Botticelli – July 2026

Thread Games
101
  1. Demon Copperhead
  2. David Copperfield
  3. Charles Dickens

5 DQs reserved.

102

Letter is D.

DQs:
1. thought by some people to be real, by others to be imaginary
2. usually male, sometimes portrayed as female
4. no nationality
5. immortal
6. first appeared before 1950
7. first appeared before 1500
8. first appeared (kinda) before 1 C.E.
9. not exactly a deity but similar

This was pretty much covered by the 1 C.E. question, so ask another DQ.

The only one of these I know is Frederick Crane, and he doesn’t apply. I believe you’re thinking of the wrong letter.

103

Ok, thanks.

DQ: Considered benevolent, as opposed to impish or malevolent?

104

DQ #1:
From Greek culture?

4 DQs reserved

105

Incidentally, and unrelated to the present round, I was watching a compilation of short facts about various states, and Phil Knight was mentioned, as well as Nike.

106

IQs:

  1. Did you play Johnny Rico?
  2. Did you play Dizzy Flores?
  3. Did you play Carmen Ibanez?
107

IQs

  1. Are you a Menace?
  2. Did you sing “forever in blue jeans”?
  3. Are you the camp.director of Camp Half Blood?
108

1. I am not Casper van Dien.
2. I am not Denise Richards.
3. Take a DQ. (unless this is Denise Richards)

1. I am not Dennis.
2. Take a DQ.
3. I am not Dionysus (previously used by Knoodler).

DQs:
1. thought by some people to be real, by others to be imaginary
2. usually male, sometimes portrayed as female
5. no nationality
6. immortal
7. first appeared before 1950
8. first appeared before 1500
9. first appeared (kinda) before 1 C.E.
10. not exactly a deity but similar
11. malevolent
12. not from Greek mythology

109

Correct on 1 and (as amended) 3. #2 was Dina Meyer.

DQ: From a New World culture?

110

Darn it, I was so sure the real Dionysos was the answer. (As opposed to the Camp Half Blood one)

Dennis is of. Course correct, and “Forever in Blue Jeans” is Neil Diamond, who was as much a part of the sound track to my childhood as John Denver, but I had failed until tonight watching the movie “Song sung blue” to remember a single title.

5 DQs reserved

111

IQs:

  1. Are you also Lucifer Morningstar?
  2. Are you also Phaëton?
  3. Were you portrayed by Andy Umberger?
112

Every time I read these I’m reminded of the old AD&D manual Deities and Demigods (known to our gaming group as Deities and Demifrogs).

113

I am indeed the Devil! Chosen because of the chorus of this song by Colter Wall (“the Devil wears a suit and tie/I saw him driving down the 61 in early July…”) I’d say the 7th is still early.

I don’t know how well-known Wall is; I haven’t heard his other work, just this, on an indie or college radio station somewhere.

Next game goes to Knoodler.

114

D’oh! You’re right. I was thinking it was F.

Congrats, knoodler! It popped into my head that this might be Death, but the Devil is a good call, too.

115

The Devil. Huh. I was wracking my brain for something more obscure.

Thank you, knoodler.

116

I thought of the devil, but I would have expected him to be an ‘S’ or ‘L’. “The Devil” sounds more like a title than a name.

Never heard of your Wall person, though.

117

Thanks! I was thrown by earlier DQs and just taking potshots until DQ 11.

Our next letter:

118
  1. Are you the father of Bluegrass?
  2. Do you host an olde time radio show,?
  3. Did your family band start in Berea, Kentucky?
119

On with M.

IQs:

  1. Did you film a documentary about a washed-up British heavy metal band?
  2. Are you a country singer who could qualify for this round three times?
  3. Were you an on-court rival, and later friend, of the “Ice Maiden” of women’s tennis?
120

IQs:
1. Did you write Becoming?
2. Do you fly like paper, get high like planes?
3. Were you “Detroit Red”?