Botticelli May 2016

Thread Games
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IQ:

  1. Did you play Mrs. Fawlty?
  2. Were you the most regular female player on Monty Python’s Flying Circus?
  3. Are you the author of Uganda Be Kidding Me?
142

DQ: Was the original version of the song (in case there’s covers) sung by a man?

holding 2 DQs

143

Not Carol Booth, Carol Cleveland or… Carol Channing?

C.

  1. fictional
  2. male
  3. not from literature
  4. last name starts with C
  5. not from movies
  6. kinda sorta a protagonist, but not really
  7. not from TV
  8. from a song
  9. not created by an American
  10. pop/rock song
  11. song composed before 1980
  12. original version of the song sung by a man
144

DQ: Is the artist from the UK?

1 DQ remaining

145

IQ1: Are you the color commentator for NBC Sunday Night Football?
IQ2: Are you the play-by-play commentator for NBC’s coverage of the NBA and frequent host of the Olympics?
IQ3: Are you a conservative parody talk show host who once expressed your desire to stab IQ2 with an ice pick so you could replace him as host for the 2010 Winter Olympics?

146

Correct on the 2 Python-related questions, no surprises there.
#3 is Chelsea Handler.

DQ: Did the song chart in the Top 40 in the USA?

147

IQs:

  1. Did you have a hit with Blue Suede Shoes before Elvis?
  2. Did you have a hit with Don’t Sleep In The Subway?
  3. Did you have a hit with Papa Loves Mambo?
148

Grrr. Blanking on the first two; not Stephen Colbert.

Not Carl Perkins, not Connie Francis and not… Maria Conchita Alonso?

C.

  1. fictional
  2. male
  3. not from literature
  4. last name starts with C
  5. not from movies
  6. kinda sorta a protagonist, but not really
  7. not from TV
  8. from a song
  9. not created by an American
  10. pop/rock song
  11. song composed before 1980
  12. original version of the song sung by a man
  13. artist not from the UK
  14. song charted in the Top 40 in the USA
149

Cris Collinsowrth, Bob Costas

DQ: Is the artist from the Caribbean?

holding 2 DQs

150

Correct on Carl. #2 was Petula Clark. #3 was Perry Como.

DQ: Song charted before 1960?

1 DQ reserved.

151

C.

  1. fictional
  2. male
  3. not from literature
  4. last name starts with C
  5. not from movies
  6. kinda sorta a protagonist, but not really
  7. not from TV
  8. from a song
  9. not created by an American
  10. pop/rock song
  11. song composed before 1980
  12. original version of the song sung by a man
  13. artist not from the UK
  14. song charted in the Top 40 in the USA
  15. artist is from the Caribbean
  16. song charted after 1960
152

Ah! a fictional male character from a Top 40 song of the 60s/70s by a Caribbean artist. That narrows it down. Good question, KO!

[Harry Belafonte, Bob Marley, let me see…]

153

DQ: Song come out before 1970?

1 DQ left

154

C.

  1. fictional
  2. male
  3. not from literature
  4. last name starts with C
  5. not from movies
  6. kinda sorta a protagonist, but not really
  7. not from TV
  8. from a song
  9. not created by an American
  10. pop/rock song
  11. song composed before 1980
  12. original version of the song sung by a man
  13. artist not from the UK
  14. song charted in the Top 40 in the USA
  15. artist is from the Caribbean
  16. song charted after 1960
  17. song came out after 1970
155

IQ: Are you the eponymous character of a Boney M hit?

156

No, I’m not… Clive?

157

No, that was Daddy Cool.

2 DQs reserved. Thinking.

158

There’s no way this can be it, but I’m asking anyway…

IQ1: Are you the subject of Murray Head’s Superstar?

159

DQ: Does your name appear in the song title?

160

I’m not… Jesus Christ?

C.

  1. fictional
  2. male
  3. not from literature
  4. last name starts with C
  5. not from movies
  6. kinda sorta a protagonist, but not really
  7. not from TV
  8. from a song
  9. not created by an American
  10. pop/rock song
  11. song composed before 1980
  12. original version of the song sung by a man
  13. artist not from the UK
  14. song charted in the Top 40 in the USA
  15. artist is from the Caribbean
  16. song charted after 1960
  17. song came out after 1970
  18. name doesn’t appear in the song title