Botticelli - Sept 2026

Thread Games
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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. Not known for state-level or lower (ie. county or city) politics
  12. Born before 1900
  13. Born after 1800

Added SCAdian’s DQ.

262

DQ: Known for being a jurist?

263

Swept me!

IQ:

Were you the only person to serve both as President and later as Chief Justice of the United States?
Were you buried in Marion, Ohio?
Were you relieved of command at the Battle of Five Forks?

264

IQs:
1. Were you a problem solver called in to help Jules and Vincent?
2. Were you “Carlos Danger”?
3. “Spieglein, Spieglein an der Wand…” Were you “die Schönste im ganzen Land”?

265

I am not William Howard Taft.
I’m guessing, just based on context, that this is Warren G. Harding. If not, take a DQ.
I am not Governeur Warren.

Take a DQ.
I am not Anthony Weiner.
Take another DQ.

266

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. Not known for state-level or lower (ie. county or city) politics
  12. Born before 1900
  13. Born after 1800
  14. Not known for being a jurist
267

Swept me again!

IQs:

Did you lose the Battle of Chickamauga?
Did you lead Faber College?
Did you have a horse named Nelson and a dog named Sweetlips?

268

1 (problem solver) was Winston Wolf, in Pulp Fiction; 2 (“Spieglein, Spieglein…”) was Schneewittchen/Snow White.

DQs:
#1. born after 1850?
#2. disappeared?

269

I am not William Rosecrans.
I am not Dean Wormer.
Take a bow and a DQ.

270

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. Not known for state-level or lower (ie. county or city) politics
  12. Born before 1900
  13. Born after 1800
  14. Not known for being a jurist
  15. Born after 1850
  16. Disappeared, but was not really a prominent person at the time of his disappearance, so no notice was made
271

IQs

  1. Did you play the Mad Hatter on the 1960s Batman TV show?
  2. Did you compose Classical Gas?
  3. Did you write Our Town?
272

Take a DQ and I am neither Mason Williams nor Thornton Wilder.

273

1 was David Wayne. Correct on the others.
DQ: held a cabinet post?

274

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. Not known for state-level or lower (ie. county or city) politics
  12. Born before 1900
  13. Born after 1800
  14. Not known for being a jurist
  15. Born after 1850
  16. Disappeared, but was not really a prominent person at the time of his disappearance, so no notice was made
  17. Did not hold a cabinet post
275

IQ1: Were you the last king of England?
IQ2: Did “Buzz and Buzz and keep it up” refer to you?
IQ3: Were you Edmund’s aunt?

276

IQs:
1. Were you Butch Coolidge?
2. Were you Jean Vander Pyl?
3. Did you lead the Peasants’ Revolt?

277
  1. Did you open your barbaric yawp?
  2. Did you eat someone else’s plums?
  3. Did you write poems about epic adventures?
278

Take 3 DQs.

Take 2 DQs and I am not Wat Tyler.

Take 3 DQs.

And that wraps it up for the IQs. Let’s have DQs asked by 6 p.m. CDT Sunday, September 27th.

279

1 was Bruce Willis, in Pulp Fiction; 2 was Wilma Flintstone.

DQs:
1. black?
2. known for religious activism?

280

Previous IQs:

Did you lose the Battle of Chickamauga? - Yes, Gen. William Rosecrans
Did you lead Faber College? - Yes, Dean Vernon Wormer
Did you have a horse named Nelson and a dog named Sweetlips? - George Washington

DQ:

Disappeared after 1900?

Ambrose Bierce, Judge Crater (who was a jurist) and Amelia Earhart are the only notable American disappearances I can think of, and none of them fit this guy’s clues.