Botticelli -- November 2016

Thread Games
101

Not Walter Lantz.
Not Walt Kelly.
DQ.

W

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. American
  4. Last name starts with W
  5. Could be alive today, if real
  6. Not from a movie or movies
  7. Not from a song
  8. Not from a work of prose fiction
  9. Could be considered a protagonist
  10. Not from a work of science-fiction or fantasy
102

Correct X 2. Walt Disney was #3.

DQ: From a TV series?

103

IQs:

  1. Did Zasu Pitts play you, the title character, opposite W. C. Fields?
  2. Are you the mailman to the Fantastic Four (played by Stan Lee in one movie)?
  3. Was Batman’s alter ego named after you?
104

Previous IQs:

Did you successfully defend Ft. Meigs? - William Henry Harrison, during the War of 1812
Were you a noted British abolitionist? - William Wilberforce
Are your Weimereiners a favorite photographic subject of yours? - Yes, William Wegman

William x3!

DQs:

Considered handsome?
First appeared since 1964?

IQs:

Did you leave home on the Orontes?
Were you created to give a movie character someone to talk to?
Did you command the USS Kearsarge in its 1864 battle with the CSS Alabama?

105

Three DQs.

Ditto. :frowning:

W

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. American
  4. Last name starts with W
  5. Could be alive today, if real
  6. Not from a movie or movies
  7. Not from a song
  8. Not from a work of prose fiction
  9. Could be considered a protagonist
  10. Not from a work of science-fiction or fantasy
  11. Not from a TV series
  12. Could, I suppose, be considered handsome
  13. Did not first appear after 1964
106

[QUOTES]

IQs:

  1. Did Zasu Pitts play you, the title character, opposite W. C. Fields?
  2. Are you the mailman to the Fantastic Four (played by Stan Lee in one movie)?
  3. Was Batman’s alter ego named after you?
    Three DQs.

#1 was Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch.
#2 is Willy Lumpkin.
#3 was Mad Anthony Wayne.

DQ: from poetry?

2 DQs reserved.

107

Previous IQs:

Did you leave home on the Orontes? - Dr. John H. Watson, on his way to the war in Afghanistan
Were you created to give a movie character someone to talk to? - Wilson the Volleyball in Cast Away
Did you command the USS Kearsarge in its 1864 battle with the CSS Alabama? - John A. Winslow

DQs:

Created by an American?
Associated with New York City?

One DQ reserved.

IQs:

Are you the only person to hold your best-known job to have a Ph.D.?
Were you Dennis’s next-door neighbor?
Were you a non-American politico known for his pipe-smoking?

108

Still not Woodrow Wilson
Not George Wilson.
DQ. (Another Wilson, I suppose…)

W

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. American
  4. Last name starts with W
  5. Could be alive today, if real
  6. Not from a movie or movies
  7. Not from a song
  8. Not from a work of prose fiction
  9. Could be considered a protagonist
  10. Not from a work of science-fiction or fantasy
  11. Not from a TV series
  12. Could, I suppose, be considered handsome
  13. Did not first appear after 1964
  14. Not from poetry
  15. Created by an American
  16. Not associated with New York City
109

DQ: From comic books or comic strips?

110

W

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. American
  4. Last name starts with W
  5. Could be alive today, if real
  6. Not from a movie or movies
  7. Not from a song
  8. Not from a work of prose fiction
  9. Could be considered a protagonist
  10. Not from a work of science-fiction or fantasy
  11. Not from a TV series
  12. Could, I suppose, be considered handsome
  13. Did not first appear after 1964
  14. Not from poetry
  15. Created by an American
  16. Not associated with New York City
  17. Not from comic books or comic strips
111

Previous IQs:

Are you the only person to hold your best-known job to have a Ph.D.? - Yes, Woodrow Wilson
Were you Dennis’s next-door neighbor? - Yes, Mr. Wilson
Were you a non-American politico known for his pipe-smoking? - British PM Harold Wilson

DQ:

Considered a “good guy”?

IQs:

Are you usually considered the first British PM?
Did you create the fearsome Aunt Agatha?
Are you the laziest person to work for the PHB?

112

IQ: Did you admonish buyers not to squeeze the Charmin?

113

You’ll pardon me if I don’t answer any of your questions, but:

Yes! I am George Whipple, played by Dick Wilson in over 500 commercials in 1964-1985 and 1999-2000.

114

I didn’t really think that would be the one. Wahoo!

115

So, I am B.

116

Well done, Prof. P.!

Previous IQs:

Are you usually considered the first British PM? - Robert Walpole
Did you create the fearsome Aunt Agatha? - P.G. Wodehouse
Are you the laziest person to work for the PHB? - Wally, in Dilbert (I love Wally)

OK. On to B.

IQs:

Are you the best-known person from Russell, Kans.?
Did you fake an assassination attempt against yourself?
Were an airline pilot and a dentist among your best friends?

117

#3 I am not Bob Hartley (from The Bob Newhart Show).
Take 2 DQs.

118

Previous IQs:

Are you the best-known person from Russell, Kans.? - Bob Dole
Did you fake an assassination attempt against yourself? - The title character in the political satire Bob Roberts
Were an airline pilot and a dentist among your best friends? - Yes, Bob Hartley

Bob x3!

DQs:

Real?
Male?

IQs:

Were you a short, stout, feminist Congresswoman?
Are you a foreign-born musician often on A Prairie Home Companion?
Were you Edward Cullen’s eventual wife?

119

DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Male
120

#1. I am not Bella Abzug.
Take 2 DQs.