More August Botticelli

Thread Games
601

DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Male
602

IQ1: Are you prisoner number 24601?
IQ2: How about his pursuer?
IQ3: Does your Maserati do 185?

603

I’m guessing 1 and 2 are Jean Valjean and Javert. #3 is Joe Walsh. If I’m wrong, take 2 DQs.

604

IQ1: While carrying you, was your mother forced by government bureaucracy to undertake a journey with uncertain accommodation at the other end?
IQ2: In 1715, was a rebellion fought in your name?
IQ3: Did a talented dancer wish to possess your head?

605

I certainly remember Spike Milligan, but had no idea he was Irish. Good one.

IQs:

Was one of your boats the Victura?
Were you a top diplomat buried in Cleveland’s Lakeview Cemetery?
Did you die for having the temerity to correct your boss’s pronunciation?

606

I’m neither Jesus nor John the Baptist. Take a DQ for #2.

607

I’m not John Bigboote. Take 2 DQs for #1 and #2.

608

As you said, Jesus of Nazareth

James Francis Edward Stuart in whose name the Jacobite rebellion of 1715 was fought

As you said, John the Baptist

609

DQ: Are you currently alive?

610

DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Dead
611

I actually thought of Spike Milligan’s appearance on the Muppet Show*, but convinced myself that that was Billy Connolly…

IQ1: Did you shoot an assassin while he was in police custody?
IQ2: Did you make a big deal of your “kids” on television?
IQ3: Did your cousin strike oil in an unusual fashion?

  • The only time I ever saw him; I wasn’t impressed…
612

He was in The Life of Brian: his character’s name was Spike.
He was Raquel Welch’s dotardly husband in The Three Musketeers.
He was a senile butler in The Last Remake of Beau Geste.
But he was better on the radio.

I’m not Jack Ruby. Take one for #2. Is #3 Jethro Bodine? If not, take another DQ.

613

Correct on Jack Ruby and Jethro Bodine.
Jerry Lewis hosted major telethons for years to benefit “Jerry’s kids.”
DQ: American?
IQ1: Did you always have some mighty fine wine?
IQ2: Did you play a guitar just like ringing a bell?
IQ3: Could you eat lean meat only?

614

DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Dead
  4. Not American
615

I’m not the bullfrog Jeremiah.
I’m not Johnny B. Goode.
I’m not Jack Sprat.

616

John F. Kennedy: Oak Orchard Yacht Racing: JFK's VICTURA
John Hay, one of Lincoln’s two top aides, and later Secretary of State under McKinley and Roosevelt. His tomb is by the great sculptor Saint-Gaudens: http://www.clevelandseniors.com/images/lakeview/johnhay.jpg
As to #3, well done!

DQs:

Last name start with J?
Died since 1900?

IQs:

Did a gym teacher insult your best friend?
Was your chair much bigger in books than on TV?
Did Riverside, Iowa claim you as its own?

617

IQ1: Did you write two oppositely themed books about the Yukon?
IQ2: Did you write about a prehistoric man, a bloodhound and a young man snowed in over the winter with various animals??
IQ3: Did you not know how to love him?

618

DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Dead
  4. Not American
  5. First name starts with J
  6. Died since 1900
619

I’m not Jughead.
Take a DQ for #2.
I’m not James T. Kirk.

620

#1 I’m guessing is probably Jack London.
No clue on #2. Take a DQ.
#3 oughta be Mary Magdalene, or Yvonne Ellman, so take a DQ for that as well.