Botticelli - Oct. 2020

Thread Games
421

Correct on Claudia “Lady Bird” Johnson. 1 was Jabez Stone.

DQs:
1. first name is John, James, Joseph, or a variation of those?
2. work is connected to film?

IQs:
1. In What We Do in the Shadows, are you the modern-day reincarnation of Nadja’s past lover Gregori?
2. Does your biography on Mental Floss describe you as being on a game show “75 times in a row, so long that your grandma got sick of him”?
3. Did you play Enid’s friend in Ghost World?

422

IQ: Did you direct Animal House?

423

DQ
Not Ken Jennings
DQ

Not John Landis

DQs:

  1. Male
  2. Real
  3. Last name does not start with J
  4. Living
  5. Not born after 1950
  6. Known for the Arts
  7. Caucasian
  8. Not an actor
  9. American
  10. Not known for the Performing Arts
  11. Known for the visual arts (painting, sculpture, fashion design, architecture, etc., but not including writing) - I would define the artform as a visual art.
  12. Known for writing, although not primarily known for writing
  13. First name starts with a J
  14. Not an illustrator
  15. Have won a prestigious award in my field, although not necessarily what one thinks of when they say “top” award.
  16. I would say greatest fame after 1980, although the work that put me on the map, and will most likely be mentioned in the first sentence of my obituary, appeared before 1980.
  17. Not a cartoonist
  18. Semi-retired. Still infrequently working in the field.
  19. Considered a cultural icon within his niche.
  20. First name is John, James, Joseph, or a variation of those
  21. Work is connected to film
424

IQ: Did you direct Escape from New York?

425

Yes! In honor of Halloween, I am director/screenwriter/composer John Carpenter!!

Never won an Oscar (top award in field) but was awarded the Golden Coach Award (a lifetime achievement award) at Cannes last year.

426

Thank you! Always nice to wake up to a Botticelli win.

Next, I am

https://3dletters.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/3d-letter-e.jpg

427

Well done, Prof. P.!

Previous IQs:

Did you share one name but all three initials of someone whose high office you later sought? - John Forbes Kerry
Were you one of Lincoln’s two top White House aides? - John Nicolay
Were you the other, younger one? - John Hay

John x3!

On to E…

IQs:

Did you reluctantly agree to “fix the hobo suit”?
Is your desk preserved by the historical society of Jefferson County, Ohio?
Was Mrs. Keppel among your several mistresses?

428

Congrats, Prof.!

Belated IQ wrap-up: 1 (Nadja’s reincarnated past lover) was Jeff (“How can he be a warrior with a name like Jeff?”); 3 (played Enid’s friend in Ghost World) was Scarlett Johansson.

IQs:
1. Are you the green-hued witchy protagonist of Wicked?
2. Did you appear in The Babadook and also play detective Phryne Fisher?
3. Were you a painter born Domenikos Theotokopoulos?

429

#1. I am not Emmett Kelly (??)
#2. Take a DQ.
#3. I am not Edward VII.

#1. Been too long since I’ve read it. Take a DQ.
#2. I am not Essie Davis.
#3. I am not El Greco.

430

Previous IQs:

Did you reluctantly agree to “fix the hobo suit”? - Edna Mode: Edna Says No Capes! - THE INCREDIBLES Movie Clip (2004) - YouTube
Is your desk preserved by the historical society of Jefferson County, Ohio? - Edwin Stanton, Lincoln’s first SECWAR
Was Mrs. Keppel among your several mistresses? - Yes, King Edward VII

DQs:

Male?
Real?

IQs:

Were you the first County Executive of Cuyahoga County, Ohio?
Did you play Capt. Picard’s sister-in-law?
Did your mother insist that you have an open casket to show how badly your killers beat you?

431

DQs:

  1. Male
  2. Fictional
432

Take 3 DQs.

433

Previous IQs:

Were you the first County Executive of Cuyahoga County, Ohio? - Edward FitzGerald (later a candidate for Governor of Ohio)
Did you play Capt. Picard’s sister-in-law? - Samantha Eggar
Did your mother insist that you have an open casket to show how badly your killers beat you? - Emmett Till

DQs:

Last name start with E?
American?
Would be alive today, if real?

IQs:

Did you play a character whose husband plotted to break you out of a Pittsburgh jail?
Has Cate Blanchett played you twice, and hopes to again?
Was your husband born on Corfu?

434

Congrats Prof!!

IQs:

  1. Were you a snippy snippy science experiment?
  2. Were you a farmer taken over by an alien?
  3. Were you the Starks butler?
435

DQs:

  1. Male
  2. Fictional
  3. Only name starts with E
  4. Not American
  5. Would not be alive today, if real
436

#2. I am not Elizabeth I. (??) Take 2 or 3 DQs.

  1. Take a DQ.
  2. I am not Edgar from Men In Black.
  3. I am not Edwin Jarvis.
437

Edward Scissorhands

DQ:
Are you a character from a film?

438

DQs:

  1. Male
  2. Fictional
  3. Only name starts with E
  4. Not American
  5. Would not be alive today, if real
  6. Not originally from film, but has appeared in a number of films
  7. Created before 1960
439

1 was Elphaba.

DQ: created after 1960?

IQs:
1. Are you a credited as a writer of the first Simpsons Halloween special, given that the third segment is based on one of your poems?
2. Do you appear in Freaks, using your hands to walk?
3. Did you write an alternate universe Twilight fanfic under the name Snowqueen’s Icedragon, then change the character names and publish it as an original novel (which then got several sequels and a film adaption)?

440
  1. I am not Edgar Allan Poe.
  2. Take a DQ.
  3. I am not E. L. James. (??)