December Botticelli

Thread Games
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John Clayton, lead villain of Disney’s Tarzan.

American?

163

I’m not Clarence the angel.

Summary for C:

  1. Not real.
  2. Male.
  3. Possibly American, though nationality is never made clear.
164

IQ:
Was your best friend as a child a stuffed tiger?

165

I’m not Calvin, of “Calvin and Hobbes.”

166

IQs:

  1. Is one of your best remember quotes: “Delenda est Carthago”?
  2. Are you one of the best known living female artists today, known for large installation art pieces?
  3. Were you the undisputed top entertainer of the 1st half of the 20th Century?
167

IQs:

Were you a newscaster who shared a last name with a Nelson-era admiral?
Were you that admiral?
Are you the current Duke of Rothesay?

168

For 1, I’ll say Cato; for 3 I’ll guess Charlie Chaplin. Take a DQ for 2.

I’m thinking 1 and 2 might be “Cronkite,” but that’s only a WAG. Three DQs.

169

Correct on Rube Goldberg and Richard Cory.
#2 was Manfred von Richthofen.
IQ1: Were you born in a cabin your father built, on the coast of Angola?
IQ2: Was your brother the target of the Glorious Revolution?
IQ3: Were you the skipper of a riverboat in Africa in the early part of the 20th century?

170

For number 2, I’m not Charles II. Take DQs for 1 and 3.

171

John Clayton, Viscount Greystoke (aka Tarzan).
Correct on Charles II.
Charlie Allnut was the skipper of the African Queen.
DQ1: From literature?
DQ2: If real, would you be alive today?
IQ1: Did you play a prehistoric woman visited by astronauts?
IQ2: Were you a fictional schoolteacher who lived in 18th-century New York?
IQ3: Are you a balding comedian?

172

#1 is indeed Marcus Cato. #2 is Judy Chicago.
#3 is Bing Crosby, who lead in record sales, radio ratings, and was the top box office draw from circa 1934 to 1954.

I’ll do the DQs later.

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Previous IQs:

Were you a newscaster who shared a last name with a Nelson-era admiral? - Charles Collingwood
Were you that admiral? - Cuthbert Collingwood
Are you the current Duke of Rothesay? - Charles, Prince of Wales (it’s his Scottish title)

DQs:

First appeared in fiction after 1925?
Last name starts with C?
Generally considered a “good guy”?

IQs:

Did you direct a movie about adoptive brothers of different races?
Were you one of two men “who would be king”?
Did you paint just one, and only one, painting during a war?

174

Kicking myself over the African Queen–how many times have I seen that movie?

Let’s deal with the DQs first:

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.
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Now, on to the IQs:

For 1, I’ll say Imogene Coca (from the 60s show “It’s About Time”). For 3, I’ll guess Charlie Callas. Take a DQ for 2; and another for 3, if I’m wrong.

For 2, I’ll say Peachey Carnahan (sp?), from Kipling’s “The Man Who Would Be King.” Two DQs for 1 and 3.

176

Correct on Imogene Coca.
Ichabod Crane.
Never heard of Callas - I was thinking of Colin Mochrie.
DQ: From a movie (or series thereof)?
Too early in the morning to think of more IQs…

177

IQ: Does your name appear in the title of your work although you only appear as a disembodied voice?

178

DQ: from TV?

179

Previous IQs:

Did you direct a movie about adoptive brothers of different races? - I thought Joe Carnahan directed Four Brothers, but I was wrong. Withdrawn.
Were you one of two men “who would be king”? - Yes, Peachey Carnehan.
Did you paint just one, and only one, painting during a war? - Winston Churchill, while in Morocco in 1943.

DQ:

First appeared in a movie?

IQs:

Did you strongly promote Whitney Houston’s career?
Were you a top Thatcher aide brought down by a sex scandal?
Were you the British Foreign Secretary when Argentina invaded the Falklands?

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Not from a movie or movie series.

Yes, from TV.

As you can see, EH, SCAdian already asked this. Ask another DQ.

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.
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No idea. Take a DQ.

Three DQs. I have a feeling I’ll kick myself over these, as Houston was a big favourite of a long-ago girlfriend; and I well remember following the Falklands War when it happened. Ah well, nothing is coming to mind, so … three DQs.