Botticelli - Sept 2026

Thread Games
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IQs:

  1. Were you a burly henchman of Kananga, aka Mr. Big?
  2. Are you known for running through town, inquiring of children’s bedtimes?
  3. Were you the foil to Denise Huxtable in her spin-off series?
242

IQs:
1. Was your mother’s maiden name Ball?
2. Did you star in the TV pilot Fox Force Five?
3. Did you play George Wallace in History of the World, Part II?

243

Wally (Where’s Waldo is the American version)
correct
Sir Winston Churchill

DQ: Best known for military?
One DQ reserved.

Why waste a perfectly good IQ? Just ask it again: “You are not Willis Reed; were you part of the NY Knicks’ first two NBA championships?”

244

Take a DQ, I am not Wee Willie Winkie, and take another DQ.

Take 3 DQs and enjoy your sweep.

W

  1. Real
  2. Dead
  3. First name begins with W
  4. Not known from the arts
  5. Died before 1950
  6. American
  7. Known from politics or the military
  8. Not known from the military
245

IQs

  1. Were you a POTUS?
  2. Were you a POTUS?
  3. Were you a POTUS?
246

I am not William Henry Harrison.
I am not William McKinley.
I am not Woodrow Wilson.

247

1 was George Washington; 2 was Mia Wallace, in Pulp Fiction; 3 was George Wallace.

DQs:
1. died before 1875?
2. best known for elected office?
3. last name begins from A-M?

248
  1. Whisper (Live and Let Die)
  2. Correct
  3. Whitley Gilbert (A Different World)

2 DQs reserved

249

I didn’t know I could rephrase the question if the answer fit the parameters of the question asked.

250

W

  1. Real
  2. Dead
  3. First name begins with W
  4. Not known from the arts
  5. Date of death unknown
  6. American
  7. Known from politics or the military
  8. Not known from the military
  9. Not best known for elected office
  10. Last name begins from A-M

@De_La_Rue , I’m kicking your DQ back to you because I need to revise DQ #5.

All, please note change to DQ #5.

I think @SCAdian is suggesting you ask the question again in your next batch of IQs, slightly modified to exclude the first answer you were given. Clever!

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Yes, in the past we’ve allowed up to three rephrasings of a question if the Botticelli Master gives you an accurate answer, but not for the person of whom you were thinking.

W it is.

IQs:

Were you Lincoln’s SECSTATE?
Were you a noted British abolitionist with an alliterative name?
Did Mel Gibson play you in a kilt?

252

I am not William Seward.
I am not William Wilberforce.
I am not William Wallace.

William x 3!

253

DQ: Known for state-level or lower (ie, county or city) politics?

You mean “Not William x3!”

254

DQ: born after 1900?

255

Thanks to all for the input!

IQs:

  1. Did your death inspire your son to become a crime fighter?
  2. Are you constantly thwarted in your attempts to capture a particularly fast opponent?
  3. Are you romantically involved with a non-human being?
256

IQs:
1. Did you throw Tony Rocky Horror out a four-story window?
2. Were you the widow of an arms company executive who built an enormous, rambling mansion in California?
3. Did you create this?

257

I am not Martha Wayne.
I am not Wile E. Coyote.
I am not… uhh, lots of science fiction to choose from… Will Riker?

Take a DQ.
I am not… Sonia (?) Winchester?
I am not Josh Wardle.

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W

  1. Real
  2. Dead
  3. First name begins with W
  4. Not known from the arts
  5. Date of death unknown
  6. American
  7. Known from politics or the military
  8. Not known from the military
  9. Not best known for elected office
  10. Last name begins from A-M
  11. Born before 1900
259

1 was Marcellus Wallace, in Pulp Fiction; close enough on Sarah Winchester.

DQ: born after 1800?

260

Correct, correct, and Wanda Maximoff (she’s either married to, or paired with Vision)

1 DQ reserved