Botticelli - September 2019

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Others and I have asked it before with no problems. It may reveal both the fate of the character and the era of the story. And “What time frame does the character occupy?” is not a question that can be answered Y/N.

I guess I have to ask it again.

Previous IQs:

Were you one of Lincoln’s two personal aides? - John Hay
Were you the other? - John Nicolay
Were you a Civil War governor of Ohio? - John Brough

John x3!

DQs:

Main character?
Show had a contemporary setting when first aired?
Would be alive today, if real?

IQs:

Did Martin Freeman play you in the British version of The Office?
Did this character often prank Dwight Schrute in the American version?
Did the same actor play both this character and his dead brother, the latter of whom appeared in only a single scene of a TV show?

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  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. First name starts with J
  4. Did not die in character
  5. American
  6. Good guy
  7. Created in the 70s
  8. Originally from British TV, with a name change for American TV, looking for the American name
  9. Not sci-fi/fantasy
  10. One of the main characters
  11. Contemporary setting
  12. Alive today… probably
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Did Martin Freeman play you in the British version of The Office?
Did this character often prank Dwight Schrute in the American version?
Did the same actor play both this character and his dead brother, the latter of whom appeared in only a single scene of a TV show?
Take three DQs.

184

DQs:

  1. Common first name?
  2. From a comedy?
185
  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. First name starts with J
  4. Did not die in character
  5. American
  6. Good guy
  7. Created in the 70s
  8. Originally from British TV, with a name change for American TV, looking for the American name
  9. Not sci-fi/fantasy
  10. One of the main characters
  11. Contemporary setting
  12. Alive today… probably
  13. Common first name
  14. Comedy
186

IQs:

  1. Did you work with Emma Peel?
  2. Did you write the poem Trees?
  3. Did you play the lead role on Leave It To Beaver?
187

1) Did you work with Emma Peel?
2) Did you write the poem Trees?
3) Did you play the lead role on Leave It To Beaver?

Not Jerry Mathers, and not… John Steed? I really should know 2, but I don’t, take a DQ.

188

Correct on John and Jerry. #2 was Joyce Kilmer.

1 DQ reserved.

189

Previous IQs:

Did Martin Freeman play you in the British version of The Office? - Jim Canterbury
Did this character often prank Dwight Schrute in the American version? - Jim Halpert
Did the same actor play both this character and his dead brother, the latter of whom appeared in only a single scene of a TV show? - Jim Kirk’s brother, Sam: George Samuel Kirk | Memory Alpha | Fandom

Jim x3!

DQs:

American version first aired after 2000?
Married at any point?

One DQ reserved.

IQs:

Were you chief of staff to Maj. Gen. William Rosecrans?
Were you a US Army general killed during the 1864 Atlanta Campaign?
Are you a modern historian, no relation, who has the same name?

190
  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. First name starts with J
  4. Did not die in character
  5. American
  6. Good guy
  7. Created in the 70s
  8. Originally from British TV, with a name change for American TV, looking for the American name
  9. Not sci-fi/fantasy
  10. One of the main characters
  11. Contemporary setting
  12. Alive today… probably
  13. Common first name
  14. Comedy
  15. American version first aired before 2000
  16. Not married
191

*Were you chief of staff to Maj. Gen. William Rosecrans?
Were you a US Army general killed during the 1864 Atlanta Campaign?
Are you a modern historian, no relation, who has the same name?
*
Take 3 DQs

192

DQ: Caucasian?

193

IQ1: Are you a famously bad but enthusiastic singer?
IQ2: Were you a Civil War general known for sucking lemons and sitting on your horse with your hand in the air, to ease a wounded finger?
IQ: Were you an executive with the habit of conducting business meetings while sitting on the toilet?

194

Previous IQs:

Were you chief of staff to Maj. Gen. William Rosecrans? - James A. Garfield
Were you a US Army general killed during the 1864 Atlanta Campaign? - James McPherson
Are you a modern historian, no relation, who has the same name? - Also James McPherson, who won the Pulitzer Prize for Battle Cry of Freedom

DQs:

Associated with NYC?
Handsome?

Two DQs reserved.

195

IQs:

  1. Are you the lead character in George M. Cohan’s first musical?
  2. Did you play George M. Cohan in multiple films?
  3. Were you bothered on your TV series by a puppet named Umbriago?
196

Forgot to say, James x3!

197

*IQ1: Are you a famously bad but enthusiastic singer?
IQ2: Were you a Civil War general known for sucking lemons and sitting on your horse with your hand in the air, to ease a wounded finger?
IQ: Were you an executive with the habit of conducting business meetings while sitting on the toilet?
*
Take 3 DQs

198

*1) Are you the lead character in George M. Cohan’s first musical?
2) Did you play George M. Cohan in multiple films?
3) Were you bothered on your TV series by a puppet named Umbriago?
*
2 is James Cagney, take 2 DQs.

199
  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. First name starts with J
  4. Did not die in character
  5. American
  6. Good guy
  7. Created in the 70s
  8. Originally from British TV, with a name change for American TV, looking for the American name
  9. Not sci-fi/fantasy
  10. One of the main characters
  11. Contemporary setting
  12. Alive today… probably
  13. Common first name
  14. Comedy
  15. American version first aired before 2000
  16. Not married
  17. Caucasian
  18. Not associated with NYC
  19. Good looking

Handsome is a matter of degree and opinion, the best I can post is good looking

200

#1 is Little Johnny Jones
Correct on Cohan.
#3 was Jimmy Durante.

2 DQs reserved.