Botticelli May 2025

Thread Games
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Yes! I am the lovely

Yum-Yum!

from The Mikado.

Well done, O estimable SCAdian!

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Gilbert & Sullivan seemed to be a reasonable guess, but then it took me a lot longer than it should have to think of a ‘Y’ in their works. Having done so…

I am H

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Nice work SCAdian!

IQs:

  1. Did an early foray into publishing include the thrice-weekly Constitutionalist, which mostly printed lottery results?
  2. Were you a cartoon villain inspired by The Strange Case of Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde?
  3. Of course, you danced a waltz.
84

And we’re off to a fine start with three DQs.

85

Alrighty then!

  1. Horace Greeley
  2. Harvey Dent (aka “Two-Face”)
  3. Henry the Horse (“Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite”)

DQs:

  1. Real?
  2. Male?
  3. Last name begins with H?
86

Great get, SCDdian!

IQs:

  1. Did you lose the Battle of Stamford Bridge?
  2. Did you lose the Battle of Hastings?
  3. Were you played by Zachary Levi in a mixed live-action/animated film?
87

IQs:

  1. Are you a British Communist historian noted for your concept of “the long 19th century”?
  2. Did you play a sold out concert at Carnegie Hall shortly after being released from a drug-related sentence in Federal prison in 1948?
  3. Are you a blues guitarist who had a long career and is in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?
88

IQs:
1. Are you the first person mentioned in “We Didn’t Start the Fire”?
2. Are you a former vice president of the US who (as mentioned above in this thread) shares a first name with the current Ms. Marvel?
3. Were you the Joker’s therapist at Arkham Asylum but then fell in love with him, donned a jester/clown suit, and joined him in a life of crime?

89

IQs:

  1. Did you create the classic ukiyo-e print The Wave?
  2. Were you a son of William Shakespeare who died young?
  3. Are you the only POTUS whose residence is in the heart of Indianapolis?
90

Not … Harald Hardrada?
Not Harold Godwinsson
DQ

Three DQs.

DQ
Not … Kamala Harris?
Not Harley Quinn

Not Hokusai (Hosukai?)
DQ
Not Benjamin Harrison


H

1, Fictional
2. Female
3. First name begins with H

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  1. Eric Hobsbawm
  2. Billie Holiday
  3. John Lee Hooker
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Anybody else recognise this name?

93

DQs:

Did you originally appear in prose?
Did you first appear in 1950 or later?
Are you the main protagonist of the best-known story in which you appear?

94

His Wikipedia article is comparable in length to Botticelli’s.

95

Correct on Harris; 1 (“We Didn’t Start the Fire”) was Harry Truman.

DQ: created by American or Americans?

96

Yikes, I missed the entire “Y” round! Good job, SCA. That’s my favorite G&S show.

I do not recognize the name “Eric Hobsbawm.”

On to H. IQs:

Did you score a crushing win in the 1864 Battle of Nashville?
Were you a sickly FDR aide?
Were you, too?

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IQs:
1. Did you write Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas?
2. Were you a New York senator-turned-U.S. secretary of state (not to mention your other position in the 90s)?
3. Are you the narrator narrator of Lolita?

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Correct on Hokusai.
Shakespeare’s son was named Hamnet [sic].
Correct on Benjamin Harrison.

My grandson is at college studying to me a historian. I’ve bought him 3 or 4 books by Hobsbawn for his classes.

DQ: By an American author or authors?

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But did you know the name without looking it up?

NB: The only person looking things up should be the host, checking to make sure he is answering DQs correctly.

100

Thank you.

H

1, Fictional
2. Female
3. First name begins with H
4. Created by American or Americans

Ask another one, please. :slight_smile: