Botticelli - June 2021

Thread Games
281

Previous IQs:

Were you a Burmese diplomat in the Sixties? - Yes, U Thant
Were you a U.S. diplomat in the Sixties? - Thomas U. Walter
Do you play a blind woman who hangs out with an antihero? - Yes, Leslie Uggams, in the Deadpool movies

DQ:

Real?

IQs:

Were you an Old Testament king whose death was a key time marker?
Were you a Saxon king mentioned in passing by Conan Doyle?
Did you destroy an entire alien race when some of their kind killed your wife?

282

1. I am not Utgard-Loki?
2. Take a DQ.
3. I am not Uma Thurman.

1. I am not Ursula Andress?
2. I am not Umberto Eco.
3. I am not Felix Unger.

Respectively:
I am not Uriel.
I am not Uffa.
Take a DQ.

DQs:
1. fictional

283

#1 is Ullr.
#2 was Merrill Unger.
#3 is correct.

DQs:

  1. By an American author or authors?
  2. From film or TV?
284

Previous IQs:

Were you an Old Testament king whose death was a key time marker? - This was Uzziah; I think Uriel was an angel
Were you a Saxon king mentioned in passing by Conan Doyle? - Yes, Uffa, in “The Five Orange Pips”
Did you destroy an entire alien race when some of their kind killed your wife? - Kevin Uxbridge, in an episode of ST:TNG

DQs:

Male?
Would be alive today, if real?

IQs:

Did Stephen King say you were one of the greatest fictional villains ever?
Did you make Melkor scream so loudly in terror that balrogs heard and came to his aid?
Were you Ygraine’s illicit lover?

285

Respectively:
I am not Dolores Umbridge.
Take a DQ.
I am not Uther Pendragon.

DQs:
1. fictional
2. by an American author or authors
3. not originally from film or TV
4. male
5. would be “alive today, if real”, I guess

286

Congrats!

  1. Were you Menolly’s blue fire lizard?
  2. Were you voiced by Pat Carroll?
  3. Were you the title Piper of an Andre Norton short story set in the Witch World universe?
287

Previous IQs:

Did Stephen King say you were one of the greatest fictional villains ever? - Yes, Dolores Umbridge
Did you make Melkor scream so loudly in terror that balrogs heard and came to his aid? - The giant evil spider Ungoliant, in The Silmarillion
Were you Ygraine’s illicit lover? - Yes, Uther Pendragon

DQ:

Human?

IQs:

Did you invent the ansible?
Were you the protagonist of Kate Atkinson’s Life After Life?
Were you Ariel’s much larger nemesis?

288

1. Take a DQ.
2. I am not Ursula.
3. Take a DQ.

Respectively:
I am not Ursula LeGuin.
I am not Ursula.
I am not the aforementioned Little Mermaid’s Ursula.

DQs:
1. fictional
2. by an American author or authors
3. not originally from film or TV
4. male
5. would be “alive today, if real”, I guess
6. not human (but resembles one)

289

Swept me - Ursula x3!

IQs:

Are you a widely-loathed action-movie director?
Were you House Whip at the start of the Walker Administration?
Were you House Whip at the start of the Collingridge Government?

290

Uncle, correct, Ully.
DQs:

  1. Originally from prose?
  2. Protagonist?
291

Respectively:
I am not Uwe Boll.
I am not Frank Underwood.
I am not Francis Urquhart.

DQs:
1. fictional
2. by an American author or authors
3. not originally from film or TV
4. male
5. would be “alive today, if real”, I guess
6. not human (but resembles one)
7. not from prose
8. not protagonist

292

Swept me again!

IQs:

Were you the definitive Black TV Nerd?
Were you the Raven King?
Did you write The Name of the Rose?

293

IQs:

  1. Did you star in Spenser: For Hire?
  2. Are you an Olympic athlete who became the father of twins this week?
  3. Were you half of an Odd Couple?
294

Respectively:
I am not Steve Urkel.
Take a DQ.
I am not Umberto Eco.

1. I am not Robert Urich.
2. Take a DQ.
3. I am not Felix Unger.

295

Correct, Usain Bolt, Correct.

DQ: From advertising?

296

Aw, man. I JUST read about Bolt’s names for his twins in the weird names thread before answering this, and still didn’t think of him.

DQs:
1. fictional
2. by an American author or authors
3. not originally from film or TV
4. male
5. would be “alive today, if real”, I guess
6. not human (but resembles one)
7. not from prose
8. not protagonist
9. not from advertising

297

Previous IQs:

Were you the definitive Black TV Nerd? - Yes, Steve Urkel
Were you the Raven King? - John Uskglass, in Susanna Clarke’s Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell
Did you write The Name of the Rose? - Yes, Umberto Eco

DQ:

from comics?

IQs:

Did you star in Jericho on TV?
Were you Frodo’s nom de rue?
Did you sing “Scream” and “DJ Got Us Fallin’ in Love”?

298

IQ1: Are you a “very 'umble” acquaintance of David Copperfield?
IQ2: Was your twin sister accidentally buried alive?
IQ3: Are you a self-aware robot who repeatedly battles the Avengers?

299

Respectively:
I am not Skeet Ulrich.
I am not Mr. Underhill.
I am not Usher.

IQ1: I am not Uriah Heap.
IQ2: I am not Roderick Usher.
IQ3: I am not Ultron.

DQs:
1. fictional
2. by an American author or authors
3. not originally from film or TV
4. male
5. would be “alive today, if real”, I guess
6. not human (but resembles one)
7. not from prose
8. not protagonist
9. not from advertising
10. from comics

300

Swept me!

IQs:

Are you a canine response, of sorts, to Nietszche?
Were you a Latina with a show named after her?
Were you a Bolshevik leader who went by this name originally?