Botticelli March 2025

Thread Games
121

P

1. Fictional
2. First name begins with P
3. Male
4. From a work of prose fiction
5. Not an American author
6. Created before 1900
7. Have appeared outside prose fiction (Movies, TV, plays, etc.)
8. Not created before 1600
9. A main character
10. Created by a European author
11. Not created before 1800
12. Technically not from a novel, though I’m sure many people would say yes
13. Created after 1850
14. Author from the British Isles

122

Polychrome, correct, Paget Brewster.

DQ:
1.From a Dickens work?
2. Caucasian?

123

IQs:

  1. Did you play Kris Kringle’s lawyer in the original version of Miracle on 34th Street?
  2. Did you play Mamaw on Young Sheldon?
  3. In A Christmas Carol by Dickens, are you Bob Cratchitt’s oldest son?
124

IQs:

1. Speaking of shows with Aaron Paul, were you a pink anthropomorphic cat and BoJack’s agent on BoJack Horseman?
2. Do you and your partner invite magicians to try to do tricks you can’t figure out on Fool Us?
3. Do you play football?

125

DQs:

Last name begins A-M?
Protagonist?
Appears as sidekick/friend/associate/partner to another?

126

IQs:

  1. In your first appearance, did you disobey your mother’s orders and sneak into Mr. McGregor’s garden?
  2. Did you posthumously win an Oscar for Best Actor?
  3. Are you best remembered for imprisoning your wife in an unconventional place?
127

Three DQs

DQ
Not Penn
DQ
Can’t think of a single football player, real or fictional, whose name starts with ‘P’. Maybe after I finish waking up…

Not Peter Rabbit
DQ
Not Peter the pumpkin eater

128

P

1. Fictional
2. First name begins with P
3. Male
4. From a work of prose fiction
5. Not an American author
6. Created before 1900
7. Have appeared outside prose fiction (Movies, TV, plays, etc.)
8. Not created before 1600
9. A main character
10. Created by a European author
11. Not created before 1800
12. Technically not from a novel, though I’m sure many people would say yes
13. Created after 1850
14. Author from the British Isles
15. Not from a Dickens work
16. Caucasian
17. Last name begins A-M
18. Protagonist
19. Appears as sidekick/friend/associate/partner to another


With the DQs I just awarded, plus any reserved DQs, that puts us well over twenty, so no more IQs, please. Ask all your remaining DQs by 0900 EDT Saturday 22 March.

129

1 was Princess Carolyn; 3 was Patrick Mahomes.

2 DQs reserved.

130
  1. Peter Finch (Network)

Peter x3!

1 DQ reserved

131

#1 was John Payne.
#2 was Annie Potts.
#3 is Peter Cratchitt.

3 DQs reserved.

132

DQ: Last name begins with A - G?

2 DQs reserved.

133

DQ: from a work by George Eliot, William Thackeray, Rudyard Kipling, Robert Louis Stevenson, Thomas Hardy, Joseph Conrad, H.G. Wells, any one of the Brontës, H. Rider Haggard, or Arthur Conan Doyle?

1 DQ reserved.

134

P

  1. Fictional
  2. First name begins with P
  3. Male
  4. From a work of prose fiction
  5. Not an American author
  6. Created before 1900
  7. Have appeared outside prose fiction (Movies, TV, plays, etc.)
  8. Not created before 1600
  9. A main character
  10. Created by a European author
  11. Not created before 1800
  12. Technically not from a novel, though I’m sure many people would say yes
  13. Created after 1850
  14. Author from the British Isles
  15. Not from a Dickens work
  16. Caucasian
  17. Last name begins A-M
  18. Protagonist
  19. Appears as sidekick/friend/associate/partner to another
  20. Last name begins with A - G
  21. From a work by George Eliot, William Thackeray, Rudyard Kipling, Robert Louis Stevenson, Thomas Hardy, Joseph Conrad, H.G. Wells, any one of the Brontës, H. Rider Haggard, or Arthur Conan Doyle


I show the Prof with 2 reserved DQs, and SunUp, DLR and knoodler with one each.

135

DQ: From a work by H. G. Wells, any one of the Brontes, H. Rider Haggard or Arthur Conan Doyle?

1 DQ reserved.

136

I’d like to ask my DQ as a conditional.

If the answer to Prof.Pepperwinkle’s question is yes:
From a work by a Bronte?

If the answer to Prof.Pepperwinkle’s question is no:
From a work by George Eliot, William Thackeray or Rudyard Kipling?

137

P

1. Fictional
2. First name begins with P
3. Male
4. From a work of prose fiction
5. Not an American author
6. Created before 1900
7. Have appeared outside prose fiction (Movies, TV, plays, etc.)
8. Not created before 1600
9. A main character
10. Created by a European author
11. Not created before 1800
12. Technically not from a novel, though I’m sure many people would say yes
13. Created after 1850
14. Author from the British Isles
15. Not from a Dickens work
16. Caucasian
17. Last name begins A-M
18. Protagonist
19. Appears as sidekick/friend/associate/partner to another
20. Last name begins with A - G
21. From a work by George Eliot, William Thackeray, Rudyard Kipling, Robert Louis Stevenson, Thomas Hardy, Joseph Conrad, H.G. Wells, any one of the Brontës, H. Rider Haggard, or Arthur Conan Doyle
22. Not from a work by H. G. Wells, any one of the Brontes, H. Rider Haggard or Arthur Conan Doyle
23. From a work by George Eliot, William Thackeray or Rudyard Kipling


I show the Prof, DLR and knoodler with one reserved DQ each.

138

DQ: From a work by Rudyard Kipling?

139

P

1. Fictional
2. First name begins with P
3. Male
4. From a work of prose fiction
5. Not an American author
6. Created before 1900
7. Have appeared outside prose fiction (Movies, TV, plays, etc.)
8. Not created before 1600
9. A main character
10. Created by a European author
11. Not created before 1800
12. Technically not from a novel, though I’m sure many people would say yes
13. Created after 1850
14. Author from the British Isles
15. Not from a Dickens work
16. Caucasian
17. Last name begins A-M
18. Protagonist
19. Appears as sidekick/friend/associate/partner to another
20. Last name begins with A - G
21. From a work by George Eliot, William Thackeray, Rudyard Kipling, Robert Louis Stevenson, Thomas Hardy, Joseph Conrad, H.G. Wells, any one of the Brontës, H. Rider Haggard, or Arthur Conan Doyle
22. Not from a work by H. G. Wells, any one of the Brontes, H. Rider Haggard or Arthur Conan Doyle
23. From a work by George Eliot, William Thackeray or Rudyard Kipling
24. From a work by Rudyard Kipling


I show DLR and knoodler with one reserved DQ each.

140

Wow, I missed this round! I think I know who this is, too.