Botticelli - March 2026

Thread Games
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IQs:
1. Were you an illicit nightclub owner who used a candy store as a front in Harlem Nights?
2. Or the person who played him?
3. Did you assert that A = A?

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DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Last name begins with R
  3. Male
  4. American
  5. Not known for the Arts, although has appeared in movies and television, and as the subject of stage productions
  6. Dead
  7. Not best known for politics / military
  8. Born before 1950
  9. Known for sports
  10. Born before 1920
  11. Best known for a sport played with a ball
  12. Best known for a team sport
  13. Greatest fame came before 1950
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  1. Take a DQ
  2. Take a DQ
  3. I am not… Tom Felton? Take a DQ

Take 3 DQs

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1 was “Sugar” Ray; 2 was Richard Pryor; 3 was Ayn Rand.

IQs: known for baseball?
2 DQs reserved.

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DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Last name begins with R
  3. Male
  4. American
  5. Not known for the Arts, although has appeared in movies and television, and as the subject of stage productions
  6. Dead
  7. Not best known for politics / military
  8. Born before 1950
  9. Known for sports
  10. Born before 1920
  11. Best known for a sport played with a ball
  12. Best known for a team sport
  13. Greatest fame came before 1950
  14. Known for baseball
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IQs

  1. Is that candy bar not named for you, a famous baseball player?
  2. Are you the person it was named after ?
  3. Did you Dial H for Hero?
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  1. I am not George Herman “Babe” Ruth
  2. I am not Baby Ruth, a president’s daughter (I forget which prez)
  3. Take a DQ
28

Correct, correct on Ruth Cleveland, and
3 was Robby Reed.

1 DQ reserved.

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DQ: played for the Yankees?

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DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Last name begins with R
  3. Male
  4. American
  5. Not known for the Arts, although has appeared in movies and television, and as the subject of stage productions
  6. Dead
  7. Not best known for politics / military
  8. Born before 1950
  9. Known for sports
  10. Born before 1920
  11. Best known for a sport played with a ball
  12. Best known for a team sport
  13. Greatest fame came before 1950
  14. Known for baseball
  15. Did not play for the Yankees
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IQs:

  1. Did you play shortstop for the Dodgers in the 1940’s?
  2. Were you the first black athlete in Major League Baseball?
  3. Did you play Wednesday in Addams Family Values?
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Not sure about the first question but a definite YES to the second!

I am Jackie Robinson! First African-American to play in the major leagues during the regular season, and in 1997 (on Jackie Robinson Day) the MLB officially retired his number (42) jersey across all teams in the league.

Good job Prof.P!

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Yay! #1 was Peewee Reese.

On…

I am

L!

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Peewee Reese was one of my picks, but I thought he might be too much of an unknown for this board. And I knew Robinson played outfield but might have played shortstop for a few games.

On to L.

IQs:

  1. Are you a member of the E Street Band with the most screen time?
  2. Did you see the satellite Sputnik 1 on its descent to earth, and take it as a sign to stop performing secular music and embrace gospel for a period?
  3. Are you known as “Man of a Thousand Voices”?
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Take DQs for 1 and 2.
Lon Chaney was the Man of a thousand faces. Mel Blanc was the Man of a thousand voices.

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IQ1: Did Allan Sherman say you went the wrong way?
IQ2: Did you sing “Saginaw, Michigan”?
IQ3: Did you have six children with your wife, and seven with your three mistresses?

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  1. I am not Uncle Louie.
  2. I am not Lefty Frizzell.
  3. I am not Lot (?)
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Good job, Prof. P.!

Previous IQs:

Was your road-trip roommate said to be the loneliest man in America? - This was Babe Ruth, too
Are you a noted tennis player with three-syllable last name that includes the slang name of a particular government agency? - Roger Federer
Did you play Draco Malfoy? - Yes, Tom Felton (got my wires crossed - not an “R”)

On to L!

Is a fort named after you in central Pennsylvania?
Were you Sherlock Holmes’s Scotland Yard frenemy?
Were you Lincoln’s occasional bodyguard?

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Take a DQ.
I am not Lestrad.
Take a DQ.

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Louis XVI
correct
Charles Lindbergh


Two DQs reserved.