Botticelli - Sep 2013

Thread Games
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M.

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. American
  4. Created after 1950
  5. Did not originally appear in a work of literature
  6. Created by American(s)
  7. Appeared in only one work
  8. Not in the science fiction, fantasy or paranormal genre
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I’ve heard of the first, but dunno names of any of these. Take three DQs.

Not Nathan Detroit’s friend, whose name escapes me. Dunno the second. Not Moroni.

Not Mortimer Snerd, dunno the second, not Madame.

83

IQ: Are you the leader of a fictional drug gang, one of whose enforcers is a fictionalised version of the actress who plays her?

84

#1 is Olivier Messiaen, whose ‘Quartet for the End of Time’ was first performed at Görlitz, with the composer at the piano and three fellow prisoners playing clarinet, violin and cello.

#2. is Joni Mitchell, and #3 is Charles Mingus. ‘Mingus’ is the title of her 9th or 10th album, and if I’m remembering correctly, it was Charles Mingus’ last recording.

DQ1: Originally from a film?
DQ2: Is ‘M’ the initial letter of your last name?
DQ3: Are you set in a contemporary period, here defined as the last seventy years?

85

Nathan’s friend was Sky Masterson.
Ein musikalischer Spaß (A Musical Joke) was writen by Mozart.
Correct on Moroni.
Two DQs reserved.
IQ1: Were you a German field marshal on the Eastern Front during WW II?
IQ2: Are you Foggy Nelson’s law partner?
IQ3: Were you the star of a Marvel non-supers comic?

86
  1. Did Peter Lorre portray you in a series of movies?

Mr. Moto.

I’ll wait on the DQ.

87

Dunno. Take a DQ.

Not Model. Don’t know the other two.

M.

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. American
  4. Created after 1950
  5. Did not originally appear in a work of literature
  6. Created by American(s)
  7. Appeared in only one work
  8. Not in the science fiction, fantasy or paranormal genre
  9. Originally from a film
  10. M is first letter of last name
  11. Set in a contemporary period, here defined as the last seventy years
88

DQ: Main character in the story?

89

Not the one I had in mind, but he’ll do.
Matt Murdoch, aka Daredevil, The Man Without Fear.
Millie the Model.
DQ: Considered a “good guy”?

Three DQs reserved.
IQ1: Were you a German field marshal on the Eastern Front during WW II who was not named Model?
IQ2: Did your husband claim what should have been your sister’s when you died?
IQ3: Was a type of WWII bomber named after you?

90

Marlo Stanfield, from the wire - the enforcer in question is Felicia “Snoop” Pearson.

DQ1: Is the film in which you appeared in the comedy genre?

91

Not… Mannstein?
Dunno this one.
Not Billy Mitchell. Was that the B-25?

M.

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. American
  4. Created after 1950
  5. Did not originally appear in a work of literature
  6. Created by American(s)
  7. Appeared in only one work
  8. Not in the science fiction, fantasy or paranormal genre
  9. Originally from a film
  10. M is first letter of last name
  11. Set in a contemporary period, here defined as the last seventy years
  12. Not main character
  13. Considered a “good guy”
  14. In a comedy
92

IQs:

  1. Were you the author of The Guide for the Perplexed?
  2. Did you torment Captain Kangaroo with ping-pong balls?
  3. Are you the creator of the song The Dope Show?
93

Erich von Manstein, but close enough.
Mary II. Her sister Anne should have inherited the throne, but Mary’s husband had refused to accept the throne for her lifetime only and reigned on as William III until his death.
Correct on Billy Mitchell. (Yes, it was the North American B-25. Jimmy Doolittle used them to attack Tokyo.)
DQ: Created after 1990?

Three DQs still reserved.
IQ1: Were you an unusual housewife, portrayed by Yvonne DeCarlo?
IQ2: Were you a 19th-century emperor of Mexico?
IQ3: Were you, your brothers and a dentist involved in a famous fight in Tombstone AZ?

94

Dunno the first two; not Spike Milligan.

Dunno the first. Not Maximilian. Not… Mike Clanton?

M.

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. American
  4. Created after 1950
  5. Did not originally appear in a work of literature
  6. Created by American(s)
  7. Appeared in only one work
  8. Not in the science fiction, fantasy or paranormal genre
  9. Originally from a film
  10. M is first letter of last name
  11. Set in a contemporary period, here defined as the last seventy years
  12. Not main character
  13. Considered a “good guy”
  14. In a comedy
  15. Created before 1990
95

Lily Munster.
Correct on Maximilian.
Morgan Earp. (Ike - not Mike - Clanton was the leader of the other side in that fight.)
I’m lost here…

96
  1. Physician and Hebrew scholar Moses Maimonides
  2. Mr. Moose
  3. Not Spike (that was The Goon Show), but Marilyn Manson (one of my daughter’s favorites)

I’ll start pondering my next DQs.

97

IQ: Did your film feature a scene in which you wet your trousers in a show of solidarity with a young child?

98

DQs:

  1. Created after 1970?
  2. Directed by Mel Brooks?

and saving one more.

99

Wow, good question! Dunno who this is, though.

M.

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. American
  4. Created after 1950
  5. Did not originally appear in a work of literature
  6. Created by American(s)
  7. Appeared in only one work
  8. Not in the science fiction, fantasy or paranormal genre
  9. Originally from a film
  10. M is first letter of last name
  11. Set in a contemporary period, here defined as the last seventy years
  12. Not main character
  13. Considered a “good guy”
  14. In a comedy
  15. Created before 1990
  16. Created after 1970
  17. Not directed by Mel Brooks
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That was Billy Madison. My DQ is available to anyone who thinks they can make good use of it.