Botticelli - Sept. 2020

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IQs:

  1. Did you have a hit with Son of a Preacher Man?
  2. Were a singer on Jack Benny’s radio show?
  3. Did you write Robinson Crusoe?
262

Not Dusty Springfield, dunno, and not Daniel Defoe.

D.

  1. fictional
  2. male
  3. not the main protagonist, but a major character
  4. not from a book
  5. writers include men
  6. not from a TV show
  7. from a movie
  8. not created within the last 20 years
  9. not from a series of movies
  10. has no superpowers
  11. movie did not win any Oscars
  12. not a foe of the main protagonist(s)
  13. created after 1970
263

Correct, Dennis Day, Correct.

DQ: From a comedy?

264

D.

  1. fictional
  2. male
  3. not the main protagonist, but a major character
  4. not from a book
  5. writers include men
  6. not from a TV show
  7. from a movie
  8. not created within the last 20 years
  9. not from a series of movies
  10. has no superpowers
  11. movie did not win any Oscars
  12. not a foe of the main protagonist(s)
  13. created after 1970
  14. from a comedy
265

IQs:

  1. Have you played a filmmaker, an incomplete scientific experiment, and a pirate?
  2. Have you played a superhero, a silent movie star, and a zoologist?
  3. Have you played a struggling actor, a presidential candidate, and a private detective?
266

Not Johnny Depp (Ed Wood, Edward Scissorhands and Pirates of the Caribbean), dunno, and not Richard Dreyfus (The Goodbye Girl, The American President and I forget the name of that one).

267

Correct on Depp and Dreyfuss (The third was The Big Fix).
The middle one is Robert Downey, Jr., who has played Iron Man, Chaplin and Doolittle.

DQ: Last name starts with D?

268

D.

  1. fictional
  2. male
  3. not the main protagonist, but a major character
  4. not from a book
  5. writers include men
  6. not from a TV show
  7. from a movie
  8. not created within the last 20 years
  9. not from a series of movies
  10. has no superpowers
  11. movie did not win any Oscars
  12. not a foe of the main protagonist(s)
  13. created after 1970
  14. from a comedy
  15. last name starts with D
269

IQs

  1. Did you buy a house where the previous owners, with help of an otherworldly being, chose not to leave?
  2. Did you threaten to send people to gladiator school for their insolence?
  3. Did you really enjoy trips to the sadistic dentist?
270

Dunno, not Biggus Dickus, and dunno.

271

Dunno, not Biggus Dickus, and dunno.
Charles Deetz (Beetlejuice), yes, Arthur Denton (Little Shop of Horrors)

DQs

  1. Ensemble cast?
  2. Considered a dumb comedy?
272

IQs:

  1. Did you do narration for a number of songs performed by Spike Jones & His City Slickers?
  2. Is your nose mentioned in the song You’re The Top?
  3. Are you one of the members of the Umbrella Academy who is extremely good with a knife?
273

Dunno, not Jimmy Durante, and dunno.

D.

  1. fictional
  2. male
  3. not the main protagonist, but a major character
  4. not from a book
  5. writers include men
  6. not from a TV show
  7. from a movie
  8. not created within the last 20 years
  9. not from a series of movies
  10. has no superpowers
  11. movie did not win any Oscars
  12. not a foe of the main protagonist(s)
  13. created after 1970
  14. from a comedy
  15. last name starts with D
  16. ensemble cast
  17. not considered a dumb comedy
274

#1 was Doodles Weaver.
#2 is correct, Durante.
#3 is Diego Hargreeves.

DQs:

  1. Created after 1980?
  2. Features a member of the SNL cast?
275

IQs:

  1. Were you a 19th Century French printmaker known for social satire?
  2. Were you the leader of the Mouseketeers?
  3. Did you have your breakout role on the stage performing the song Tchaikowsky?
276

Not Daumier, Davy and dunno.

D.

  1. fictional
  2. male
  3. not the main protagonist, but a major character
  4. not from a book
  5. writers include men
  6. not from a TV show
  7. from a movie
  8. not created within the last 20 years
  9. not from a series of movies
  10. has no superpowers
  11. movie did not win any Oscars
  12. not a foe of the main protagonist(s)
  13. created after 1970
  14. from a comedy
  15. last name starts with D
  16. ensemble cast
  17. YMMV, but not considered a dumb comedy
  18. created after 1980
  19. did not feature, as far as I can tell, a member of the SNL cast

Answer 17 amended.

No more IQs, please, as we’re now at or over 20.

277

#1. Correct on Daumier.
#2 was Jimmy Dodd (or Dodds, I don’t remember).
#3 was Danny Kaye.

DQs:

  1. American movie?
  2. Created after 1990?
278

D.

  1. fictional
  2. male
  3. not the main protagonist, but a major character
  4. not from a book
  5. writers include men
  6. not from a TV show
  7. from a movie
  8. not created within the last 20 years
  9. not from a series of movies
  10. has no superpowers
  11. movie did not win any Oscars
  12. not a foe of the main protagonist(s)
  13. created after 1970
  14. from a comedy
  15. last name starts with D
  16. ensemble cast
  17. YMMV, but not considered a dumb comedy
  18. created after 1980
  19. did not feature, as far as I can tell, a member of the SNL cast
  20. American movie
  21. created after 1990

Tawk amongst yourselves, and then ask your earned “Are you Firstname Lastname?” questions by noon EST Tuesday, please.

279

I’m going with Alexander Dane - Galaxy Quest

280

Oh, that’s a great guess!