Botticelli - Oct. 2020

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Looks like you’re off to a good start.
Correct, Peter Davidson, Paul McGann

DQ: Known for Science Fiction genre?
DQ: Known for crime/mystery genre?

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IQs:

1. Did a raven perch on a pallid bust of you just above the chamber door?
2. Are you the kid who gets a mogwai as a present in Gremlins?
3. Did you direct and produce classic science fiction films such as When Worlds Collide as well as the stop-motion Puppetoon shorts, collected in The Puppetoon Movie (which includes a gremlin at the end)?

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The letter is P

  1. Real
  2. Last name begins with P
  3. Male
  4. American
  5. Deceased
  6. Known for the Arts
  7. Known as an actor
  8. Died after 1960
  9. He was neither nominated nor won an Oscar, an Emmy, or a Tony.
  10. I wouldn’t say primarily known for TV, probably depends on your age
  11. Died before 2000
  12. Greatest fame before 1980
  13. Handsome? Not especially. Not ugly, either.
  14. Not known primarily for comedy
  15. Not technically considered a character actor
  16. Died after 1990
  17. He was a regular on a TV show
  18. Not known for Westerns
  19. Last name does not begin with Pa - Pl
  20. Combining the DQs: Has done both SciFi and Crime/Mystery, but neither are primarily what he’s remembered for.

(Since we’re nearing the end, let me clarify 14 and 15: in retrospect we may consider quite a few roles comedic; however, at the time he was playing certain character type roles quite straight)

@Knowed_Out I love both Matt Smith and David Tennant, so I’m trying. If you have any suggestions for a newbie, I’ll gladly listen!

364

I am not Edgar Allen Poe.
No idea on the other two.

We’re over twenty DQs, no more IQs, please

365

You can’t go wrong with any of them as far as I’m concerned. The current Doc is Jodie Whitaker, and she’s killing it.

I was first exposed to Tom Baker when the show was broadcast on PBS. He’ll always be the OG of Doctors to me, but the Nu Who era (Christopher Eccleston to present) is excellent.

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ditto

367

1 was Pallas; 2 was Billy Pelzer; 3 was George Pal.

DQ: known for horror, thriller, creepy, or otherwise spooky movies?

368

The letter is P

  1. Real
  2. Last name begins with P
  3. Male
  4. American
  5. Deceased
  6. Known for the Arts
  7. Known as an actor
  8. Died after 1960
  9. He was neither nominated nor won an Oscar, an Emmy, or a Tony.
  10. I wouldn’t say primarily known for TV, probably depends on your age
  11. Died before 2000
  12. Greatest fame before 1980
  13. Handsome? Not especially. Not ugly, either.
  14. Not known primarily for comedy
  15. Not technically considered a character actor
  16. Died after 1990
  17. He was a regular on a TV show
  18. Not known for Westerns
  19. Last name does not begin with Pa - Pl
  20. Combining the DQs: Has done both SciFi and Crime/Mystery, but neither are primarily what he’s remembered for.
  21. Known for horror, thriller, creepy, or otherwise spooky movies

No more IQs…

369

Second DQ: Are you Vincent Price?

While discussing Diana Rigg tonight, I suddenly remembered Price had been the host of Mystery! prior to Emma Peel.

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Yes, I am Vincent Price!
IMO, the voice of Halloween

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Cool!

Next up…

J

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IQs

  1. Did your books start a retrofuturism genre of fashion?
  2. Did you start Wiki-Leaks?
  3. Is your catchphrase the same as an explosive?
373

IQ1: Are you the owner and GM of the Dallas Cowboys?
IQ2: Are you QB for the Baltimore Ravens?
IQ3: Are you QB for the LA Rams?

374

Good job, Chock! I’d just thought of him last night, but you beat me to the punch.

IQs:

  1. Did you create Thanos?
  2. Did you create Darkseid?
  3. Did you famously do the art for the Silver Age Strange Tales comics?
375
  1. Were you captured by the Shawnee at 15, adopted by the Seneca and assimilated so well that you lived with them for the rest of your life until your death at 90?
  2. Are you a writer who won 3 Hugos in a row, in 2016, 2017 and 2018?
  3. Are you the first black woman to go into space?
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Congrats, CFOHG!

IQs:
1. Did you recently oversee a line of horror comics from DC, writing the series Basketful of Heads and Plunge yourself?
2. Were you president of the US from 1961 until your tragic assassination in Dallas in 1963?
3. Were you the wife of the above person, known for your pillbox hat?

377

Not Jules Verne? (I believe you are referring to steampunk)
Not Julian Assange
Take a DQ

2 DQs, Not Jared Goff. (My home team is really the UCLA Bruins, but I at least know what’s going on with the Rams. (No, The Chargers are NOT an LA home team.))

Not Jack Kirby. Take 2 DQs.

Take 2 DQs, not May Jemison

Take a DQ
Not John F Kennedy
Not Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis.

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Yes, yes, Jimmy Walker (Dyn-O-Mite!)

DQ
Male?

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1 was Joe Hill.

DQ: real?

380

Jerry Jones, Lamar Jackson, correct

LA didn’t have any NFL teams for a few years, so I thought you’d be pleased with 2. :slight_smile:

DQ: Last name start with J?

holding a DQ