Botticelli - May 2014

Thread Games
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  1. Not Paula Deen
    Take 2 more DQs
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Doper etv was taken to task in the Pit a little while ago: What does etv78 bring to this board?. Some of the posts were not very kind. He may have just decided to give the SDMB a rest for a while.

As an aside: there is an SDMB Facebook page?

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#2 was Pablo Casals. #3 was the posturing and pretentious Pierre-Paul Prud’hon.

Reserving 2 DQs for the moment.

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Straight Dopers - currently has 706 members. I recognise a lot of the names.

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DQ: Created before 1960?

One DQ reserved.

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No

Summary:
P

  1. Not real
  2. Male
  3. Last name does not start with P
  4. If real, could be alive today
  5. Did not first appear in print
  6. Not from a work by an American author
  7. Appeared in a movie, but did not originate in a movie
  8. By a British author
  9. Protagonist
  10. Not from a work of science fiction or fantasy
  11. Have an unusual first name
  12. British
  13. Has not appeared on a TV series
  14. Generally considered a “good guy” or least not a villain. Have done bad things that I later regretted.
  15. Not from a series of stories
  16. Not from the genre of Mystery/Detective stories
  17. Not created before 1960
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IQs:

  1. Are you one of Jeff Dunham’s puppets?
  2. Are you a suspect in Clue?
  3. Were you the star of a boxing-centered comic strip?
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  1. Not Professor Plum

DQs for the other 2

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Correct on Plum. (but coulda been Miss Peacock)
#1 is Peanut. #3 was Joe Palooka.

Pondering my 3 remaining DQs…

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DQ: From a comedic work?

After all there’s HHGTG, which started on radio, and Beyond The Fringe, which was a stage production…

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Previous IQs:

Does your own[er] not suspect you’re actually a secret agent? - Yes, Perry the Platypus from Phineas and Ferb.
Do you often appear on Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me? - Yes, Paula Poundstone.
Did your own brother succeed you in high office? - I am chagrined to admit I now don’t remember who I was thinking of, so I’ll waive this question.

I see we’re near the end of our DQs anyway, so I’ll just sit here quietly and hit myself in the head for the nonce…

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No

Summary:
P

  1. Not real
  2. Male
  3. Last name does not start with P
  4. If real, could be alive today
  5. Did not first appear in print
  6. Not from a work by an American author
  7. Appeared in a movie, but did not originate in a movie
  8. By a British author
  9. Protagonist
  10. Not from a work of science fiction or fantasy
  11. Have an unusual first name
  12. British
  13. Has not appeared on a TV series
  14. Generally considered a “good guy” or least not a villain. Have done bad things that I later regretted.
  15. Not from a series of stories
  16. Not from the genre of Mystery/Detective stories
  17. Not created before 1960
  18. Not from a comedic work
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DQ: Created after 2000?

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No

Summary:
P

  1. Not real
  2. Male
  3. Last name does not start with P
  4. If real, could be alive today
  5. Did not first appear in print
  6. Not from a work by an American author
  7. Appeared in a movie, but did not originate in a movie
  8. By a British author
  9. Protagonist
  10. Not from a work of science fiction or fantasy
  11. Have an unusual first name
  12. British
  13. Has not appeared on a TV series
  14. Generally considered a “good guy” or least not a villain. Have done bad things that I later regretted.
  15. Not from a series of stories
  16. Not from the genre of Mystery/Detective stories
  17. Not created before 1960
  18. Not from a comedic work
  19. Not created after 2000
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Not from print, TV nor originally from movies. A Brit by a British author, created 1960-2000, probably 20th Century setting. Protagonist, nominally a good guy, not from SF/Fantasy/Mystery/Comedy. Not from a series of stories. Unusual first name.

Maybe originated, therefore, on stage or radio. My knowledge of British radio is pretty much limited to comedies.

Ponder, ponder, ponder…

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I’m stumped for the moment, too, but will think a bit more on it…

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I think the “good guy” description may need more explication. I certainly feel I’m the good guy by virtue of my story (and the film adaptation) being told from my point of view. Not all other characters share this view. My wife thinks I’m a uncommunicative “little shit”.

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Last 2 DQs:

  1. From a play?
  2. Created after 1980?
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thinking out loud
What else do they adapt movies from except things in print? Has there ever been a movie made after a painting or a statue? By a British author? But not in print?

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Aha, we had Eleanor Rigby once. It could be someone from a song. Can’t think who offhand.