Botticelli, August 2025

Thread Games
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Correct, Hermann Hesse, Harry Houdini

2 DQs reserved.

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H

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. Originally from prose fiction
  4. American creator
  5. Not American character
  6. Not a European character
  7. Last name starts with H
  8. Human character
  9. Creator is not alive
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DQs:

  1. Created after 1950?
  2. From scifi or fantasy?
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H

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. Originally from prose fiction
  4. American creator
  5. Not American character
  6. Not a European character
  7. Last name starts with H
  8. Human character
  9. Creator is not alive
  10. Created after 1950
  11. From scifi or fantasy
25

Eric Heiden, Patricia Holm, Sir Henry Merrivale.

DQ:

Male creator?

2 DQs reserved.

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H

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. Originally from prose fiction
  4. American creator
  5. Not American character
  6. Not a European character
  7. Last name starts with H
  8. Human character
  9. Creator is not alive
  10. Created after 1950
  11. From scifi or fantasy
  12. Male creator
27

IQs:

  1. Did you build the Second Temple in Jerusalem?
  2. Did you order John the Baptist’s head removed from his shoulders?
  3. Were you a DC comics character aka Molly Wayne?
28

I am not Herod
Take 2 DQs

29

#1 was Herod the Great.
#2 was his son, Herod Antipas.
#3 was the original Harlequin.

DQs:

  1. Created after 1980?
  2. From science fiction?
30

H

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. Originally from prose fiction
  4. American creator
  5. Not American character
  6. Not a European character
  7. Last name starts with H
  8. Human character
  9. Creator is not alive
  10. Created after 1950
  11. From scifi or fantasy
  12. Male creator
  13. Created before 1980
  14. From science fiction
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DQ: Creator has won a major award (e.g. Hugo, Nebula)?

IQs:

  1. Did you say while checking a pulse, “Either he’s dead or my watch has stopped.”
  2. Are you the brother of the person who played #1?
  3. Are you the horse that the character played by #2 rode to victory?
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Take 3 DQs

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H

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. Originally from prose fiction
  4. American creator
  5. Not American character
  6. Not a European character
  7. Last name starts with H
  8. Human character
  9. Creator is not alive
  10. Created after 1950
  11. From scifi or fantasy
  12. Male creator
  13. Created before 1980
  14. From science fiction
  15. Creator has won a major award (e.g. Hugo, Nebula)
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Dr. Hugo Hackenbush, veterinarian played by Groucho Marx in “A Day at the Races”; Harpo Marx, of course; and Hi-Hat, the horse that won the climactic steeplechase at the end of the movie.

“A Day at the Races” x3!

DQs:

Appeared first in an award-winning work?
First name starts with A-M?

1 DQ reserved.

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H

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. Originally from prose fiction
  4. American creator
  5. Not American character
  6. Not a European character
  7. Last name starts with H
  8. Human character
  9. Creator is not alive
  10. Created after 1950
  11. From scifi or fantasy
  12. Male creator
  13. Created before 1980
  14. From science fiction
  15. Creator has won a major award (e.g. Hugo, Nebula)
  16. Appeared first in an award-winning work
  17. First name starts with A-M
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There are four outstanding DQs (@SunUp has 2; @kitap has 2), so no more IQs please.

Get your final DQs in by Thursday 6pm CDT.

37

DQs:

  1. Appeared in Movies or TV?
  2. Took place on Earth?
38

H

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. Originally from prose fiction
  4. American creator
  5. Not American character
  6. Not a European character
  7. Last name starts with H
  8. Human character
  9. Creator is not alive
  10. Created after 1950
  11. From scifi or fantasy
  12. Male creator
  13. Created before 1980
  14. From science fiction
  15. Creator has won a major award (e.g. Hugo, Nebula)
  16. Appeared first in an award-winning work
  17. First name starts with A-M
  18. Appeared in both movies and TV
  19. Did not take place on Earth
39

There’s a number of possibilities just from Dune.

40

Ooh, good point.

DQ: Weapons master?