Botticelli - January 2025

Thread Games
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IQs:
1. Did you and Bette Middler own a racehorse together, and did your show launch the brief career of the “I Didn’t Do It” Kid?
2. Do you write mysteries about Mary Russell and her husband, Sherlock Holmes?
3. Does the U.S.A. impersonate you in issue #3 of 1963 (“Tales of the Uncanny”)?

322

IQs:

  1. Are you the author of Player Piano?
  2. Did you invent the cornflake?
  3. Were you the brother of #2?
323

knoodler, politics had already been asked about, so take another DQ.

Not Keith David, not David Keith, and not RFK Jr.

Dunno, not Kim and dunno

Dunno, not Mr. Kellogg and not the other Mr. Kellogg

K.

  1. real
  2. last name begins with K
  3. male
  4. American
  5. dead
  6. not known for the Arts, I’d say, but YMMV
  7. died after 1900
  8. not known for politics/military
  9. died after 1950
  10. first name begins from A-M
  11. not known from science

Answer #6 amended.

324

1 was Krusty the Clown; 2 was Laurie R. King; 3 was John F. Kennedy.

DQs:
1. died after 1990?
2. known for having something named after him?

1 DQ reserved.

325

1 & 2 Correct
3. Keith Morrison

Keiths x3!

3 DQs reserved

326

Kurt Vonnegut was #1. William Keith and John H. Kellogg.

DQ: Known as a businessman?

327

DQs:

  1. Last name begins Ka - Kn?
  2. Has made regular TV appearances?

1 DQ reserved

328

IQ1: Were you Hiero’s morse?
IQ2: Was John of Gaunt your father?
IQ3: Were you an politician whose initials were HHH?

329

IQs:
1. Are you Archie and Lilibet’s aunt?
2. Did you voice a wax statue of yourself in the Gravity Falls episode “Headhunters”?
3. Were you the Enterprise transporter chief, played by John Winston?

1 DQ reserved.

330

Swept.

IQs:

  1. Did you allegedly have an affair with Peter Cook when he and Dudley Moore were performing in NYC in the 60’s?
  2. Did you star opposite John Wayne in True Grit?
  3. Did your name appear on games that were “ESP Tests” in the 1960’s?
331

Dunno, not Henry IV and not Hubert H. Humphrey (who aren’t "K"s)

Dunno, dunno and not Chief Kyle.

Not Eartha Kitt, not Kim Darby and not Kirlian.

K.

  1. real
  2. last name begins with K
  3. male
  4. American
  5. dead
  6. not known for the Arts, I’d say, but YMMV
  7. died after 1900
  8. not known for politics/military
  9. died after 1950
  10. first name begins from A-M
  11. not known from science
  12. died after 1990
  13. not known for having something named after him
  14. not really known as a businessman
  15. last name begins Ka - Kn
  16. made semi-regular TV appearances
332

Klootz
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No idea why I veered off track after DQ1.


One DQ reserved

333

1 was Kate Middleton/Catherine, Princess of Wales; 2 was Larry King.

DQ: best known from TV appearances?

2 DQs reserved.

334

IQs:

  1. Did you play Mr. Limpet?
  2. Did you create one of the losingest basketball teams of all time?
  3. Did you play first base for the Minnesota Twins during the 1987 World Series?
335

#1 was then First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy.
Correct on the other 2.

1 DQ reserved.

336

IQs:

  1. Did you first appear in the National Lampoon 1964 High School Yearbook?
  2. Are you a malevolent spirit who kills his victims in their dreams?
  3. Did you organize a company that designed and built electric automobiles in 19th century France?
337

I’ve read a lot about Jackie Kennedy over the years, and I’ve never read anything about an alleged affair with Peter Cook. I highly, highly doubt it ever happened.

Not Don Knotts, dunno, and not Sandy Koufax.

Not Doug Kenney, not Freddy Krueger and dunno.

K.

  1. real
  2. last name begins with K
  3. male
  4. American
  5. dead
  6. not known for the Arts, I’d say, but YMMV
  7. died after 1900
  8. not known for politics/military
  9. died after 1950
  10. first name begins from A-M
  11. not known from science
  12. died after 1990
  13. not known for having something named after him
  14. not really known as a businessman
  15. last name begins Ka - Kn
  16. made semi-regular TV appearances
  17. arguably best known from TV appearances
338
  1. Larry Kroger, but your answer covers the question. Error on my part.
  2. Correct
  3. Louis Antoine Kriéger

1 DQ reserved

339

Correct on Don Knotts. #2 was Red Klotz, player-coach-owner of the Washington Generals, perennial foils to the Harlem Globetrotters. #3 was Kent Hrbek.

DQs:
Also known for sports?
First name begins from A-F?

IQs:

  1. Did you coach the Seattle Supersonics in the NBA Finals?
  2. Did you play Todd Packer on The Office?
  3. Did you play a horse-punching villain who was “only pawn in game of life”?
340

Remember, knoodler, that you may rephrase your question and ask again, if I give a correct answer but not for the person you were thinking of.

Not Bobby Knight, not Ted Knight and not Alex “Mongo” Karras.

K.

  1. real
  2. last name begins with K
  3. male
  4. American
  5. dead
  6. not known for the Arts, I’d say, but YMMV
  7. died after 1900
  8. not known for politics/military
  9. died after 1950
  10. first name begins from A-M
  11. not known from science
  12. died after 1990
  13. not known for having something named after him
  14. not really known as a businessman
  15. last name begins Ka - Kn
  16. made semi-regular TV appearances
  17. arguably best known from TV appearances
  18. arguably also known for sports
  19. first name begins from A-F

We have some reserved DQs pending, so no more IQs, please.