Botticelli - January 2026

Thread Games
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Yes, I am the Queen of Soul,

Aretha Franklin!

Way to start the new year, EH!

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Thanks! New round to start later today.

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Updated: Botticelli - the letters we've used so far - #139 by Elendil_s_Heir

Right. Our new letter is

M

Have at you!

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IQs

  1. Did you prevent a train from leaving its. Station so that you could paint a picture of its smoke?
  2. Did you write “they also serve who only stand and wait”?
  3. Are you secretly Daredevil?
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Not Monet, dunno and not Matt.

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IQs:

  1. Did you return home, only to take up arms against some Ruffians?
  2. Did you snitch on Frodo to a Ringwraithe?
  3. Did Charles Picard and Todd Hanson portray the same character as did you?
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IQs:

  1. Did you play “Cousin Larry!”
  2. Did you coin the term “EGOT”?
  3. Were you the third person to complete an “EGOT”?
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  1. Correct on Monet.
  2. Was John Milton.
  3. Correct on Matt Murdock.

DQ: Real?

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Not Merry, not Farmer Maggot (and no “e” on the end of Ringwraith), and dunno.

Dunno x3.

M.

  1. fictional
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Mark-Linn Baker, Phillip Michael Thomas, and Rita Moreno.

DQs:

Originally from a work of prose?
Male?
Last name starts with M?

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M.

  1. fictional
  2. not originally from a work of prose
  3. female
  4. last name starts with M

According to Google AI as to question 2.

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In all fairness, I looked up those questions to see if I could stump you. The third answer is Sir Ian McKellen as Gandalf, but no DQs awarded. Good job!

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IQs:

  1. Were you one of the first winners in the World Series of Poker (WSOP) tournaments?
  2. Was your first credited onscreen role in the movie Meatballs?
  3. Were you never seen (but frequently mentioned) on Frasier?
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Dunno, not Bill Murray and not Maris Crane, Niles’s very thin and very high-strung wife.

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#1 is Chris Momeymaker. 2&3 are correct

DQ: Created before 1900?

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M.

  1. fictional
  2. not originally from a work of prose
  3. female
  4. last name starts with M
  5. created before 1900
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IQs:

  1. Do you host the public radio show Tech Nation?
  2. Were you a CSA cavalry commander who shared a name with a comics dog?
  3. Were you once shown in a parody with the punch line “Oops! I forgot to tell a joke?”
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Dunno, not Gen. Marmaduke and dunno.

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IQs:

  1. Were you both a peer and servant to the gods of Olympus?
  2. Were you his mother?
  3. Did you die by the hand of someone you deeply admired, while defending the honor of your best friend?
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IQs:

  1. Did Mike Connors play you on TV?
  2. Did you play Whiplash in Iron Man 2?
  3. Did you warn Jerusalem that Assyria was going to come and destroy it?