Botticelli - November 2024

Thread Games
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DQ:

Last name begin A-M?
Currently living in US?
Known for criminal activity?

IQs:

  1. Did your country colonize Alaska during your reign?
  2. Did you medal in the 1968 Olympics before appearing as Peter Pan on stage?
  3. Are you — Aack! — a popular cartoonist?
342

I am not Catherine the Great. I am not Cathy Crosby. I am not Cathy Guisewite.

343
  1. Real
  2. Female
  3. Alive
  4. I do not believe she is an American citizen; nothing I looked up says she is.
  5. Not known for the Arts.
  6. European
  7. Not in politics or the military, but became famous because of them.
  8. British
  9. Famous more for politics
  10. First name begins with C
  11. Born before 1980
  12. Not most famous for a single incident.
  13. Born after 1950.
  14. Famous to a specific group; I suspect most people would say "who?
  15. Last name begins with A-M.
  16. Currently living in the US.
  17. Not known for criminal activity.
344
  1. Correct
  2. Cathy Rigby
  3. Correct

1 DQ reserved

345

Previous IQs:

Was your country home Chartwell? - Winston Churchill
Were you that person’s spouse? - Clementine Churchill
Were you their insufferable eldest son? - Randolph Churchill - an arrogant jerk, by all accounts. When he had an operation to have a growth removed, and testing confirmed it was non-malignant, a friend joked, “Leave it to modern science to find the one non-malignant part of Randolph, and remove it!”

DQs:

Considered a beauty?
Associated with NYC?

One DQ reserved.

346

[quote=“kitap, post:343, topic:1009446, full:true”]

  1. Real
  2. Female
  3. Alive
  4. I do not believe she is an American citizen; nothing I looked up says she is.
  5. Not known for the Arts.
  6. European
  7. Not in politics or the military, but became famous because of them.
  8. British
  9. Famous more for politics
  10. First name begins with C
  11. Born before 1980
  12. Not most famous for a single incident.
  13. Born after 1950.
  14. Famous to a specific group; I suspect most people would say "who?
  15. Last name begins with A-M.
  16. Currently living in the US.
  17. Not known for criminal activity.
  18. Not considered a beauty.
  19. Not associated with NYC.

We have some outstanding DQs, so no more IQs, please.

All DQs are due by 6PM Pacific Time Friday, November 29, unless you guys need me to extend it because of the holiday.

347

Looks to me like another never-heard-of-her game.

348

Last DQ: Known for media (news columnist, TV commentator, reporter/interviewer)?

349

I’ll offer my reserved DQ to anyone who thinks it might help.

350
  1. Real
  2. Female
  3. Alive
  4. I do not believe she is an American citizen; nothing I looked up says she is.
  5. Not known for the Arts.
  6. European
  7. Not in politics or the military, but became famous because of them.
  8. British
  9. Famous more for politics
  10. First name begins with C
  11. Born before 1980
  12. Not most famous for a single incident.
  13. Born after 1950.
  14. Famous to a specific group; I suspect most people would say "who?
  15. Last name begins with A-M.
  16. Currently living in the US.
  17. Not known for criminal activity.
  18. Not considered a beauty.
  19. Not associated with NYC.
  20. Known for media.
351

Taking back my DQ.

DQ: Hosts a show on PBS?

352
  1. Real
  2. Female
  3. Alive
  4. I do not believe she is an American citizen; nothing I looked up says she is.
  5. Not known for the Arts.
  6. European
  7. Not in politics or the military, but became famous because of them.
  8. British
  9. Famous more for politics
  10. First name begins with C
  11. Born before 1980
  12. Not most famous for a single incident.
  13. Born after 1950.
  14. Famous to a specific group; I suspect most people would say "who?
  15. Last name begins with A-M.
  16. Currently living in the US.
  17. Not known for criminal activity.
  18. Not considered a beauty.
  19. Not associated with NYC.
  20. Known for media.
  21. Hosts a show on PBS.
353

Is it Cristiane Armanpour?

354

Yes!!

I am famed war correspondent

Christiane Amanpour!!

Well done!

355

Thanks kitap! That was a tough one.

This time, I am

356

Well done, knoodler!

IQs:

  1. Were you Tom Terrific’s dog?
  2. Did you have a hit with Quinn the Eskimo?
  3. Were you the lead female singer for 5th Dimension?
357

Well done, indeed, knoodler! Should have thought of her.

On to M.

IQs:

Were you Dr. Niles Crane’s first wife?
Were you his second?
Were you his father?

358

Take a DQ
I am not Manfred Mann
Take a DQ

I am not Maris Crane
I am not Daphne Moon
I am not Martin Crane

That’s one of my favorite sitcoms!

359

#1 was Mighty Manfred, the Wonder Dog
#2 is correct.
#3 was Marilyn McCoo.

DQs:

  1. Real?
  2. Male?
360

IQs:

  1. Were you “dead to begin with, dead as a doornail”?
  2. Did you write The Vampire: Its Kith and Kin?
  3. Are you a girl friend of Dennis the Menace?