Botticelli - January 2024

Thread Games
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#1 was Lee Harvey Oswald, #2 was Fred Harvey, and #3 was Harvey Korman (“That’s Hedley Lamarr”)

Harvey x3!

DQ1: Real?
DQ2: Male?

1 DQ reserved.

202

DQs

  1. Real.
  2. Male.
203

DQ3: Alive?

204

IQs:

  1. Did you write the poem Invictus?
  2. Did you star in Mad About You?
  3. Did you portray the stalwart Welsh hero Neddie Seagoon (pause for applause) in the highly acclaimed zeppelin-scented, all-pistachio 1950’s BBC radio series The Goon Show?
205

IQs:
1. Did you write On Thermonuclear War?
2. Do you host Documentary Now!?
3. Wee ooh, does Rivers Cuomo of Weezer look just like you?

206
  1. I am not…Gerard Manley Hopkins?
  2. I am not Helen Hunt.
  3. DQ. Really should have known to expect a Goon Show question from you, @Prof.Pepperwinkle.

1, 2 Take a pair of DQs.
3. I am not Buddy Holly. Nor do I look like Mary Tyler Moore.

207

DQs:

  1. Real.
  2. Male.
  3. Alive.
208

1 was Herman Kahn; 2 was Helen Mirren.

DQs:
1. first name begins with H?
2. from the United States of America?

209

1 was William Ernest Henley.
2. is correct.
3 was Harry Secombe.

DQ: Known for the Arts?

1 DQ reserved.

210

DQs:

  1. Real.
  2. Male.
  3. Alive
  4. Surname begins with “H”.
  5. Not from the United States of America.
  6. Not primarily known for the arts, but did have one artistic work of note.
211

DQ: Known for business?

212

IQs:
1. Are you the current acting prime minister of Haiti?
2. Do you feature on “Closer”, by the Chainsmokers?
3. Do you have hyenas named Bud and Lou?

213

IQs:

  1. Were you king when Isaiah prophesied?
  2. Were you the only POTUS with a middle name of Birchard?
  3. Are you Minnie Bannister’s gentleman friend on the highly acclaimed, rhubarb-powered, all-symphonic 1950’s BBC radio series The Goon Show?
214

Take 3 DQs.

  1. I am not Hezekiah.
  2. I am not…Millard Fillmore?
  3. Take a DQ.
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DQs:

  1. Real.
  2. Male.
  3. Alive
  4. Surname begins with “H”.
  5. Not from the United States of America.
  6. Not primarily known for the arts, but did have one artistic work of note.
  7. Not known for business.
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Previous IQs:

Were you Lincoln’s 1860 running mate? - Yes, Hannibal Hamlin, Republican of Maine
Did Sinatra say to you, “Hands off the threads, creep”? - Another VP with two Hs as initials - Hubert Humphrey, Democrat of Minnesota, when he got a bit too grabby while talking to the Chairman of the Board
Were you FDR’s cadaverous aide in 1945? - Yes, Harry Hopkins

HH x3!

DQ:

From Europe?

IQs:

Are you a top government official with the middle name Devi?
Were you Florida Secretary of State in Nov. 2000?
Did you play a grumpy military officer in a single scene of The Guns of Navarone before you went on to more famous roles?

217

1 was Ariel Henry; 2 was Halsey; 3 was Harley Quinn.

DQs:
1. born before 1960?
2. known for politics?

1 DQ reserved.

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IQs:

  1. Did you give a speech for both your Oscar and your Razzie?
  2. Did you point out that there’s trouble in River City?
  3. Were you the proprietor of the store that bore your name on Sesame Street?
219

1 is correct.
2 was Rutherford B. Fayes
3. is Henry “You can’t get the wood, you know” Crun.

2 DQs reserved.

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  1. Take a DQ. It’s the Sec’y of Health and Human Services, I think, but I can’t remember his name.
  2. Take a DQ. Can’t remember hers, either.
  3. I am not…Henry Fonda?
  1. I am not Hallie Berry.
  2. Take a DQ.
  3. I am not…Mr. Henderson?