Botticelli March 2023

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#3. I am not Zarathustra. Take 2 DQs.

  1. I am not Roger Zelazny (??).
    Take 2 DQs.
  1. I am not Mark Zuckerberg.
  2. Take a DQ.
  3. I am not Zoidberg.
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Previous IQs:

Did you play the mom of two doomed young women on TV? - Grace Zabriskie, on Seinfeld (George’s fiancee Susan) and Twin Peaks (Laura Palmer)
Were you marooned in Sarpeidon’s ice age by a tyrant? - Zarabeth, in ST:TOS’s “All Our Yesterdays”
Did Strauss write a tone poem about you? - Yes, Zarathustra (well worth listening to it all, BTW, and not just the opening few seconds everyone knows from 2001)

DQs:

From superhero comics?
Good guy?

IQs:

Did you give your name to an Ohio town?
Did you give your name to a mountain in the American West?
Did you reluctantly help an NYPD cop in a very big hurry?

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  1. Correct. He wrote “Creatures of light and darkness” based on Egyptian gods, and “Lord of light”
    based on Hindu gods
  2. Baron Zemo
  3. Zoe Heriot companion of the second incarnation of Dr. Who.

DQ’s:

  1. Is/was he ever a Marvel comics Character
  2. Was he created before 1960?
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DQs:

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. Last name starts with Z
  4. Secondary character
  5. Not originally from prose fiction, but eventually appeared in series of novels
  6. Not originally from movies or TV, but has been on both
  7. Not the original version, but one of the later versions would be alive today if real
  8. Originally from comic books/strips
  9. Not from superhero comics
  10. Good guy
  11. He has been at various times a Marvel comics character AND a DC comics character.
  12. Created before 1960
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  1. Take a DQ.
  2. I am not Zebulon Pike.
  3. I am not Zeus from the Die Hard movies.
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Already asked about (by Chock) and denied.

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IQ1: Were you known for fetching gunpowder to defend against an Indian attack?
IQ2: Were you a relative of #1 who wrote a novel based on that event?
IQ3: Were you one of the main characters in The Number of the Beast?

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Sorry I must have missed that somehow.

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It’s your first game. You’re forgiven.

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  1. Take a DQ.
  2. I am not Zane Grey (??).
  3. I am not Zebediah John Carter.
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Betty Zane
correct
correct


DQ: From war comics?

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2 (played Domino in Deadpool 2) was Zazie Beetz.

DQ: created after 1930?

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DQs:

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. Last name starts with Z
  4. Secondary character
  5. Not originally from prose fiction, but eventually appeared in series of novels
  6. Not originally from movies or TV, but has been on both
  7. Not the original version, but one of the later versions would be alive today if real
  8. Originally from comic books/strips
  9. Not from superhero comics
  10. Good guy
  11. He has been at various times a Marvel comics character AND a DC comics character.
  12. Created before 1960
  13. Not from war comics
  14. Created after 1930

Zazie Beetz? That’s a cool name. I’m gonna have to remember that one.

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IQ

  1. Did you help a football player save every one of us?
  2. Did you Snorkel in a puddle near your home.
  3. Do you wear the same costume as your arch nemesis but with the colors reversed.
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#2. I am not Zonker Harris.
#3. I am not Prof. Zoom.

#1?

Yes, I am

Dr. Hans Alexis Zarkov.


inventor of the invisibility ray and of a machine that solidified light,
but best known as the mentor and friend of Flash Gordon!

Originally created in the comic strip in 1934, he’s been portrayed in comic strips, comic books, radio shows, Big Little Books, magazines, novels, on TV and in films. One of the best known portrayals was by Topol, who died this week.

Flash Gordon was actually a ripoff of Buck Rogers, so it’s ironic that Buck got this.

Well played, Buck!

You host next.

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Oh dear, I was afraid that he might be the answer. I’m a little nervous here. My knowledge of famous people is no where near as encyclopedic as some here, and I’re really bad at remembering names (them DQs will be flying this round) but lets give it a shot.

Looks like you haven’t done “O” for a while so lets go with that one.

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Do realize that you can research your character in order to answer questions. I had to look up Zarkov and Flash Gordon on Wikipedia to answer some of the above.

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IQs:

  1. Are you Popeye’s girlfriend?
  2. Are you her brother?
  3. Are you her mother?
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  1. I’m not Olive Oyl
    take 2 DP

By the way, quick rules clarification for the future: are only humans or humanoid people allowed? For example in the last game could I have used Zabu (Kazar’s pet saber toothed tiger) as a guess?

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Certainly. In the “General Questions” thread I said: