Botticelli June 2023

Thread Games
341

IQs:

Were you Odysseus’s loyal son? - close enough; it was Telemachus
Did a top U.S. general have your name as his middle name? - William Tecumseh “Cump” Sherman
Did a notable sf character have your Roman name as his middle name? - yes, James Tiberius Kirk

One DQ reserved.

Hmm. Dunno who this is….

342

Not Pippin Took
Not JRR Tolkein
Not The Tick

Not Tip
2 DQs

343

correct
Tennessee Ernie Ford
Randy Travis


DQ: Main character?
Two DQs reserved.

344

Already answered in #6

345

Drat.

DQ: On-screen performances were live-action?
Two DQs reserved.

346

Reserved DQ:

Usually found on Earth?

347

2 (the “Georgia Peach”) was Ty Cobb; 3 (mind parasite) was Tinkles, in Rick and Morty.

2 DQs reserved.

348

T

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. Created after 1900
  4. First name begins with T
  5. Originally from prose fiction
  6. Main character
  7. Created before 1980
  8. From science fiction/fantasy
  9. Created by an American
  10. Created after 1950
  11. Has appeared in film and/or TV
  12. Could be alive today, if real. Questionable if human, given lifestyle choices., but given the answer to #14, who can say?
  13. Created before 1965
  14. Not human
  15. Has appeared in both film and TV
  16. Known for poor lifestyle habits (i.e., smoking, drug use?)
  17. On-screen performances were live-action
  18. Not usually found on Earth - by which I mean extraterrestrial in origin, although other than some flashbacks the story takes place on Earth.
349

UPDATE: After doing some research, I may have to retract part of my answer to #12. I based my original answer off having seen the first film adaptation. I was under the impression that the TV appearance, which I have not seen, was a remake, but it turns out it is a sequel, and the character appears alive today.

350

DQ: From a series of books?

2 DQs reserved.

351

T

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. Created after 1900
  4. First name begins with T
  5. Originally from prose fiction
  6. Main character
  7. Created before 1980
  8. From science fiction/fantasy
  9. Created by an American
  10. Created after 1950
  11. Has appeared in film and/or TV
  12. Could be alive today, if real.
  13. Created before 1965
  14. Not human
  15. Has appeared in both film and TV
  16. Known for poor lifestyle habits (i.e., smoking, drug use?)
  17. On-screen performances were live-action
  18. Not usually found on Earth - by which I mean extraterrestrial in origin, although other than some flashbacks the story takes place on Earth.
  19. From a standalone book
352

I see at least 6 outstanding DQs, so I’m going to close this one to further IQs.

353

DQ: From a work by Asimov, Bradbury or Heinlein?

1 DQ reserved.

354

T

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. Created after 1900
  4. First name begins with T
  5. Originally from prose fiction
  6. Main character
  7. Created before 1980
  8. From science fiction/fantasy
  9. Created by an American
  10. Created after 1950
  11. Has appeared in film and/or TV
  12. Could be alive today, if real.
  13. Created before 1965
  14. Not human
  15. Has appeared in both film and TV
  16. Known for poor lifestyle habits (i.e., smoking, drug use?)
  17. On-screen performances were live-action
  18. Not usually found on Earth - by which I mean extraterrestrial in origin, although other than some flashbacks the story takes place on Earth.
  19. From a standalone book
  20. Not from a work by Asimov, Bradbury or Heinlein
355

Last DQ: Are you a robot?

356

Well that’s an awful lot of incredibly useful unsolicited information that should really help in figuring out who this guy is. But unfortunately I’m still drawing a blank.

357

T

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. Created after 1900
  4. First name begins with T
  5. Originally from prose fiction
  6. Main character
  7. Created before 1980
  8. From science fiction/fantasy
  9. Created by an American
  10. Created after 1950
  11. Has appeared in film and/or TV
  12. Could be alive today, if real.
  13. Created before 1965
  14. Not human
  15. Has appeared in both film and TV
  16. Known for poor lifestyle habits (i.e., smoking, drug use?)
  17. On-screen performances were live-action
  18. Not usually found on Earth - by which I mean extraterrestrial in origin, although other than some flashbacks the story takes place on Earth.
  19. From a standalone book
  20. Not from a work by Asimov, Bradbury or Heinlein
  21. Not a robot
358

First two correct
#3 was Titania.

Final DQ:
Was the original work or any of the adaptations primarily a comedy (e.g. Hitchiker’s guide, Red Dwarf or Dark Star).

359

T

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. Created after 1900
  4. First name begins with T
  5. Originally from prose fiction
  6. Main character
  7. Created before 1980
  8. From science fiction/fantasy
  9. Created by an American
  10. Created after 1950
  11. Has appeared in film and/or TV
  12. Could be alive today, if real.
  13. Created before 1965
  14. Not human
  15. Has appeared in both film and TV
  16. Known for poor lifestyle habits (i.e., smoking, drug use?)
  17. On-screen performances were live-action
  18. Not usually found on Earth - by which I mean extraterrestrial in origin, although other than some flashbacks the story takes place on Earth.
  19. From a standalone book
  20. Not from a work by Asimov, Bradbury or Heinlein
  21. Not a robot
  22. Not primarily a comedy in any incarnation
360

DQ: film is better known than book?

1 DQ reserved.