Botticelli, Sept. 2022

Thread Games
201

IQs:

  1. Were you one of the two characters to appear in all 9 of the Star Wars trilogy sets?
  2. Did Christopher Jackson play you on Bull?
  3. Did the Chinese Plate relate the saga of your battle with the Gingerbread Dog?
202

IQs:
1. Were you a 21st-century teacher at Coal Hill School, among other identities?
2. Did you play the above person?
3. Were you the co-star of the above person?

203

Previous IQs:

Did your wife sell some of your precious artworks in order to cover her expenses, and you were very angry about it? - Charles Seymour, MP, in the Jeffrey Archer political novel First Among Equals
Were you sent into a combat zone by a general to whom you owed money? - Dr. Charles Emerson Winchester, on MASH
Did someone impersonating you appear onstage during the 1979 Supertramp concert in Paris? - Charles “Charlie” Chaplin

Charles x3!

DQs:

Associated with NYC?
Best known in the field of music?

One DQ reserved.

IQs:

Are you the only Elf in Middle-earth known to have had a beard?
Were you Galadriel’s husband?
Were you aka Saruman?

204

C

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Dead
  4. American
  5. Known for the Arts
  6. Died after 1950
  7. Known, in part, for the performing arts, although not best known as a performer
  8. Last name begins with C
  9. Died before 1990
  10. Known, in part, for writing, although not best known for writing
  11. Did not win a top award in his field
  12. Died after 1970
  13. Not really associated with NYC, although did live there from birth until the age of 23
  14. Not best known in the field of music
205

2 DQs
Not Chester Nimitz

Not C-3PO
DQ
Not the Gingham Cat?

I know it’s Nu-Who related.
2 DQs
I’ll guess Peter Capaldi

DQ
Not Celeborn
You probably aren’t looking for Christopher Lee, but that’s all I got. Not Charkey

206

1 was Clara Oswald; 2 was Jenna Coleman. (3 was Capaldi.)

DQ: known for the culinary arts?

1 DQ reserved.

207

C

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Dead
  4. American
  5. Known for the Arts
  6. Died after 1950
  7. Known, in part, for the performing arts, although not best known as a performer
  8. Last name begins with C
  9. Died before 1990
  10. Known, in part, for writing, although not best known for writing
  11. Did not win a top award in his field
  12. Died after 1970
  13. Not really associated with NYC, although did live there from birth until the age of 23
  14. Not best known in the field of music
  15. Not known for the culinary arts
208

Charles Martel
Cleopatra VII
correct


Two DQs reserved


IQ1: Did you write Brain Droppings?
IQ2: Did you sing “A Summer Song”?
IQ3: Did you sing “Yesterday’s Gone”?

209

Not George Carlin
Take 2 more DQs

210

correct
Chad Stuart and Jeremy Clyde


DQ1: Known for the visual arts, as defined in the Wiki article on The Arts?
Three DQs reserved.

211

IQ1: Did John Denver replace you?
IQ2: Were you really Daryl Dragon?
IQ3: Did your group sing “Burning Bridges”?

212

IQs:
1. Did you inspire the first name of the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen’s Invisible Man?
2. Did you have a cameo in Hook, as one half of a couple kissing on a bridge?
3. Is this you (well, when Tintin comics are in English)?

One DQ reserved.

213

C

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Dead
  4. American
  5. Known for the Arts
  6. Died after 1950
  7. Known, in part, for the performing arts, although not best known as a performer
  8. Last name begins with C
  9. Died before 1990
  10. Known, in part, for writing, although not best known for writing
  11. Did not win a top award in his field
  12. Died after 1970
  13. Not really associated with NYC, although did live there from birth until the age of 23
  14. Not best known in the field of music
  15. Not known for the culinary arts
  16. Known for the visual arts, as defined in the Wiki article on The Arts
214

DQ
Not The Captain
DQ

Not Claude Rains?
DQ
Not Professor Calculus

215

1 was noted criminal Dr. Hawley Crippen; 2 was Carrie Fisher.

DQ: known for film-making?

3 DQs reserved.

216

C

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Dead
  4. American
  5. Known for the Arts
  6. Died after 1950
  7. Known, in part, for the performing arts, although not best known as a performer
  8. Last name begins with C
  9. Died before 1990
  10. Known, in part, for writing, although not best known for writing
  11. Did not win a top award in his field
  12. Died after 1970
  13. Not really associated with NYC, although did live there from birth until the age of 23
  14. Not best known in the field of music
  15. Not known for the culinary arts
  16. Known for the visual arts, as defined in the Wiki article on The Arts
  17. Known for film-making
217

Correct on C-3PO.
#2 was Chunk Palmer.
#3 I misstated. I’ll try it again.

DQ: Director?

  1. Did the Chinese Plate relate the saga of your battle with the Gingham Dog in a poem by Eugene Field?
  2. Did you direct It’s A Wonderful Life?
  3. Did you write Sphere?
218

C

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Dead
  4. American
  5. Known for the Arts
  6. Died after 1950
  7. Known, in part, for the performing arts, although not best known as a performer
  8. Last name begins with C
  9. Died before 1990
  10. Known, in part, for writing, although not best known for writing
  11. Did not win a top award in his field
  12. Died after 1970
  13. Not really associated with NYC, although did live there from birth until the age of 23
  14. Not best known in the field of music
  15. Not known for the culinary arts
  16. Known for the visual arts, as defined in the Wiki article on The Arts
  17. Known for film-making
  18. Director
219

Not the Calico Cat
Not Frank Capra
Not Michael Crichton

220

Previous IQs:

Are you the only Elf in Middle-earth known to have had a beard? - Cirdan the Shipwright
Were you Galadriel’s husband? - Yes, Celeborn
Were you aka Saruman? - Curunir was his Elvish name

DQs:

Best known for a single film?
Greatest fame before 1970?