Botticelli - Oct 2026

Thread Games
261

1 was Rahm Emanuel; 2 was Zelda Rubinstein; 3 was Red Death.

DQs:
1. created after 1945?
2. European creator?
3. main character?

262

IQs:
1. Were you The Bad Seed?
2. Did you found Bain Capital?
3. Michael Lerner was also in Anguish. Did he play a character named after and resembling you, in the 1998 Godzilla?

263
  1. Ronald Colman (A Double Life)
  2. Ronald McDonald (Willard Scott, aka Bozo the Clown)
  3. Ronald Reagan (Robert – or “Bob”, as he was called – Hope was in USO shows and not part of the task force, which focused on military details and not as much entertainment.)

Ronald x3!

3 DQs reserved

264

DQs

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. First name starts with R
  4. Human
  5. First appeared in prose fiction
  6. Creator not American
  7. Created before 1945
  8. European creator
  9. Supporting character
265

DQs:

Appeared before 1900?
Caucasian?

1 DQ reserved

266

DQs

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. First name starts with R
  4. Human
  5. First appeared in prose fiction
  6. Creator not American
  7. Created before 1945
  8. European creator
  9. Supporting character
  10. Created after 1900
  11. Caucasian
267

IQs:

  1. Did you and your wife star in an eponymous titled series, based on a BritCom spinoff of a popular British series?
  2. Did you appear for the third time, after a 17-year absence from the big screen?
  3. Did you debut in Jackpot Comics #5?
268
  1. I am not Raymond Burr.
    Take 2 DQs.

Take 2 DQs .

269

1 was Rhoda Penmark; 2 was Mitt Romney; 3 was Roger Ebert.

DQs:
1. originally from a novel?
2. created after 1923?
3. creator from continental Europe?

270

DQs

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. First name starts with R
  4. Human
  5. First appeared in prose fiction
  6. Creator not American
  7. Created before 1945
  8. European creator
  9. Supporting character
  10. Created after 1900
  11. Caucasian
  12. Originally published as a serial, then released as a novel
  13. Created before 1923
  14. Creator from continental Europe
271
  1. Did you play a sleazy lawyer in Chicago?
  2. Were you a client of that sleazy lawyer?
  3. Did you play #2?
272

IQs:
1. Were you chosen for the Jury of the Damned, despite protesting that (as of 1993) you weren’t dead? Arrrooooo! (No, wait, that’s another show.)
2. Were you Minnie Castevet in Rosemary’s Baby?
3. In the novel The Analyst, were you someone with a connection to Dr. Frederick Starks’ past, who wrote him a letter threatening to kill one of his relatives unless, like in the fairy tale you took your alias from, he could figure out your real name? (Said fairy tale character was also the villain of a 1995 horror movie, played by Deep Space 9’s Max Grodenchik in heavy makeup.)

273

Previous IQs:

Did you live in the eaves of Rhosgobel? - Yes, Radagast the Brown, in the Middle-earth writings of J.R.R. Tolkien
Were you the best-known person from Dixon, Ill.? - Ronald Reagan
Did you lose the Battle of Chickamauga? - Gen. William Rosecrans, during the Civil War

DQs:

Creator was a native speaker of a Germanic language?
Character was a “good guy”?

IQs:

Did you succeed MacArthur as the U.S. military commander in Korea?
Were Joffrey and Tommen not actually your sons?
Did you play a bar owner, a loving nephew and a quirky diplomat?

274
  1. I am not Richard Gere.
  2. I am not Roxie Hart.
  3. I am not Renee Zelwegger.
  1. I am not Ruth Gordon.
    Take 2 DQs.

Take 3 DQs.

275

DQs

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. First name starts with R
  4. Human
  5. First appeared in prose fiction
  6. Creator not American
  7. Created before 1945
  8. European creator
  9. Supporting character
  10. Created after 1900
  11. Caucasian
  12. Originally published as a serial, then released as a novel
  13. Created before 1923
  14. Creator from continental Europe
  15. Creator was not a native speaker of a Germanic language
  16. Character is a good guy.
276

1 (Jury of the Damned) was Richard Nixon, in the “Treehouse of Horror IV” segment “The Devil and Homer Simpson”; 3 (“…unless, like in the fairy tale you took your alias from, he could figure out your real name”) was Rumpelstiltskin.

DQ: creator was French?

One DQ reserved.

277
  1. Stanley Roper and his wife, Helen (The Ropers, a spinoff from Three’s Company, which was based on the BritCom Man About the House and its spinoff, George and Mildred)
  2. Regan MacNeil, The Exorcist, The Exorcist II, and The Exorcist III
  3. Reggie Mantle

DQs:

Has appeared in movies or TV?
Is an associate or sidekick to main character/s?

2 DQs reserved

278

DQs

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. First name starts with R
  4. Human
  5. First appeared in prose fiction
  6. Creator not American
  7. Created before 1945
  8. European creator
  9. Supporting character
  10. Created after 1900
  11. Caucasian
  12. Originally published as a serial, then released as a novel
  13. Created before 1923
  14. Creator from continental Europe
  15. Creator was not a native speaker of a Germanic language
  16. Character is a good guy.
  17. French creator
  18. Has appeared in Movies and TV
  19. Is the adversary to the main character

There are enough outstanding DQs to pass 20, so no more IQs. Please ask any remaiming DQs by noon EDT tomorrow.

If you have gotten a DQ this game you may ask your “Are you…?” question at any time.

279

DQ: main character has a sinister reputation?

280

DQs

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. First name starts with R
  4. Human
  5. First appeared in prose fiction
  6. Creator not American
  7. Created before 1945
  8. European creator
  9. Supporting character
  10. Created after 1900
  11. Caucasian
  12. Originally published as a serial, then released as a novel
  13. Created before 1923
  14. Creator from continental Europe
  15. Creator was not a native speaker of a Germanic language
  16. Character is a good guy.
  17. French creator
  18. Has appeared in Movies and TV
  19. Is the adversary to the main character
  20. Main character has a sinister reputation