Botticelli, Oct. 2022

Thread Games
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D.

  1. real
  2. dead
  3. first name began with D
  4. male
  5. died after 1950
  6. American
  7. died before 1980
  8. not known for the Arts, as such
  9. not known for politics
  10. not known for sports
  11. born before 1900
  12. died before 1965
  13. known, in part, for business
  14. not known for a specific event
  15. not a particularly unusual first name, especially in one part of the world
  16. not known for science
  17. an innovator but not an inventor, really
  18. known for non-fiction writing
  19. has something named after him
  20. sorta kinda known for travel writing
  21. not known for writing the self-help book How To Win Friends and Influence People AKA Dale Carnegie
  22. first name doesn’t start with DA - to- DI
62

DQ: last name begins with letter from second half of the English alphabet?

2 DQs reserved.

63

D.

  1. real
  2. dead
  3. first name began with D
  4. male
  5. died after 1950
  6. American
  7. died before 1980
  8. not known for the Arts, as such
  9. not known for politics
  10. not known for sports
  11. born before 1900
  12. died before 1965
  13. known, in part, for business
  14. not known for a specific event
  15. not a particularly unusual first name, especially in one part of the world
  16. not known for science
  17. an innovator but not an inventor, really
  18. known for non-fiction writing
  19. has something named after him
  20. sorta kinda known for travel writing
  21. not known for writing the self-help book How To Win Friends and Influence People AKA Dale Carnegie
  22. first name doesn’t start with DA - to- DI
  23. last name begins with letter from first half of the English alphabet
64

DQ: Journalist or columnist?

1 DQ reserved

65

D.

  1. real
  2. dead
  3. first name began with D
  4. male
  5. died after 1950
  6. American
  7. died before 1980
  8. not known for the Arts, as such
  9. not known for politics
  10. not known for sports
  11. born before 1900
  12. died before 1965
  13. known, in part, for business
  14. not known for a specific event
  15. not a particularly unusual first name, especially in one part of the world
  16. not known for science
  17. an innovator but not an inventor, really
  18. known for non-fiction writing
  19. has something named after him
  20. sorta kinda known for travel writing
  21. not known for writing the self-help book How To Win Friends and Influence People AKA Dale Carnegie
  22. first name doesn’t start with DA - to- DI
  23. last name begins with letter from first half of the English alphabet
  24. a journalist or columnist, among other things

Please ask all earned DQs by 4pm EST tomorrow.

66

DQ: Known from radio?

67

D.

  1. real
  2. dead
  3. first name began with D
  4. male
  5. died after 1950
  6. American
  7. died before 1980
  8. not known for the Arts, as such
  9. not known for politics
  10. not known for sports
  11. born before 1900
  12. died before 1965
  13. known, in part, for business
  14. not known for a specific event
  15. not a particularly unusual first name, especially in one part of the world
  16. not known for science
  17. an innovator but not an inventor, really
  18. known for non-fiction writing
  19. has something named after him
  20. sorta kinda known for travel writing
  21. not known for writing the self-help book How To Win Friends and Influence People AKA Dale Carnegie
  22. first name doesn’t start with DA - to- DI
  23. last name begins with letter from first half of the English alphabet
  24. a journalist or columnist, among other things
  25. not known from radio
68

Errrr…

DQs:

  1. Caucasian?
  2. Involved in the film industry?
69

DQ: innovated something and it’s named after him?

1 DQ reserved.

70

Wait a minute.

Final "D"Q: had a food brand named after him?

71

D.

  1. real
  2. dead
  3. first name began with D
  4. male
  5. died after 1950
  6. American
  7. died before 1980
  8. not known for the Arts, as such
  9. not known for politics
  10. not known for sports
  11. born before 1900
  12. died before 1965
  13. known, in part, for business
  14. not known for a specific event
  15. not a particularly unusual first name, especially in one part of the world
  16. not known for science
  17. an innovator but not an inventor, really
  18. known for non-fiction writing
  19. has something named after him
  20. sorta kinda known for travel writing
  21. not known for writing the self-help book How To Win Friends and Influence People AKA Dale Carnegie
  22. first name doesn’t start with DA - to- DI
  23. last name begins with letter from first half of the English alphabet
  24. a journalist or columnist, among other things
  25. not known from radio
  26. Caucasian
  27. not involved in the film industry
  28. innovated something and it’s named after him
  29. had a food brand named after him
72

No bells yet for me.

73

I certainly have no idea.

74

Are you Duncan Hines?

75

That’s probably it. Great guess, DLR!

76

I would have never made that mental leap, but that’s probably the answer. Great job!

77

Dingdingding!

Yes, I am indeed

Duncan Hines

About whom more here: Duncan Hines - Wikipedia

Well done, DLR!

78

OK:

I am V.

79

IQs:

  1. Were you very recently outed as a lesbian?
  2. Did you write Candide?
  3. Did you blow up like a blueberry?
80

IQs:

Were you a barbarian foe of the Roman Empire?
Were you the first Latinx lawyer at McKenzie, Brackman?
Were you the first person to appear onscreen in David Lynch’s Dune?