Botticelli - Sept. 2020

Thread Games
201

Correct, Abner, and Correct.

DQ: Known from the Olympics?

202

IQs:

  1. Are you the king who married Esther (at least in the KJV translation)?
  2. Are you an Indianapolis 500 winner whose family is oft considered to be under a “curse”?
  3. Were you known as “the All-American Boy” on an Old Time Radio series?
203

Not Ahab, Al Unser or Jack (not Neil) Armstrong.

A.

  1. real
  2. male
  3. living
  4. first name starts with A
  5. born after 1960
  6. known for positive contributions
  7. not known for the arts
  8. has not, to my knowledge, been in the news in the past two years
  9. not known for politics
  10. born after 1980
  11. known from sports
  12. American
  13. partly known for team sport
  14. mixed race
  15. sport does not involve a round ball
  16. known from the Olympics
204

IQ.
Are you an Olympian living up to your namesake?

205

#1 was Ahasueras, better known extrabiblically as Xerxes I.
#2 is Michael Andretti, whose family is synonymous with the 500, but who haven’t won the race for something like 30 years.
Correct on Jack Armstrong.

DQs:

  1. Known from the Winter Olympics?
  2. Unusual first name?
206

Dunno.

A.

  1. real
  2. male
  3. living
  4. first name starts with A
  5. born after 1960
  6. known for positive contributions
  7. not known for the arts
  8. has not, to my knowledge, been in the news in the past two years
  9. not known for politics
  10. born after 1980
  11. known from sports
  12. American
  13. partly known for team sport
  14. mixed race
  15. sport does not involve a round ball
  16. known from the Olympics
  17. known from the Winter Olympics
  18. unusual first name
207

Apollo Ohno.

DQ
Sport done on snow?

208

Dingdingding! Yes, I am indeed

Apolo Ohno

The great American speed skater: Apolo Ohno - Wikipedia

Well done, MissTake! Please have a look at the list of recent letters (at post 105 above), and start our next round.

209

Thank you!
@Prof.Pepperwinkle seemed to have also figured it out, so well done us!

The next letter up is S

210

IQs:

Are the second-best-known person to hail from Steubenville, Ohio?
Were you his predecessor in office?
Was Thurlow Weed your trusted advisor?

211

Take 3 DQs

212
  1. Are you Galavant’s loyal squire?
  2. Are you the main character of Gail Carriger’s Finishing School books?
  3. Are you a fictional character who occasionally used the pseudonym Sebastian Tombs?
213
  1. Are you Galavant’s loyal squire?
  2. Are you the main character of Gail Carriger’s Finishing School books?
  3. Are you a fictional character who occasionally used the pseudonym Sebastian Tombs?
    I am not Sid
    ?
    I am not Simon Templar
214

Previous IQs:

Are the second-best-known person to hail from Steubenville, Ohio? - Dean Martin has to be the first; Lincoln’s SECWAR Edwin Stanton is the second
Were you his predecessor in office? - Simon Cameron
Was Thurlow Weed your trusted advisor? - Lincoln’s SECSTATE William H. Seward

DQs:

Real?
Male?
American?

IQs:

Were you the Tory good guy in Jeffrey Archer’s political thriller First Among Equals?
Did Alan Arkin play you in a political satire movie?
Did Mike Meyers play you, a little British boy, on SNL?

215

Correct
2. Sophronia Temminick
Correct

DQ:

Known for the arts?

216

DQs

  1. Real
  2. Female
  3. Born in America
  4. Not known for the Arts
217

?
I’m not Simon
I’m also not Simon

218

Well done, Miss Take! I hadn’t figured him out yet, but I was getting there.

IQs:

  1. Did you play Olive Oyl in the movie Popeye?
  2. Were you one of the two main male stars of Boston Legal?
  3. Were you the other?
219
  1. I am not Shelley Duvall
  2. I am not James Spader
  3. I am… Not… William… Shatner (You have to type as he would talk. It’s a requirement)
220

Swept… me…!

IQs:

  1. Were you the creator of pointillism?
  2. Are you Barney Google’s racehorse?
  3. Did you play Edna on Absolutely Fabulous?