Botticelli - April 2023

Thread Games
81

IQ1: Were you killed when a remotely-piloted bomb exploded prematurely?
IQ2: Were you #1’s brother?
IQ2: Were you their father

82

Not Jared, John Locke or Jebediah Springfield

Not John Lennon, Jack Dempsey or Josephus

Not Joe Kennedy Jr., JFK or Joe Kennedy Sr.

J.

  1. real
  2. male
  3. first name starts with J
  4. not known for the Arts
  5. not American
  6. not known for business
  7. not an unusual first name
  8. dead
  9. not known for politics/military
  10. European
  11. not known for sports
  12. died before 1950
83

Swept me.

IQ1: Were you the guitarist for The Sex Pistols?
IQ2: Were you the guitarist for The Clash?
IQ3: Were you the guitarist for Foreigner?

84

Correct x3

85

IQ’s

  1. Did you complain about the use of expensive oils have been sold and the money given to the poor.
  2. Were you the person the oils were used on.
  3. Are you a reluctant prophet who pouted because you went to a great deal of trouble to prophesy disaster to a city on god’s behalf, but god didn’t follow through on the smiting.
86

Correct, Joe Palooka, correct.

DQ: Died before 1800?

1 DQ reserved.

87

IQs:

  1. Are you the subject of more biographies than anyone else in human history?
  2. Were you his stepfather?
  3. Were you his best known brother?
88

Dunno x3.

Not Judas, Jesus or Jonah.

Still not Jesus, not Joseph, and not John the Baptist (his first cousin, actually).

J.

  1. real
  2. male
  3. first name starts with J
  4. not known for the Arts
  5. not American
  6. not known for business
  7. not an unusual first name
  8. dead
  9. not known for politics/military
  10. European
  11. not known for sports
  12. died before 1950
  13. died after 1800
89

Correct, correct, and not cousin John but James, who became head of the church in Jerusalem, and who was mentioned by Josephus.

DQs:

  1. From continental Europe?
  2. Died after 1900?
90

DQ: Known for science?

91

Correct to all three, I guess you know your bible.

92

Steve Jones, Mick Jones, a different Mick Jones

Holding 3 DQs

93

IQs;

  1. Did start a mammoth fantasy series of books, but died of a blood disease before being able to finish the final books.
  2. Are you the true love of a highly influential Aardvark?
  3. Are you a manhunter from Mars?
94

IQs:

  1. Were you an artist for MAD magazine who passed away this month at the age of 102?
  2. Did you play Leeloo in The Fifth Element?
  3. Did you play Gimli in The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy?
95

Better than I know my rock guitarists, clearly!

Dunno, dunno and not J’Ohnn J’Ohhnz (sp?)

Not Jaffe, Jovovich or dammit his name is on the tip of my tongue but I can’t come up with it! Not… John Rees-Davies?

J.

  1. real
  2. male
  3. first name starts with J
  4. not known for the Arts
  5. not American
  6. not known for business
  7. not an unusual first name
  8. dead
  9. not known for politics/military
  10. European
  11. not known for sports
  12. died before 1950
  13. died after 1800
  14. from continental Europe
  15. died before 1900
  16. not known for science
96

Correct on Sam Jaffe.
Correct on Milli Jovovich.
Correct on John Rhys-Davies.

Swept me.

DQs:

  1. Did you write The Ambassadors?
  2. Did you write Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man?
  3. Did you write the poem Trees?
97
  1. Robert Jordan author of the wheel of time series
  2. Jaka beloved of Cerebus the aardvark
  3. J’onn J’onnz (close enough)

DQ 1: Known for humanities/social sciences (history, anthropology, philosophy, Sociology, literary criticism etc.)?

1DQ reserved

98

Dunno, not James Joyce, and dunno.

J.

  1. real
  2. male
  3. first name starts with J
  4. not known for the Arts
  5. not American
  6. not known for business
  7. not an unusual first name
  8. dead
  9. not known for politics/military
  10. European
  11. not known for sports
  12. died before 1950
  13. died after 1800
  14. from continental Europe
  15. died before 1900
  16. not known for science
  17. not known for humanities/social sciences (history, anthropology, philosophy, Sociology, literary criticism etc.)

CFOHG will put us over the top, so no more IQs, please.

99

#1 was Henry James.
#2 was James Joyce, correct.
#3 was Joyce Kilmer.

Henry James Joyce Kilmer

DQs:

  1. Criminal?
  2. Native speaker of a Romance language?
100

J.

  1. real
  2. male
  3. first name starts with J
  4. not known for the Arts
  5. not American
  6. not known for business
  7. not an unusual first name
  8. dead
  9. not known for politics/military
  10. European
  11. not known for sports
  12. died before 1950
  13. died after 1800
  14. from continental Europe
  15. died before 1900
  16. not known for science
  17. not known for humanities/social sciences (history, anthropology, philosophy, Sociology, literary criticism etc.)
  18. not a criminal
  19. not a native speaker of a Romance language