Botticelli, June 2025

Thread Games
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Krueger was a good guess, and he did command amphibious troops in SWPA, so I’ll give it to you, but I was looking for Adm. Richmond Kelly Turner.
Ned Kelly.
Kelly Johnson.

Kelly x3!

DQ:

Known for politics/military?

1 DQ reserved.

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  1. Hank Ketcham (Dennis the Menace)
  2. Lemmy Kilmeister (of Motörhead)
  3. Kingsley Shacklebolt (referring to Dumbledore’s escape)

3 DQs reserved

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Dunno, not Keane, and not Kevin Kline.

K.

  1. real
  2. male
  3. first name begins with K
  4. living
  5. not known for the arts
  6. born before 1970
  7. American
  8. not known for science
  9. not born before 1950
  10. known for politics/military
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Dean Koontz
correct
Brian Keith (Family Affair, The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming! and The Parent Trap*)


DQ: Known specifically for military?
One DQ reserved.

25

DQs:

Last name begins A - M?
Still active in field/career?

1 DQ reserved

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IQs:

  1. Early in your career as an actress, did you portray a tech version of Frankenstein’s monster or d’jinn (genie)?
  2. Did Bill Watterson include you as a primary influence for his creation “Calvin and Hobbes”?
  3. Are you one of a set of twin astronauts not to enter politics?
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IQs:

  1. Do you have a Kollege of Musical Knowledge?
  2. Did you write On First Looking Into Chapman’s Home?
  3. Were you a founder of the Vienna Secession art movement?
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DQ: Did you ever hold elected office?

  1. Are you the great-great-great-great grandfather of Alex Haley?
  2. Are you a Holocaust denier who ran for President in 2020?
  3. Were you a Russian aristocrat who became a revolutionary and wrote Mutual Aid as a rebuttal to the doctrines of Social Darwinism?
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Not Carol Kane, not Krazy Kat and not non-U.S. Sen. Kelly.

Not Krusty the Klown, not Kitchener and not Klimt.

Not Kunta Kinte, not Kanye West and not Kelbrun.

K.

  1. real
  2. male
  3. first name begins with K
  4. living
  5. not known for the arts
  6. born before 1970
  7. American
  8. not known for science
  9. not born before 1950
  10. known for politics/military
  11. not known specifically for military
  12. last name doesn’t begin A - M
  13. kinda sorta still active in field/career
  14. never held elected office

This should put us over 20 DQs, so no more IQs, please.

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  1. Kelly Brock (Weird Science)
  2. Walt Kelly (Pogo)
  3. Correct, Scott Kelly

Kelly x3!

2 DQs reserved

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DQs:

  1. Caucasian?
  2. First name begins with Ka - Kl?
32

First 2 are correct, #3 was Prince Peter Kropotkin.

DQ reserved.

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per Wikipedia:

Bill Watterson of Calvin and Hobbes fame named Krazy Kat among his three major influences (along with Peanuts and *[Pogo]

34

The documentary Dear Mr. Watterson mentions Pogo as being a big influence on Watterson’s work.

35

So those are both valid answers, then?

Dis it say “Pogo” or “Walt Kelly”?

36

It could’ve been either, I’m not clear on specifics.

37

1 was Kay Kyser.
2 was John Keats.
3 is correct.

DQs:

  1. Known from the federal government?
  2. Democrat?
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Thanks, Thing.Fish. I thought I remembered Krazy Kat as being one of Watterson’s inspirations, so I will not grant a DQ for that question.

K.

  1. real
  2. male
  3. first name begins with K
  4. living
  5. not known for the arts
  6. born before 1970
  7. American
  8. not known for science
  9. not born before 1950
  10. known for politics/military
  11. not known specifically for military
  12. last name doesn’t begin A - M
  13. kinda sorta still active in field/career
  14. never held elected office
  15. Caucasian
  16. first name begins with Ka - Kl
  17. mostly known from the federal government
  18. not a Democrat

Please ask all remaining earned IQs by noon EST Sunday.

39

OK, please ask all earned “Are you Firstname Lastname?” questions by 7pm EST tomorrow.

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I yield my “Firstname Lastname” DQ to anyone who wants to use it.