Botticelli - September 2015

Thread Games
581

DQ Roundup

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Last name starts with V
  4. Dead
  5. American
  6. Not known for the arts
  7. Died before 1900
  8. Not known for political/military actions
  9. Not a scientist or inventor
  10. Born before 1800
  11. Not known as an explorer or colonizer
  12. Not born before 1700
  13. Not known as a businessman
  14. Not married to someone famous
  15. Known for activities that were considered criminal at the time
582

IQs:

  1. Did you star in Gunga Din alongside Cary Grant?
  2. Are you the Roman counterpart to Hesta?
  3. Were you a 1950’s cartoonist who signed his work VIP?
583

dunno, not Vesta, dunno

584

#1 was Victor McLaglen. Correct on 2. #3 was Virgil Partch.

DQ: Known for events that took place in the 19th Century?

1 DQ reserved.

585

DQ Roundup

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Last name starts with V
  4. Dead
  5. American
  6. Not known for the arts
  7. Died before 1900
  8. Not known for political/military actions
  9. Not a scientist or inventor
  10. Born before 1800
  11. Not known as an explorer or colonizer
  12. Not born before 1700
  13. Not known as a businessman
  14. Not married to someone famous
  15. Known for activities that were considered criminal at the time
  16. Known for events that took place in the 19th Century
586

IQs:

  1. Were you a freed slave who was the leader of “the Rising”?
  2. Are you a foe of Batman who cuts himself for every victim he kills?
  3. Are you a foe of Batman who seems to be scared of his own puppet?
587

Yes, I am Denmark [SIZE=“7”]Vesey![/SIZE] I was a free black for over 20 years before being accused and hanged in 1822 as the ringleader of “the rising,” a major potential Charleston, South Carolina slave revolt.

Congrats Perfesser!

588

Okay, now THAT was obscure.

Have to think of another one now…

589

All right, Prof. P.! Coulda sworn it was gonna be the Commodore.

590

And this time I’m W.

591

IQ) Were you a pitcher in the original Hall of Fame class?

IQ2) Did you have a long, memorable and largely unscripted dinner conversation in a Louis Malle film?

IQ3) Were you the only public person to stand against fascistic President Charles Lindbergh in Philip Roth’s “The Plot Against America”?

592
  1. I am not Honus Wagner.

Take 2 DQs. 3 if Honus is wrong.

593

IQ1: Are you the only resident of the Other Side of the World?
IQ2: Are you a Flash villain whose real name is Mark Mardon?
IQ3: Are you a Bulletman villain whose real name is Mortimer Gloom?

594

Take a DQ for #1.
I am not the Weather Wizard.
I am not the Weeper.

595

IQs:

Did you sometimes nap even though you knew VIPs were waiting for you?
According to a magazine profile, did you particularly enjoy the card game Oh Hell?
Were you a prominent British abolitionist?

596

The Warlock of Ys

DQ: Real?

597

IQ1: Are you the timid archer member of the Inferior Five?
IQ2: Are you the Asian valet for the Crimson Avenger?
IQ3: Are you the inept sidekick of Golden Age Plastic Man?

598

Take 3 DQs.

599

I am not White Feather.
I am not Wing.
I am not Woozy Winks.

600

DQ:

  1. Real