Botticelli - January 2025

Thread Games
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Take 3 DQs.

I am not Michael, Marilyn Monroe has been asked and I am not John Merrick.

222

DQs:

  1. Male
  2. Known for the arts
  3. Born before 1950.
  4. Real
  5. First name begins with M.
  6. Living
  7. Known for the performing arts
  8. Not American
  9. Not an actor
  10. European
  11. Born after 1925. (are you sure you meant 1925?)
  12. British
  13. Singer/musician
  14. Has been both in a group and solo. Might be better known as part of a group.
  15. Best known for rock music.
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IQs:

  1. Did you play in a group where Paul Young and Paul Carrack alternated singing lead?
  2. Were you a Moon-based computer named after Sherlock Holmes’s brother?
  3. Were you the computer tech who first discovered #2 was sentient?
224

#1 is Mike McGear (born McCartney).
#2 is James Mason.
#3 was Marlon Brando.

DQs:

  1. First name starts with Ma to Me?
  2. Last name starts with N to Z?

3 DQs reserved.

IQs:

  1. Are you a Beatle?
  2. Are you a Rolling Stone?
  3. Did you perform your best known composition on a variety show playing a clear acrylic guitar partially filled with water and goldfish?
225

A clean sweep, close enough on Joseph Merrick (and I completely forgot Monroe had been asked about).

IQs:
1. Were you professional amateur DJ Jason Mendoza?
2. Do you “fly like paper, get high like planes”?
3. Did you say “Hey” a lot, and were a San Francisco Giant?

226

Well, I know the brother was Mycroft, so Mycroft? Take 2 DQs.

I am not Paul McCartney, I am not Mick Jagger and take a DQ. Also, LIVE goldfish?!

Take 2 DQs and I am not Willie Mays.

227

DQs:

  1. Male
  2. Known for the arts
  3. Born before 1950.
  4. Real
  5. First name begins with M.
  6. Living
  7. Known for the performing arts
  8. Not American
  9. Not an actor
  10. European
  11. Born after 1925. (are you sure you meant 1925?)
  12. British
  13. Singer/musician
  14. Has been both in a group and solo. Might be better known as part of a group.
  15. Best known for rock music.
  16. First name starts with Ma-Me
  17. Last name does not start with N-Z.

All right, no more IQs, please. Please ask all outstanding DQs by 7 PM Wednesday.

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1 was Manny Jacinto, on The Good Place; 2 was rapper M.I.A.

2 DQs reserved.

229

Correct, correct, and Mason Williams. Yep, live goldfish. On The Smother Brothers Comedy Hour playing Classical Gas.

DQs:

  1. Considered to be part of the British Invasion of the 60’s?
  2. Lead singer?

1 DQ reserved.

230

DQs:

  1. Male
  2. Known for the arts
  3. Born before 1950.
  4. Real
  5. First name begins with M.
  6. Living
  7. Known for the performing arts
  8. Not American
  9. Not an actor
  10. European
  11. Born after 1925. (are you sure you meant 1925?)
  12. British
  13. Singer/musician
  14. Has been both in a group and solo. Might be better known as part of a group.
  15. Best known for rock music.
  16. First name starts with Ma-Me
  17. Last name does not start with N-Z.
  18. Not part of the 60s British Invasion
  19. Lead singer.
231

I’ll accept Mycroft, though his nickname was Mike. #1 was Mike Rutherford of Genesis and Mike + The Mechanics, #3 was Manuel Garcia O’Kelly-Davis aka “Manny”.

2 DQs reserved.

232

Damn, I missed this round!

233

Well, it’s not Manfred Mann…

DQ: First name starts with Ma?

234

DQ: Plays an instrument (as well as singing) in performance or on records?

1 DQ reserved.

235

DQs:

  1. Male
  2. Known for the arts
  3. Born before 1950.
  4. Real
  5. First name begins with M.
  6. Living
  7. Known for the performing arts
  8. Not American
  9. Not an actor
  10. European
  11. Born after 1925. (are you sure you meant 1925?)
  12. British
  13. Singer/musician
  14. Has been both in a group and solo. Might be better known as part of a group.
  15. Best known for rock music.
  16. First name starts with Ma-Me
  17. Last name does not start with N-Z.
  18. Not part of the 60s British Invasion
  19. Lead singer.
  20. First name starts with Ma
  21. Plays an instrument as well.as singing.
236

DQ: greatest fame in the 1960s?

1 DQ reserved.

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DQs:

  1. Male
  2. Known for the arts
  3. Born before 1950.
  4. Real
  5. First name begins with M.
  6. Living
  7. Known for the performing arts
  8. Not American
  9. Not an actor
  10. European
  11. Born after 1925. (are you sure you meant 1925?)
  12. British
  13. Singer/musician
  14. Has been both in a group and solo. Might be better known as part of a group.
  15. Best known for rock music.
  16. First name starts with Ma-Me
  17. Last name does not start with N-Z.
  18. Not part of the 60s British Invasion
  19. Lead singer.
  20. First name starts with Ma
  21. Plays an instrument as well.as singing.
  22. Greatest fame was not in the 60s.
238

Last DQ: Last name starts with A-F?

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DQs:

  1. Male
  2. Known for the arts
  3. Born before 1950.
  4. Real
  5. First name begins with M.
  6. Living
  7. Known for the performing arts
  8. Not American
  9. Not an actor
  10. European
  11. Born after 1925. (are you sure you meant 1925?)
  12. British
  13. Singer/musician
  14. Has been both in a group and solo. Might be better known as part of a group.
  15. Best known for rock music.
  16. First name starts with Ma-Me
  17. Last name does not start with N-Z.
  18. Not part of the 60s British Invasion
  19. Lead singer.
  20. First name starts with Ma
  21. Plays an instrument as well.as singing.
  22. Greatest fame was not in the 60s.
  23. Last name does not start with A-F

Okay, so final guesses are due by 7 PM Friday.

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What time zone?