Botticelli - October 2024

Thread Games
181

DQ: Known for sports?

182

DQ: first name is Katherine or some variation?

1 DQ reserved.

183

K

  1. Real
  2. Female
  3. First name starts with K
  4. Dead
  5. American
  6. Died after 1900
  7. Not known from the arts
  8. Last name begins M-Z
  9. Did not die after 2000
  10. Not known from politics
  11. Not known from science
  12. Not known for business
  13. Did not die before 1950
  14. Common first name
  15. Did not have a famous husband
  16. Not known for activism
  17. Born east of the Mississippi River
  18. Not known for sports
  19. First name actually is a variation on Katherine, though most people probably don’t think of it as such


By my count EH has three reserved DQs, knoodler and SMV have two each; and DLR has one.

184

DQs:

  1. Known for education?
  2. Known for fashion?
185

K

1. Real
2. Female
3. First name starts with K
4. Dead
5. American
6. Died after 1900
7. Not known from the arts
8. Last name begins M-Z
9. Did not die after 2000
10. Not known from politics
11. Not known from science
12. Not known for business
13. Did not die before 1950
14. Common first name
15. Did not have a famous husband
16. Not known for activism
17. Born east of the Mississippi River
18. Not known for sports
19. First name actually is a variation on Katherine, though most people probably don’t think of it as such
20. Not known for education
21. Not known for fashion


By my count EH has three reserved DQs, SMV has two, and DLR has one.

186

Previous IQs:

Have you played a member of the British intelligence community twice, once in a movie set during WWII and another set much more recently? - Keira Knightley, in The Imitation Game and Official Secrets
Did Jeremy Northam and Mark Strong both play you, a good guy? - Mr. Knightley, in different movie adaptations of Jane Austen’s Emma
According to Robert Lawson, was your cat a particularly skilled mouser who liked rum? - Yes, the title character in Capt. Kidd’s Cat, whose cat McDermot turned out to be one of his few true friends

DQ:

Famous for crime?
Famous for a single incident?

Three DQs reserved.

187

K

  1. Real
  2. Female
  3. First name starts with K
  4. Dead
  5. American
  6. Died after 1900
  7. Not known from the arts
  8. Last name begins M-Z
  9. Did not die after 2000
  10. Not known from politics
  11. Not known from science
  12. Not known for business
  13. Did not die before 1950
  14. Common first name
  15. Did not have a famous husband
  16. Not known for activism
  17. Born east of the Mississippi River
  18. Not known for sports
  19. First name actually is a variation on Katherine, though most people probably don’t think of it as such
  20. Not known for education
  21. Not known for fashion
  22. Not famous for crime?
  23. Famous for a couple of very closely related incidents, such that I’m not really sure if the answer to this DQ is ‘yes’ or ‘no’
188

By my count you only have one left.

Post 151: +3 (IQs about JFK et al) = 3
Post 172: -2 (DQs about activism and Mississippi) = 1
Post 173: +2 (IQs about actor and roles) = 3
Post 186: -2 (IQs about crime and incidents) = 1

189

Twelve hours to go!

SMV has one reserved DQ, EH and DLR have one each.

190

Is the question mark intentional on DQ22?

191

ZUG (No).

192

Final DQ: died after 1975?

193

I have two reserved DQs.

194

DQs:

  1. First name “Kitty”?
  2. Known for something scandalous?
195

Thanks, SMV. Can’t figure out who this lady is. I yield my single remaining earned DQ to whoever would like to ask it.

196

EH’s DQ: Died as a result of the incidents in DQ23?

197

Post 145: +3
Post 158: +2 = 5

Apparently we were both wrong – you had five.

Post 194: -2 = 3

198

K

1. Real
2. Female
3. First name starts with K
4. Dead
5. American
6. Died after 1900
7. Not known from the arts
8. Last name begins M-Z
9. Did not die after 2000
10. Not known from politics
11. Not known from science
12. Not known for business
13. Did not die before 1950
14. Common first name
15. Did not have a famous husband
16. Not known for activism
17. Born east of the Mississippi River
18. Not known for sports
19. First name actually is a variation on Katherine, though most people probably don’t think of it as such
20. Not known for education
21. Not known for fashion
22. Not famous for crime
23. Famous for a couple of very closely related incidents, such that I’m not really sure if the answer to this DQ is ‘yes’ or ‘no’
24. Died after 1975
25. First name is not “Kitty”
26. Not known for something scandalous
27. Died as a result of the incidents in DQ23


Four hours…

199

So much for Kitty Genovese.

200

DQ 8. :smiley:


DLR has used his last DQ, and the Prof has used EH’s. Waiting on SMV.