Botticelli March 2025

Thread Games
181

Error; please ignore

182

Dunno, not James Michener and not Chief Joseph.

Not Jack, not Jill’s friend Jack, and not Jack Skellington.

Dunno, not Junebug and not Howard Johnson.

J.

  1. real
  2. male
  3. last name begins with J
  4. not first class, I would say, but YMMV
  5. deceased
  6. Caucasian
  7. known, in large part, for politics
  8. not American
  9. known for a specific talent or event
  10. first name does not begin with A-M
  11. European
  12. died after 1900
  13. not known for something named after him
183

DQ: from continental Europe?

IQs:
1. Did you succeed (in order from earliest to your immediate predecessor) William, Patrick, Jon, Tom, Peter, Colin, Sylvester, Paul, Christopher, David, and Peter?
2. Are you the patron saint of lost causes?
3. Did you work at Gizmonic Institute, just another face in a red jumpsuit–you did a good job cleaning up the place, but your bosses didn’t like you so they shot you into spaaaaaaace?

184

Not whoever’s playing Doctor Who these days (take a DQ), not St. Jude the Obscure and dunno.

J.

  1. real
  2. male
  3. last name begins with J
  4. not first class, I would say, but YMMV
  5. deceased
  6. Caucasian
  7. known, in large part, for politics
  8. not American
  9. known for a specific talent or event
  10. first name does not begin with A-M
  11. European
  12. died after 1900
  13. not known for something named after him
  14. from continental Europe
185

Howard Jones, Holly Jones, and correct.

DQ: From north of Vienna?
DQ: From east of Vienna?

186
  1. Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men

1 DQ reserved

187

DQ:
Associated with World War 1?

188

John Christian Falkenberg
Jerry Pournelle
correct


DQ: Native speaker of a Romance language?
Two DQs reserved.


IQ1: Are you a joker who’s trying to steal my baby/
IQ2: Did you sing “Everybody Loves a Nut”?
IQ3: Did you sing “The Battle of New Orleans”?

189

1 was Jodie Whitaker, the 13th Doctor (the current actor in the role is Ncuti Gatwa); 3 was Joel Robinson, in Mystery Science Theater 3000.

2 DQs reserved.

190

Not Jesse, dunno and not Jerry Rice.

J.

  1. real
  2. male
  3. last name begins with J
  4. not first class, I would say, but YMMV
  5. deceased
  6. Caucasian
  7. known, in large part, for politics
  8. not American
  9. known for a specific talent or event
  10. first name does not begin with A-M
  11. European
  12. died after 1900
  13. not known for something named after him
  14. from continental Europe
  15. from north of Vienna
  16. from east of Vienna, it appears to me
  17. not associated with World War I
  18. not a native speaker of a Romance language

No more IQs, please, as we have more than 20 DQs pending. Thanks.

191

DQ:

  1. Died after 1945?

2 DQs reserved

192

Johnny
Johnny Cash
Johnny Horton

Johnny x3!


Five DQs reserved.

193

DQs:

  1. From a Scandinavian country?
  2. Did the specific event result in your death?
194

DQ: Native speaker of a Slavic language?
Four DQs reserved.

195

J.

  1. real
  2. male
  3. last name begins with J
  4. not first class, I would say, but YMMV
  5. deceased
  6. Caucasian
  7. known, in large part, for politics
  8. not American
  9. known for a specific talent or event
  10. first name does not begin with A-M
  11. European
  12. died after 1900
  13. not known for something named after him
  14. from continental Europe
  15. from north of Vienna
  16. from east of Vienna, it appears to me
  17. not associated with World War I
  18. not a native speaker of a Romance language
  19. died after 1945
  20. not from a Scandinavian country
  21. the specific event did not result in his death
  22. native speaker of a Slavic language
196

DQ1: From Poland?
DQ2: Died a natural death?
Two DQs reserved.

197

Last DQ: Died after 2000?

198

J.

  1. real
  2. male
  3. last name begins with J
  4. not first class, I would say, but YMMV
  5. deceased
  6. Caucasian
  7. known, in large part, for politics
  8. not American
  9. known for a specific talent or event
  10. first name does not begin with A-M
  11. European
  12. died after 1900
  13. not known for something named after him
  14. from continental Europe
  15. from north of Vienna
  16. from east of Vienna, it appears to me
  17. not associated with World War I
  18. not a native speaker of a Romance language
  19. died after 1945
  20. not from a Scandinavian country
  21. the specific event did not result in his death
  22. native speaker of a Slavic language
  23. from Poland
  24. died a natural death
  25. died after 2000

Please ask all other earned DQs by 9pm EST tomorrow.

199

DQ: event associated with the Cold War?

1 DQ reserved.

200

Hour and a half left until the deadline. I yield my two remaining DQs to whoever can think of a good use for them.