Botticelli, August 2025

Thread Games
81

I am not Terrence Stamp.
I am not Torgo.
I am not… Theodore Roosevelt?

I am not Tony the Tiger.
I am not Thurl Ravenscroft.
Take a DQ.

82

T

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Living
  4. Not American
  5. Born after 1970
  6. European
  7. Best known for the arts
  8. Last name starts with T
  9. Native English speaker
  10. Known for the performing arts
  11. Not known for acting
  12. Has won awards, but not really a top award, in his field
  13. Considered handsome
  14. Known for singing
  15. First name starts with A-M
  16. Has not been knighted or ennobled
83

Correct, correct, and Tubby Tomkins

2 DQs reserved

IQs:

  1. Were you the first head writer at SNL?
  2. Did you play the eponymous She-Hulk, Attorney at Law?
  3. Did you star in a TV drama about a woman with multiple personalitites?
84

IQs:

  1. Were you the lead singer for Aerosmith?
  2. Did you have a hit with Fire And Rain?
  3. Did you write Summa Theologica?
85

Take 3 DQs.

I am not Steven Tyler.
I am not James Taylor.
I am not St. Thomas Aquinas.

I thnk that’s it for the IQs. Please ask all outstanding DQs by tomorrow, August 11. 9 p.m. EDT.

86

Swept me.

87

Tina Fey, Tatiana Maslany, Toni Collette (The United States of Tara)

DQs:

Sings in a band?
Has competed in singing contests (American Idol, UK’s Got Talent, etc.)
Has at least one Top Ten Billboard hit in the US?

2 DQs reserved

88

First female head writer?

89

T

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Living
  4. Not American
  5. Born after 1970
  6. European
  7. Best known for the arts
  8. Last name starts with T
  9. Native English speaker
  10. Known for the performing arts
  11. Not known for acting
  12. Has won awards, but not really a top award, in his field
  13. Considered handsome
  14. Known for singing
  15. First name starts with A-M
  16. Has not been knighted or ennobled
  17. Sings in a band; band has not performed together for years, and also has a solo career
  18. Has competed in singing contests
  19. Has at least one Top Ten Billboard hit as a member of the band; none as a solo artist
90

I frucked up.

Correction: 1 DQ reserved

91

Me, too!

92

I’m out of ideas; I’ll give up my last DQ to anyone who wants it.

93

knoodler’s DQ: Top Ten hit was released before 2010?

94

T

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Living
  4. Not American
  5. Born after 1970
  6. European
  7. Best known for the arts
  8. Last name starts with T
  9. Native English speaker
  10. Known for the performing arts
  11. Not known for acting
  12. Has won awards, but not really a top award, in his field
  13. Considered handsome
  14. Known for singing
  15. First name starts with A-M
  16. Has not been knighted or ennobled
  17. Sings in a band; band has not performed together for years, and also has a solo career
  18. Has competed in singing contests
  19. Has at least one Top Ten Billboard hit as a member of the band; none as a solo artist
  20. All Billboard Top 10 hits released after 2010

OK, I’ll take any “are you firstname lastname?” questions between now and noon EDT Wednesday, August 13th.

95

Pass.

96

The only British boy band I can think of is One Direction, and I don’t know who’s in that.

97

I’m also coming up blank.

98

That just leaves knoodler… (Unless EH or the Prof has a flash of brilliance whilst asleep tonight.)

99

I’ll gamble on Justin Timberlake?

EDIT: Nope, he’s American. OK, I’ll give up: who is it?

100

OK folks, I am

Louis Tomlinson

member of (as Prof.P noted) One Direction, veteran of The X Factor and recently a solo singer, and a prominent face on the poster in SunLass’s room where I spent last week isolating with covid.

I suspect we need to kick it back to knoodler?