Botticelli -- June 2026

Thread Games
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Correct on #1. #2 (Cheap Trick drummer) is Bun E. Carlos. #3 (Blue Velvet singer) I was looking for Bobby Vinton, but it turns out Tony Bennett first covered the song - fortunately, both are valid answers.

DQs:
Born before 1980?
Known for the dramatic arts?

82
  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Alive
  4. Known from the arts
  5. Last name does not begin with B
  6. Known for the performing arts
  7. American
  8. Born after 1970
  9. Born before 1990
  10. Not known mostly from tv
  11. Not known for any role
  12. Not Caucasian
  13. Born before 1980
  14. Probably Known from the dramatic arts
83

IQs:

  1. Are you the showrunner for Severance?
  2. Did you play a bookish free black soldier in Glory?
  3. Have you acted in four films directed by Ryan Coogler?
84

Previous IQs:

Have you played a computer expert, a concierge, a TV network executive and an unscrupulous Federal prosecutor? - Bob Balaban, in 2010: The Year We Make Contact, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Seinfeld and Absence of Malice
Did the Capitol Steps sing a song about your curious habit of referring to yourself in the third person? - Bob Dole (they joked that, when he got married, he said, “Bob Dole do”)
Were you born in London but grew up in Cleveland? - Bob Hope

Bob x3!

DQs:

Black?
An actor?
Best known since 2000?

DQs:

Are you a nervous young ensign with purple hair in Star Trek: Lower Decks?
Were you a shapeshifter who welcomed Thorin & Co.?
Did you win the unwelcome nickname “Commissary”?

85

3DQs. No ideas

86

DQs

1 Boimler

  1. Dunno
  2. Dunno
87
  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Alive
  4. Known for the arts
  5. Last name does not begin with B
  6. Known from performing arts
  7. American
  8. Born after 1970
  9. Born before 1990
  10. Not Known mostly from TV
  11. Not known from any role
  12. Not Caucasian
  13. Born before 1980
  14. Probably Known from the dramatic arts
  15. Not Black
  16. Not an actor
  17. Best known since 2000
88

Previous IQs:

Are you a nervous young ensign with purple hair on Star Trek: Lower Decks? - Yes, the adorkable Boimler
Were you a shapeshifter who welcomed Thorin & Co.? - Beorn, in The Hobbit
Did you win the unwelcome nickname “Commissary”? - Gen. Nathaniel Banks, after Confederate troops captured a huge amount of supplies from him

DQs:

Best known for music?
Asian?

IQs:

Are you the best-known person born in Hawaii in 1962?
Are you the AAGUS?
Were you his predecessor?

89

No more DQs.

90

Er, not more I Qs? I’ve gotten confused.

91
  1. Barack Obama
  2. Dunno
  3. Dunmo
92

Yes, part-Asian

Yes, best known for music

93

Previous IQs:

Are you the best-known person born in Hawaii in 1962? - Yes, Barack Obama
Are you the AAGUS? - Todd Blanche
Were you his predecessor? - Pam Bondi

Two DQs reserved.

Please update the DQ answer list, Eureka.

94

I will do so by bedtime, but can’t concentrate right now.

95
  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Alive
  4. Known for the arts
  5. Last name does not begin with B
  6. Known from the performing arts, but not a performer
  7. American
  8. Born after 1970
  9. Born before 1990
  10. Not known mostly from TV
  11. Not known for any role
  12. Not Caucasian
  13. Born before 1980
  14. Probably Known for the dramatic arts
  15. Not Black
  16. Not an actor
  17. Best known since 2000
  18. Part Asian
  19. Yes, best known for music

Note clarification on 6.

96

If I am not totally.confused, knoodler has 1 more DQ, sunup has 3, and Elendil’s heir has two.

I will be offline most of tomorrow, so please ask your DQs by 8 pm Sunday. Eastern Daylight Time.

97

DQ: A composer, arranger, or producer?

2 DQs reserved.

98

Final DQ: Last name begin with A - L?

99

1 Real

  1. Male
  2. Alive
  3. Known for the arts
  4. Last name does not begin with B
  5. Known from the performing arts, but not a performer
  6. American
  7. Born after 1970
  8. Born before. 1990
  9. Not Known mostly from TV
  10. Not known from any role
  11. Not Caucasian
  12. Not born before 1970
  13. Probably known from the dramatic arts
  14. Not Black
  15. Not an actor
  16. Best known since 2000
  17. Part-asian
  18. Known for music
  19. A composer, arranger or producer
  20. Last name begins with A-L
100

DQ: Best known for pop music?

1 DQ reserved.