Botticelli February 2025

Thread Games
147

1 was Arne Saknussen from Verne’s Journey to the Center of the Earth.
2 is Agatha Raisin.
3 is Lt. Angua.

DQs:

  1. Created after 2010?
  2. Best known from science fiction?

1 DQ reserved.

148

A

  1. Fictional
  2. Female
  3. Originally from prose fiction
  4. Last name starts with A-M
  5. Created after 1900
  6. Known from sci-fi/fantasy genres
  7. Created by an American
  8. Has appeared on film and TV
  9. Initially not a protagonist; becomes a protagonist in later works.
  10. First name starts with A
  11. Created after 1990
  12. Original work implies she is Caucasian; has been played by a non-Caucasian actor in dramatic presentation
  13. Appeared in live action films
  14. Created before 2010
  15. Not best known from science fiction
149

DQ:

  1. First name starts with Aa-Al?
  2. Known from mysteries?

1 DQ reserved.

150

A

  1. Fictional
  2. Female
  3. Originally from prose fiction
  4. Last name starts with A-M
  5. Created after 1900
  6. Known from sci-fi/fantasy genres
  7. Created by an American
  8. Has appeared on film and TV
  9. Initially not a protagonist; becomes a protagonist in later works.
  10. First name starts with A
  11. Created after 1990
  12. Original work implies she is Caucasian; has been played by a non-Caucasian actor in dramatic presentation
  13. Appeared in live action films
  14. Created before 2010
  15. Not best known from science fiction
  16. First name starts with Am-Az
  17. Not known from mysteries; though the books often have a third-act “twist”, they are not conventional mystery stories
151

DQ: From the works of Rick Riordan?

152

A

  1. Fictional
  2. Female
  3. Originally from prose fiction
  4. Last name starts with A-M
  5. Created after 1900
  6. Known from sci-fi/fantasy genres
  7. Created by an American
  8. Has appeared on film and TV
  9. Initially not a protagonist; becomes a protagonist in later works.
  10. First name starts with A
  11. Created after 1990
  12. Original work implies she is Caucasian; has been played by a non-Caucasian actor in dramatic presentation
  13. Appeared in live action films
  14. Created before 2010
  15. Not best known from science fiction
  16. First name starts with Am-Az
  17. Not known from mysteries; though the books often have a third-act “twist”, they are not conventional mystery stories
  18. From the works of Rick Riordan

Think you have it @Prof.Pepperwinkle

153

Swept me! I won’t ask any more IQs, given the point we’ve reached.

154

Well, I read Percy Jackson to my grandson for years (he’s now 23). But I just host the round before last, so someone else should take this one.

155

Oh,well.

IQ: Are you a daughter of Athena who’s planning on going to college to become an architect once she (and a satyr) help her boyfriend through yet another cycle of mythic quests?

156

Take a…

oh, wait,

I am indeed

Annabeth Chase

Thanks for taking one for the team!

Though, perhaps, if anyone else wants to host in lieu of the reluctant professor…?

157

I figured out who it was based on your assumption. It’s only fair you take over.

158

Yeah, but Madame P. went to the hospital on the 6th with lymphedema-related heart issues, and went to a rehab facility on the 12th (at this point she cannot walk and can barely stand), so I’m spending most of my time there with her, and the wifi isn’t all that good.

So, knoodler, please do me a favor and take the next round.

159

How could I refuse? Don Corleone wishes he were that persuasive.

The next clue is:

W

160

Hope Madame P. is better soon, @Prof.Pepperwinkle !

IQs:

  1. Did you write an epic poem about Paterson, New Jersey?
  2. Were you a Hall of Fame manager for the Baltimore Orioles?
  3. Did you score a match-tying goal in the 122nd minute against Brazi in the 2011 World Cup?
161

Take 3 DQs

162

William Carlos Williams, Earl Weaver, and Abby Wambach.

DQs:

  1. Real?
  2. Male?
  3. Last name starts with W?
163

Yes, all the best to Madame P.!

IQs:

Was your body too big for the space prepared for it in the floor of the cathedral where you were first buried?
Were you the most famous person to live in Auburn, N.Y. in 1860?
Did Gen. George H. Thomas win his best-known nickname at a battle you badly lost?

164

IQ1: Was your left arm six inches shorter than your right arm as a result of your difficult berth?
IQ2: Were you the main character in Edgar Rice Burroughs’s The Cave Girl?
IQ3: Were you the fictional inventor of a mechanical manipulating device?

165

W

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. First name starts with W
166

Take 3 DQs

Take 3 DQs

This may be the shortest Botticelli of the year.