Botticelli - January 2025

Thread Games
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Previous IQs:

Did your bratty boys annoy your law partner, William Herndon? - Abraham Lincoln; among other things, Tad and Willie knocked inkwells around the office with brooms
Did you not like your husband to go around the house barefoot? - Mary Todd Lincoln; he said his feet needed to “breathe”
Was your Vermont home called Hildene? - Robert Todd Lincoln - and it’s worth a visit

DQs:

Considered a beauty?
Best known for movies?
Has won a top acting award?

IQs:

Did you share the same first name as a secret agent nicknamed “Truckasaurus”?
Were you the star of Deep Throat?
Did you star in the TV show Alice?

142
  1. Doyle Lonnegan
  2. Correct
  3. Bad, Bad Leroy Brown

DQs:

  1. Appeared in a TV series?
  2. Born after 1950?
143

[Out of play]

My mistake with regards to Mrs O’Leary: I grew up learning the rhyme where she’s called “Old Lady Leary…”

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144

Take a DQ, I am not Linda Lovelace and I am not Linda Lavin

145
  1. Real
  2. Female
  3. First name begins with L.
  4. American
  5. Known for the Arts.
  6. Last name begins with N-Z.
  7. Known for the performing arts
  8. Alive (my apologies for missing it!)
  9. Born before 1970
  10. Known for acting
  11. Considered a beauty
  12. Best known for movies. Probably.
  13. Has won a top award

@knoodler, you already asked about Bad, Bad Leroy Brown. Which DQ did you want to use?

146

Whups, I meant to say “Little John.” Sorry.

147

And Little John got used by Prof. Pepperwinkle.

148

Wow, I’m really behind.

My DQ is:

  1. Appeared in TV series?
149

IQs:
1. Are you the mega-famous singer of hits like “Poker Face”, “Bad Romance”, and “Born This Way” and actress of House of Gucci and the 2018 version of A Star is Born, known for your outlandish sense of style?
2. Did you co-found Google?
3. Was your name your name, were you a showgirl?

150

IQs:

  1. Did you have a conversation by phone with your mom while a bullet was removed from your shoulder?
  2. Did you break your hip while rehearsing a sketch on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno?
  3. Were you taken in by a mythical creature, only to be betrayed by him?
151

IQs:

  1. Are you the actor father of Beau and Jeff?
  2. Did you play Dr. Kildare in a number of movies?
  3. Were you the Greek scholar who was also the father of Alice (of Wonderland fame)?
152

IQs:

  1. Did you play a long-suffering second wife in Dynasty?
  2. Did you play the lead in The Postman Always Rings Twice?
  3. Did you have notable turns on Twin Peaks and The Practice?
153

I am not Lady Gaga, take a DQ and I am not Lola.

Take a DQ, take another DQ and take a third.

I am not Lloyd Bridges, I am not Lionel Atwell, I am not Mr. Liddell.

I am not Linda Evans, I am not, um…Linda Fiorentino? and I am not Peggy Lipton.

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2 was Larry Page.

DQ: born after 1950?

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  1. Real
  2. Female
  3. First name begins with L.
  4. American
  5. Known for the Arts.
  6. Last name begins with N-Z.
  7. Known for the performing arts
  8. Alive (my apologies for missing it!)
  9. Born before 1970
  10. Known for acting
  11. Considered a beauty
  12. Best known for movies. Probably.
  13. Has won a top award
  14. Has appeared in TV series.
  15. Born before 1950.
156
  1. Lucy, Lucy
  2. Lucy Lawless
  3. Lucy Pevensie

Lucy x3!

DQs:

  1. Caucasian?
  2. Best known for romcoms?

1 DQ reserved

157

Correct on Linda Evans. For #2 I was thinking of Lana Turner, though it turns out Jessica Lange could have also been guessed (she was in the 1981 remake). #3 was Lara Flynn Boyle - I don’t think Peggy Liption did a guest appearance in The Practice.

2 DQs reserved.

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  1. Real
  2. Female
  3. First name begins with L.
  4. American
  5. Known for the Arts.
  6. Last name begins with N-Z.
  7. Known for the performing arts
  8. Alive (my apologies for missing it!)
  9. Born before 1970
  10. Known for acting
  11. Considered a beauty
  12. Best known for movies. Probably.
  13. Has won a top award
  14. Has appeared in TV series.
  15. Born before 1950.
  16. Caucasian
  17. Not best known for romcoms

Okay, we’re at 20+ DQs with the reserved ones.

No more IQs, please.

Please ask all DQs by Wednesday 7 PM Pacific Time.

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Correct on 1 and 3. #2 was Lew Ayres.

DQ: First name begins with La - Le?

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Previous IQs:

Did you share the same first name as a secret agent nicknamed “Truckasaurus”? - I was also thinking of Lana Turner; the Archer character (kidded for her supposedly-giant hands) is Lana Kane
Were you the star of Deep Throat? - Yes, Linda Lovelace
Did you star in the TV show Alice? - Yes, Linda Lavin

DQ (if I get to ask it):

Won an Oscar?