Botticelli, July 2025

Thread Games
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P

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Not known for the arts
  4. Last name starts with P
  5. Alive
  6. Not known for military/political
  7. Not American
  8. Born after 1970
  9. First name begins with A-M
82

DQ: European?

83

Paris, son of Priam, King of Troy
Prince Rogers Nelson, aka Prince, who briefly went by “The Artist Formerly Known As Prince” using a symbol (“Love Sign #2”)
Philbert Desanex

DQs:

Born after 1990?
Known for prose?

1 DQ reserved

84

IQs:

  1. Are you Captain Aubrey’s sharp-tongued steward?
  2. Do you and your friend often tease Charlie Brown?
  3. Are you “on your own”, presumably to market your sweet potato pie?
85

IQs:
1. Did you, your dog Brain, and your uncle foil the schemes of Dr. Claw?
2. Did you play Zelda Fitzgerald in Midnight in Paris?
3. Did your wife Amelia famously vanish flying a plane in 1937?

86

Previous IQs:

Were you First Speaker of the Second Foundation? - Yes, Preem Palver
Were you given command of the captured French privateer Acheron? - Lt. Tom Pullings, in the movie Master and Commander
Did you rescue a mistreated animal nicknamed Sherry in a YA novel? - Paul Revere, in Robert Lawson’s excellent Mr. Revere and I

Two DQs reserved.

knoodler, we already know the dude is not known for the arts. Do you still wish to ask about whether he’s known for prose?

IQs:

Did Jackie Gleason use this fake name for his character in The Sting II?
Were you the first presidential candidate to appear on 24?
Did Beth Smith shoot you and then immediately regret it on Rick and Morty?

87

Take a DQ.
I am not Peppermint Patty.
Take another DQ.

I am not Pinky.
Take a DQ.
I am not… Paul Earhart?

Take 3 DQs.

88

P

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Not known for the arts
  4. Last name starts with P
  5. Alive
  6. Not known for military/political
  7. Not American
  8. Born after 1970
  9. First name begins with A-M
  10. Not born in Europe, but has worked and lived there the majority of his life
  11. Born before 1990
89

You missed my other DQ: Known from prose?

Preserved Killick
I was thinking of the other Patty, friend of Violet, but yours is also true
Patti LaBelle

3 DQs reserved

90

1 was Penny, on Inspector Gadget; 2 was Alison Pill; 3 was George Putnam.

DQs:
1. known for science?
2. best known as a European?
3. born before 1980?

91

Should I use my powers of invisibility for good or evil? :thinking:

92

Previous IQs:

Did Jackie Gleason use this fake name for his character in The Sting II? - Trevor Plantagenet (always loved that name!)
Were you the first presidential candidate to appear on 24? - David Palmer
Did Beth Smith shoot you and then immediately regret it on Rick and Morty? - Mr. Poopybutthole (yes, I know)

DQs:

Greatest fame before 2000?
Best known for a single incident?

Three DQs reserved.

IQs:

Were you Brett’s boss aboard the USCSS Nostromo?
Were you “trainer to the gods” in Disney’s Hercules?
Did you marry a Churchill and later a Harriman?

93

No. I thought prose was different.

94

Fictional and biographical writing are considered part of the Arts, yes.

95

IQ1: Did you travel with Frito and Stomper?
IQ2: Were you a boy scout who originally appeared in a series of novels, and then became a fixture in a magazine?
IQ3: Are you the star of a few thousand SF stories?

96

IQs:

  1. Were you Pocahantas’s papa?
  2. In the Oz books were you the Rainbow’s daughter?
  3. Are you the eldest child in a book series by Margaret Sidney?
97

IQs:
1. Were you Goofy’s neighbor on Goof Troop?
2. Were you Goofy’s neighbor on Goof Troop?
3. Were you either of their kids?

98

P

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Not known for the arts
  4. Last name starts with P
  5. Alive
  6. Not known for military/political
  7. Not American
  8. Born after 1970
  9. First name begins with A-M
  10. Not born in Europe, but has worked and lived there the majority of his life
  11. Born before 1990
  12. Not known for science
  13. Born before 1980
  14. Greatest fame after 2000
  15. Not best known for a single incident

I’m not sure how to answer “best known as a European?” He’s known by his nationality of birth (and citizenship); although, as I said above, he’s worked and lived in Europe most of his life, and is best known for what he’s done in Europe. Does that answer the question?

99

I am not Parker.
Take a DQ.
I am not Pamela Digby Churchill Harriman.

I am not Pepsi.
Take 2 DQs.

I am not Powhatan.
I am not Polychrome.
Take a DQ.

Swept me. Take 3 DQs.

And that’s it for the IQs, folks. We have a lot of DQs out there, so I’ll leave it open until noon EDT Thursday, July 10.

100

correct
Pee Wee Harris
Perry Rhodan


Australian?
Two DQs reserved.