Botticelli - May 2022

Thread Games
101

1 was Elvis Presley (according to “Viva Las Vegas”); 2 was correct; 3 was correct.

DQ: from the British Isles or Ireland?

102

DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Living
  4. First name stars with E
  5. Not American
  6. Known from the Arts
  7. Known for acting, among other things
  8. European
  9. Born before 1970
  10. British
103

IQs:

Did an actress play your wife in The Elephant Man?
Were you the first Cuyahoga County Executive?
Were you a noted Irish freedom-fighter of the 1790s?

104

IQs:
1. Did you turn down the position of president of Israel?
2. Were you a tour bus driver who got mixed up with Big Trouble in Little China?
3. Have you been in your current position prior to the existence of Doctor Who, the fifty United States of America, and the popularity of rock ‘n’ roll?

105

Take 3 DQs.

#1. I am not Albert Einstein.
#2. Take a DQ.
#3. I am not Queen Elizabeth II.

106

2 was Egg Shen.

DQ: known for comedy?

107

DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Living
  4. First name stars with E
  5. Not American
  6. Known from the Arts
  7. Known for acting, among other things
  8. European
  9. Born before 1970
  10. British
  11. Known for comedy
108

Previous IQs:

Did an actress play your wife in The Elephant Man? - The future King Edward VII, whose wife was Alexandra
Were you the first Cuyahoga County Executive? - Edward FitzGerald
Were you a noted Irish freedom-fighter of the 1790s? - An earlier Edward FitzGerald

Edward x3!

DQs:

Born before 1950?
Best known for standup?
Has been knighted or awarded an OBE?

IQs:

Do you offer people the choice between Cake or Death?
Did one of your two young daughters have an eye operation?
Did your character jokingly refer to Byron as a minor poet?

109

DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Living
  4. First name stars with E
  5. Not American
  6. Known from the Arts
  7. Known for acting, among other things
  8. European
  9. Born before 1970
  10. British
  11. Known for comedy
  12. Born before 1950
  13. Not best known for standup
  14. Has not been knighted or awarded an OBE
110
  1. I am not Eddie Izzard.
    Take 2 DQs.
111

Swept me

IQ1: Did you sing the closing number from one of your films at the 2012 London Olympics closing ceremony whilst surrounded by roller skating nuns?
IQ2: Are you a hive employee bisected accidentally?
IQ3: Did you manufacture the funniest joke in the world, only to die laughing shortly thereafter?

112

Yes, and I always look on the bright side of life!

'Cause I’m

Eric Idle!

Good job, Chock!

113

Cool.

My other Python-related IQs:

Eric the Half a Bee
Ernest Scribbler

Next up… D

114

IQs:

  1. Did you have a hit with Calypso?
  2. Did you have a hit with Que Sera Sera?
  3. Did your daughter co-star in Yoga Hosers?
115

1. Are you not an old man–you’re 37?
2. Were you Janet on The Good Place (and Bad Janet, and Neutral Janet, and Disco Janet)?
3. Lynne, Jill, Karen, you?

116

(And congrats, Chock!)

117

DQ
Not Doris Day
Not Johnny Depp

Not Dennis ( bloody peasant!)
2 DQs

118

#1 was John Denver. Correct on the others.

DQ: Real?

119

2 was D’arcy Carden; 3 was Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff.

DQs:
1. female?
2. first name begins with E?

120

D

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Last name begins with D