Botticelli - May 2023

Not Rowdy Yates
Not Yul Brynner
DQ


Y

1. Fictional
2. First Name starts with Y
3. Male
4. American
5. As best known, first appeared on TV
6. As best known, created after 1950
7. Not a cartoon character
8. Not created after 1970
9. Main character
10. Good guy
11. White
12. In genre fiction (sf, fantasy, detective, Western, etc.)
13. From a western
14. As best known, appeared before 1960
15. Show did not have an ensemble cast
16. Not a kids’ show

IQs:
1. In an Allan Sherman song, do Al ‘n’ you have a television set?
2. Do you wear a green hat, green tie, and collar, and get a mention in the above song?
3. Are you the secretary of the US treasury?

IQs

  1. Do you often claim that compared to others like you are of above average intelligence?
  2. Are you famous for a speech you gave while standing on a tank?
  3. Are you an Australian comic actor?

Not Yetta
DQ
DQ

Three DQs.


No more IQs, please.

2 was Yogi Bear; 3 was Janet Yellen.

2 DQs reserved.

  1. Also Yogi Bear (smarter than the average bear) so no DQ
  2. Boris Yeltsin
  3. Yahoo Serious

DQ:

  1. Second letter in first name (“e” or “o”)

1DQ reservered for total of 2

Held DQ:

Later appeared in a feature film?

Y

  1. Fictional
  2. First Name starts with Y
  3. Male
  4. American
  5. As best known, first appeared on TV
  6. As best known, created after 1950
  7. Not a cartoon character
  8. Not created after 1970
  9. Main character
  10. Good guy
  11. White
  12. In genre fiction (sf, fantasy, detective, Western, etc.)
  13. From a western
  14. As best known, appeared before 1960
  15. Show did not have an ensemble cast
  16. Not a kids’ show
  17. Second letter in first name is not “e” or “o”
  18. Have not appeared in a feature film

Please ask all remaining DQs by noon EDT tomorrow (Tue 23 May). EH has one; Buck and DLR have two each.

Previous IQs:

Were you Clint Eastwood’s first big TV role? - Yes, Rowdy Yates, on Rawhide
Did you play a gunslinger, a robot and a king? - Yes, Yul Brynner, in The Magnificent Seven, Westworld and The King and I
Did you costar in The Black Hole? - Yvette Mimieux, the only thing keeping that movie from being a total sausage fest

DQ:

Character is a civilian?

Y

1. Fictional
2. First Name starts with Y
3. Male
4. American
5. As best known, first appeared on TV
6. As best known, created after 1950
7. Not a cartoon character
8. Not created after 1970
9. Main character
10. Good guy
11. White
12. In genre fiction (sf, fantasy, detective, Western, etc.)
13. From a western
14. As best known, appeared before 1960
15. Show did not have an ensemble cast
16. Not a kids’ show
17. Second letter in first name is not “e” or “o”
18. Have not appeared in a feature film
19. Character is a civilian

Please ask all remaining DQs by noon EDT tomorrow (Tue 23 May). Buck and DLR have two each.

Remaining DQs

  1. Did the show have strong comic elements?
  2. Does the character’s primary occupation involve defeating bad guys?

Y

1. Fictional
2. First Name starts with Y
3. Male
4. American
5. As best known, first appeared on TV
6. As best known, created after 1950
7. Not a cartoon character
8. Not created after 1970
9. Main character
10. Good guy
11. White
12. In genre fiction (sf, fantasy, detective, Western, etc.)
13. From a western
14. As best known, appeared before 1960
15. Show did not have an ensemble cast
16. Not a kids’ show
17. Second letter in first name is not “e” or “o”
18. Have not appeared in a feature film
19. Character is a civilian
20. Show not particularly noted for comic elements
21. Primary occupation involves defeating bad guys

DLR has two DQs remaining. Please ask them by noon EDT today (Tue 23 May).

DQs:
1. uncommon first name?
2. last name begins from A-M?

Y

1. Fictional
2. First Name starts with Y
3. Male
4. American
5. As best known, first appeared on TV
6. As best known, created after 1950
7. Not a cartoon character
8. Not created after 1970
9. Main character
10. Good guy
11. White
12. In genre fiction (sf, fantasy, detective, Western, etc.)
13. From a western
14. As best known, appeared before 1960
15. Show did not have an ensemble cast
16. Not a kids’ show
17. Second letter in first name is not “e” or “o”
18. Have not appeared in a feature film
19. Character is a civilian (ex CS Army)
20. Show not particularly noted for comic elements
21. Primary occupation involves defeating bad guys
22. Uncommon first name
23. Last name begins A-M

I’ve added a note to DQ 19.

Final “Firstname Lastname” DQs by 2000 EDT tomorrow (Wed 24 May), please.

Well I know probably a hand full of TV cowboys, but none of their names begin with Y.

I’m going with the famous half white half chinese cowboy Yip Edward Kai Ian Anderson, known to his friends as Yip E Kai I A…

Go to your room.

Are you Yancy Derringer?

Yes! I am former Confederate soldier Yancy Derringer, employed as a secret agent by the New Orleans city administrator.


I had it, you got it, DLR.

Nevva hoida heem: Yancy Derringer - Wikipedia

Never watched it, but I’ve known about it for years.