Botticelli - August 2012

Thread Games
101

An athlete - of course! :: headsmack ::

DQs:

Did his sport involve a ball?
Did he ever compete in the Olympics?

102

DQs - I am:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Dead
  4. First name starts with ‘N’
  5. American
  6. Dead after 1900
  7. Not an actor
  8. Dead before 1970
  9. Not a political or military figure
  10. Not famous for a single incident or act.
  11. Not involved in the creative arts
  12. Not a businessman
  13. Dead after 1935
  14. Not an inventor or scientist
  15. Generally liked by the public (it didn’t hurt that he was a rival of a genuine asshole)
  16. Not involved in criminal justice
  17. Athlete
  18. Played a sport involving a ball
  19. Did not compete in the Olympics
103

Brainstorming: What would be the most useful last DQ to ask? Anyone have any ideas who this might be? I’m thinking baseball or tennis, given the rivalry of question 15.

104

Anyone?

105

Oh, OK.

DQ:

Baseball player?

106

DQs - I am:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Dead
  4. First name starts with ‘N’
  5. American
  6. Dead after 1900
  7. Not an actor
  8. Dead before 1970
  9. Not a political or military figure
  10. Not famous for a single incident or act.
  11. Not involved in the creative arts
  12. Not a businessman
  13. Dead after 1935
  14. Not an inventor or scientist
  15. Generally liked by the public (it didn’t hurt that he was a rival of a genuine asshole)
  16. Not involved in criminal justice
  17. Athlete
  18. Played a sport involving a ball
  19. Did not compete in the Olympics
  20. Baseball player

What’s the endgame once we hit 20? Anybody who’s gotten a DQ this round gets one guess?

107

Exactly, in the format “Are you [firstname lastname]?”

Brainstorming, anyone? No one springs to mind who fits all of our DQ answers.

108

OK, I think it’s time to call this. The answer is:

Hall of famer Nap Lajoie, who was Ty Cobb’s toughest rival and one of the best second basemen to ever play the game.

Participation’s been flagging in these threads for a while, so I’m not going to start another one right now. Anybody who’s interested in restarting it is more than welcome to go for it - the letters we’ve used so far are here.

109

I’ve heard of Lajoie! You’re right, Cobb was a world-class prick!

110

I’d heard of Lajoie as an early baseball player, but didn’t know of his rivalry with Cobb.

etv78, I started the previous round. Would you like to start a separate Sept. thread?

111

I can honestly say that I never would have got Lajoie, as I’ve never heard of him. I have heard of Ty Cobb however, and agree that he was a prick.