Botticelli, Nov. 2022

Thread Games
201

#1 was Janis Joplin.
#2 is Jessica Jones (from the series Jessica Jones).
Correct on Evita’s hubby.

DQs:

  1. Known for business?
  2. Died after 1980?
202

IQ1: Did you direct and star in The Day the Clown Cried?
IQ2: Were you Mr. October?
IQ3: Were you killed by Robert Ford?

203

Not Jerry Lewis, Reggie Jackson or Jesse James.

J.

  1. real
  2. male
  3. last name starts with J
  4. deceased
  5. naturalized American
  6. not known for the Arts
  7. not known for politics/government
  8. died after 1950
  9. known. among other things, for business
  10. died after 1980
204

IQs:

  1. Did you establish a chain of orange-roofed hotels?
  2. Did you play Dr. Hephestus in Battle Beyond The Stars?
  3. Are you (not Joe Biden) meeting with Rishi Sunak at G20?
205

Not Howard Johnson, dunno and dunno.

206

#1 is correct.
#2 was Sam Jaffe.
#3 is Xi Jinping.

DQ: Died after 2010?

1 DQ reserved.

207

Swept me.

IQ1: Do you have snappy answers to stupid questions?
IQ2: Are you El Guapo’s second in command?
IQ3: Does your Maserati do 185?

208

Dunno x3.

J.

  1. real
  2. male
  3. last name starts with J
  4. deceased
  5. naturalized American
  6. not known for the Arts
  7. not known for politics/government
  8. died after 1950
  9. known. among other things, for business
  10. died after 1980
  11. died before 2010
209

Mad Magazine’s Al Jaffee
Jefe, from ¡Three Amigos!
Joe Walsh, from his song Life’s Been Good

DQ: Originally from Europe?
DQ: Name of business contains all or part of his name?
Holding one DQ

210

J.

  1. real
  2. male
  3. last name starts with J
  4. deceased
  5. naturalized American
  6. not known for the Arts
  7. not known for politics/government
  8. died after 1950
  9. known. among other things, for business
  10. died after 1980
  11. died before 2010
  12. originally from Europe
  13. name of business contains all or part of his name
211

DQ: Business still in operation?

IQs:

  1. Are you a likely candidate to succeed Nancy Pelosi as House Democratic Party leader?
  2. Did you create your own, unpublished, version of the New Testament by careful editing and removal of all “mythic” parts?
  3. Were you an early Disney character, predating Oswald the Lucky Rabbit?
212

IQ2: Have you not yet begun to fight?
IQ2: Were you the bassist and keyboardist for Led Zeppelin?
IQ3: Were you born Karol Wojtyła?

213

Not Hakeem Jeffries (I was just talking with a politically-savvy NY friend of mine about him), not Thomas Jefferson and not Jeffrey Jaguar.

Not the great John Paul Jones, not Mr. Jones and not Pope John Paul II.

J.

  1. real
  2. male
  3. last name starts with J
  4. deceased
  5. naturalized American
  6. not known for the Arts
  7. not known for politics/government
  8. died after 1950
  9. known. among other things, for business
  10. died after 1980
  11. died before 2010
  12. originally from Europe
  13. name of business contains all or part of his name
  14. business still in operation
214

Correct, Correct, and Julius the Cat (who looked a lot like Felix the Cat).

DQ: Business creates physical objects as products?

215

J.

  1. real
  2. male
  3. last name starts with J
  4. deceased
  5. naturalized American
  6. not known for the Arts
  7. not known for politics/government
  8. died after 1950
  9. known. among other things, for business
  10. died after 1980
  11. died before 2010
  12. originally from Europe
  13. name of business contains all or part of his name
  14. business still in operation
  15. business creates physical objects as products
216

Another sweep

Held DQ: Business related to food or drink?

217

IQs:

  1. Have you been appointed Special Counsel by Merrill Garland investigating the Trump cases today?
  2. Did you costar with Gene Kelly in The Pirate?
  3. In Marvel Comics are you aka Cain Marko?
218

IQ1: Did you write Three Men on the Bummel?
IQ3: Were you one of Sgt Fury’s men?
IQ3: Are you one of Col Fury’s men?

219

Not Jack Iforgethislastname, not Jean Arthur and dunno.

220

Not Jerome K. Jerome, Jack Combat or G.I. Joe.