Botticelli – July 2026

Thread Games
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Works for me!

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Likewise. Let’s do this thang.

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Oops. Many apologies for my absence. Very little has been accomplished the last few days except eating, sleeping and reading – there’ve been a couple days I didn’t even touch the computer. Y’all can blame David Weber for it!


I am M.

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IQs:
1. Did you play basketball for the Chicago Bulls?
2. Did you perform at the 2026 World Cup final halftime show?
3. Were you a precocious girl with unusual abilities in a Roald Dahl book?

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IQs:

  1. Are you James Bond’s handler?
  2. Are you Dorothy’s aunt?
  3. Are you known for your last words: “Clever girl”?
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M it is!

IQs:

Did Peter Lorre play you, a European pedophile?
Was TR impressed by your theories of naval power?
Did your photography cause a ruckus in Cincinnati?

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Not … Michael Jordan?
DQ
Not Matilda

Not … M?
DQ (If you mean Wizard of Oz Dorothy, her aunt was named Em.)
DQ

DQ
Not Alfred Thayer Mahan
DQ

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1 was correct; 2 was Madonna; 3 was correct.

DQ: real?

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Previous IQs:

Did Peter Lorre play you, a European pedophile? - Another M: M (1931 film) - Wikipedia
Was TR impressed by your theories of naval power? - Yes, Alfred Thayer Mahan
Did your photography cause a ruckus in Cincinnati? - Robert Mapplethorpe. For more: The Mapplethorpe Obscenity Trial — Priceless

DQs:

American?
Male?

IQs:

Were you Capt. Aubrey’s particular friend?
Were you a Seventies Congresswoman with a particularly WASPy name?
Did you play Tony Soprano’s pissed-off mom?

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IQs:
1. Did you play for the Miami Dolphins?
2. Did you and your brother spend a summer in the town of Gravity Falls, OR?
3. Did you write Watchmen?

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  1. Did you write Bimbos of the Death Sun?
  2. Did you die of starvation due to a famine while living with the Mohave tribe?
  3. Did you write the book The Blue Tattoo?
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Correct
And also correct: IQ withdrawn
Roger Muldoon, game warden at Jurassic Park, just before killed by raptors

1 DQ reserved

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Not Dr Maturin
DQ
DQ (did he also have a happy, cheerful mom?)

DQ x3

Not Sharyn McCrumb (who also writes very good mysteries)
DQ
DQ



M

1. Real
2. Not originally American
3. Male

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  1. Are you ou friends and rivals with Chris Everett Lloyd?
  2. Are you a country music singer whose last name could be associated with quickie weddings?
  3. Did you play a person of significance to the Israeli intelligence community on NCIS after Ziva’s father died?
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DQ x3

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DQ: Alive?

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IQs:

  1. Did you have a complicated relationship with you first cousin?
  2. Did you play that first cousin?
  3. Were you often called “the undisputed First Lady of the musical comedy stage”?
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1 was Dan Marino; 2 was Mabel Pines; 3 was Alan Moore.

DQs:
1. known from the arts?
2. originally European?
3. first name begins with M?

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IQs:
1. Did you found Christian Science?
2. Are you the creator of King of the Hill?
3. Were you a character on The Goon Show?

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Correct, Mary Ann Oatman, Margot Mifflin.

2 DQs reserved