Botticelli - October 2025

Thread Games
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IQs:
1. Is a New Jersey service area named after you?
2. Speaking of people New Jersey service areas are named after, were you the new principal at Vince Lombardi High in Rock ‘n’ Roll High School?
3. Did Vampira sue you given the similarity of your character (and did you later claim that the Sabrina the Teenage Witch show ripped off your TV sitcom pilot, which also had two aunts and a talking black cat)?

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DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Last name starts with E
  4. Dead
  5. Not American
  6. Known for the Arts
  7. Not known for the performing arts
  8. Died before 2000
  9. European
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  1. I am not Eminem.
  2. Take a DQ.
  3. Always the same, take a DQ.

Take 2 DQs.
3. I am not Elvira, Mistress of the Dark

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1 was Thomas Edison; 2 was Evelyn Togar.

DQs:
1. known for the literary arts?
2. died before 1900?

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Yes, Eminem - and Embeth Davidtz, and Queen Elizabeth I.

Two DQs reserved.

IQs:

Were you Lincoln’s first AG?
Were you his second SECWAR?
Did you say that you had made two mistakes, and both of them were on the Supreme Court?

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DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Last name starts with E
  4. Dead
  5. Not American
  6. Known for the Arts
  7. Not known for the performing arts
  8. Died before 2000
  9. European
  10. Not known for the literary arts
  11. Died after 1900
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  1. Take a DQ.
  2. I am not Edwin Stanton.
  3. I am not Dwight D. Eisenhower (??)
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DQ: Known for the fine arts?

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DQs:

First name begins with A-L?
Died after 1950?

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IQs:

  1. Are you typically associated with Aeschylus and Sophocles?
  2. Did you write the script for Grave Robbers from Outer Space?
  3. Did you song reach number one on US Billboard, US Country, and US Adult Contemporary charts in 1980?
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  1. Did you play the female co-star in Under Siege?
  2. Did you write, among other books, The Saturdays?
  3. Did you write, among other books, Half-Magic?
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IQs:
1. Did you write Is Sex Necessary?
2. Did you inspire characters in Psycho, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and The Silence of the Lambs?
3. Did you go to the Good Place?

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DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Last name starts with E
  4. Dead
  5. Not American
  6. Known for the Arts
  7. Not known for the performing arts
  8. Died before 2000
  9. European
  10. Not known for the literary arts
  11. Died after 1900
  12. Known for the fine arts
  13. First name begins with M - Z
  14. Died after 1950
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  1. I am not Euripides.
    Take 2 DQs.

Take 3 DQs.

  1. I am not E. B. White.
    Take 2 DQs.
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IQs:

  1. Were you the model for the “Gibson Girl?”
  2. Did you deny the utility of a cape for a superhero?
  3. Did you play the officer in charge of a basic training platoon?
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#1. I am not Camille Clifford, who doesn’t start with an E.
#2. I am not Edna Mode.
#3. Take a DQ.

This puts us over 20 DQs. So, please, no more IQs. Please ask all remaining DQs by 8 pm EDT tomorrow.

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Correct
Ed Wood, jr. (the original script and title for Plan 9 from Outer Space)
Eddie Rabbit (“I Love a Rainy Night”)

DQ: Best known for painting?

1 DQ reserved

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Erika Eleniak, Elizabeth Enright, Edward Eager

DQ:

  1. From a Germanic speaking country?
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Ah, there were several Gibson Girls models, it turns out, but the one I was thinking of was Evelyn Nesbit.
Correct on #2
#3 was Eileen Brennan in Private Benjamin.

1 DQ reserved.

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DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. Last name starts with E
  4. Dead
  5. Not American
  6. Known for the Arts
  7. Not known for the performing arts
  8. Died before 2000
  9. European
  10. Not known for the literary arts
  11. Died after 1900
  12. Known for the fine arts
  13. First name begins with M - Z
  14. Died after 1950
  15. Not best known for painting
  16. From a Germanic speaking country