Botticelli - February 2026

Thread Games
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A quick point: we had B just the round before the last.

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Belay my last.



I am E.


Thank you, Prof.

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E it is.

IQs:

Did you create Tarzan?
Did you write of Fortunato and Montresor?
Did you write Spoon River Anthology?

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Not Edgar Rice Burroughs
Not Edgar Allen Poe
Not Edgar Lastname :grin:

Take a DQ.

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IQs

  1. Are you the main female character in The Lion In Winter?
  2. Are you Charlie Sheen’s brother?
  3. Are you the famous idiot on the umbrellerifically thwarted, highly seasoned all-leather 1950s BBC radio series, The Goon Show?
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IQs:

  1. Are you currently the all-time rushing leader in the NFL?
  2. Is your given name Max Dillon?
  3. Are you a princess of Mycenae?
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IQs:

  1. Were you invented by a character played by Vincent Price (in his final film role)?
  2. Did you cold-read on your show Crossing Over?
  3. Were you the two-hour opener for Lincoln’s two-minute Gettysburg Address?
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IQs:

  1. Are you a retired speedskater from Madison, Wisconsin?
  2. Did you write The Flame Trees of Thika?
  3. Are you almost Jason’s girlfriend in the comic strip Foxtrot?
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Not Eleanor of Aquitaine
Not Emilio Estevez
DQ

Thrree DQs

Three DQs

Not Eric Hlastname
DQ
DQ

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Correct, correct, and the famous Eccles!

DQ: Real?

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Previous IQs:

Did you create Tarzan? - Yes, Edgar Rice Burroughs (buried in Tarzana, Calif.!)
Did you write of Fortunato and Montresor? - Yes, Edgar Allen [actually Allan] Poe, in “The Cask of Amontillado”
Did you write Spoon River Anthology? - Edgar Lee Masters

Edgar x3!

DQ:

Living - or, if fictional, would be alive today, if real?

IQs:

Were you Lincoln’s second SECWAR?
Did your ship become what we know as Venus?
Were you Isildur’s dad?

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DQ
Not Eärendil
Not Elendil



E.

1. Real
2. Dead

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  1. Emmett Smith
  2. Electro
  3. Electra

DQs:

Died before 1950?
Male?
Known for the Arts?

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Edward Scissorhands, John Edward, and Edward Everett.

Edward x3!

DQ: First name starts with E?

2 DQs reserved.

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IQs:

  1. Did your father organize the ill-fated heist in Reservoir Dogs?
  2. Did you and your partner, Henry Strong, develop one of the most iconic names in American history?
  3. Did you write one of the major prophetic books in the Christian Bible?
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E.

1. Real
2. Dead
3. Died before 1950
4. Male
5. Known, though not primarily, for the Arts
6. Only name starts with E

DQ
DQ (What is an “iconic” name?)
Not Isaiah

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Eric Heiden, Elspeth Huxley, Eileen

3 DQs reserved

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DQs:

Died before 1600?
Also known for politics or military?

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Two, for your IQs 2 and 3.

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E.

1. Real
2. Dead
3. Died before 1950
4. Male
5. Known, though not primarily, for the Arts
6. Only name starts with E
7. Died before 1600
8. Not also known for politics or military