Botticelli - Oct. 2020

Yes, Patton Oswalt (table reading of The Princess Bride), Orlando Bloom

DQs
Alive?
American?

O.

  1. real
  2. last name starts with O
  3. deceased
  4. American

2 (wrote Down and Out in Paris and London) was George Orwell; 3 (was in a photo that Dennis Nedry had on his desk) was Robert Oppenheimer.

DQs:
1. died after 1900?
2. known from the arts?

O.

  1. real
  2. last name starts with O
  3. deceased
  4. American
  5. died after 1900
  6. not known from the Arts

IQs:

  1. Did you star in The Ruling Class?
  2. Were you also known as Tippetarius?
  3. Did Colin Meany play you in the Star Trek universe?

IQs:
1. Did you play a mummy-fighting JFK in Bubba Ho-Tep?
2. Did you note that candy is dandy but liquor is quicker?
3. Were you a founding member of the Wu-Tang Clan?

IQs

  1. Were you a Broadway star before becoming a crusty NYPD detective?
  2. Archbishop of New York?
  3. Were you the all purpose game show announcer through the 60’s and 70’s?

Patton Oswalt

DQ: Known for politics?

IQ1: Did you found the colony of Georgia?
IQ2: In response to Dorothy Parker’s “Men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses,” did you write “A girl who’s bespectacled may not get her nectacled”?
IQ3: Are you a libertarian columnist who wrote Parliament of Whores?

Not Peter O’Toole, dunno, and not Chief O’Brien.

Not Ossie (sp?) Davis, not Ogden Nash and dunno.

Not Jerry Orbach, not Cardinal O’Connor, and dunno.

Not Oglethorpe, still not Ogden Nash, and not Patrick O’Rourke.

MissTake had already asked about Patton Oswalt.

Why does that matter? It wasn’t the same question, and doubles happen frequently in this game.

Yes, Yes, Johnny Olson

DQ:
Died after 1960?

Correct on the spelling for 1; 3 (founding member of the Wu-Tang Clan) was Ol’ Dirty Bastard/ODB.

IQs:
1. Have you played a pilot, a tech CEO, Spider-Man 2099, and Gomez Addams?
2. Are you Spider-Man 2099?
3. Were you Little Sure Shot?

DQ: known from a single incident?

Correct, Queen Ozma of Oz, Correct.

1 DQ reserved.

IQs:

  1. Was your death earlier in the year the greatest tragedy to ever befall mankind, causing universal grieving throughout all the multiverses, a week of silent morning at Parliament, and the Halls of Valhalla to be publicly opened to welcome your spirit, as it had been foretold by Rankin Bass in the days of yore?
  2. Were you aka William Sydney Porter?
  3. Are you Dean R. Koontz’s go-to recurring character?

EH is right, here. While doubles (and triples) happen, the information has already been presented that this person isn’t the right person, and therefore, since no new point of datum is gained, it’s disallowed.

Fine. I’ll accept that if you all agree not to use “Still not xxx.” Just leave the “still” out, please. We don’t always have time to read all the other IQs and research to make sure we’re not doubling.

IQ1: Are you the original Green Goblin?
IQ2: Are you a cop the Jets sang about in West Side Story?
IQ3: Are you the real name of Plastic Man from DC comics?

Dunno, dunno and not Annie Oakley.

Not Orson Bean ( :: sob :: ), not O. Henry and dunno.

Not Mr. Osborne, not Officer Krepke and dunno.

O.

  1. real
  2. last name starts with O
  3. deceased
  4. American
  5. died after 1900
  6. not known from the Arts
  7. died after 1960
  8. not known from a single incident

Correct!!!, Correct, and Odd Thomas.

DQs:

  1. Died after 2000?
  2. Known from business?

1 (Spider-Man 2099, Gomez Addams, etc.) was Oscar Isaac; 2 (is Spider-Man 2099) was Miguel O’Hara.

2 DQs reserved.

IQs:
1. Did you direct the musical version of Little Shop of Horrors?
2. Are you a green Muppet who lives in a spacious garbage can?
3. Are you his Israeli counterpart on Rechov Sumsum/Shalom Sesame?

IQs

  1. Were you the second husband to the Queen of Camelot?
  2. Father of the atomic bomb?
  3. Voice of CBS Sunday Morning with a radio commentary called The [your last name] Files?