Botticelli - April 2026

Thread Games
61

Thanks! That was a good one.

Our next letter is

Y

Updated: Botticelli - the letters we've used so far - #142 by Elendil_s_Heir

Have at you!

62

Y it is! and way to go, both E_H and Prof!

IQs:

  1. Are you the voice of Lisa Simpson?
  2. Did you compare the Apollo astronauts to “Spam in a can” in The Right Stuff?
  3. DId you co-write “Puff the Magic Dragon”?
63

Good job!

IQs:

  1. Did you raise Peter Quill?
  2. Did your singing land you in the Guinness Book of World Records?
  3. Are you the boss of Kronk?
64

IQ1: Were you a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy?
IQ2: Did you write the songs for The Wizard of Oz?
IQ3: Were you the first man to orbit the Earth?

65

IQs

  1. Are you Rizzo the Rat’s girlfriend?
  2. Are you the sensei of 2 cartoon rabbit martial arts students named Yin and Yang?
  3. Did you successfully protect your manor from an assault by Aleister Crowley?
66

IQs:

  1. Do you have a friend named Boo-boo?
  2. Did Laurene Landon star as you in a 1984 rip off of Raiders of the Lost Ark?
  3. Did you star with Kevin Costner in No Way Out?
67

Not Yeardley (sp?) Smith, Chuck Yeager or Peter Yarrow.

Not Yosh (sp?), dunno and not Yasmi.

Not Yolanda, dunno and dunno.

Dunno, dunno and not Sean Young.

68

Yondu (Guardians of the Galaxy)
Yuma Sumac
Yzma (The Emperor’s New Groove)

I don’t know who Yosh or Yasmi are. 2 tentative DQs reserved.

DQ: Alive?

69

Yogi Bear, Yellow-hair and correct.

DQ:

  1. Female?

One DQ reserved.

70

IQs:

  1. Are you a dead court jester?
  2. Did you visit Horace Slughorn ahead of Harry and Dumbledore?
  3. Are you a popular rapper currently known by this name?
71

Correct on Yolanda.
2 was Yo on Yin, Yang, Yo.
3 was William Butler Yeats.

DQs

  1. Real?
  2. Last name starts with Y?
72

Swept me!

IQs:

  1. Did you play Rodney Dangerfield’s limo driver in Back to School?
  2. Did you head a criminal gang along with Jesse James?
  3. Did you play for the Detroit Lions as a safety, punter, and returner?
73

Ahem.

74

Ooops, sorry I missed you, SCA!

Not Yorick, dunno and not Yuri Gagarin.

Also not Yorick, dunno and dunno.

I was mostly guessing on your earlier questions, knoodler, so take two more DQs.

Dunno x3.

Y.

  1. not alive
  2. male
  3. fictional
  4. only name starts with Y
75

Burt Young, Cole Younger, and since I couldn’t think of anyone named Youngest, Yale Lary.

DQs:

From prose fiction?
Created before 1900?

1 DQ reserved.

76

IQs

  1. Were you the main character on the TV series The Rebel?
  2. Did Luke meet you down in a swamp in Dagoba?
  3. Were you part of a duet of mimes who were big in the 1960s/70s?
77

Correct (SCA informed me of the duplicate question)
Corban Yaxley (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince)
Ye ( aka Kanye West)

DQs:

Human?
American creator?

2 DQs reserved

78

IQs:

  1. Did you work at the 12th Precinct?
  2. Did you get your big break in The Time Machine (1960)?
  3. Are you generally described as “a conglomeration of globes”?
79

Not Yarrow, Yoda or Yolanda.

Not Yojojowicz (sp?), Yvette Mimieux (also sp?) and dunno.

Y.

  1. not alive
  2. male
  3. fictional
  4. only name starts with Y
  5. from prose fiction
  6. created before 1900
  7. not human
  8. American creator
80

correct
Yip Harburg
correct


DQ: Real animal (such as cat or llama, not dragon or unicorn)?