Botticelli - October 2024

3 was Barb. Poor Barb.

DQ: created after 1960?

IQ1: Were you a friend of King Linus?
IQ2: Were you a Banana Split?
IQ3: Did you leave on a rainy evening, with nothing but a fine-toothed comb??

IQs:
1. Is your recent memoir The Woman in Me?
2. Were you nicknamed “Dr. Rendezvous”?
3. Did you seep into the Colonial Theatre in Phoenixville, PA, causing the audience to run screaming out of the building?

  1. Yogi Bear (Yogi Berra, Yankees catcher)
  2. Beauregard (The Muppet Show)
  3. “The Beaver” (Leave It to Beaver)

DQs:

Human?
Known for TV?
Appeared more than once in media?

IQs:

  1. Did you jump off the Tallahatchie bridge?
  2. Did you play #1 in a movie adaptation?
  3. Did you direct the movie?

IQs:

Did your dad say he preferred you to your younger brother?
Did you have lots of guests at your eleventy-first birthday?
Did you have a thing for Farmer Maggot’s veggies?

  1. I am not Billie Joe McAllister.
  2. Take a DQ.
  3. Take a DQ.
  1. Hmmm. Guessing it’s someone from Lord of the Rings, but can’t think whom. Take a DQ.
  2. A gross, as a matter of fact. I am not Bilbo Baggins.
  3. I am not Frodo Baggins, nor do I have a passion for mushrooms.

Correct on #1. #2 was Robbie Benson. #3 was Max Baer Jr., Jethro Bodine himself.

2 DQs reserved.

Previous IQs:

Did your dad say he preferred you to your younger brother? - Mean ol’ dad Denethor said he wished Faramir and not Boromir had been killed. Thanks, Pops!
Did you have lots of guests at your eleventy-first birthday? - Yes, Bilbo Baggins
Did you have a thing for Farmer Maggot’s veggies? - That wasn’t Frodo (he was just passing through), but rather Meriadoc “Merry” Brandybuck

Two DQs reserved.

IQs:

Did you lose the Battle of Fredericksburg?
Did you sing about geometric shapes in granular media?
Were you Ptl. Andy Renko’s partner?

  1. I am not the nobly-mustachioed Ambrose Burnside.
  2. I am not Belinda Carlisle.
  3. Take a DQ.

Hang on, I’m throwing the challenge flag on this one. Frodo was the one who got in trouble for stealing Maggot’s mushrooms, when he was a young hobbit staying at Brandy Hall. Farmer Maggot caught him, and had his hounds chase the young thief off. That’s why he didn’t want to go on to Maggot’s land when the party was going from Bag End to Crickhollow. Merry had no apprehension, he knew the farmer wouldn’t object to him passing through Maggot’s fields.

Missed one!

  1. Take a DQ.
  2. Take a DQ.
  3. I am not … Brooks Benton?

Psst–you seem also missed my IQS and Knoodler’s DQs above.

Yes, I did. The dangers of posting on your phone.

  1. Take a DQ.
  2. Take a DQ.
  3. I am not…The Blob?

DQs:

  1. Not alive.
  2. Male.
  3. Fictional.
  4. Surname begins with “B”.
  5. Created by an American.
  6. Created after 1900.
  7. Human.
  8. Not known for TV, but has appeared in that medium.
  9. Appeared more than once in media.

Ah, gotcha, I was thinking of Frodo in the movies. I will waive one of my DQs.

DLR asked earlier, created after 1960?

Previous IQs:

Did you lose the Battle of Fredericksburg? - Yes, Maj. Gen. Ambrose Burnside
Did you sing about geometric shapes in granular media? - Yes, Belinda Carlisle (“Circle in the Sand”)
Were you Ptl. Andy Renko’s partner? - Ptl. Bobby Hill, on Hill Street Blues

DQs:

American character?
First appeared in print?

IQs:

Did you ruin a take in a sf movie by making noises for your weapon?
Were you the vampire lord in 'Salem’s Lot?
Were you a legendary Irish king?

1 was Britney Spears; 2 was Buzz Aldrin; 3 was indeed the Blob.

I fulfilled a longtime ambition by going to Blobfest, a celebration of all things Blob held at the Colonial Theatre, this past July. Not only did I get to see the movie where it (partially) takes place, I got to participate in the annual re-enactment of the run-out scene.

DQs:
1. known primarily for film?
2. main character?

IQs:

  1. Were you mistaken for Zeus?
  2. Did Snuffy Smith take over your comic strip?
  3. Have you played a jaded celebrity, a camp counselor and Hunter S. Thompson?

That’s a great story, DLR!

IQs:

  1. Are you a protege of Frank Zappa?
  2. Were you a sitcom psychologist in a fantasy setting?
  3. Did you pass up a chance to sleep with Penny by arguing with Sheldon?
  1. Oh, god, it’s on the tip of my tongue. Ewan McGregor talked about making lightsaber noises when playing Obi-Wan Kenobi, but he doesn’t fit. It was some actor who went “pewpewpew” when shooting his blaster. Grrr, take a DQ.
  2. Take a DQ.
  3. I am not Brian Boru.
  1. Take a DQ, though I feel like I should know this.
  2. I am not Barney Google.
  3. I am not…Russell Brand.
  1. Take a DQ.
  2. I am not Bob Newhart.
  3. Take a DQ.

DQs:

  1. Not alive.
  2. Male.
  3. Fictional.
  4. Surname begins with “B”.
  5. Created by an American.
  6. Created after 1900.
  7. Human.
  8. Not known for TV, but has appeared in that medium.
  9. Appeared more than once in media.
  10. Created after 1960.
  11. Not an American character.
  12. Did not first appear in print.
  13. Not known primarily for film.
  14. Main character.