Botticelli - October 2013

Thread Games
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Were you a king of Westeros who bore a distinct resemblance to Henry VIII of England? - Yes, Robert Baratheon.
Where you that king’s probably-gay younger brother? - Renly.
Did you serve as Secretary of Energy and as ambassador to the UN? - Bill Richardson, later governor of New Mexico.

DQs:

First appeared in a work of French literature?
First name starts with R?

IQs:

In Life of Brian, was Pontius Pilate willing to free you in response to the mob’s demands?
Was he also willing to free you, a different person?
When researching a role in another country, did you keep a picture of your famous boyfriend on your desk?

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It’s been too long since I’ve seen Life of Brian. I know they called out names that started with R because of his speech impediment.
#3 might be Rachel Weisz. Take 2 or 3 DQs accordingly.

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DQs:

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. Not American in origin (though he does appear in some American stories)
  4. Alive or not? Depends on which version and which story. There’s one that’s set in the current day where he is a character. The original version? Probably not.
  5. European in origin.
  6. Not a detective.
  7. Not British in origin.
  8. Not French in origin.
  9. First appeared in a very short story.
  10. Not considered a good guy.
  11. Humanoid, but usually not actually human.
  12. First appearance after 1600, though another really obscure character with a very similar name appeared before 1600.
  13. Did not first appear in a work of English literature.
  14. First appeared before 1900.
  15. Did not first appear in a work of French literature.
  16. Only name starts with an R.
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IQ1: Are you good at spinning straw into gold?
IQ2: Are you a mouse who sailed on the Dawn Treader?
IQ3: Are you an early leader in the mail-order business?

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I am not Reepicheep. I am not Mr. Roebuck. OTOH,

I am Rumpelstiltskin!

It seemed a really appropriate choice for a “What’s My Name?” game.

Well done, SCAdian!

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Actually, I was thinking of Roebuck’s partner, Richard Sears. :slight_smile:
Reepicheep is correct, of course.

It was DQs 12-15 that got me to thinking about German stories. I din’t even notice DQ 16 until after I posted my question.

Don’t want to spend too much time on the computer tonight, so I’ll think a bit and post the next letter in the morning.

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All hail SCAdian again! Very impressive.

In Life of Brian, was Pontius Pilate willing to free you in response to the mob’s demands? - Roger
Was he also willing to free you, a different person? - Roderick
When researching a role in another country, did you keep a picture of your famous boyfriend on your desk? - Renee Zellwegger, in London and briefly working in an office for Bridget Jones’s Diary, kept a picture of her then-boyfriend Jim Carrey on her desk.

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I am P.

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IQs:

  1. Are you an amiable but eccentric scientist from an early superhero TV series?
  2. Are you the actor who played #1?
  3. Are you a puppet who wishes to be a real boy?
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IQ1: In the series ‘Rome’, are you the cause of the end of the republic?
IQ2: Are you one of the world’s most renowned bandoneon players?
IQ3: Are you the title character of a Miyazaki film?

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IQs:

Did all of your living relatives have British accents, despite being putatively French?
Were you a well-connected French courtesan?
Were you Brett’s best buddy belowdecks?

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IQ: Were you bitten by a radioactive spider?

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Not Professor Pepperwinkle.
DQ.
Not Pinocchio.

Not Pompey.
DQ. (What the heck is a bandoneon??)
DQ.

DQ.
Not Madame de Pompadour.
DQ.

Not Peter Parker.

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TV’s Prof. Pepperwinkle was played by Phil Tead.

DQ: Real?

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P

  1. Real.
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IQs:

  1. Are you one of P. G. Wodehouse’s best known characters?
  2. Did you give your name to that theorem about the length of the hypotenuse?
  3. Are you the protagonist of Great Expectations?
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IQ: Were you a key figure in Iran Contra?

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Not Psmith.
Not Pythagoras.
DQ.

DQ.

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Philip Pirrip, nicknamed Pip, was the narrator and protagonist of Dickens’ work.

DQ: Male?

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IQ1: Did you absolve yourself of responsibility by washing your hands?
IQ2: Is your name used for regular solids, such as the cube and the tetrahedron?
IQ3: Did you paint Guernica?