Botticelli February 2025

Thread Games
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Swept me. Robert x3!

IQs:

Did you assist Gary Seven?
Did you command His Imperial Majesty’s Battlecruiser MacArthur?
Did you eat applesauce with a fork and also have a trident?

65

I am not Roberta Lincoln.
I am not Roderick Blaine.
Take a DQ.

66

R

  1. Real
  2. Female
  3. Living
  4. American
  5. Born since 1950
  6. Last name begins with R.
  7. Known for the arts
  8. Born since 1980
  9. Somewhat considered a beauty, but YMMV
  10. Not an actress
  11. First name begins A-M
  12. Stage performer
  13. Has won a top award in her field
  14. Caucasian
  15. To my best knowledge, not a member of a union, but has agitated for artist’s rights.
67

It made me grin, but it’s Ronnie Van Zant (Lynyrd Skynyrd)

Ronnie x3!

1 DQ reserved

68

Previous IQs:

Did you assist Gary Seven? - Yes, Roberta Lincoln (Terri Garr) in an episode of ST:TOS
Did you command His Imperial Majesty’s Battlecruiser MacArthur? - Yes, Roderick, Lord Blaine, in Niven and Pournelle’s The Mote in God’s Eye
Did you eat applesauce with a fork and also have a trident? - Prince Ruprecht

DQs:

Best known as a singer?

IQs:

Are you a noted Latina stage performer and, I think, an EGOT winner?
Did you star in A Soldier’s Story but have a drug problem?
Were you a private eye played by Denzel Washington?

69

R

  1. Real
  2. Female
  3. Living
  4. American
  5. Born since 1950
  6. Last name begins with R.
  7. Known for the arts
  8. Born since 1980
  9. Somewhat considered a beauty, but YMMV
  10. Not an actress
  11. First name begins A-M
  12. Stage performer
  13. Has won a top award in her field
  14. Caucasian
  15. To my best knowledge, not a member of a union, but has agitated for artist’s rights
  16. Best known as a singer
70

I am not Rita Moreno.
I am not… Howard Rollins, Jr.?
I am not Easy Rawlins.

71

IQ: Did you win Best New Artist at this year’s Grammy awards?

72

We have a winner!

Yes, I am

Chappell Roan

singer/songwriter known for a camp aesthetic and hits like “Pink Pony Club” and “Hot to Go!”

You are our next host, Prof.!

73

Yay!

I am

N!

74

Congrats, Prof!

IQs:

  1. Were you encouraged to start up your iconic restaurant chain by singing waiters Eddie Cantor and Jimmy Durante?
  2. Are you a teen sleuth from River Heights?
  3. Are you currently under fire for making a spectacular one-sided trade in sports?
75

IQs:

  1. Did you team up with Deadpool in his movies?
  2. Were you the second leader of Dumbledore’s Army?
  3. Do you accompany your sister on guitar?
76
  1. I really should know this one. I just read Inka Dinka Doo a couple o’ months ago. Take a DQ.
  2. I am not Nancy Drew.
  3. Take a DQ.
  1. I am not Negasonic Teenage Warhead.
  2. I am not Neville Longbottom.
  3. Take a DQ.
77

Correct on 1 and 2. #3 is Nancy Wilson of Heart.

DQ: Fictional?

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  1. Nathan Handwerker (of Nathan’s Famous)
  2. Correct
  3. Nico Harrison, GM of the Dallas Mavericks

DQ: Male?

80

Congrats!

IQs:

  1. Were you Ben’s love interest in 'Salem’s Lot?
  2. Are you the longtime boyfriend of the above Nancy Drew?
  3. Did you star as the victim of a cult in the movie Ticket to Heaven?
81

IQs:

  1. Real
  2. Male
82
  1. I am not Horatio Nelson.
  2. Take a DQ.
  3. I am not Niels Bohr (??)

Take 3 DQs.

83

IQs:

  1. Are you a house ghost of Gryffindor?
  2. Did you successfully make the transition from child star to ingénue at age 16 in 1955?
  3. Are you famous for playing the wife of a wealthy castaway?
84

IQs:

  1. Were you a militant talk show host played by Chris Rock?
  2. Were you the owner of the furniture store Unpainted Arizona?
  3. Did you face Cornwallis at the Battle of Guilford Court House?