Botticelli -- May 2026

Thread Games
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DQ: known for writing?

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1 was Louis, the baker; 2 was Leon Czolgosz; 3 was Lily Tomlin.

DQs:
1. known for writing?
2. born after 1925?

1 DQ reserved.

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IQ #1: are you a Native American police detective?

IQ#2: were you the director of NCIS for a very long time?

IQ#3: are you a significant character on The Big Bang Theory?

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IQs

  1. Did you write about the Sacketts?
  2. Did you star in The Thin Man movie series?
  3. Were you a concert pianist some called "Mr. Showmanship "?
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Correct on the first two, but the Detroit Lion was Yale Lary (Csoka played fullback for the Dolphins in the 70s).

1 DQ reserved.

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I am not Joe Leaphorn, Leon Vance or Leonard.

I am not Myrna Loy, but YES!

I am Louis L’Amour!

Well done, Prof. Pepperwinkle!

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Madame Pepperwinkle is a life-long fan.

Next, I am…

F!

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Back in the mid '70s I had a housemate who was a big fan. I told him I liked western films, but not books, so he pulled out a handful and read me a few paragraphs. That, IIRC, was about 2100 on a Tuesday. By 2100 the following Tuesday I’d read all thirty of the books he had in the house, he’d bought five more and I’d read them, too, and I’d also found time to read Andre Norton’s newest book.

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Congrats, Prof.!

IQs:
1. Did you ask for a “map of the cat”?
2. Did you play the head writer for TGS with Tracy Jordan?
3. Did you also write for TGS?

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Take 3 DQs.

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1 was Richard Feynman; 2 was Tina Fey, on 30 Rock; 3 was Frank Rossitano.

DQs:
1. real?
2. male?
3. first name begins with “F”?

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Good one, Prof!

IQs:

  1. Were you killed defending your uncle at the Battle of the Five Armies?
  2. Are you the title character of a tragedy by Goethe?
  3. Were you a bard of the harp in the Chronicles of Prydain?
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IQs:
1. Did you create Batman?
2. Does the Institute named after you have a steam locomotive, a giant heart, a planetarium, and a big marble statue of you in it?
3. Did you and your vehicle first appear in picture books by Joanna Cole and Bruce Degen?

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Well done, Prof. P.!

Previous IQs:

Was Galahad your bastard son? - Yes, Sir Lancelot
Did Patrick Stewart play you in Excalibur? - Leodegrance of Cameliard, Guinevere’s father
Known as the “Jersey Lily,” were you a lover of King Edward VII? - Close; it’s Lillie Langtry

On to F.

IQs:

Did you command Hill Street Station?
Were you RNC Chair in the Eighties?
Were you the mom of a little girl in Les Mis?

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Q #1: are you a Native American police detective?

IQ#2: were you the director of NCIS for a very long time?

IQ#3: are you a significant character on The Big Bang Theory?

Correct, swept me,
and I approve of Louis L’Amour as the answer, because that name had popped into my head as a reasonable match to the clues we had. I don’t think I’ve read anything by him.

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IQ#1: Did you refuse to grant your nephew Ivan a divorce?

IQ#2: Are you a famous architect?

IQ#3: Did you direct the GodFather movie?

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IQs:

  1. Are you the more cynical member of the Fabulous Freak Brothers?
  2. Were you the title character wearing a giant head?
  3. Were you the leader of The Pixies?
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  1. Take a DQ.
  2. I am not Faust.
  3. Take a DQ.
  1. I am not Bill Finger.
    Take 2 DQs.

Take 3 DQs.

  1. Take a DQ.
  2. I am not Frank Lloyd Wright.
  3. I am not Francis Ford Coppola.
  1. I am not Freewheelin’ Franklin.
    Take 2 DQs.
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DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Female
  3. Last name starts with F
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2 was Benjamin Franklin; 3 was Ms. Frizzle.

DQs:
1. living?
2. American?