Botticelli November 2021

Thread Games
161

DQs
P

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Dead
  4. Last name starts with P
  5. Not American
  6. Known for the Arts
  7. Died after 1900
  8. European
  9. Died before 1980
  10. Not from the British Isles
  11. Best known for the performing arts
  12. Born west of Vienna
  13. Not best known for musical achievements
  14. Born south of Vienna
  15. Not an actor
  16. Died before 1960
  17. Not known for writing
  18. Not known from radio and/or TV
162

Not Philip Pullman
DQ
Not Pippi Longstocking

163

Correct, the apostle Paul (then known as Saul of Tarsus), correct.

DQ: Known for comedy?

164

Previous IQs:

Did you play Himmler in The Eagle Has Landed? - Donald Pleasence
Did you notoriously become a cannibal in the American West? - Yes, Alferd (the correct spelling, BTW) Packer
Did you fail to commit suicide in a New Jersey nightclub? - Penny Priddy, in Buckaroo Banzai

Two DQs reserved.

165

DQs
P

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Dead
  4. Last name starts with P
  5. Not American
  6. Known for the Arts
  7. Died after 1900
  8. European
  9. Died before 1980
  10. Not from the British Isles
  11. Best known for the performing arts
  12. Born west of Vienna
  13. Not best known for musical achievements
  14. Born south of Vienna
  15. Not an actor
  16. Died before 1960
  17. Not known for writing
  18. Not known from radio and/or TV
  19. Known for comedy, in the sense of comedic performances.
166

I’m not coming up with any clown, mime, puppeteer or ventriloquist who fits.

167

Maybe a director or producer?

168

DQs:

Best known for stage performances?
Italian?

169

DQs
P

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Dead
  4. Last name starts with P
  5. Not American
  6. Known for the Arts
  7. Died after 1900
  8. European
  9. Died before 1980
  10. Not from the British Isles
  11. Best known for the performing arts
  12. Born west of Vienna
  13. Not best known for musical achievements
  14. Born south of Vienna
  15. Not an actor
  16. Died before 1960
  17. Not known for writing
  18. Not known from radio and/or TV
  19. Known for comedy, in the sense of comedic performances.
  20. Best known for stage performances
  21. Not Italian

By my count that’s all the awarded DQs.

Get your questions in by 12 noon Pacific time Saturday Nov. 20th.

170

Ah, perhaps, mes amis, this is the one who put the art in fart?

171

Oui!! Je suis Le Pétomane!! AKA Joseph Pujol
(Either way, his surname and the second word of his stage name starts with P)

Félicitations, professeur!

172

Merci beaucoup.

Next, I am

173

IQ1: Oh, [you], you’re so fine, you’re so fine you blow my mind?
IQ2: Is your first appearance set to enter the public domain in a little over a year?
IQ3: Does your cringeworthy yellow-face appearance mar an otherwise pleasant romantic comedy?

174

Ha! Good one. We had Le Pétomane as a Botticelli subject awhile back, I think.

On to M.

IQs:

Were you the post-WWII commandant of The Citadel?
Have you played an Austenian hero, a spy-tech guy and a Victorian villain?
Are you the current Episcopal Bishop of Ohio?

175

#1. I am not Mickey.
#2. I am not Mickey Mouse (??)
#3. I am not Mickey Rooney.

Take 3 DQs.

176

Swept me.

IQ1: According to urban legend, did your boyfriend put a Mars Bar into an unfortunate part of your anatomy?
IQ2: Are you the boyfriend referred to in IQ1?
IQ3: Thanksgiving is coming up - did Longfellow write a poem about your courtship?

177

Take 2 DQs.
#3. I am not Miles Standish.

178

Marianne Faithfull and Mick Jagger

DQs:
Real?
Male?

179

DQs:

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
180

IQ1: Did you represent the devil in negotiations with Dr. Faust?
IQ2: Did your self-named band have hits with covers of three different Bruce Springsteen songs?
IQ3: Were you a manicurist who let people know they were soaking in it?