Botticelli - February 2026

Thread Games
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I am not Ambrose Burnside or Barbara Eden, but I am indeed Barbra Streisand! Chosen solely because I went to a surprise 35mm movie screening last Friday, which turned out to be What’s Up Doc.

Next game goes to the Prof.

82

What a coinky-dink!

I am…

G!

Oh, and Bette Midler was in The Rose.

83

A sweep!

84

And props to The Professor!

IQs:

  1. Are you a longtime TV sports reporter?
  2. Are you his brother?
  3. Are you Homer’s drinking buddy?
85

Good one, Prof!

IQs:

  1. Were you the victor at the battle of Mill Spring?
  2. Did you, without orders, reinforce #1 at the battle of Chickamauga?
  3. Did you avoid a decisive battle in the Mine Run campaign?
86

I am not Bryan Gumble.
I am not Billy Bob Gumble.
I am not Gus??

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  1. I am not George Washington?
  2. I am not George Rogers Clark?
  3. I am not George McClellan?
88

All good guesses, but:

#1 was MGen George H. Thomas
#2 was MGen Gordon Granger
#3 was MGen George Gordon Meade, the hero of Gettysburg

DQs:

Real?
Female?
First name starts with G?

89

DQs

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. First name starts with G
90

Bryant Gumbel
Greg Gumbel
Barney Gumble

Gumbel/Gumbel x3!

DQs:

Living?
American?
Known for Arts?

91

Well done, Prof. P.!

What’s Up, Doc? is one of my favorite Seventies comedies, DLR, and Bab’s very good in it. Hope you enjoyed it, too!

Previous IQs:

Did you lose the Battle of Saratoga? - Gen. John Burgoyne
Did you lose the Battle of Fredericksburg? - Yes, Gen. Ambrose Burnside
Did you lose the Battle of Franklin? - Gen. John Bell Hood

On to G.

IQs:

Has a Ladies’ Association long owned and maintained your famous home?
Were you Mr. Darcy’s naive little sister?
Did you serve in the Truman Cabinet as both SECSTATE and SECDEF?

92
  1. I am not George Washington.
  2. Take 2 DQs.
93

DQs

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. First name begins with G
  4. Dead
  5. American
  6. Known for the Arts
94

IQs:

  1. Were you the King of Uruk?
  2. Were you directly descended from Joseph, with a land named for you?
  3. Are you the legendary enemy of Beowulf?
95

Previous IQs:

Has a Ladies’ Association long owned and maintained your famous home? - Yes, George Washington
Were you Mr. Darcy’s naive little sister? - Georgiana, in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice
Did you serve in the Truman Cabinet as both SECSTATE and SECDEF? - George Marshall

Georg[ ] x3!

DQs:

Best known for the performing arts?
Born after 1950?

IQs:

Did you portray baseball star Chico Escuela?
Were you captain of the USS Enterprise, NCC-1701-C?
Were you a gunslinger with a three-letter first name that didn’t start with G?

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DQs

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. First name begins with G
  4. Dead
  5. American
  6. Known for the Arts
  7. Not known for the performing arts
  8. Born before 1950
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  1. Take a DQ.
  2. I am not Gad?
  3. I am not Grendel.
  1. Take a DQ.
  2. I am not George Takei.
  3. I am not Pat Garrett.
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  1. Gilgamesh
  2. Gilead (but Gad also fits, so you are correct)
  3. Correct

DQ: Born before 1900?

99

DQs

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. First name begins with G
  4. Dead
  5. American
  6. Known for the Arts
  7. Not known for the performing arts
  8. Born before 1950
  9. Born before 1900
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IQs:

  1. Did you play the lead in a drama that pioneered the use of rock and roll music as a soundtrack?
  2. Are you a solo artist most associated with the Miami Vice TV soundtrack?
  3. Was your last single a duet with Eric Clapton?