Botticelli - October 2021

[ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness]

H

1. Fictional
2. Not originally from film or TV
3. Horror or Halloween related
4. Protagonist
5. From prose
6. Male
7. First name begins with H
8. Created before 1950
9. Created by an American or Americans
10. Does not appear in more than one book by the original author, although quasi-sequels and pastiches exist.
11. Adapted to TV or film
12. Created after 1900
13. Common first name
14. Created before 1930
15. Adapted to film
16. American character

[ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness]

@Elendil_s_Heir

Did you give the longest-ever speech for that particular recurring occasion?
Did an editorial cartoon show you trying to wear the much-too-big hat of your grandfather?
Did you learn how to defend yourself against a man attacking you with a banana?

Not William Henry Harrison
Not Benjamin Harrison
Not Mr. Apricot, sorry, Mr. Harrison

[Elendil_s_Heir]

Swept me (and kudos for the Monty Python gag - well played)! Harrison x3.

IQs:

Were you Shakespeare’s only son, the subject of a recent novel?
Were you the blacksmith of the gods?
A top British Cabinet official, did you try to succeed Margaret Thatcher as PM?

[ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness]

@Elendil_s_Heir

Were you Shakespeare’s only son, the subject of a recent novel?
Were you the blacksmith of the gods?
A top British Cabinet official, did you try to succeed Margaret Thatcher as PM?

DQ
Not Hephestus (Hephastus?) - Vulcan in the Roman pantheon
DQ

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

DQ: From the works of H. P. Lovecraft?

[ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness]

H

1. Fictional
2. Not originally from film or TV
3. Horror or Halloween related
4. Protagonist
5. From prose
6. Male
7. First name begins with H
8. Created before 1950
9. Created by an American or Americans
10. Does not appear in more than one book by the original author, although quasi-sequels and pastiches exist.
11. Adapted to TV or film
12. Created after 1900
13. Common first name
14. Created before 1930
15. Adapted to film
16. American character
17. From the works of H. P. Lovecraft

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

IQs:

1. Were you the head librarian at Miskatonic University?
2. Are you the protagonist of the story Reanimator?
3. Did you free Prometheus from his chains?

[ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness]

@Prof.Pepperwinkle

1. Were you the head librarian at Miskatonic University?
2. Are you the protagonist of the story Reanimator ?
3. Did you free Prometheus from his chains?

Not Henry Armitage, not Hercules, but
Yes, I am Herbert West!!
title character of H.P. Lovecraft’s short story Herbert West - Reanimator, played by Jeffrey Coombs in the 1985 adaptation Re-animator and its various sequels.

Congratulations and Happy Birthday, Prof.!!

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

Thank you!

I am…

[Elendil_s_Heir]

Well done, Prof. P., and happy birthday!

Incidentally, Jeffrey Combs (just one “o”) played a power-mad AI on a recent episode of Star Trek: Lower Decks. Very funny.

Previous IQs:

Were you Shakespeare’s only son, the subject of a recent novel? - Hamnet Shakespeare
Were you the blacksmith of the gods? - Yes, Hephaestus
A top British Cabinet official, did you try to succeed Margaret Thatcher as PM? - Michael Heseltine

On to D.

IQs:

Have you written about a President’s childhood, a big dig, a famous bridge and a pair of enterprising brothers, among other topics?
Did you play the younger, thinner brother of a TV character who moved west?
Are you the host of the Marketplace public radio show?

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

@Elendil_s_Heir

IQs:

Have you written about a President’s childhood, a big dig, a famous bridge and a pair of enterprising brothers, among other topics?
Did you play the younger, thinner brother of a TV character who moved west?
Are you the host of the Marketplace public radio show?

#2. I am not David Hyde Pierce.

Take 2 DQs.

[ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness]

IQ1: Are you the son of a jackal who was adopted by the US Ambassador to the United Kingdom?
IQ2: Were you a priest suffering a crisis of faith until you worked with Fr. Merrin?
IQ3: Did you minister to lepers in Hawaii?

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

I know I know #3. But not right now.

Take 3 DQs.

[ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness]

@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness

IQ1: Are you the son of a jackal who was adopted by the US Ambassador to the United Kingdom?
IQ2: Were you a priest suffering a crisis of faith until you worked with Fr. Merrin?
IQ3: Did you minister to lepers in Hawaii?

Damien Thorn, the antichrist from The Omen series
Fr. Damien Karras, from The Exorcist
Father Damien of Molokai

DQs:

1. Real?
2. Male?
3. Alive (or could be alive today, if fictional)?

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

DQs:

1. Fictional
2. Male
3. Dead (in a manner of speaking)

[ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness]

DQ1: Have you been portrayed by George Hamilton, Adam Sandler, and Leslie Nielsen?
DQ2: Have you portrayed by Dick Sargent and Dick York?
DQ3: Are you tormented by Spiny Norman?

[Prof.Pepperwinkle]

@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness

DQ1: Have you been portrayed by George Hamilton, Adam Sandler, and Leslie Nielsen?

Blah, blah! I am Count Dracula! Blah, blah!

Yeah, it vas ein easy von…

But well done, Chock!

https://tse3.mm.bing.net/th/id/OIP.G8UPRm6HbdFhLVkuzCGgHgHaLB?pid=ImgDet&rs=1

[De_La_Rue]

Congrats, Prof. and Chock! I was away for a bit tonight.

Belated IQ wrap-up:

@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness

Take a DQ
Not Haman
Not Heidi

1 (dresses up as The Bat every Halloween) was Hank Venture, from The Venture Bros. 2 and 3 were correct.

[ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness]

That was quicker than I expected…

Next up…

[De_La_Rue]

IQs:
1. Are you credited with directing Poltergeist (and did you inspire a film viewing challenge)?
2. Did the back of the sign on your desk say “I’m from Missouri”?
3. Do you, and noticeably someone else’s arms, appear on the cover of your memoir?