Hello and welcome to the May 2025 Botticelli thread, with me, your host W. De La Rue. Here is last month’s thread, and here are the rules in convenient document form.
I am M.
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Are you the captain of the Argentine men’s football team?
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Did Rosalind Russell play you in the movie?
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Are you a popular musician who strongly advocates veganism?
M it is.
IQs:
Did you lead The Citadel after WWII?
Did your theories on naval power influence TR?
Did a younger sibling say your first name repeatedly in frustration?
1. I am not Lionel Messi.
2. Take a DQ.
3. I am not Steven Morrissey.
Respectively:
I am not Mark Clark.
Take a DQ.
I am not Marcia Brady.
IQs:
- Are you one of SpiderMan’s girlfriends?
- Were you referred to as “Raggedy Man” in one of your movies?
- Are you a former NBA Rookie of the Year who was part of “Run-TMC”?
Rosalind Russell played Auntie Mame in the 1958 film based on Patrick Dennis’ 1955 novel. I recommend both.
DQ: Are you real?
Let’s M!
IQs:
- Do you know me? I once played General Omar Bradley, and did some credit card ads.
- Were you basketball’s “The Mailman”?
- Did you write a set of articles for the New York Tribune and Die Presse of Vienna about the early Civil War?
1. I am not Mary Jane Watson.
2. Take a DQ.
3. I am not Muggsy Bogues?
1. I am not Karl Malden?
2. I am not Karl Malone.
3. I am not Karl Marx?
DQs:
1. fictional
IQs:
- Have nuns labeled you as problematic?
- Are you a wanted criminal on your home planet of Gallifrey?
- Is your alter ego the youngest employee of WHIZ?
- Correct
- Mel Gibson (Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome)
- Close, but it’s Mitch Richmond
DQs: Male?
Known from arts?
Previous IQs:
Did you lead The Citadel after WWII? - Yes, Gen. Mark Clark
Did your theories on naval power influence TR? - Alfred Thayer Mahan
Did a younger sibling say your first name repeatedly in frustration? - Yes, Marcia “Marcia, Marcia!” Brady
DQ:
First appeared since 1900?
IQs:
Were you “the Vilnius Schoolmaster”?
Did you go to Vienna to meet up with your ol’ pal Harry Lime?
Were you Anne Frank’s older sister?
I’m new here, so please bear with me: Is it OK to ask IQs that can’t possibly be right based on already-known information? (Anne Frank’s older sister was not a fictional character)
1. I am not a problem like Maria.
2. I am not the Master.
3. I am not Captain Marvel.
Take 3 DQs.
DQs:
1. fictional
2. female
3. first appeared after 1900
Regarding your second question, knoodler, are you thinking this a real person? Because I said before you asked that that she’s fictional.
Yes, we do it all the time.
IQs:
- Does your alter ego share an unusual first name with a former US Vice President?
- Are you a comedienne who was mentored by Lenny Bruce?
- Were you responsible for Miss Trunchbull’s abrupt departure from her job?
Welcome to the game, Thing.Fish!
IQs:
- Are you the current Prime Minister of Canada?
- Were you Henry Crum’s main squeeze on the highly acclaimed, radio-inactive, plushly basemented 1950’s BBC radio series The Goon Show?
- Did you write The Vampire: Its Kith and Kin?
1. I am not Ms. Marvel.
2. I am not the marvelous Midge Maisel.
3. I am not Matilda Wormwood.
1. I am not Mark Carney? Is it Mark?
2. I am not Minnie Bannister.
3. I am not Montague Summers.
Swept me! Yes, it’s Mark.
IQs:
- Did you play Falseface on the 1960’s Batman TV series?
- Did you play Mrs. Nussbaum on Fred Allen’s radio series?
- Are you a racecar driver who won the Indianapolis 500 once, and whose family, though in the race every year since for decades, has never won again?
IQs:
- Did you kill Bellatrix Lestrange?
- Do you live in St. Mary Mead?
- Did you once get a shot of adrenaline directly into your heart to revive you after a heroin overdose?
IQs:
- Did you Impress 10 fire lizards in the Pern books?
- Are you a helpful, friendly witch in the Enchanted Forest Chronicles?
- Did you die of starvation while living (with your sister Olive) with the Mohave Indians?
1. I am not Malachi Throne.
2. Take a DQ.
3. I am not Mario Andretti?
1. I am not Molly Weasley.
2. I am not Miss Marple?
3. I am not Mia Wallace.
Take 3 DQs.