Botticelli February 2024

Thread Games
101

I am not… Al Smith?
I am not Ally Sheedy.
Take a DQ.

(Your last three-fer may have cost you a DQ - I got Palmer pretty easily, but wracked my brains for five minutes before I got Benedict, without which I wouldn’t have had a clue on the third…)

102

A.

  1. Real.
  2. Male.
  3. Dead.
  4. First name starts with A.
  5. Died after 1950.
  6. Died before 2000.
  7. American.
  8. Not known for the arts.
  9. Known for military/politics.
  10. Died before 1980.
  11. Not known for politics.
  12. Did not serve at sea.
  13. Best known for uniformed service.
  14. Not best known for WWII fame.
  15. Did not die in the line of duty.
  16. Died before 1965.
  17. Served in the Army.
  18. First name starts with A-Am.
103

Best wishes, kitap! Hope things work out for the best.

Previous IQs:

IQs:

Were you the most highly-decorated American soldier of WWII and later became an actor? - Yes, Audie Murphy
Were you a Scotland Yard detective who appears in the Sherlock Holmes stories? - Athelney Jones
Did you cheat at both cards and golf with the guy who eventually killed you? - Auric Goldfinger

DQs:

Best known for a single incident or battle?
Was a general?

Hmmm. Not sure who this guy was.

104

A.

  1. Real.
  2. Male.
  3. Dead.
  4. First name starts with A.
  5. Died after 1950.
  6. Died before 2000.
  7. American.
  8. Not known for the arts.
  9. Known for military/politics.
  10. Died before 1980.
  11. Not known for politics.
  12. Did not serve at sea.
  13. Best known for uniformed service.
  14. Not best known for WWII fame.
  15. Did not die in the line of duty.
  16. Died before 1965.
  17. Served in the Army.
  18. First name starts with A-Am.
  19. Best known for a single incident or battle.
  20. Not a general.

Think it’s time to wrap things up. Got a few DQs outstanding. How about getting them in by 10 pm EST tomorrow?

105

DQ: single incident or battle happened in World War I?

106

A.

  1. Real.
  2. Male.
  3. Dead.
  4. First name starts with A.
  5. Died after 1950.
  6. Died before 2000.
  7. American.
  8. Not known for the arts.
  9. Known for military/politics.
  10. Died before 1980.
  11. Not known for politics.
  12. Did not serve at sea.
  13. Best known for uniformed service.
  14. Not best known for WWII fame.
  15. Did not die in the line of duty.
  16. Died before 1965.
  17. Served in the Army.
  18. First name starts with A-Am.
  19. Best known for a single incident or battle.
  20. Not a general.
  21. Single incident or battle happened in World War I
107

DQ: Are you Sgt. Alvin York?

108

Correct on 1 and 2. 3 was Arthur Andersen, founder of the eponymous “Big Five” accounting firm.

I’d bet dollars to doughnuts that the Prof has it, but I’ll ask my last DQ anyway:

Incident or battle for which you are known was a heroic/noble/positive one?

Once again scuppered by my need to seem clever…

109

The Professor is correct!

I am

Sergeant Alvin York

Tennessean and Medal of Honor winner for heroism during the Meuse-Argonne offensive near the end of World War I.

Over to Prof.Pepperwinkle for our next game.

110

We must make sacrifices for our art. As a participant, I really like seeing the triples.

111

That’s why I seldom do triplets.

Anywho,

I am

K!

112

Congratulations, Prof!

IQs:

  1. Were you the feckless, arrogant, and somewhat boneheaded foster brother of a king, in a classic work of young adult fiction?

  2. Are you strongly associated with the color pink?

  3. Did Blake Lively once wonder if, since you were the female version of her husband Ryan Reynolds, would it really be cheating?

113

Take 3 DQs.

114

Congrats, Prof.!

I like being subtle.

IQs:
1. Oh say could you see, by the dawn’s early light?
2. Were your last words “Get out–last words are for fools who haven’t said enough”?
3. Does your milkshake bring all the boys to the yard?

115

Swept the Prof? Wow, that doesn’t happen often. 1 was Sir Kay, Arthur’s foster brother from The Once and Future King. 2 was Mary Kay Ash, founder of the eponymous makeup firm, who famously rewarded top sellers with pink Cadillacs. 3 is Anna Kendrick.

DQs:

  1. Fictional?

  2. Alive?

  3. Female?

116

IQs:

  1. Did you lead a ragtag group of GIs on a caper to seize German gold?
  2. Did your first novel depict a dystopia caused by overautomation of industry?
  3. Did you write a set of articles for the New-York Daily Tribune on the American Civil War?
117

DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Dead
  3. Male
118

IQs:

  1. I am not Kelly from Kelly’s Heroes.
    Take 2 DQs.
119

Correct, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., and Karl Marx.

DQ1: First name starts with K?
DQ2: Died before 1900?

120

DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Dead
  3. Male
  4. Last names starts with K
  5. Died after 1900