Botticelli September 2011

Thread Games
21

Ummm… is this Benny Hill (aka Ernie, fastest milkman in the West?)

If not, ask a DQ.

22

No, the ‘Milkman of Human Kindness’ is the opening song on Billy Bragg’s first album ‘Life’s a Riot with Spy vs. Spy’. The chorus goes ‘I love you/I am the milkman of human kindness/I will leave an extra pint.’

DQ: Were you born in the 20th century?

23

IQ: After you unsuccessfully sued your former bandmates to stop them from using the band name when reforming with a different singer, did you dismiss them as “the world’s greediest karaoke band.”?

24

No.

  1. Real person (though millions probably believe I’m a made-up character)
  2. Last name starts with “B”
  3. Not born in 20th century.
25

Sounds like something Roger Waters would have said about Pink Floyd, or that John Fogerty would have said about CCR… but the initials are wrong.

So take a DQ.

26

Brad Pitt’s sweetie du jour Gwyneth Paltrow appeared with him in Se7en.

DQ: American?

IQ: In your two biggest roles, did you go from cannibalism to the distant reaches of the galaxy?

27

Lots of acrimonious rock breakups. In this case, I was looking for Jello Biafra, formerly of Dead Kennedys.

DQ: Male?

28

An American citizen for most of my life, but born and raised somewhere else

  1. Real person (though millions probably believe I’m a made-up character)
  2. Last name starts with “B”
  3. Not born in 20th century.
  4. An American citizen, but born and raised in another country
29

Yes

  1. Real person (though millions probably believe I’m a made-up character)
  2. Last name starts with “B”
  3. Not born in 20th century.
  4. An American citizen, but born and raised in another country
  5. Male
30

Not Anthony Hopkins… not Chuck Heston (“Soylent Green”)… not Guy Pearce…

I can’t think of enough cannibalism movies. Ask a DQ

31

IQ: Have you played for Genesis, Yes, King Crimson, UK and your own eponymous projects?

32

Robert Beltran’s two career highlights are arguably Eating Raoul and Star Trek: Voyager.

DQ: Alive before 1899?

IQ: Did you fake an assassination attempt to win public office?

33

Jazz, I know nothing about. Prog-rock, on the other hand, is a field of expertise!

Not Bill Bruford.

34

Yes, just barely.

  1. Real person (though millions probably believe I’m a made-up character)
  2. Last name starts with “B”
  3. Not born in 20th century.
  4. An American citizen, but born and raised in another country
  5. Male
  6. Alive before 1899- just barely.
35

Don’t know this one- ask a DQ.

36

IQ: Did Sybil Fawlty describe your music as ‘that racket’?

37

The title character in Bob Roberts, seeking a U.S. Senate seat from Pennsylvania.

DQ: Did you ever hold public office?

IQ: Did a statue of you, a man, appear in a Coen Bros. movie?

38

No

  1. Real person (though millions probably believe I’m a made-up character)
  2. Last name starts with “B”
  3. Not born in 20th century.
  4. An American citizen, but born and raised in another country
  5. Male
  6. Alive before 1899- just barely.
  7. I never held a political/public office
39

And I’m not Paul Bunyan, you betcha.

40

IQ: Were you famous for your “cross of gold” speech?