Botticelli - November 2015

Thread Games
221

DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Dead
  3. Female
  4. American
  5. Last name starts with H
  6. Born before 1950
  7. Known for the arts
  8. Born of American parents outside the U.S.A.
  9. Not known for the performing arts
  10. Author
  11. Born before 1900
  12. Did not win a top award in her field, though she received much recognition
  13. Not married to a famous man
  14. Not known for children’s books
  15. Born after 1800
222

DQ: Known for prose, rather than poetry?
One DQ reserved.

223

DQs (I had five):

Associated with NYC?
Greatest fame before 1861?

224

DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Dead
  3. Female
  4. American
  5. Last name starts with H
  6. Born before 1950
  7. Known for the arts
  8. Born of American parents outside the U.S.A.
  9. Not known for the performing arts
  10. Author
  11. Born before 1900
  12. Did not win a top award in her field, though she received much recognition
  13. Not married to a famous man
  14. Not known for children’s books
  15. Born after 1800
  16. Known for nonfiction prose
  17. Not associated with NYC
  18. Born after 1861
225

IQ1: Were you Cosmopolitan’s chief editor for over 30 years?
IQ2: Did you become the first female member of the White House press corps during the JFK administration and go on to cover 10 more presidents?
IQ3: Did you play one of the Snoop Sisters?

DQ: Journalist?

226

DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Dead
  3. Female
  4. American
  5. Last name starts with H
  6. Born before 1950
  7. Known for the arts
  8. Born of American parents outside the U.S.A.
  9. Not known for the performing arts
  10. Author
  11. Born before 1900
  12. Did not win a top award in her field, though she received much recognition
  13. Not married to a famous man
  14. Not known for children’s books
  15. Born after 1800
  16. Known for nonfiction prose
  17. Not associated with NYC
  18. Born after 1861
  19. Not a journalist
227

I am not Helen Gurley Brown.
Take a DQ for Helen #2.
I am not Helen Hayes.

228

Helen Thomas

holding a DQ

229

No idea. I give up.

230

OK, let’s close this out.

DQ: Caucasian?

231

DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Dead
  3. Female
  4. American
  5. Last name starts with H
  6. Born before 1950
  7. Known for the arts
  8. Born of American parents outside the U.S.A.
  9. Not known for the performing arts
  10. Author
  11. Born before 1900
  12. Did not win a top award in her field, though she received much recognition
  13. Not married to a famous man
  14. Not known for children’s books
  15. Born after 1800
  16. Known for nonfiction prose
  17. Not associated with NYC
  18. Born after 1861
  19. Not a journalist
  20. Caucasian

You all know the drill. You have until noon tomorrow. I really didn’t think this one was going to be that hard.

232

Pass.

233

It’s not resonating for me. Pass.

234

Okay. I am “the greatest woman Classicist”, Edith Hamilton, author of The Greek Way, The Roman Way and the classic work Mythology, which is still used as a textbook. I was also one of the founders of Bryn Mawr.
Next round to start soon.

235

Never heard of her.

236

Ditto.

237

…waiting on KO and Tim…

238

Also had never heard of her, alas.

239

Oh, I was waiting for the next letter.

I’ve never heard of her either.

240

All right, in that case it reverts back to SCAdian to host the next round.