Botticelli - March 2019

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#1 was Ludwig Zamenhov.
#2 was Zasu Pitts. (W. C. Fields costarred.)
#3 is correct, Mr. ZIP (also called Zippy).

DQs:

  1. Created by an American author or authors?
  2. Created after 1950?
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IQs:

  1. Were you the leading light of the Swiss Reformation?
  2. Did you play the lead in the movie The Phantom?
  3. Are you the “She” in the musical duo She & Him?
143

Not the Shatneresque Zapp Brannigan, or Zach Galiafinakis (sp?), and dunno.

Not Zwingli, dunno and dunno.

Z.

  1. fictional
  2. male
  3. created by an American or Americans
  4. created after 1950
144

Correct on Zwingli.
#2 was Billy Zane.
#3 is Zooey Deschanel.

DQs:

  1. Last name starts with Z?
  2. Originally from a work of print fiction?
145

Belated previous IQ wrap-up: 3 (the sorcerer in Fantasia) was Yen Sid (note what it spells backwards).

IQs:

  1. Are you the head of the Greek pantheon?
  2. Did you achieve high political office after your time as a general in the Mexican-American War?
  3. Did you play a medium in Poltergeist?
146

Not Zeus or Zachary Taylor; dunno.

Z.

  1. fictional
  2. male
  3. created by an American or Americans
  4. created after 1950
  5. only name starts with Z
  6. not originally from a work of print fiction
147

Zach de la Rocha

DQ: From animation?

148

IQ1: Are you a pinhead drawn by Bill Griffith?
IQ2: Are you a noted author of westerns?
IQ3: Are you a demon that can supposedly be summoned with a Ouija board?

149

3 (the medium in Poltergeist) was Zelda Rubinstein.

IQs:

  1. Are you a fishnet-clad, backwards-speaking magician and Justice League member?
  2. Are you also a magician and the father of #1 above?
  3. Did you attempt to assassinate Franklin Roosevelt?
    DQ: created after 1980?
150

IQs:

  1. Are you a bald, squat comic strip character who appears in a single-box comic strip and bunches of Hallmark cards?
  2. Is your book the 9th of the 12 Minor Prophets?
  3. Did you have the lead in the original Broadway cast of A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum?
151

Not Zippy, Zane Grey or… Zebedee?

Dunno, dunno and not Zagara.

Not Ziggy, Zechariah or Zero Mostel.

Z.

  1. fictional
  2. male
  3. created by an American or Americans
  4. created after 1950
  5. only name starts with Z
  6. not originally from a work of print fiction
  7. from animation
  8. created after 1980
152

Zozo

DQ: From a Pixar movie?

I’m currently reading Creativity Inc. by Ed Catmull, President of Pixar.

153

1 was Zatanna Zatara; 2 was John Zatara.

IQs:

  1. Did you direct Airplane!?
  2. Did you also direct Airplane!?
  3. Did you found Facebook?
    DQs:
  4. from TV?
  5. protagonist?
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Not Zucker, the other Zucker (two of ZAZ!) or Zuckerberg.

Z.

  1. fictional
  2. male
  3. created by an American or Americans
  4. created after 1950
  5. only name starts with Z
  6. not originally from a work of print fiction
  7. from animation
  8. created after 1980
  9. from a Pixar movie
  10. not from TV
  11. not a protagonist
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This always happens to me. I go down the right road but can’t remember the destination.

156

IQ: Are you Buzz Lightyear’s archenemy/father?

157

Oh, and you swept my previous IQs.

158

Damn, and after only 11 questions, too! Knowed Out’s questions about animation, and then about Pixar, really narrowed the field. Yes, I am the Evil Emperor

Zurg

For more: Emperor Zurg | Pixar Wiki | Fandom

Well done, Prof. P.! Want to go back to “A,” or strike out in a new direction?

159

Once more through!

I am A.

160

Righto!

IQs:

Did you have a small (and, I thought, rather disappointing) museum in San Francisco?
Were you the first commanding officer of the 20th Maine, and later a Carpetbagger governor of Mississippi?
Were you Peer Gynt’s mom?