Botticelli - February 2026

Thread Games
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Previous IQs:

Were you Lincoln’s second SECWAR? - Edwin Stanton
Did your ship become what we know as Venus? - Yes, Earendil the Mariner, in the writings of JRR Tolkien
Were you Isildur’s dad? - Yes, Elendil, likewise

DQ:

European?

IQs:

Did you play Miss Honey in the film Matilda?
Did you wear a blonde wig to steal many millions from a white-collar criminal?
Did you say, “I do not seek windows into men’s souls”?

142
  1. Nice Guy Eddie
  2. George Eastman, one of the co-founders of what would become The Eastman Kodak Company; by “iconic” I meant the name “Kodak” is often used in the same manner as “Kleenex” or “Coke.”
  3. Ezekiel

DQ: Died before 1500?

2 DQs reserved

143

IQs

  1. Are you the Father of Geometry?
  2. Is your book usually paired with Nehemiah?
  3. Did Harold Ramis play you in Ghostbusters?
144

DQx3!

DQ (I know this one, dammit!)
Ezra
DQ


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
  9. European
  10. Died before 1500
145

Previous IQs:

Did you play Miss Honey in the film Matilda? - Embeth Davidtz
Did you wear a blonde wig to steal many millions from a white-collar criminal? - Oops, withdrawn. I thought it was Elspeth Salander, but it’s Lisbeth, in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Did you say, “I do not seek windows into men’s souls”? - Queen Elizabeth I of England, trying to end religious strife in her country

DQs:

Best known for science?
From the British Isles?

IQs:

Did your name include the name of a major concert tour of the past 20 years?
Were you particularly noted for your love of good food and wine?
Was your husband born on Corfu?

146

1 was Euclid.
2 is correct.
3 is Egon Spengler.

DQs

  1. Greek?
  2. Known for Science or Philosophy?
147

IQs:

  1. Did you found a gunpowder company on the banks of Brandywine Creek?
  2. Was your disappearance related to a moral panic about D&D in the 1980s?
  3. Were you a playwright of ancient Greece known for tragedies?
148

DQ
DQ
Not Elizabeth II

DQ x3


And that’s enough DQs to take us over 20, so no more IQs, please.


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
9. European
10. Died before 1500
11. Best known for science
12. Not from the British Isles
13. Greek
14. Known for Science and Philosophy

149

Eleuthere Irenee du Pont de Nemours, James Dallas Egbert III, and Euripides.

3 DQs reserved.

150

IQs:

  1. Are you a Marvel superhero whose codename is Starfox?
  2. Were you a Greek slave/philosopher whose Discourses were written down by one of your students?
  3. Were you the Librarian of Alexandria, known as the Father of Geography?
151

Ahem:

But I may as well answer this one for you, in order to save myself from another day or two of headaches. :slight_smile:

Yes! I am philosopher, scholar, mathematician, geographer, poet, astronomer, and music theorist Eratosthenes of Cyrene, best known today as the first person to calculate the Earth’s circumference.


I had it, you got it!

152

Oops, and thank you.

I am…

Z!

153

Zoiks!

IQs:

  1. Did Nietzsche write about you?
  2. Are you Tom Holland’s current girlfriend?
  3. Did Woody Allen voice your character in an animated movie?
154

Previous IQs:

Did your name include the name of a major concert tour of the past 20 years? - Erasmus (I was thinking of Taylor Swift’s Eras tour)
Were you particularly noted for your love of good food and wine? - Epicurus
Was your husband born on Corfu? - Yes, the late Queen Elizabeth II

On to Z!

IQs:

Did you play the mom of doomed young women in two different popular TV shows?
Did Spock have a doomed romance with you on a very cold world?
Were you Ike’s favorite author?

155
  1. I am not Zarathustra.
  2. I am not Zendaya.
  3. That’s from Antz. I haven’t seen it in years. Take a DQ.
  1. I am not Zane Grey. Take 2 DQs.
156

Good one, Prof! Let’s go with Z!

IQs:

  1. Were you a general killed in action at the Battle of Mill Springs?
  2. Were you a general killed in action at the Battle of Gettysburg?
  3. Were you a pilot wounded in action who died under the care of Dr. Rumack?
157

Correct, correct, and the character’s name was Z

DQ: Real?

158

IQs:

  1. Are you a 2x All Star NBA player who played for Memphis and Portland?
  2. Did you play for the same team in Portland?
  3. Are you currently a member of the NFL Super Bowl champions?
159

IQ1: Were you a student at Walden?
IQ2: Was your son beheaded to please a woman?
IQ3: Were you the son or grandson of Iddo?

160

DQs:

  1. Fictional