Botticelli- November 2025

Thread Games
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H.

  1. real
  2. male
  3. not American
  4. not known for the Arts
  5. deceased
  6. last name begins with H
  7. European
  8. not known for science
  9. died before 1900
  10. born north of Vienna
  11. born west of Vienna
  12. not known for politics/military
  13. from the British Isles
  14. not known for religion
  15. died before 1800
  16. not royalty
  17. died after 1600
    17a. not known for prose
  18. not an explorer
  19. not an inventor
  20. not Engliah, but English

Right. Please ask any earned “Are you Firstname Lastname?” questions by noon EST Sunday.

82

Come again?

83

See post 79.

84

What does this leave us with? Teacher? Architect? Gardener?

85
  1. not known for the Arts
  2. last name begins with H
  3. not known for science
  4. not known for politics/military
  5. not known for religion
    died before 1800
  6. not royalty
    died after 1600
  7. not an explorer
  8. not an inventor
    English

Okay. A real Englishman*, last name begins with H, died 1601-1799.
Not royalty, an explorer, or an inventor.
Not known for the Arts, science, politics/military, or religion.

Best known for medical research, which I would call science, than for practicing medicine – are you William Harvey?


*After rereading for a dozen times or so, I finally noticed the typo.

Damn’ Discourse – keeps turning my footnote into a bullet point!

86

Very good guess, SCA!

87

Are you John Hunter?

88

I am neither of those gentlemen, but am instead

Thomas Hobson

Who gave us the concept of “Hobson’s choice”: Thomas Hobson (postal carrier) - Wikipedia

89

Ouch!

I know of Hobson’s choice, and I remember reading about the guy years ago. Way to straddle the line of obscurity, EH!

90

Ditto, but I’ve never bothered with finding out who he was.

91

Thanks! Let’s next go with

T

92

IQs:

  1. Are you a former football coach who’s now a Senator from Alabama?
  2. Did you have a hit song with Love Will Lead You Back?
  3. Did you have a hit song with Earth Angel?
93
  1. Are you nicknamed “the Oracle of Oil”?
  2. Did you receive a Grammy for “O Brother Where Are Thou” soundtrack?
  3. Did you play one of the cops in New Jack City?
94
  1. Are you a woman who toured with the Beach Boys in the band in 1972?
  2. Are you main character of the Arrows of the Queen trilogy?
  3. Did you write about the Moomins?
95

Wow, good one. A very stable genius, indeed!

On to T.

  1. Did you sail through the Pacific on the Kon-Tiki?
  2. Were you a Hall of Fame pitcher, mostly for the Mets and Reds?
  3. Did you command the Union Army’s Right Wing during the Corinth campaign?
96

Not Tuberville, Tommy Tune or Troy Donahue.

Dunno, not Thompson and not Taylor.

Dunno x3.

Not Thor Heyerdahl, Kent Tekulve or George H. Thomas.

97

Correct on Heyerdahl and Thomas. #2 was Tom Seaver.

DQ: Real?

98

I don’t know who Thompson and Taylor are, but my answers are:
T. Boone Pickens
T. Bone Burnett
Ice-T

Tx3!

DQ: Male?

2 DQs reserved

99

Toni Tennille, Talia, Tove Jansson

3 DQs reserved

100

#1 is correct.
#2 is Taylor Dayne.
#3 is Johnny Tillotson.

DQ: Last name starts with T?

1 DQ reserved.