  12. British creator
  13. Not from medieval literature

SMV, #4 indicates that he’s originally from a work of prose fiction. Ergo, he cannot be from a nursery rhyme. Take another DQ.

246
  1. Take a DQ.
  2. I am not Reynard (Renard) the Fox.
  3. I am not Rabelais.
247
  1. Take a DQ.
  2. I am not Uncle Remus.
  3. That’s a lovely question. Take a DQ.
248

Previous IQs:

IQ1: Were you the only character played by the same actor in the original movie, as well as in the long-running TV series it inspired? - Gary Burghoff played Cpl. Walter “Radar” O’Reilly in the movie MASH; he was the only actor to reprise his role in the subsequent long-running TV series.

IQ2: Were you the dreamed-of doom of Chaunticleer? - Correct on Monsieur Reynaud.

IQ3: Were you the French humanist writer whose name is somewhat synonymous with bawdy humor and fart jokes? - Also correct on Francois Rabelais.

IQ1: Are you the Nature Boy?

IQ2: Are you a valiant and brave talking mouse, who lost his tail in battle?

IQ3: Are you the male protagonist of A.S. Byatt’s Possession, who shares his name - probably not coincidentally - with the hero of a medieval epic poem?

Oh, bugger, you’re right.

DQ1: Was your book part of a series?

DQ2: Is it allegorical?

249

Red, of Big Red. (Mike and Sean were the heroes, respectively, of Irish Red and Outlaw Red.)
Correct.
Rip Torn.
2 DQs reserved.

250

Previous IQs:

Are you the only child of a fictional kangaroo? - Yes, Roo, from the AA Milne stories (thought I had you!)
Did you write the sentence, “‘Shut up,’ he explained”? - Yes, Ring Lardner
Did you play a bad guy from the first episode of Alias? - Ron Rifkin

DQ:

First appeared after 1850?

IQs:

Did your dad play Veruca Salt’s pushover of a dad?
Did you never actually marry Min, no matter what an alien scan indicated?
Did the men in your Birmingham neighborhood arm themselves against racist attacks?

251

There’s another Reynard the Fox, aside from the villain from The Magicians? At least I can rule out that you’re from Fillory.

IQ1: Did you threaten to take the queen’s child unless she guessed your name?
IQ2: Are you the witch queen’s familiar from* Snow White and the 7 Dwarves*?
IQ3: Are you the cardinal from the Angry Birds game?

252

DQs:

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. Only name starts with R
  4. Originally appeared in prose fiction
  5. Not by an American author
  6. Nonhuman
  7. Adapted to film
  8. From children’s lit
  9. First appeared in English
  10. Earth animal
  11. First appeared before 1950
  12. British creator
  13. Not from medieval literature
  14. Not part of a series
  15. Not allegorical
  16. First appeared after 1850
253
  1. I am not Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
  2. I am not Reepicheep (sp?).
  3. I am not Roland (??).

Take a DQ for #3 if I’m wrong.

254

Take 3 DQs.

  1. I am not Rumpelstiltskin.
  2. I am not Raven (??).
    Take a DQ for #3.
255

The Angry Bird’s name is Red.

DQ: Do you have wings and fly?

256

DQs:

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. Only name starts with R
  4. Originally appeared in prose fiction
  5. Not by an American author
  6. Nonhuman
  7. Adapted to film
  8. From children’s lit
  9. First appeared in English
  10. Earth animal
  11. First appeared before 1950
  12. British creator
  13. Not from medieval literature
  14. Not part of a series
  15. Not allegorical
  16. First appeared after 1850
  17. I do not have wings, nor fly.
257

IQ: Are you a rat with aspirations to be a chef?

258

I am not Remy.

259

Previous IQs:

Did your dad play Veruca Salt’s pushover of a dad? - British actor Rory Kinnear, whose father was also an actor
Did you never actually marry Min, no matter what an alien scan indicated? - William T. Riker, on ST:TNG
Did the men in your Birmingham neighborhood arm themselves against racist attacks? - Condoleeza Rice

DQs:

Is the lead character of the original work?
Work is set in the UK?
Is an animal small enough to be held in cupped hands?

260

IQ1: Were you a Welsh pirate whose flag showed a picture of yourself and Death?
IQ2: Were you a fictional pirate with the same last name?
IQ3: Did you write The Last Battle?