Botticelli - April 2019

Thread Games
101

DQ: Elected to federal office?

102

IQ1: Were you Nick Fury’s second-in-command in their war comics days?
IQ2: Were you an anthropomorphic superhero created by Steve Gerber and Jack Kirby to raise money for Gerber’s lawsuit against Marvel Comics?
IQ3: Are you the tyrannical ruler of the planet Apokolips in DC Comics?

103

2 was Judge Doom.

IQs:

  1. In a comic series, are you the brother of Destiny, Death, Desire, and Destruction?
  2. Were you head of the Office of Strategic Services?
  3. Are you a talk show host who wrote My Point…and I Do Have One?
    DQ: died before 1925?
104

Yes to Donald Trump; the other two were Donald Tusk and Donald Dewar. It was an all-Donald series.

DQ1: Known primarily as a politician?

DQ2: New Yorker?

IQ1: Have you been played by Eddie Murphy and Rex Harrison, in critically-panned movies?

IQ2: Were you emperor of a Classical Age empire?

IQ3: Were you an Illinois newspaperman who managed Abraham Lincoln’s first presidential campaign, using tricks such as filling the 1860 Republican convention hall with men hired to shout and scream for Lincoln, and sneaking them into the hall while his rival’s supporters were parading outside?

105

Not Dum-Dum Dugan, dunno, and not Dildo Supremo (that’s a guess).

Not Devastation, William “Wild Bill” Donovan or Phil Donahue.

Not Dr. Doolittle, Darius or David Davis.

D.

  1. real
  2. male
  3. American
  4. dead
  5. politician, among other things
  6. last name starts with D
  7. died after 1900
  8. arguably best known for a single incident
  9. not a Democratic politician
  10. died of natural causes
  11. not known for manner of death
  12. did not die in this century
  13. born east of the Mississippi
  14. born north of the Mason-Dixon line
  15. died before 1969
  16. died before 1950
  17. never elected to federal office
  18. died after 1925
  19. arguably known primarily as a politician
  20. not a New Yorker

No more IQs; please ask all earned DQs by noon EST Tuesday.

106

correct, Destroyer Duck, Darkseid

DQ: Was single incident criminal in nature?

holding a DQ

107

DQ: Caucasian?

108

D.

  1. real
  2. male
  3. American
  4. dead
  5. politician, among other things
  6. last name starts with D
  7. died after 1900
  8. arguably best known for a single incident
  9. not a Democratic politician
  10. died of natural causes
  11. not known for manner of death
  12. did not die in this century
  13. born east of the Mississippi
  14. born north of the Mason-Dixon line
  15. died before 1969
  16. died before 1950
  17. never elected to federal office
  18. died after 1925
  19. arguably known primarily as a politician
  20. not a New Yorker
  21. single incident was criminal in nature
  22. Caucasian
109

DQ: Is name a label, like “Ponzi Scheme”?

110

D.

  1. real
  2. male
  3. American
  4. dead
  5. politician, among other things
  6. last name starts with D
  7. died after 1900
  8. arguably best known for a single incident
  9. not a Democratic politician
  10. died of natural causes
  11. not known for manner of death
  12. did not die in this century
  13. born east of the Mississippi
  14. born north of the Mason-Dixon line
  15. died before 1969
  16. died before 1950
  17. never elected to federal office
  18. died after 1925
  19. arguably known primarily as a politician
  20. not a New Yorker
  21. single incident was criminal in nature
  22. Caucasian
  23. name is not a label, like “Ponzi Scheme”
111

1 was Dream, in The Sandman; 3 was Ellen DeGeneres.
DQ: criminal incident was related to politics?

One DQ reserved.

112

My FirstName Lastname Question: Are you Eugene V. Debs?

113

I am not.

D.

  1. real
  2. male
  3. American
  4. dead
  5. politician, among other things
  6. last name starts with D
  7. died after 1900
  8. arguably best known for a single incident
  9. not a Democratic politician
  10. died of natural causes
  11. not known for manner of death
  12. did not die in this century
  13. born east of the Mississippi
  14. born north of the Mason-Dixon line
  15. died before 1969
  16. died before 1950
  17. never elected to federal office
  18. died after 1925
  19. arguably known primarily as a politician
  20. not a New Yorker
  21. single incident was criminal in nature
  22. Caucasian
  23. name is not a label, like “Ponzi Scheme”
  24. criminal incident was related to politics
114

Firstname Lastname question: Are you Edward Doheny, of Teapot Dome notoriety?

115

DQ: scandal happened in the 1920s?

116

I am not.

D.

  1. real
  2. male
  3. American
  4. dead
  5. politician, among other things
  6. last name starts with D
  7. died after 1900
  8. arguably best known for a single incident
  9. not a Democratic politician
  10. died of natural causes
  11. not known for manner of death
  12. did not die in this century
  13. born east of the Mississippi
  14. born north of the Mason-Dixon line
  15. died before 1969
  16. died before 1950
  17. never elected to federal office
  18. died after 1925
  19. arguably known primarily as a politician
  20. not a New Yorker
  21. single incident was criminal in nature
  22. Caucasian
  23. name is not a label, like “Ponzi Scheme”
  24. scandal happened in the 1920s

The deadline having passed, there will be no more DQs answered.

Please ask your earned “Are you Firstname Lastname?” questions by noon EST tomorrow. SMV and Prof. P. have already asked theirs.

117

My best guess is Clarence Darrow.

118

I am not him, either.

119

DQ: Are you Edwin Denby, Secretary of the Navy under Warren Harding, also of Teapot Dome notoriety?

120

I am not.