Botticelli October 2023

Thread Games
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Jaenelle, Jellia Jamb, Jinjur.

3 DQs held.

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J

  1. Real
  2. First name begins with J
  3. Dead
  4. Male
  5. Not American
  6. European
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IQs:

  1. On the highly acclaimed titanium-enameled 1950’s BBC radio series The Goon Show, was your catchphrase “He’s fallen in the wa-ter.”?
  2. Were you a Pittsburgh steelworker who’s a hero of American fakelore [sic]?
  3. Would your husband, if alive, be really enthused to learn that Moscow had a snowless winter last year?
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J it is.

IQs:

Did you write, “Send not to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee”?
Did you joke about making a big announcement late at night on an empty street?
Were you that person’s second child?

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DQ
Not John Henry
DQ

Not John Dunne
2 DQs

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Previous IQs:

Did you write, “Send not to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee”? - Close enough; it was John Donne
Did you joke about making a big announcement late at night on an empty street? - JFK, saying that’s how he’d announce, peeking out his front door to be sure no reporters were around, that he’d decided to appoint RFK as Attorney General
Were you that person’s second child? - JFK Jr.

John x3!

DQs:

From the British Isles?
Died in or since 1900?

IQs:

Were you a politician who dated Linda Rondstadt?
Did you jump into a river from a helicopter for a TV show?
Did a music duo use your name to represent one half of the group, early in their career?

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Slow Moving Vehicle and I have unanswered questions, above.

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Sorry I missed these

Not John F Kennedy
Take 2 DQs

Not N.K. Jemisin
Not Jeremiah
Take a DQ

Not California governor Jerry Brown
DQ
Not Jerry as in Tom & Jerry AKA Simon and Garfunkel

I hope I got everybody

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J

  1. Real
  2. First name begins with J
  3. Dead
  4. Male
  5. Not American
  6. European
  7. From the British Isles
  8. Died in or since 1900
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2 was Joe Lansdale; 3 was Jane Krakowski.

DQs:
1. died after 1960?
2. known from the arts?

31

J

  1. Real
  2. First name begins with J
  3. Dead
  4. Male
  5. Not American
  6. European
  7. From the British Isles
  8. Died in or since 1900
  9. Died before 1960
  10. Known from the arts
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Correct on the first two. No. 3 was that living embodiment of the proverb “Fools rush on where angels fear to tread”, Lee-roooooooyy Jenk-ins.

DQ:

Known for the literary arts?

33

J

  1. Real
  2. First name begins with J
  3. Dead
  4. Male
  5. Not American
  6. European
  7. From the British Isles
  8. Died in or since 1900
  9. Died before 1960
  10. Known from the arts
  11. Not known for the literary arts
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DQs:

Known for the performing arts?

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IQs:
1. Did you and your family revolt against Antiochus?
2. Have you also written about Cormoran Strike?
3. Were you a GE executive and Liz’s boss on 30 Rock?
and played by an actor from Beetlejuice?

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J

  1. Real
  2. First name begins with J
  3. Dead
  4. Male
  5. Not American
  6. European
  7. From the British Isles
  8. Died in or since 1900
  9. Died before 1960
  10. Known from the arts
  11. Not known for the literary arts
  12. Known in part for the performing arts, but not as a performer
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DQ
Not Robert Galbraith AKA J.K. Rowling
DQ

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IQs:

  1. Were you a jazz pianist whose real name was Ferdinand La Mothe?
  2. According to Dante, is your soul in Hell, being chewed by on of Satan’s mouths?
  3. Were you a psychologist who developed ideas around introversion/extraversion and individuation?
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#1 is Little Jim.
#2 was not the railroader John Henry, but Joe Magarac, man of steel.
#3 was the Empress Josephine. Napoleon would have said, let’s go, boys!

DQs:

  1. Died since 1940?
  2. Known for music?

1 DQ reserved.

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1 was Judah Maccabee; 3 was Jack Donaghy.

2 DQs reserved.