Botticelli, Sept. 2022

Thread Games
221

DQ: known for horror, thriller, or otherwise terrifying movies?

2 DQs reserved.

222

Swept me!

IQs:

  1. Were you a master Realist French landscape painter?
  2. Are you a warrior hero of the Ulster Cycle?
  3. Were you one of the most successful Mexican actors and filmmakers?
223

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
  19. Not best known for a single film
  20. Greatest fame before 1970
  21. Worked in multiple genres, but best known for horror, thriller, or otherwise terrifying movies

And that’s over 20. No more new IQs please. I’ll respond to the open IQs in the next post

Clarification for #10 - the writing he is known for is primarily screenwriting

224

2 DQs
Not Alfonso Cuaron?

225

#1 was Camille Corot.
#2 is Cuchulainn.
#3 was Cantinflas.

3 DQs reserved.

226

DQ: Last name starts with Ca -to- Cl?

2 DQs reserved

227

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 screenwriting, 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
  19. Not best known for a single film
  20. Greatest fame before 1970
  21. Worked in multiple genres, but best known for horror, thriller, or otherwise terrifying movies
  22. Last name starts with Ca -to- Cl
228

DQ: Greatest fame before 1960?

1 DQ reserved.

229

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 screenwriting, 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
  19. Not best known for a single film
  20. Greatest fame before 1970
  21. Worked in multiple genres, but best known for horror, thriller, or otherwise terrifying movies
  22. Last name starts with Ca -to- Cl
  23. Greatest fame between late 1950s and mid-1960s
230

DQ: Known for introducing theatrical gimmicks into your B-movies?

231

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 screenwriting, 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
  19. Not best known for a single film
  20. Greatest fame before 1970
  21. Worked in multiple genres, but best known for horror, thriller, or otherwise terrifying movies
  22. Last name starts with Ca -to- Cl
  23. Greatest fame between late 1950s and mid-1960s
  24. Known for introducing theatrical gimmicks into my B-movies
232

I know who this guy is, I think, but I’ll be damned if I can remember his name. Hmmm.

IQ:

Did you introduce an innocent American public to the horror that was… The Tingler?

233

YES! I am William Castle
Director and writer of such B-movie classics as The Tingler (with vibrating seats) and The House on Haunted Hill (with Emergo, where a skeleton flew over the heads of the audience), both of which were part of a double feature on TCM last weekend.

234

Good one, EH!

Please start the October thread.

235

A very good one, CFOHG!

And on we go: Botticelli, Oct. 2022