Botticelli March 2023

Thread Games
41
  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. First name begins with W.
  4. No longer alive.
  5. Known for the Arts
  6. Not known for the Performing Arts.
  7. American
  8. Died after 1900
  9. Not known for the visual arts.
  10. Known for writing.
  11. Died after 1960.
  12. Known for fiction.
  13. Common first name
  14. Died after 2000.
  15. Known for science fiction.
  16. First name does not start with W- to Wh-
  17. Known for novels.

To clarify #12, known for fiction rather than non-fiction. Not straight fiction.

42

Ward Moore. It’s a classic AH novel.
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Winston Churchill
William R Forstchen


Three DQs reserved.

43

Do you mean GBTQ fiction? Or genre fiction?

44

Genre.

45

Never mind.

46

William is the only name I can think of that fits DQs 2, 13, and 16. Maybe Wilbur. I have no idea who this person might be.

47

Could be Woody, I suppose.

DQ: Died after 2020?

IQs:

  1. Are you the Father of Cyberpunk?
  2. Were you one of the Inklings with C. S. Lewis and Tolkein?
  3. Were you frightened by the Skeezix?
48

Take 3 DQs, though I know I should know them.

49
  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. First name begins with W.
  4. No longer alive.
  5. Known for the Arts
  6. Not known for the Performing Arts.
  7. American
  8. Died after 1900
  9. Not known for the visual arts.
  10. Known for writing.
  11. Died after 1960.
  12. Known for fiction.
  13. Common first name
  14. Died after 2000.
  15. Known for science fiction.
  16. First name does not start with W- to Wh-
  17. Known for novels.
  18. Died before 2020.

To clarify #12, known for fiction rather than non-fiction. Not straight fiction.

50

#1 is William Gibson, author of Neuromancer and Mona Lisa Overdrive.
#2 was Charles William, author of War in Heaven…
#3 was Uncle Wiggily.

DQs:

  1. Hugo award winner?
  2. First name William?
  3. Best known for a series?
51
  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. First name begins with W.
  4. No longer alive.
  5. Known for the Arts
  6. Not known for the Performing Arts.
  7. American
  8. Died after 1900
  9. Not known for the visual arts.
  10. Known for writing.
  11. Died after 1960.
  12. Known for fiction.
  13. Common first name
  14. Died after 2000.
  15. Known for science fiction.
  16. First name does not start with W- to Wh-
  17. Known for novels.
  18. Died before 2020.
  19. Did not win a Hugo
  20. First name was William.
  21. Not known for a series.

To clarify #12, known for fiction rather than non-fiction. Not straight fiction.

And that does it for IQs.

Please ask all DQs by 7 PM Arizona time on Sunday.

52

I think he’s still alive, but… are you William Gibson?

53

Final DQ: real first name was not William, but wrote under a pseudonym?

54

Are you Williams S. Burroughs?

55

I am not William Gibson or William S. Burroughs.

Real first name was William and his books were by William _______.

56

Well, that rules out William Tenn. Hmm.

57

Already denied, per Prof P’s IQ (post 50).

58

DQ1: Last name starts A-M?
I yield my last 2 DQs (one per person) to anyone who can think of a good use for them.

59

SCA’s DQ: Best known before 1970?

60
  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. First name begins with W.
  4. No longer alive.
  5. Known for the Arts
  6. Not known for the Performing Arts.
  7. American
  8. Died after 1900
  9. Not known for the visual arts.
  10. Known for writing.
  11. Died after 1960.
  12. Known for fiction.
  13. Common first name
  14. Died after 2000.
  15. Known for science fiction.
  16. First name does not start with W- to Wh-
  17. Known for novels.
  18. Died before 2020.
  19. Did not win a Hugo
  20. First name was William.
  21. Not known for a series.
  22. Last name begins with N-Z.
  23. Best known after 1960.

To clarify #12, known for fiction rather than non-fiction. Not straight fiction.

Final are yous by 7 PM Monday, please.