Botticelli, June 2025

Thread Games
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Are you that fun-lovin’ guy Karl Rove?

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Yes, indeed, I am President George W. Bush’s top political advisor

Karl Rove

AKA “The Architect” and “Turdblossom”: Karl Rove - Wikipedia

Well done, kitap!

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Nicely done, kitap!

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Yay! If it wasn’t Rove I was stumped.

On to

B

As in Boston, Blackbeard’s Ghost and Brazil.

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IQs:

  1. Were you an artist friend of Monet and Renoir who died fighting in a war with Prussia?
  2. Are you aka Saladin Paracelsus de Lambertine Evagne von Smith? (sp?)
  3. Are you a cardboard boy scout-type lieutenant who is repeatedly “deaded” on the highly esteemed, double-inflated, magnolia-stuffed 1950’s BBC radio series, The Goon Show?
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Good guess, kitap! I was focused on politicians and former politicians/pundits.

IQs:

  1. Were you the titular heroine of an adult-oriented comic strip about a crime reporter?
  2. Are you the inspiration behind the character Gusteau in Ratatouille?
  3. Did you provide the voice for the same character?
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Good call on Rove, kitap! I was too busy thinking about cabinet secretaries…

IQs:

  1. Were you a keyboardist for Genesis?
  2. Did you “mastermind” the Red River campaign, when you should have been attacking Mobile?
  3. Were you played by David Tomlinson in a Disney movie that mixed live action and animation?
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Take a DQ, I am not Button Bright, take a DQ.

I am not Brenda Starr, and take 2 DQs.

Take a DQ, take another and I am not Mr. Banks.

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Actually, they were all Mr. Banks! Tony Banks, Nathanael Banks, and George Banks.

DQs:

Real?
Female?

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IQs:

Did you long have a show scheduled in London for New Year’s Eve 1999?
Were you arguably the best-known American in Paris when the Eiffel Tower was dedicated?
Did you have the handles of far too many rakes hit you in the face for comedic effect?

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I am not Banksy, take a DQ (unless the answer is Mary Bassatt) and I am not Bugs Bunny.

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DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Female
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Previous IQs

Did you long have a show scheduled in London for New Year’s Eve 1999? - George Burns; he didn’t make it, alas
Were you arguably the best-known American in Paris when the Eiffel Tower was dedicated? - William “Buffalo Bill” Cody
Did you have the handles of far too many rakes hit you in the face for comedic effect? - Not Bugs Bunny, but Sideshow Bob on The Simpsons

DQs:

Living?
American?
Last name starts with B?

IQs:

Have you played a Federal prosecutor, a computer expert, a concierge and an NBC executive?
Were you the best-known person from Russell, Kan.?
Did you play a PR guy advising Lincoln on the Gettysburg Address?

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  1. Correct
  2. Ettore Boiardi, better known as Chef Boyardee
  3. Brad Garrett

2 DQs reserved

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Not in play:

I just watched a recent episode where Bob “invents” a short rake, which no longer smacks him in the face. Instead it smacks him in the crotch.

/NIP

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I qm not Sandra Bullock, L. Frank Baum and take a DQ.

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DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Female
  3. Living
  4. American
  5. First name starts with B
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DQs:

Known from the arts?
Born after 1960?

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IQs:

  1. Are you an English comedian famously known for his fear of flying?
  2. Are you an American clarinetist and bandleader, known as the “King of Swing”?
  3. Is your best friend a dragon named Cecil?
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#1 is Frederic Bazille.
#2 is correct.
#3 is Bluebottle!

2 DQs reserved.