Botticelli, Sept. 2022

Thread Games
61

Not Paul Williams, Paul Williams or Paul Williams. (Gotta be one of them, right?)

W.

  1. real
  2. male
  3. first name starts with W
62

Winslow Leach, who was played by William Finney, and was tricked into selling his soul to Swan, who was indeed played by Paul Williams, who also wrote all of the music for the film.

DQ: Alive?
DQ: American?

63

IQ1: Do you run through the town upstairs and downstairs in your nightgown?
IQ2: According to the Beatles’ song Glass Onion, were you Paul?
IQ3: Did Otto eat you in an attempt to extract information from your owner?

64

Not Wee Willie Winkie, Woodrow Wilson or Wanda, favorite but doomed fish of K-k-k-Ken.

W.

  1. real
  2. male
  3. first name starts with W
  4. alive
  5. holds dual citizenship, including of the United States
65

Correct
The Walrus - Here’s another clue for you all; The walrus was Paul
Correct

DQ: Born after 1970?

66

W.

  1. real
  2. male
  3. first name starts with W
  4. alive
  5. holds dual citizenship, including of the United States
  6. born before 1970
67

DQ: Known for the arts?

IQs:

  1. Did you write the five-part Dada Trilogy?
  2. Did you offer Kermit and his friends a “standard rich and famous contract” in The Muppet Movie?
  3. For your crime of translating the Bible into English, was your corpse disinterred, burned, beaten into tiny pieces, burned again, and the ashes unceremoniously dumped in a river?
68

Not Wendy Wasserman, not Orson Welles or Wilberforce.

W.

  1. real
  2. male
  3. first name starts with W
  4. alive
  5. holds dual citizenship, including of the United States
  6. born before 1970
  7. not known for the Arts
69

#1 was Mason Williams.
#2 is correct.
#3 was John Wycliffe.

DQs:

  1. Known for politics?
  2. Born before 1950?
70
  1. Are you the author of The Enchanted Forest Chronicles?
  2. Did you win an Oscar for Best Actor for 1931’s The Champ?
  3. Were you a noted British archaeologist who is best known for his excavations in Ur?
71

Welcome back, kitap!

72

Thanks!! I had to step away for a bit because I was focussing on my cancer and just didn’t have the energy.

73

Dunno, not Wallace Beery and dunno

Yes, most definitely, welcome back, kitap!

W.

  1. real
  2. male
  3. first name starts with W
  4. alive
  5. holds dual citizenship, including of the United States
  6. born before 1970
  7. not known for the Arts
  8. not known for politics, although he has dabbled
  9. born after 1950
74

IQs:

  1. Are you Jackie Chan’s character in Shanghai Noon?
  2. Did you co-star with Chan in that movie?
  3. Did you write the songs for The Music Man?
75

Thanks!

Patricia Wrede, correct, Sir Charles Leonard Woolley.

  1. Known for sports?
76

IQ1: Did you compose the electronic score for A Clockwork Orange?
IQ2: Are you the “Say Hey Kid”?
IQ3: Did you invent a rotary internal combustion engine?

77

Not Wilson, Wilson or Meredith Wilson.

Not Wendy Carlos, Willie Mays or Mr. Wankel.

W.

  1. real
  2. male
  3. first name starts with W
  4. alive
  5. holds dual citizenship, including of the United States
  6. born before 1970
  7. not known for the Arts
  8. not known for politics, although he has dabbled
  9. born after 1950
  10. known for sports
78

  1. Were you meant to be the angel Michael’s perfect vessel on Supernatural?

  2. Were you meant to be Lucifer’s perfect vessel on the same show?

  3. Were you their father on the same show?

Reserved DQ I forgot to declare:

Known for a team sport?

79

Not Sheriff Woody, not Woody Harrelson and not Woody Harrelson Sr.

W.

  1. real
  2. male
  3. first name starts with W
  4. alive
  5. holds dual citizenship, including of the United States
  6. born before 1970
  7. not known for the Arts
  8. not known for politics, although he has dabbled
  9. born after 1950
  10. known for sports
  11. known for a team sport
80

Dean Winchester, Sam Winchester, John Winchester.

  1. Caucasian?
  2. Does the sport involve a ball?
  3. Has he won awards for his sport (like MVP)?