Botticelli - June 2024

Thread Games
101

I am not Iain Banks.
I am not Ishmael.
Take a DQ.

Dunno, I am not Amy Irving, and I am not Imelda Marcos.

102

#1 was Clifford Irving. Correct on the others.

DQ: Born after 1990?

103

I

  1. Real.
  2. First name starts with I.
  3. Male.
  4. Not known for the arts.
  5. Not American.
  6. Not known for politics.
  7. European.
  8. Living.
  9. Not known for business.
  10. Not known for a crime or crimes.
  11. Born after 1970.
  12. Not from the British Isles.
  13. Born west of Vienna.
  14. Born south of Vienna.
  15. Born before 1990.
104

DQ:

Known for sports?

Also, you swept me!!

105

I

  1. Real.
  2. First name starts with I.
  3. Male.
  4. Not known for the arts.
  5. Not American.
  6. Not known for politics.
  7. European.
  8. Living.
  9. Not known for business.
  10. Not known for a crime or crimes.
  11. Born after 1970.
  12. Not from the British Isles.
  13. Born west of Vienna.
  14. Born south of Vienna.
  15. Born before 1990.
  16. Known for sports.
106

IQs:

  1. Are you Miles Vorkosigan’s long-suffering cousin and self-described donkey?
  2. Were you a prisioner in a Russian gulag, in a famous novel by Alexandr Solzhenitsyn?
  3. Were you once the top-ranked singles tennis player in the world, for a record 270 weeks?

Still reserving one DQ.

107

Dunno (haven’t touched the saga). But perhaps an Ivan?
I am not Ivan Denisovich.
I am not Ivan Lendl.

108

IQs:

  1. Did you legendarily hock your jewels so Chris good have a boat?
  2. Did you write Joy To The World?
  3. Are you Jafar’s pet bird?
109

I am not Queen Isabella.
I am not Isaac Watts.
I am not Iago.

110

Swept me!

IQs:

  1. Did John Cleese once introduce you as “the funniest man alive today”?
  2. Were you chained to fiery wheel for eternity in Tartarus?
  3. Were you a French 20th Century print artist remembered for his representations of courtesans?
111

Hmmm… I am not… Eddie Izzard?
No clue x 2.

I may have been counter-swept!

112

Correct on Eddie.
#2 was Ixion, who had vainly attempted to seduce Zeus’s wife Hera.
#3 was Louis Icart.

DQs:

  1. Known for the Olympics?
  2. Known for a team sport?
113

I

  1. Real.
  2. First name starts with I.
  3. Male.
  4. Not known for the arts.
  5. Not American.
  6. Not known for politics.
  7. European.
  8. Living.
  9. Not known for business.
  10. Not known for a crime or crimes.
  11. Born after 1970.
  12. Not from the British Isles.
  13. Born west of Vienna.
  14. Born south of Vienna.
  15. Born before 1990.
  16. Known for sports.
  17. Not known for the Olympics.
  18. Known for a team sport.
114

You spotted the pattern - it was an Ivan 3fer. The first was Ivan Vorpatril, commonly referred to as Ivan You Idiot. Swept, by crikey!

IQs:

  1. Are you a fairy who married a mortal, in a Gilbert and Sullivan operetta?
  2. Do you not only play, but now write Ms. Marvel as well?
  3. Were you a bishop and Doctor of the Church, best known for attacking Gnosticism in your tract Against Heresies?

Reserved DQ: known for soccer?

115

I am not Iolanthe.
I should remember her, but I don’t. Take a DQ.
I am not… Ignatius?

116

I

  1. Real.
  2. First name starts with I.
  3. Male.
  4. Not known for the arts.
  5. Not American.
  6. Not known for politics.
  7. European.
  8. Living.
  9. Not known for business.
  10. Not known for a crime or crimes.
  11. Born after 1970.
  12. Not from the British Isles.
  13. Born west of Vienna.
  14. Born south of Vienna.
  15. Born before 1990.
  16. Known for sports.
  17. Not known for the Olympics.
  18. Known for a team sport.
  19. Known for soccer.
117

Previous IQs:

Did you write about The Culture? - Yes, Iain Banks
Did you share a bed one night with Queequeg? - Yes, Ishmael, in Moby-Dick
Did you celebrate wildlife but one time just got too damn close to it? - Steve Irwin, killed by a stingray

DQ:

Known as a big scorer?

IQs:

Was perhaps your best-known character nicknamed “Ser Friendzone” by fans?
Did you write The End, about the last year of the Third Reich?
Did you officiate at Sir Patrick’s Stewart’s most recent wedding?

118

Correct on Iolanthe. 2 is the charming Imam Vellani, and your guess for 3 was about thirteen centuries too late; Irenaeus was a 2nd c. CE bishop of Lyon.

DQs:

  1. Surname starts A - M?
  2. Italian?

Guessing this is some famous soccer player, but I know bupkis about soccer, so it’s open for anyone who does.

119

I know the character, but have no idea who plays him. Take a DQ.
I am not… ugh… David Irving?
Don’t know. Take a DQ.

120

I

  1. Real.
  2. First name starts with I.
  3. Male.
  4. Not known for the arts.
  5. Not American.
  6. Not known for politics.
  7. European.
  8. Living.
  9. Not known for business.
  10. Not known for a crime or crimes.
  11. Born after 1970.
  12. Not from the British Isles.
  13. Born west of Vienna.
  14. Born south of Vienna.
  15. Born before 1990.
  16. Known for sports.
  17. Not known for the Olympics.
  18. Known for a team sport.
  19. Known for soccer.
  20. Definitely not known as a big scorer.
  21. Last name starts with A-M.
  22. Not Italian.

Any outstanding DQs should be asked by midnight EDT tomorrow.