Botticelli - May 2020

Thread Games
121

#1 was Pia Zadora.
#2 was Mao Zedong.
Correct on Zed.

DQs:

  1. Last name starts with Z?
  2. Antagonist?
122

Z.

  1. fictional
  2. male
  3. not originally from prose fiction
  4. American creator(s)
  5. created after 1899
  6. originally from movies or TV
  7. not originally from TV
  8. created after 1979
  9. in a semi-realistic movie (but not fantasy or SF)
  10. not in a series of movies
  11. not created by one person
  12. not the protagonist
  13. created before 1999
  14. American
  15. would not be alive now, if real
  16. in a comedy
  17. not in a Western
  18. created before 1989
  19. last name starts with Z
  20. not an antagonist

Tawk amongst yourselves, and ask your earned “Are you Firstname Lastname?” questions by noon EST Friday, please.

123

Are you George Zipp from Airplane? “Go out there and win one for The Zipper”.

124

As much as I know EH loves Airplane!, that’s a really good guess.

125

Hadn’t realised Airplane! came out that late.

I have no idea, so if kitap’s idea is incorrect, I pass.

126

In case** kitap** is wrong:

Are you Russell Zinsky from Stripes?

127

Dingdingding! Yes, I am indeed

George Zipp

from the movie Airplane!:

Airplane! - Wikipedia


Good job, kitap!

128

The Botticelli letters we’ve used to date, and when: Botticelli - the letters we've used so far - Thread Games - Straight Dope Message Board

129

With the usual caveats that my internet access is limited,

I am
N!

Ask away!

130

Good one, kitap!

IQs:

  1. Did you write Mad Dogs and Englishmen?
  2. Did Oscar Wilde say of you: “It would take a heart of stone not to laugh at the death of…”?
  3. Was your mission to save the world and get to school on time?
131

I really thought there would be a “there was someone named George Zipp in Airplane!?!?!!” response .

  1. I am not Noel Coward
  2. I am not Little Nell?
  3. No idea; take a DQ.
132

Correct, Correct and Jimmy Neutron.

DQ: Real?

133

I am N:

  1. Not real
134

IQ1: Did you and a New Zealander succeed where George Mallory failed?
IQ2: Did you die aboard your ship, which was hidden at Lincoln Island?
IQ3: Are you the best-known Norwegian Ridgeback?

135

IQs:

Was your father Martin and your wife Daphne?
Were you an officious Federation bureaucrat once on Deep Space Station K7?
Were you a supernatural very bad guy in the writings of H.P. Lovecraft?

136

IQs:

  1. Was Archie Goodwin in your employ?
  2. Did you play Xander on Buffy: the Vampire Slayer?
  3. Did you play Alfred on the 1960’s Batman TV series?
137
  1. Not Tenzing Norgay
  2. Not Lord Nelson
  3. Not Norbert

Take a DQ if #2 is wrong

  1. Not Niles Crane
  2. Take a DQ
  3. Take a DQ

I

  1. Not Nero Wolfe
  2. Not Nicholas Brendan
  3. Not Alan Napier

Take a DQ if #2 is wrong

138

Previous IQs:

Was your father Martin and your wife Daphne? - Yes, Dr. Niles Crane
Were you an officious Federation bureaucrat once on Deep Space Station K7? - Nils Baris, in ST:TOS “The Trouble with Tribbles”
Were you a supernatural very bad guy in the writings of H.P. Lovecraft? - Nyarlathotep

DQs:

Male?
Last name starts with N?

IQs:

Did JFK wish you a happy birthday by phone just hours before he was slain?
Are you executive director of the Planetary Society?
Were you (probably erroneously) quoted as having said, “Get there fustest with the mostest”?

139

Swept me!

IQs:

  1. Did you have a property dispute with Gottfried Leibniz?
  2. Were you a singer whose birth name was Eunica Waymon?
  3. Were you onstage at the Oscars when a nude man streaked the stage?
140

I am N:

  1. Not real
  2. Not male
  3. First name starts with N.

Take 3 DQs

I

  1. Take a DQ
  2. Not Nelson Eddy?
  3. Not David Niven

Take a DQ for #2, probably