Botticelli, July 2025

Thread Games
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OK, let’s put this to bed.

I am

Mauricio Pochettino

former center back for Newell’s Old Boys, Espanyol, Paris St. Germain and his native Argentina, manager for the latter two of those clubs, plus Chelsea, Southampton and Spurs, but most notably the current coach of the U.S. Men’s National Soccer Team.

Qualifying celebrity, or does it go back to @knoodler ?

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I’m afraid I do not know Mr. Pochettino.

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He’s definitely a celebrity, IMO.

I never heard of him before being named coach of the USMNT, and the team has been in the news of late, so I don’t think this bounces back to me. I think you stumped the lot of us.

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Never heard of him.

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Never heard of him.

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Nor I.

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Looks like it goes back to knoodler. Sorry.

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OK then.

I am

O

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IQs:

  1. Are you the Third, also called the All-Father, Blindi and Fimbultyr?
  2. Are you aka Sir Roland?
  3. Are you Nobody?
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I am not Odin
DQ
I am not… Bob Odenkirk?

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IQ1: Do you speak for a pig and a bear?
IQ2: Are you a dino-riding caveman?
IQ3: Are you famous for your dyke?

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  1. is correct.
  2. is Orlando, paladin of Charlemagne, in Italian epic poems such as Orlando Furioso.
  3. is Odysseus, who called himself “Nemo” (which is Greek for Nobody) in his fight with the Cyclops Polyphemus.

DQs:

  1. Real?
  2. Male?
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IQs:
1. Were you in Martha Marcy May Marlene?
2. Were two car brands named after you?
3. Candy is dandy but liquor is quicker?

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DQ
I am not Alley Oop
DQ

DQ
I am not [Blank] Oldsmobile (I can’t remember his first name, so if it’s another car then take a DQ)
DQ

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O

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
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Frank Oz
correct
Offa


DQ1: Originally from prose fiction?
DQ2: American creator(s)?

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1 was Elizabeth Olsen; close enough for Ransom E. Olds; 3 was Ogden Nash.

DQs:
1. main character?
2. first name begins with O?

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IQs:

  1. Did you play Athos in The Three Musketeers alongside Michael York?
  2. Did you recently break up with Katy Perry?
  3. Were you the princess of a planet that was frequently misspelled?
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IQs:
1. Were you Edward Drinker Cope’s fossil-hunting rival in the 19th century Bone Wars?
2. Were you an associate of the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (and Allan Quartermain and Mina Murray in particular)?
3. Can you be heard on the Beatles’ “Bungalow Bill”?

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IQs:

  1. Were you the Moor of Venice?
  2. Did you adopt a daughter who later became a senator and a general?
  3. Were you in command of the Army of the James at the end of the Civil War?