December Botticelli

Thread Games
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Previous IQs:

Did you strongly promote Whitney Houston’s career? - record mogul Clive Davis
Were you a top Thatcher aide brought down by a sex scandal? - Cecil Parkinson
Were you the British Foreign Secretary when Argentina invaded the Falklands? - Lord Carrington

DQs:

First appeared in 1975 or after?
Science fiction character?
Caucasian?

One DQ reserved.

IQs:

Did Piper Laurie play your character’s not-very-nice mom?
Was “Celibacy” one of the categories in a game in which you participated?
Did you popularize the phrase “surrender the pink”?

183

:smack: Clive Davis! Now I remember!

First appeared before 1975.
Not a science fiction character.
Caucasian.

Summary for C:

  1. Not real.
  2. Male.
  3. Possibly American, though nationality is never made clear.
  4. Not from literature.
  5. I would likely be alive today.
  6. I first appeared in fiction after 1925.
  7. Everybody treats me as if my last name starts with C.
  8. I am generally considered a good guy.
  9. Not from a movie.
  10. From TV.
  11. First appeared before 1975.
  12. Not a science fiction character.
  13. Caucasian.

For 1, I’m not Carrie White; for 3, I’m not Carrie Fisher. Take a DQ for number 2.

184

Previous IQs:

Did Piper Laurie play your character’s not-very-nice mom? - Yes, Carrie’s Bible-thumping nutcase mama.
Was “Celibacy” one of the categories in a game in which you participated? - Everybody’s favorite blowhard mail carrier, Cliff Clavin!: - YouTube.
Did you popularize the phrase “surrender the pink”? - Yes, Carrie Fisher.

DQs:

In a sitcom?
All or most of the show broadcast in B&W?

IQs:

Were you the Finch family’s cook and confidante?
Have you played a Pole, an Israeli and a Brit?
Did bartenders prefer that you not drop by their places of business?

185

Not in a sitcom.
Broadcast in colour.

Summary for C:

  1. Not real.
  2. Male.
  3. Possibly American, though nationality is never made clear.
  4. Not from literature.
  5. I would likely be alive today.
  6. I first appeared in fiction after 1925.
  7. Everybody treats me as if my last name starts with C.
  8. I am generally considered a good guy.
  9. Not from a movie.
  10. From TV.
  11. First appeared before 1975.
  12. Not a science fiction character.
  13. Caucasian.
  14. Not in a sitcom.
  15. Show was broadcast in colour.

Number 1 is (if memory serves) Calpurnia; take DQs for 2 and 3.

186

IQs:

  1. Were you the head of C.O.N.T.R.O.L.?
  2. Did you call Batman when the Joker was in town?
  3. Were you Buffalo Bob’s clown sidekick?
187

I’m neither the Chief, nor am I Commissioner Gordon, nor am I Clarabelle the Clown.

188

Then you’re not Charlie of Charlie’s Angels fame.

189

IQ1: Did George and Marion have an unusual relationship with you?
IQ2: Did you sing about Johnny and Maybellene?
IQ3: Did you thank God and Greyhound?

190

Nope. Take a DQ.

I don’t know about George and Marion, but I’m neither Chuck Berry nor Roy Clark.

191

George and Marion were the ghosts who haunted Cosmo Topper.
Correct on Chuck Berry and Roy Clark.
DQ: Police/detective/spy show?
IQ1: Did you play Mr Waverly?
IQ2: Did you and your siblings live with your uncle after your parents died?
IQ3: Were you the star of Highway Patrol?

192

IQ: Are you a detective known for his cigar and dirty, scruffy raincoat?

193

Not a police/detective/spy show.

Summary for C:

  1. Not real.
  2. Male.
  3. Possibly American, though nationality is never made clear.
  4. Not from literature.
  5. I would likely be alive today.
  6. I first appeared in fiction after 1925.
  7. Everybody treats me as if my last name starts with C.
  8. I am generally considered a good guy.
  9. Not from a movie.
  10. From TV.
  11. First appeared before 1975.
  12. Not a science fiction character.
  13. Caucasian.
  14. Not in a sitcom.
  15. Show was broadcast in colour.
  16. Not a police/detective/spy show.

I’m not Leo G. Carroll (Mr. Waverly), nor Broderick Crawford (Highway Patrol). Take a DQ for number 2.

I’m not Columbo.

194

DQ: Cartoon?

195

Not quite, but I will grant that it is animated.

Summary for C:

  1. Not real.
  2. Male.
  3. Possibly American, though nationality is never made clear.
  4. Not from literature.
  5. I would likely be alive today.
  6. I first appeared in fiction after 1925.
  7. Everybody treats me as if my last name starts with C.
  8. I am generally considered a good guy.
  9. Not from a movie.
  10. From TV.
  11. First appeared before 1975.
  12. Not a science fiction character.
  13. Caucasian.
  14. Not in a sitcom.
  15. Show was broadcast in colour.
  16. Not a police/detective/spy show.
  17. I am in an animated production.
196

Cissy, Buffy and Jody lived with Uncle Bill (and Mr French) in Family Affair.
Correct on Carroll and Crawford.
DQ: Um…
IQ1: Were you Tennessee’s accomplice?
IQ2: Were you cross-eyed?
IQ3: Did you live with your nephew and his kids?

197

I’m not Chumley, Clarence the Cross-Eyed Lion, or Uncle Charley.

198

Not a cartoon, but animated, eh?

IQ:
Do you mine for silver or gold (or peppermint) and bounce Bumbles?

199

I sure do, because I am

Yukon Cornelius!

Well done, Professor!

200

Correct on all three.

201

IMDb says he’s from the Rudolph TV special. That would explain why I never heard of him…