Botticelli February 2025

Thread Games
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W

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. First name starts with W
  4. Not known for arts
  5. Dead
  6. American
  7. Not known for politics/military
  8. Last name starts N-Z
  9. Died after 1980
  10. I am known for business and commerce
  11. Died before 2000
  12. Not a CEO but in charge of his enterprise
  13. Did not have a product or service named after him
  14. Was well known prior to 1970 but greatest fame came after 1970
  15. Not a media mogul, although his enterprise expanded after his death
  16. Died after 1990
  17. Not from a famous family
  18. My enterprise involved producing tangible items, but not necessarily considered manufacturing (as in factories and machines).
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I’m calling a halt to IQs. Please ask DQs now. @SCAdian , @Elendil_s_Heir , @SunUp , @kitap

There is a DQ that is frequently asked, but hasn’t been asked in this round. It could be important.

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Final DQ: Caucasian?

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W

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. First name starts with W
  4. Not known for arts
  5. Dead
  6. American
  7. Not known for politics/military
  8. Last name starts N-Z
  9. Died after 1980
  10. I am known for business and commerce
  11. Died before 2000
  12. Not a CEO but in charge of his enterprise
  13. Did not have a product or service named after him
  14. Was well known prior to 1970 but greatest fame came after 1970
  15. Not a media mogul, although his enterprise expanded after his death
  16. Died after 1990
  17. Not from a famous family
  18. My enterprise involved producing tangible items, but not necessarily considered manufacturing (as in factories and machines).
  19. Caucasian
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Can’t figure out who this is. I yield my four reserved DQs, one per customer.

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All I can think.is Sam Walton and we know that’s wrong.

213

I’ll wait for more replies until Monday noon CST.

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One of @Elendil_s_Heir 's DQs: Publisher?

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DQ1: Enterprise involved food/drink?
DQ2: Died of natural causes (ie, not murder, accident, &c)?

216

W

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. First name starts with W
  4. Not known for arts
  5. Dead
  6. American
  7. Not known for politics/military
  8. Last name starts N-Z
  9. Died after 1980
  10. I am known for business and commerce
  11. Died before 2000
  12. Not a CEO but in charge of his enterprise
  13. Did not have a product or service named after him
  14. Was well known prior to 1970 but greatest fame came after 1970
  15. Not a media mogul, although his enterprise expanded after his death
  16. Died after 1990
  17. Not from a famous family
  18. My enterprise involved producing tangible items, but not necessarily considered manufacturing (as in factories and machines)
  19. Caucasian
  20. I am a publisher
  21. My enterprise does not involve food/drink
  22. Died of natural causes
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My last DQ:
Publisher of periodicals (newspapers, magazines,&c) rather than books?

Second of EH’s four DQs:
Publications aimed at a specific group (young or old, men or women, Caucasian or other, urban or rural, &c)?

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W

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. First name starts with W
  4. Not known for arts
  5. Dead
  6. American
  7. Not known for politics/military
  8. Last name starts N-Z
  9. Died after 1980
  10. I am known for business and commerce
  11. Died before 2000
  12. Not a CEO but in charge of his enterprise
  13. Did not have a product or service named after him
  14. Was well known prior to 1970 but greatest fame came after 1970
  15. Not a media mogul, although his enterprise expanded after his death
  16. Died after 1990
  17. Not from a famous family
  18. My enterprise involved producing tangible items, but not necessarily considered manufacturing (as in factories and machines)
  19. Caucasian
  20. I am a publisher
  21. My enterprise does not involve food/drink
  22. Died of natural causes
  23. I published periodicals, with excerpts reprinted in book form
  24. Publications not necessarily aimed at a specific audience with regards to race, sex, or ethnicity; you might argue the publications were embraced by a specific group, but its appeal was broad.
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If anyone wants to guess First Name/Last Name go ahead.

220

Still stumped.

221

Wait! What was the name of the guy who published MAD? William something?

222

Gaines. If not for the last initial, I’d have already guessed him.

223

Dammit! I erred with the last name clue.

It’s William Gaines. @SunUp you win. My apologies for the screw up.

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Well, that was… unexpected.

My wife asked me when we were in NYC a year and a half ago why we were walking up Madison Avenue from 34th Street. I had to tell her that there was no way I was going to leave Manhattan without a selfie in front of 485 MADison Avenue.

I think I was the last to host. If no one minds a break with protocol, I’d like to turn over host duties to @kitap since they asked the question that yielded the solution.

And of course, new month, new thread!

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Answers 23&24 had me convinced it was the publisher of Reader’s Digest - William Roy DeWitt Wallace. Not that I knew him off hand, had to look up in Wiki who published RD. Believe it or not, died in 1981, so that still filled requirements… Oops, no it wouldn’t. Missed 16. Still, pretty damned close.

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