Botticelli -- May 2026

Thread Games
61

Yes! I am Mary Wallace “Wally” Funk, last surviving member of the Mercury Thirteen and the only one of that group to make it into space.


I had it, you got it!

62

I got nothing. Christina Koch was in the news thanks to Artemis, but the initials are wrong.

63

Wow.

Great guess, De_La_Rue!

I don’t recall Wally at all.

64

Totally the person I was thinking of, but the actual name rings only the dimmest of bells.

65

If I ever heard of her I have long since forgotten about her.

66

Likewise. A valid pick, though, methinks.

67

OK:

I am P.

68

Good job, DLR!

IQs:

  1. Did you imprison your wife inside a pumpkin?
  2. Were you a nanny to a man with three children?
  3. Were you a former roommate of a woman named Monica?
69
  1. Was your sobriquet “le Sanguinaire”?
  2. Did you fall in love with Miss Havisham’s ward?
  3. Did you attempt to rescue aristocrats from the guillotine while using a secret identity?
70

1. I am not Peter, Peter, pumpkin eater.
2. I am not Mary Poppins.
3. I am not Phoebe? If not Phoebe, take a DQ.

1. Take a DQ.
2. I am not Phillip “Pip” Pirrip.
3. I am not Percy Blakeney.

71

That’s Pierre le Sanguinaire from the Vorkosigan novels by Lois McMaster Bujold

DQ: Are you male?

72

Correct
Phoebe Figalilly, Nanny and the Professor (Mary Poppins was nanny to four children)
Correct; Phoebe Buffay, Friends

DQ: Real?

73

IQs:

  1. Did you play the daughter of a man who died tragically on Christmas Eve?
  2. Did you sing the jingle for “Colon Blow” on SNL?
  3. Were you the grandmother of Apollo and Artemis?
74

IQs:

  1. Were you the Star-Spangled Kid?
  2. Did you write Buddy Holly’s song It Doesn’t Matter Anymore?
  3. Did you play one of the brothers on Simon & Simon?
75

IQs:

  1. Were you passed over for corps command after recommending the arming of blacks to fight for the Confederacy?
  2. Do you have a train hall in New York City named after you?
  3. Is a Space Force base in Florida south of Cape Canaveral named for you?
76

1. I am not Phoebe Cates. Took me a minute.
2. I am not Phil Hartman.
3. Take a DQ.

1. I am not Sylvester Pemberton.
2. Take a DQ.
3. Take a DQ.

1. I am not Paul Revere?

Take 2 DQs.

DQs:
1. male
2. real

77

#1 was Patrick Cleburne, Major General, CSA.
#2 was Daniel Patrick Moynihan.
#3 was General Mason Patrick.

Patrick x3!!

DQs:
First name begins with P?
Living?
Known for the arts?

78

1 is correct.
2 was Paul Anka.
3 was Parker Stevenson.

2 DQs reserved.

79
  1. Were you a bored grandmother who offered her services to the CIA?
  2. Were you a famous detective known for his mustach?
  3. Were you an annoying red-headed older brother?
80

1. Take a DQ.
2. Ah, I have used the little grey cells, and they tell me I am not Hercule Poirot. Also, I’m reading this at the moment.
3. I am not Pugsley Addams?

DQs:
1. male
2. real
4. first name begins with P
5. dead
6. known for the arts