Botticelli - March 2018

IQs

  1. Are you a Celtic chieftain, and the inspiration for a theme park?
  2. Are you a British politician who worked as the “aristocracy coordinator” on a popular film, and whose novelist husband once murdered a baboon?
  3. Were you a bugger for the bottle?

EH, I think you missed these three DQs:

These were Amy Poehler, Arthur Ashe, and Allen Carr, but on review I have somehow managed to confuse Amy Poehler with Rebel Wilson - Amy isn’t really “large” so please consider that one withdrawn. 2 DQs reserved.

Ah, thanks, DC - so I did.

Not Ash, Absalom or Artemis again.

Not Asterix, dunno, and not Aristotle (is your name not Bruce, then, Alonzo? That might cause confusion).

A.

  1. fictional
  2. human
  3. created by American(s)
  4. created after 1900
  5. appears in more than one written work of fiction
  6. has been represented in a filmed work of entertainment
  7. created after 1970
  8. first name starts with A
  9. not really the protagonist
  10. fiction set in contemporary America (i.e., at the time when it was written)
  11. not in a military genre
  12. male
  13. created before 2000
  14. a main character in a Hollywood feature film (or films)
  15. would probably be alive, if real
  16. male

Yep. Not being Amber Rudd, then, who despite the rubbish CV is our Home Secretary? Yep.

DQ: Are you a significant antagonist or villain?

I’m not a Bruce, and don’t know what you mean.

IQs;

  1. Are you the inventor of the screwpump?

  2. Are you a Shunemite bedwarmer?

  3. Were you prosecuted for performing an inappropriate charm on a goat?

We’ve got “male” listed twice in the DQs.

DQ: Action genre?

out of DQs

Correct x3.

IQs:

  1. Were you the star of the show-within-a-show on The Dick Van Dyke Show?
  2. Did you sub in and sing for an ailing Pavarotti on the 1998 Grammys?
  3. Did Ian Holm play you in Alien?

IQ1: Are you head coach of the Kansas City Chiefs?
IQ2: Are you head coach of the Miami Dolphins?
IQ3: Are you a former head coach of the Washington Redskins, whose son with the same first name served both as senator and governor of Virginia?

These gentlemen later burst into song about Aristotle being a “bugger for the bottle”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyVX3uJpqxc

Not Aeschylus, Anna, or Aberforth Dumbledore.

Dunno, dunno, and not Ash.

Dunno, dunno, and not George Allen.

I’ll strike the second “male” answer. Ask another DQ, Dead Cat, if you wish.

A.

  1. fictional
  2. human
  3. created by American(s)
  4. created after 1900
  5. appears in more than one written work of fiction
  6. has been represented in a filmed work of entertainment
  7. created after 1970
  8. first name starts with A
  9. not really the protagonist
  10. fiction set in contemporary America (i.e., at the time when it was written)
  11. not in a military genre
  12. male
  13. created before 2000
  14. a main character in a Hollywood feature film (or films)
  15. would probably be alive, if real
  16. not a significant antagonist or villain
  17. not really in the action genre, although there is action

Archimedes rather than Aeschylus, Abishag rather than Anna, but Aberforth is bang on.

DQ: Does the fiction in which you feature have elements of magic or highly implausible science?
DQ: Do at least two books in the written fiction precede the first filmed fiction?

Quote:
Originally Posted by Prof. Pepperwinkle View Post

#1 was Alan Brady.
#2 was Aretha Franklin. She did very well.
Correct on Ash.

I’m going to be AFK most of the weekend, so Happy Easter and here’s my DQs:

  1. Uncommon first name?
  2. From a comedy?

and my final DQ:

  1. Are you Andy Dufresne (sp?) from The Shawshank Redemption?

Andy Reid, Adam Gace, correct

holding 2 DQs

Do we run out at twenty questions? Dufresne only appears in one book, which was set well before it was written, and is the protagonist, failing on an impressive three counts. A series of books usually indicates genre of some kind, so I like Knowed Out’s line of questioning. You need quite a cast of characters for there to be someone who is notable but is neither protagonist or antagonist, as well. That leans towards TV serial rather than movie: a bloke is less likely to be romantic interest, although I suppose he could be a sidekick.

I don’t think you’ve earned a DQ for that *Shawshank *question, have you, Prof. P.?

A.

  1. fictional
  2. human
  3. created by American(s)
  4. created after 1900
  5. appears in more than one written work of fiction
  6. has been represented in a filmed work of entertainment
  7. created after 1970
  8. first name starts with A
  9. not really the protagonist
  10. fiction set in contemporary America (i.e., at the time when it was written)
  11. not in a military genre
  12. male
  13. created before 2000
  14. a main character in a Hollywood feature film (or films)
  15. would probably be alive, if real
  16. not a significant antagonist or villain
  17. not really in the action genre, although there is action
  18. the fiction in which I feature arguably has elements of magic or highly implausible science
  19. none of the books in the written fiction preceded the first filmed fiction
  20. not an uncommon first name
  21. mostly comedic, but with some noteworthy serious moments

That’s it for IQs, then. Please ask all earned DQs by noon EST Monday.

That DQ is for the final “Who is FirstName LastName?” round, after all the other DQ’s have been asked. I put it in because I wasn’t sure I’d be posting before Monday.

Ah, got it. No, I am not Andy Dufresne (that is the correct spelling) from The Shawshank Redemption.

Doc Brown from the Back to the Future films might fit, if his first name begins with A - anyone want to try that, if they know it?

Ghostbusters is the other franchise that might fit, though I don’t think the implausible science in that is really arguable.

That would be Emmit Brown; that’s easy to remember because his first name is virtually “Time” spelled backwards…

DQ: Is the character used in merchandising? (like Spiderman undies etc.)

holding a DQ

A.

  1. fictional
  2. human
  3. created by American(s)
  4. created after 1900
  5. appears in more than one written work of fiction (that is, in comics)
  6. has been represented in a filmed work of entertainment
  7. created after 1970
  8. first name starts with A
  9. not really the protagonist
  10. fiction set in contemporary America (i.e., at the time when it was written)
  11. not in a military genre
  12. male
  13. created before 2000
  14. a main character in a Hollywood feature film (or films)
  15. would probably be alive, if real
  16. not a significant antagonist or villain
  17. not really in the action genre, although there is action
  18. the fiction in which I feature arguably has elements of magic or highly implausible science
  19. none of the books in the written fiction preceded the first filmed fiction
  20. not an uncommon first name
  21. mostly comedic, but with some noteworthy serious moments
  22. not aware of the character being used in merchandising

DQ 5 amended to be more specific.