Botticelli - Sept. 2024

Thread Games
121

Thanks for clarification. I have another question re: rules, I’ll ask in the Rules thread.

@Prof.Pepperwinkle, I owe you a DQ.

122

IQs:

  1. Did you have a bit part in Scary Movie 5?
  2. Did you serve on board the starship Enterprise?
  3. Were you married to Nicole Kidman?
123

IQs:

Did Ian Richardson play you in the original British House of Cards? - Francis Urquhart
Did Kevin Spacey play you in the American remake of House of Cards? - Francis “Frank” Underwood
Were you Igraine’s illicit lover? - King Uther Pendragon; they were King Arthur’s parents

DQs:

Living?
Best known for politics/military?
Born since 1950?

IQs:

Did you sing “More” and “Scream”?
Did David Letterman unfunnily joke about your first name?
Did Stephen King say you were one of the best fictional villains ever created?

124

DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Human
  3. American
  4. Last name starts with U
  5. Living
  6. Not known for politics/military
  7. Born since 1950
125
  1. Take a DQ. (This would be the one you owe.)
  2. I am not Lt. Uhura.
  3. I am not Keith Urban. Who is still married to Nicole.
  1. I am not Usher (??)
  2. I am not Uma Thurman.
  3. I am not Ursula from The Little Mermaid.
126

Correct, correct, and Dolores Umbridge from the Harry Potter tales.

DQ:

Male?

IQs:

Were you a legendary ancient English king?
Did you write about William of Baskerville?
Were you tone-deaf and joked that you knew just two tunes: one was “Yankee Doodle,” and the other wasn’t?

127

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DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Human
  3. American
  4. Last name starts with U
  5. Living
  6. Not known for politics/military
  7. Born since 1950
  8. Female
128
  1. I am not Uther Pendragon.
  2. I am not Umberto Eco.
  3. I am not Ulysses S. Grant.
129

IQs:

  1. Were you a beekeeper played by Peter Fonda?
  2. Are you married to Dwayne Wade?
  3. Did The Simpsons debut on your show?
130

#1. I am not Ulee, in Ulee’s Gold.
#2. Take a DQ.
#3. I am not Tracy Ullman.

131

Correct on 1 & 3.
#2 was Gabrielle Union, actress.

DQ: Known for the arts?

132

IQs:

  1. Did you appear on the cover of Sports Illustrated?
  2. Did you appear as a blind woman in “Deadpool”?
  3. Did you set a record in country music with “Jesus Take the Wheel”?
133

Ulrike Meinhof of Meinhof-Baader gang infamy, correct, correct.

DQ:

  1. First name begins with A-M?
134

Well, sorry, I must’ve scanned her Wiki page too quickly, since I missed that IQ.

Yes, I am

Gabrielle Union!

Good job, SunUp!!

135

Thanks! Though I note that I misspelled her spouse’s name, it’s actually Dwyane Wade - perhaps that’s why it was missed? Good person for a round, any way you slice it.

On to the next round: I am

O

Time for some IQs! Bring It On!

136

Well, damn, missed my chance to ask an IQ about Count Ugolino della Gherardesca…

Okay, on to “O”!

IQ:

  1. Are you a composer most strongly associated with opera bouffé?
  2. Were you the Germanic king who overthrew Romulus Augustus, last Roman emperor of the west?
  3. Was your real name William Sydney Porter?
137

IQs:

  1. Were you also known as Yggr, Sigfadr, Alfadir and Wednesday?
  2. Did you play Athos alongside Richard Chamberlain’s Aramis?
  3. Were you literally marked by Fate in KAOS?
138

Nicely done, @SunUp!

IQs:

  1. Can we find you when we look up at the night sky?
  2. Did you play Ducky on Modern Family?
  3. Is there a college that bears your name in Tulsa, OK?
139

Previous IQs:

Were you a legendary ancient English king? - I’d already asked about Uther Pendragon; this was King Uffa
Did you write about William of Baskerville? - Yes, Umberto Eco, in The Name of the Rose
Were you tone-deaf and joked that you knew just two tunes: one was “Yankee Doodle,” and the other wasn’t? - Yes, Ulysses S. Grant

On to O!

IQs:

Did you (fictionally) serve as South African minister of justice?
Did you allegedly remark, “Anyone who loves the law or sausage should never see either made”?
Were the prop guys in a movie able to make your head spin around, although they weren’t originally asked to?

140

Take a DQ.
I am not Oadacer.
I am not O. Henry.

I am not Odin.
I am not… Oliver Platt?
Take a DQ.

I am not Orion the Hunter (now rising during late evening!)
Take a DQ.
I am not Oral Roberts.

Take a DQ.
I am not Otto von Bismarck.
I am not… aggh, her name was Regan, wasn’t it? The Exorcist? In any case, take a DQ.