Botticelli - October 2018

Thread Games
141
  1. (father of Ada Lovelace) was Lord Byron.

DQ: male?

142

Bill O’Brian, correct, Todd Bowles

DQ: Alive?
DQ: Last name start with B?

143

Not Lloyd Bentsen, dunno and dunno.

B.

  1. real
  2. male
  3. dead
  4. Last name started with B
144

IQs:

  1. Are you the main character of the musical Company?
  2. Are you Betty Boop’s canine friend?
  3. Did you have a hit in 2015 with the song “What Do You Mean?”
145

#1 was Barney Google. Correct on the others.

DQ: American?

146

IQs:

  1. Were you a dance partner of Fred Astaire?
  2. Did you battle Jack Sparrow in The Curse of the Black Pearl?
  3. Were you a talking chicken that appeared in a few of the Oz books?
147

Dunno, not Puppy Boop (?), and dunno.

Not Binger Bogers, Barbossa or Bob the Talking Chicken (wildass guess).

B.

  1. real
  2. male
  3. dead
  4. Last name started with B
  5. not American
148
  1. Correct
  2. Stan and Jan Berenstain, creators of the Berenstain Bears books. Many people insist they remember a third ‘e’ in place of the ‘a’.
  3. Brad Majors, from The Rocky Horror Picture Show

DQ1: European?
DQ2: Alive in the 20th century?

149

IQ1: Is your face and hat shown on a popular brand of canned pasta products?
IQ2: Are you a lawyer who represented Jack Ruby, the Bakkers, and Zsa Zsa Gabor?
IQ3: Did you play a sea monster named Sigmund?

150

IQ1: Do your son, ex-husband and former brother-in-law play together in a band?
IQ2: Are you the Beatles’ first drummer?
IQ3: Are you the Kinks’ second drummer?

151
  1. was Bobby (or Bobbie, in the recent gender-flipped version of Company).
  2. was Bimbo.
  3. was Justin Bieber.

DQ: known from the arts?

Two DQs reserved.
IQs:

  1. Are you TV’s Science Guy?
  2. Were you a 19th century humorist for the Laramie Boomerang, who reportedly said “Wagner’s music, I have been informed, is really much better than it sounds”?
  3. Have you played a zombie stepfather, a vampire, and a tentacled sea captain?
152

Not Chef Boyardee (Boiardi), dunno and dunno.

Dunno, not Pete Best, and dunno.

Not Bill Nye, dunno, or Bill Nighy.

B.

  1. real
  2. male
  3. dead
  4. Last name started with B
  5. not American
  6. European
  7. not alive in the 20th century
  8. not known from the Arts
153

correct, Melvin Belli, Billy Barty

DQ: From the UK?
DQ: Known for politics/royalty?

154

#1 was Barrie Chase.
Correct on #2.
#3 was Billina.
DQ: Born after 1799?
1 DQ reserved.

155
  1. Valerie Bertinelli, ex-wife of Eddie Van Halen and mother to bassist Wolfgang Van Halen.
  2. Yes.
  3. Bob Henrit, formerly of Argent.

2 DQs reserved.

156

IQ1: Are you the brawny half of the team that controls the power supply in Bartertown?
IQ2: Did you write a novel that later inspired one of Kate Bush’s biggest hits?
IQ3: Are you a fictional character, created by the band Devo, who frequently appears in their live performances and in some of their videos?

157

IQs:

  1. Are you allowed only one bullet, which you keep in your shirt pocket?
  2. Are you one of the most famous residents of Frostbite Falls, Minnesota?
  3. Are you Melville’s scrivener?
158

Huh. Never even heard of Barrie Chase!

Dunno, dunno and not Mr. Bill.

Not Barney Fife, Bullwinkle or the extraordinarily irritating, ought-to-have-been-immediately-fired Bartleby.

B.

  1. real
  2. male
  3. dead
  4. Last name started with B
  5. not American
  6. European
  7. not alive in the 20th century
  8. not known from the Arts
  9. from the UK
  10. partly known for politics/royalty
  11. born after 1799
159

Here’s Fred & Barrie in 1966: - YouTube

You swept me latest 3.

DQ: Born after 1850?

160

B.

  1. real
  2. male
  3. dead
  4. Last name started with B
  5. not American
  6. European
  7. not alive in the 20th century
  8. not known from the Arts
  9. from the UK
  10. partly known for politics/royalty
  11. born after 1799
  12. born before 1850