Botticelli – July 2026

Thread Games
241

Take three DQs, but that’s it. No one else gets any new ones.

242

Ok, I’ll let you have 3 DQs, but no one else.

243

Oops, sorry, I missed your “No more IQs” post. I won’t take any. Thanks anyway.

(FYI, that was JFK, Jackie and JFK Jr.)

244
  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. First name begins with J
  4. American
  5. Not living
  6. Last name begins with A-M
  7. Died before 1926
  8. Not known from the Arts
  9. Known for politics or military
  10. Died after 1865
  11. Known for politics, but think activism, not elected office.
  12. Wrote an autobiography, but not really memorialized in prose as far as I know
  13. Caucasian
  14. A progressive reformer (Prohibition, antitrust, corporate regulation, etc.
245

DQ: First name begins with Ja-Ji?

1 DQ reserved.

246

I have a guess as to this person, if I may.

247

June x3!

3 DQs reserved

248

DQs:

Married?
Lived on the East Coast during their claim to fame?

3 DQ reserved

249
  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. First name begins with J
  4. American
  5. Not living
  6. Last name begins with A-M
  7. Died before 1926
  8. Not known from the Arts
  9. Known for politics or military
  10. Died after 1865
  11. Known for politics, but think activism, not elected office.
  12. Wrote an autobiography, but not really memorialized in prose as far as I know
  13. Caucasian
  14. A progressive reformer (Prohibition, antitrust, corporate regulation, etc.
  15. First name does not begin with Ja-JI
  16. Married
  17. I feel like this person had more than one claim to fame, but one of them took place during a period of time in which they lived on the East Coast
250

Fine by me.

251

DQ: Spouse more famous than her?

2 DQs reserved

252

Husband (whom you are guessing) more famous than wife

253

I feel I’m not drilling to the root here.

I’ll offer up my last 2 DQs.

254

Thanks. Are you labor-movement martyr Joe Hill?

255
  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. First name begins with J
  4. American
  5. Not living
  6. Last name begins with A-M
  7. Died before 1926
  8. Not known from the Arts
  9. Known for politics or military
  10. Died after 1865
  11. Known for politics, but think activism, not elected office.
  12. Wrote an autobiography, but not really memorialized in prose as far as I know
  13. Caucasian
  14. A progressive reformer (Prohibition, antitrust, corporate regulation, etc.
  15. First name does not begin with Ja-JI
  16. Married
  17. I feel like this person had more than one claim to fame, but one of them took place during a period of time in which they lived on the East Coast
  18. More famous than his wife
256

No, I am not.

257

@SunUp still has one question, @knoodler has two that are up for grabs

Or anyone playing can ask Firstname Lastname questions before Thursday 6 pm Eastern daylights time.

258

Unless I get questions or objections, I will reveal my identity “first” thing tomorrow morning (probably after six am Eastern)

259

Knoodler’s DQ: greatest fame before 1900?

260

Yes, greatest fame before 1900