Botticelli - May 2024

Thread Games
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DQs:

  1. Fictional.
  2. Male.
  3. Last name does not start with “Q”.
  4. Created by an American.
  5. Created after 1950.
  6. Originally from prose.
  7. Created before 1980.
  8. Not in a movie.
  9. Main character.
  10. Not from a work of science fiction, fantasy, or horror.
  11. Created after 1975.
  12. Race not specified, but given the milieu, most likely Caucasian.
  13. From a novel.
  14. Not from a work of historical fiction.
  15. Last name starts A - M.
  16. First name is a variation on “Quentin”, “Quincy”, or “Quinn”.
  17. Not adapted into other media (so far as I can determine).
  18. Male creator.
  19. Not from a comedy.
  20. Not from a mystery or thriller.
  21. First name is a variation on “Quentin”.
  22. First name is not a variation on “Quincy”.
  23. From a series of books, sort of (only two).
  24. American character.
122

Last DQ: From a best seller?

123

DQs:

  1. Fictional.
  2. Male.
  3. Last name does not start with “Q”.
  4. Created by an American.
  5. Created after 1950.
  6. Originally from prose.
  7. Created before 1980.
  8. Not in a movie.
  9. Main character.
  10. Not from a work of science fiction, fantasy, or horror.
  11. Created after 1975.
  12. Race not specified, but given the milieu, most likely Caucasian.
  13. From a novel.
  14. Not from a work of historical fiction.
  15. Last name starts A - M.
  16. First name is a variation on “Quentin”, “Quincy”, or “Quinn”.
  17. Not adapted into other media (so far as I can determine).
  18. Male creator.
  19. Not from a comedy.
  20. Not from a mystery or thriller.
  21. First name is a variation on “Quentin”.
  22. First name is not a variation on “Quincy”.
  23. From a series of books, sort of (only two).
  24. American character.
  25. From a New York Times bestseller. Considered the greatest novel ever written about its subject.
124

I keep thinking of Quint from Jaws, but there was definitely a movie made. Hmmmm.

125

Hmmmm indeed. I’m drawing a blank.

I yield my last DQ to whoever’d like to ask it.

126

DQ: Last name starts A-F?

127

DQs:

  1. Fictional.
  2. Male.
  3. Last name does not start with “Q”.
  4. Created by an American.
  5. Created after 1950.
  6. Originally from prose.
  7. Created before 1980.
  8. Not in a movie.
  9. Main character.
  10. Not from a work of science fiction, fantasy, or horror.
  11. Created after 1975.
  12. Race not specified, but given the milieu, most likely Caucasian.
  13. From a novel.
  14. Not from a work of historical fiction.
  15. Last name starts A - M.
  16. First name is a variation on “Quentin”, “Quincy”, or “Quinn”.
  17. Not adapted into other media (so far as I can determine).
  18. Male creator.
  19. Not from a comedy.
  20. Not from a mystery or thriller.
  21. First name is a variation on “Quentin”.
  22. First name is not a variation on “Quincy”.
  23. From a series of books, sort of (only two).
  24. American character.
  25. From a New York Times bestseller. Considered the greatest novel ever written about its subject.
  26. Last name starts “A” - “F”.

By my count, @De_La_Rue has three reserved DQs, @kitap and @SunUp each have one.

128

DQ: book is about an industry?

2 DQs reserved.

129

Final DQ:

Book is connected to the Viet Nam war?

130

Oh, what the heck.

DQ: Last name starts with A-C?

131

DQs:

  1. Fictional.
  2. Male.
  3. Last name does not start with “Q”.
  4. Created by an American.
  5. Created after 1950.
  6. Originally from prose.
  7. Created before 1980.
  8. Not in a movie.
  9. Main character.
  10. Not from a work of science fiction, fantasy, or horror.
  11. Created after 1975.
  12. Race not specified, but given the milieu, most likely Caucasian.
  13. From a novel.
  14. Not from a work of historical fiction.
  15. Last name starts A - M.
  16. First name is a variation on “Quentin”, “Quincy”, or “Quinn”.
  17. Not adapted into other media (so far as I can determine).
  18. Male creator.
  19. Not from a comedy.
  20. Not from a mystery or thriller.
  21. First name is a variation on “Quentin”.
  22. First name is not a variation on “Quincy”.
  23. From a series of books, sort of (only two).
  24. American character.
  25. From a New York Times bestseller. Considered the greatest novel ever written about its subject.
  26. Last name starts “A” - “F”.
  27. Book is not about an industry.
  28. Book is not connected to the Viet Nam war, although one character in the second novel dies in that war, and it affects the subject of this round.
132

Well, I have two questions left, and if anyone else can think of things to ask to narrow this down, you’re welcome to.

133

DQs:

  1. From a children’s / young adult book?
  2. Story involves LGBTQ+ issues?

Don’t forget SunUp’s DQ above.

134

Oh, shoot, missed that one. Thanks.

DQs:

  1. Fictional.
  2. Male.
  3. Last name does not start with “Q”.
  4. Created by an American.
  5. Created after 1950.
  6. Originally from prose.
  7. Created before 1980.
  8. Not in a movie.
  9. Main character.
  10. Not from a work of science fiction, fantasy, or horror.
  11. Created after 1975.
  12. Race not specified, but given the milieu, most likely Caucasian.
  13. From a novel.
  14. Not from a work of historical fiction.
  15. Last name starts A - M.
  16. First name is a variation on “Quentin”, “Quincy”, or “Quinn”.
  17. Not adapted into other media (so far as I can determine).
  18. Male creator.
  19. Not from a comedy.
  20. Not from a mystery or thriller.
  21. First name is a variation on “Quentin”.
  22. First name is not a variation on “Quincy”.
  23. From a series of books, sort of (only two).
  24. American character.
  25. From a New York Times bestseller. Considered the greatest novel ever written about its subject.
  26. Last name starts “A” - “F”.
  27. Book is not about an industry.
  28. Book is not connected to the Viet Nam war, although one character in the second novel dies in that war, and it affects the subject of this round.
  29. Last name starts “A” - “C”.
  30. Not from a children’s/young adult book.
  31. Story does not involve LGBTQ+ issues.

Since this is proving so tough, and as I said, I have some small questions as to how well known this novel is, I’ll add a freebie: The story is about a sport.

135

…which improves my chances of not having read it.

136

Okay, I think all DQs are in. Please have your firstname-lastname guesses in by midnight Eastern on Tuesday, May 21.

137

Ditto.

138

Most sport books I’ve read are nonfiction - Bill James, Paper Lion, Ball Four - and the main exceptions are a couple Chip Hilton titles, which (a) don’t qualify on other grounds and (b) I remember almost nothing from them.

I am stumped like a fallen tree.

139

Damn. A sport? I think the last book I read that centered around a sport was one of Scott Corbett’s Lemonade Trick books.

140

Are you Quentinus Basketball-Jones? :slightly_smiling_face: