Botticelli - May 2023

Thread Games
121

DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. American
  4. Dead
  5. First name starts with N
  6. Known for the Arts
  7. Died after 1950
  8. Not an actor
  9. Died before 1985
  10. Not known for the performing arts
122

Previous IQs:

Did you set your doting owner’s beard afire? - Norbert, Hagrid’s beloved wee dragon
Did you marry Maris and then Daphne? - Niles, not Nevil, Crane. Close enough… I guess?
Are you a Dem political operative featured on Succession? - Nate

DQs:

Best known for the visual arts (film, painting, photography, sculpture, etc.)?
Won a top award in his field?

IQs:

Were you Churchill’s predecessor at 10 Downing Street?
Did you kill a very big, evil snake at Hogwarts?
Did you play Baron Munchausen, Sir Isaac Newton and a British bad guy?

123

DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. American
  4. Dead
  5. First name starts with N
  6. Known for the Arts
  7. Died after 1950
  8. Not an actor
  9. Died before 1985
  10. Not known for the performing arts
  11. Best known for the visual arts
  12. Won many honors, but not awards as such
124
  1. I am not Neville Chamberlain.
  2. I am not Neville Longbottom.
  3. I am not John Neville, whose name I wouldn’t have remembered if it hadn’t been for the other Nevilles.
125

Right you are - Neville x3! The great John Neville’s appearances were in The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Star Trek: The Next Generation (“Descent”) and The X-Files (the TV series and the first movie).

IQs:

Did JFK call to wish you a happy birthday just hours before he died?
Did Jane Fonda play you in a movie also featuring Alan Rickman?
Does a statue of you stand in Langley, Va.?

126

IQs:
1. Did your character react to being called a “fair maiden” by replying “Sorry, neither”?
2. Was a 1990s PBS science show named after the fruit (allegedly) associated with you?
3. Speaking of 1990s PBS science shows…

127

Take 3 DQs.

128

#3. I am not Bill Nye (??)
Take 2 DQs.

129

1 was Nichelle Nichols; 2 was Isaac Newton; 3 was indeed Bill Nye.

DQs:
1. died after 1970?
2. known for film-making?

130

Previous IQs:

Did JFK call to wish you a happy birthday just hours before he died? - FDR’s VP, John Nance Garner
Did Jane Fonda play you in a movie also featuring Alan Rickman? - Nancy Reagan, in The Butler, with Rickman playing (and quite well, too) her husband
Does a statue of you stand in Langley, Va.? - The first American spy, Nathan Hale, on the grounds of CIA HQ

Three DQs reserved.

IQs:

Were you a living horcrux?
Were you an annoying Federation bureaucrat?
Did Steve Martin play you in his first movie?

131

DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. American
  4. Dead
  5. First name starts with N
  6. Known for the Arts
  7. Died after 1950
  8. Not an actor
  9. Died before 1985
  10. Not known for the performing arts
  11. Best known for the visual arts
  12. Won many honors, but not awards as such
  13. Died after 1970
  14. Not known for film-making
132
  1. I am not Voldemort’s snake Nagini (sp?).
    Take 2 DQs.
133

Previous IQs:

Were you a living horcrux? - Yes, Nagini, Voldemort’s snake familiar
Were you an annoying Federation bureaucrat? - Nils Baris, in ST:TOS “The Trouble with Tribbles”
Did Steve Martin play you in his first movie? - Navin Johnson, in The Jerk

DQs:

Considered handsome?
Associated with NYC?
Best known for photography?

Two DQs reserved.

IQs:

Were you the top Bajoran officer on DS9?
Were you the actress who played her?
Did an expy of you appear in Gone Girl?

134

IQs:
1. Did your father hide your name in his drawings?
2. Were you spoofed in the mystery novel Murder in Pastiche as Trajan Beare?
3. “Hello, Jerry.”
“Hello,” you?

135

DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. American
  4. Dead
  5. First name starts with N
  6. Known for the Arts
  7. Died after 1950
  8. Not an actor
  9. Died before 1985
  10. Not known for the performing arts
  11. Best known for the visual arts
  12. Won many honors, but not awards as such
  13. Died after 1970
  14. Not known for film-making
  15. Considered average-looking
  16. Born, raised and worked in NYC, but not otherwise associated
  17. Not known for photography
136

#2 I am not Nana Visitor.
Take 2 DQs.

#3. I am not Newman.
Take 2 DQs.

137

And that puts us over 20 DQs.

No more IQs please, and ask all remaining DQs by 8 p.m. EDT tomorrow.

138

Previous IQs:

Were you the top Bajoran officer on DS9? - Maj. Kira Nerys
Were you the actress who played her? - Yes, Nana Visitor
Did an expy of you appear in Gone Girl? - Nancy Grace

DQs:

Painter?
His works sell for big money these days?

Two DQs reserved.

139

1 was Al Hirschfeld’s daughter Nina; 2 was Nero Wolfe.

2 DQs reserved.

140

DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. American
  4. Dead
  5. First name starts with N
  6. Known for the Arts
  7. Died after 1950
  8. Not an actor
  9. Died before 1985
  10. Not known for the performing arts
  11. Best known for the visual arts
  12. Won many honors, but not awards as such
  13. Died after 1970
  14. Not known for film-making
  15. Considered average-looking
  16. Born, raised and worked in NYC, but not otherwise associated
  17. Not known for photography
  18. Painter/illustrator
  19. A number of original works sell at $1 million plus, highest sale around $46 million at auction