Botticelli August 2022

Thread Games
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Previous IQs:

Were you Abner Marsh’s business partner? - Joshua York, in George R.R. Martin’s novel Fevre Dream
Did you play Superman’s mom? - Yes, Susannah York
Did you often say Jon Snow knew nothing? - Ygritte, in Game of Thrones

DQs:

Rock/pop musician?
Has won a Grammy?

IQs:

Were you Gorlois’s wife?
Were you a man of infinite jest?
Did the Culper Ring try to help you after a worldwide disaster?

182

1. Take a DQ.
2. Take a DQ.
3. I am not Carl Yaztrzemski.

Respetively:
I am not Ygraine.
I am not Yorrick.
I am not Yorrick (in Y the Last Man).

DQs:
1. male
2. real
3. last name starts with Y
4. living
5. born before 1970
6. known for the Arts
7. American
8. born after 1950
9. best known for the performing arts
10. has acted, not best known for it
11. Caucasian
12. known for music, including singing
13. sort of a rock/pop musician
14. has won multiple Grammies

183

Swept me again! Damn, you’re good.

Gotta think of more Ys…

184

#1 was Yves Klein.
#2 was Ywain.
Correct on Yastrzemski.

DQ: Solo artist?

1 DQ reserved.

185

IQs:

Were you a low-level Death Eater?
Did a recent kids’ book about you end with you in a car with your horse?
Did your character ask a hospitalized President to sign some important papers?

186

Respectively:
I am not Yaxley.
I am not the Man in the Yellow Hat.
I am not Sean Young.

DQs:
1. male
2. real
3. last name starts with Y
4. living
5. born before 1970
6. known for the Arts
7. American
8. born after 1950
9. best known for the performing arts
10. has acted, not best known for it
11. Caucasian
12. known for music, including singing
13. sort of a rock/pop musician
14. has won multiple Grammies
15. has a band, the band isn’t really well-known

187
  1. Correct
  2. Susannah York
  3. Correct


DQ: First name starts with A-M?

188

DQ: Most successful in the 1970s?

189

DQs:
1. male
2. real
3. last name starts with Y
4. living
5. born before 1970
6. known for the Arts
7. American
8. born after 1950
9. best known for the performing arts
10. has acted, not best known for it
11. Caucasian
12. known for music, including singing
13. indirectly connected to rock/pop, but likely when you think of him it’s in a different category
14. has won multiple Grammies
15. has a band, the band isn’t really well-known
16. first name starts with A-M
17. most successful after the 1970s

Note clarification of answer #13.

190

IQs:

  1. Were you the lead singer for the Classics IV?
  2. Are you married to Garth Brooks?
  3. Were you Harry Stewart’s humorous singing alter ego?
191

Previous IQs:

Were you a low-level Death Eater? - Yes, Yaxley
Did a recent kids’ book about you end with you in a car with your horse? - Not the Man in the Yellow Hat, but Yankee Doodle: Amazon.com (very funny kids’ book, BTW)
Did your character ask a hospitalized President to sign some important papers? - Not Sean Young (what movie was that?), but Yakov Smirnoff, in Buckaroo Banzai

Two DQs reserved.

192

1. Take a DQ.
2. I am not Tricia Yearwood (previously used by Elendil’s Heir).
3. Take a DQ.

The Fabulous Adventures of Rachel the Replicant! no, really, she hadn’t been mentioned yet, I figured it was worth a guess

DQs:
1. male
2. real
3. last name starts with Y
4. living
5. born before 1970
6. known for the Arts
7. American
8. born after 1950
9. best known for the performing arts
10. has acted, not best known for it
11. Caucasian
12. known for music, including singing
13. has often indirectly sung rock/pop, but likely when you think of him it’s in a different category
14. has won multiple Grammies
15. has a band, the band isn’t really well-known
16. first name starts with A-M
17. most successful after the 1970s

193

DQ:

Best known for country music?

One DQ reserved.

Ah, I think I might have it.

IQ:

Are you a country singer with the same first name as a post-1950 POTUS?

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DQs:
1. male
2. real
3. last name starts with Y
4. living
5. born before 1970
6. known for the Arts
7. American
8. born after 1950
9. best known for the performing arts
10. has acted, not best known for it
11. Caucasian
12. known for music, including singing
13. has often indirectly performed rock/pop, but likely when you think of him it’s in a different category
14. has won multiple Grammies
15. has a band, the band isn’t really well-known
16. first name starts with A-M
17. most successful after the 1970s
18. not known for country music, has indirectly performed a country rock song and a country pop song, has also performed two original country-esque songs

I am not Dwight Yoakam (previously used by the Prof.).

195

Ah, thanks. Missed that.

196

#1 was Donnie Yost.
Correct on #2.
#3 was Yogi Yorgesson.

2 DQs reserved.

197

I’m still stumped. I yield my last earned DQ to whoever would like to use it.

198

EH’s DQ: Second letter of last name is A or E?

199

DQs:
1. male
2. real
3. last name starts with Y
4. living
5. born before 1970
6. known for the Arts
7. American
8. born after 1950
9. best known for the performing arts
10. has acted, not best known for it
11. Caucasian
12. known for music, including singing
13. has often indirectly performed rock/pop, but likely when you think of him it’s in a different category
14. has won multiple Grammies
15. has a band, the band isn’t really well-known
16. first name starts with A-M
17. most successful after the 1970s
18. not known for country music, has indirectly performed a country rock song and a country pop song, has also performed two original country-esque songs
19. second letter of last name is A or E

Note that 16 refers to the person’s actual first name, not his stage epithet.

200

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm…

DQs:

  1. Known for parodies and novelty songs?
  2. Accordion player?