Botticelli - December 2021

Thread Games
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IQs:
1. Was it you, you, you, you, you, you, you for me in a campaign ad?
2. Are you the most successful writer of Twilight alternate universe fanfiction (given that you changed the names and published them as original stories)?
3. Are you half of the current desk of Weekend Update?

142

DQ: died after 1800?

143

Not Jung, dunno and not James Scrooge.

144

Dunno, dunno and not Colin Jost.

145

J.

  1. real
  2. male
  3. last name starts with J
  4. dead
  5. not American
  6. known from the Arts
  7. died before 1900
  8. died after 1700
  9. European
  10. known, in part, from writing
  11. died before 1800
146

1 was John F. Kennedy; 2 was 50 Shades author E.L. James.

DQs:
1. from the British/Irish Isles?
2. known from science?

147

#1. Correct.
#2 was Juno. She gave him the beautiful tail, and told him to cope with not singing.
#3 was Jack, last name unknown, son of Ebenezer’s sister Fan.

2 DQs reserved.

148

DLR, please explain your JFK answer to me.

J.

  1. real
  2. male
  3. last name starts with J
  4. dead
  5. not American
  6. known from the Arts
  7. died before 1900
  8. died after 1700
  9. European
  10. known, in part, from writing
  11. died before 1800
  12. from the British/Irish Isles
  13. not known from science
149

Yes, yes, I’ll rephrase

IQ1: Did you provide the source DNA material for a galaxy spanning army of clones?
IQ2: Did you make a modest proposal regarding the poor in Ireland?
IQ3: Did you found a distillery in Dublin which is no longer in operation, but the company is still in business?

150

Here’s the ad (it’s not that long, just a minute).

IQs:
1. Are you the USS Protostar’s Emergency Training Holographic Advisor in Star Trek: Prodigy?
2. Did you produce the 1985 monster movie Pulgasari, after the director was kidnapped and brought to your country?
3. Are you half of Insane Clown Posse?

151

DQs:

  1. Known for royalty/government/military?
  2. Common last name?
152

Not Jango Fett, Jonathan Swift or John Bushmill.

Thanks for the JFK 1960 TV ad. Dunno, not Kim Jong-Un and dunno.

J.

  1. real
  2. male
  3. last name starts with J
  4. dead
  5. not American
  6. known from the Arts
  7. died before 1900
  8. died after 1700
  9. European
  10. known, in part, from writing
  11. died before 1800
  12. from the British/Irish Isles
  13. not known from science
  14. not known for royalty/government/military
  15. not a common last name
153

1 was Kathryn Janeway; 2 was Kim Jong-Il; 3 was Violent J.

DQs:
1. English?
2. connected to Christmas in some way?

1 DQ reserved.

154

J.

  1. real
  2. male
  3. last name starts with J
  4. dead
  5. not American
  6. known from the Arts
  7. died before 1900
  8. died after 1700
  9. European
  10. known, in part, from writing
  11. died before 1800
  12. from the British/Irish Isles
  13. not known from science
  14. not known for royalty/government/military
  15. not a common last name
  16. English
  17. connected to Christmas in some way

No more IQs for this round, please.

Please ask all earned DQs (there are at least three) by noon Weds. EST.

155

Correct, Correct, John Jameson (Bushmills is named after a town in Northern Ireland)

Holding one DQ

156

I should’ve asked something about what time of art. My bad.

157

DQ: Known for music?

158

Should’ve been “what type of art”. My new allergy medicine is kicking my butt, apparently.

159

J.

  1. real
  2. male
  3. last name starts with J
  4. dead
  5. not American
  6. known from the Arts
  7. died before 1900
  8. died after 1700
  9. European
  10. known, in part, from writing
  11. died before 1800
  12. from the British/Irish Isles
  13. not known from science
  14. not known for royalty/government/military
  15. not a common last name
  16. English
  17. connected to Christmas in some way
  18. known for music, in a way

Hope you’re feeling better, Prof. P.!

160

Thanks, I’m fine, I’ve switched back to Claritin.

Not comin’ up with anything for this guy, though.