Botticelli, Nov. 2022

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#1 was Butch Cavendish.
Correct on Ted.
#3 is Kent Clark.

DQ: From a movie?

1 DQ reserved.

162

C

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. Last name starts with C
  4. Created after 1950
  5. Not American creator(s)
  6. Created after 1980
  7. European creator(s)
  8. Not originally from a work of prose fiction
  9. Originally from film/TV
  10. Not from a sitcom
  11. Not a lead character
  12. Could be alive today, if real, for certain values of real
  13. From a movie
163

DQ: Creator from the UK or Ireland?

164

IQ1: Have you played a sheriff, a lawyer, and a zookeeper?
IQ2: Did you costar in the second and third shows mentioned in #1?
IQ3: Did you sing “Roses for Mama”?

165

C

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. Last name starts with C
  4. Created after 1950
  5. Not American creator(s)
  6. Created after 1980
  7. European creator(s)
  8. Not originally from a work of prose fiction
  9. Originally from film/TV
  10. Not from a sitcom
  11. Not a lead character
  12. Could be alive today, if real, for certain values of real
  13. From a movie
  14. Creator from the UK or Ireland
166

3 DQs

167

Previous IQs:

Are you LBJ’s best-known biographer? - Robert Caro
Has SJP played you for many years? - Yes, Carrie Bradshaw of Sex and the City
Were you killed on a Hawaiian beach? - Yes, Capt. James Cook

DQ:

British character?

IQs:

Were you a prominent Kentucky abolitionist?
Were you a noted Kentucky-born boxer?
Were you a noted pre-Civil War Kentucky statesman who lost every time he ran for President?

168

C

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. Last name starts with C
  4. Created after 1950
  5. Not American creator(s)
  6. Created after 1980
  7. European creator(s)
  8. Not originally from a work of prose fiction
  9. Originally from film/TV
  10. Not from a sitcom
  11. Not a lead character
  12. Could be alive today, if real, for certain values of real
  13. From a movie
  14. Creator from the UK or Ireland
  15. British character
169

DQ
Not Cassius Clay aka Muhammad Ali
DQ

170

John Cleese (Silverado, A Fish Called Wanda, and Fierce Creatures)
Jamie Lee Curtis
C W McCall


DQ1: Genre movie (cops, SF, fantasy, &c)?
DQ2: Created after 2000?
One DQ reserved.

171

IQs:

  1. Did you play Giacomo in The Court Jester?
  2. Are you #1’s actor son?
  3. Did you say “Big book, big evil.”?
172

C

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. Last name starts with C
  4. Created after 1950
  5. Not American creator(s)
  6. Created after 1980
  7. European creator(s)
  8. Not originally from a work of prose fiction
  9. Originally from film/TV
  10. Not from a sitcom
  11. Not a lead character
  12. Could be alive today, if real, for certain values of real
  13. From a movie
  14. Creator from the UK or Ireland
  15. British character
  16. Not a genre movie (cops, SF, fantasy, &c)
  17. Created before 2000
173

3 DQs for you

174

#1 was John Carradine.
#2 was David Carradine.
#3 was Callimachus.

DQs:

  1. From a film before 1990?
  2. From a comedy?

1 DQ reserved.

175

C

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. Last name starts with C
  4. Created after 1950
  5. Not American creator(s)
  6. Created after 1980
  7. European creator(s)
  8. Not originally from a work of prose fiction
  9. Originally from film/TV
  10. Not from a sitcom
  11. Not a lead character
  12. Could be alive today, if real, for certain values of real
  13. From a movie
  14. Creator from the UK or Ireland
  15. British character
  16. Not a genre movie (cops, SF, fantasy, &c)
  17. Created before 2000
  18. From a film before 1990
  19. From a comedy

There are at least 4 outstanding DQs, so I am going to close this one to further IQs.

176

DQ: Actor’s last name begins with A-M?

177

C

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. Last name starts with C
  4. Created after 1950
  5. Not American creator(s)
  6. Created after 1980
  7. European creator(s)
  8. Not originally from a work of prose fiction
  9. Originally from film/TV
  10. Not from a sitcom
  11. Not a lead character
  12. Could be alive today, if real, for certain values of real
  13. From a movie
  14. Creator from the UK or Ireland
  15. British character
  16. Not a genre movie (cops, SF, fantasy, &c)
  17. Created before 2000
  18. From a film before 1990
  19. From a comedy
  20. Actor’s last name begins with A-M
178

DQ: Did the film star at least one of the Monty Pythons?

179

C

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. Last name starts with C
  4. Created after 1950
  5. Not American creator(s)
  6. Created after 1980
  7. European creator(s)
  8. Not originally from a work of prose fiction
  9. Originally from film/TV
  10. Not from a sitcom
  11. Not a lead character
  12. Could be alive today, if real, for certain values of real
  13. From a movie
  14. Creator from the UK or Ireland
  15. British character
  16. Not a genre movie (cops, SF, fantasy, &c)
  17. Created before 2000
  18. From a film before 1990
  19. From a comedy
  20. Actor’s last name begins with A-M
  21. Film starred at least one of the Monty Pythons
180

So, a character from an 80’s British Comedy starring a Python (but not Michael Palin).
Not a genre film, so that’s Brazil, Jabberwocky and Time Bandits gone.
Hmmm…