Botticelli, September 2025

Thread Games
181

H

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. First name begins with H
  4. Dead
  5. Not known for the Arts
  6. American
  7. Died before 1980
  8. Last name begins from A-M
  9. Not known for politics/military
  10. Known for business
  11. Died after 1930
  12. Known for founding business
  13. Died after 1960
  14. First name is Harry, Harold, or Henry
  15. Business named for founder
182

The adventurous Harriet Nelson
Henry Huggins
“Professor” Harold Hill


DQ1: International business?
DQ2: A retail sales business?
Two DQs reserved.


IQ1: Was your name temporarily changed to Hanley?
IQ2: Were you a fictional polymath involved in a shipwreck?
IQ3: Were you known for failing an assasination attempt?

183

IQs:
1. Ooh wee ooh, did Rivers Cuomo look just like you?
2. Were you but mad north-northwest?
3. Were you a conductor on an underground railroad?

184

IQs:

  1. Is the next book about you, Twelve Months, due out in January?
  2. Did you battle Katnip?
  3. Did you star in the TV series, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir?
185

Previous IQs:

Were you a cadaverous FDR aide? - Louis Howe
Were you, too? - Harry Hopkins
Were you Lincoln’s top military advisor but did not, by 1865, hold any battlefield command? - Henry Halleck

DQ:

Best known for products used by women?

Two DQs reserved.

186

DQ
DQ
I am not David Hinkley

I am not Buddy Holly (I answered this upthread, in error)
DQ
I am not Harriet Tubman

187

DQ
DQ (Katnip? Did Mad Magazine parody The Hunger Games?)
I am not Hope Lange

188

H

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. First name begins with H
  4. Dead
  5. Not known for the Arts
  6. American
  7. Died before 1980
  8. Last name begins from A-M
  9. Not known for politics/military
  10. Known for business
  11. Died after 1930
  12. Known for founding business
  13. Died after 1960
  14. First name is Harry, Harold, or Henry
  15. Business named for founder
  16. Not primarily international business
  17. Not primarily retail business
  18. Not best known for products used by women
189

No more IQs, please.

Get your outstanding DQs in by Tuesday, noon CDT.

190

#1 is Harry Dresden.
#2 was Herman the Mouse. The Simpsons’ Itchy & Scratchy is based on Herman & Katnip.
Correct on Hope Lange.

DQs:

  1. Business still in operation?
  2. Business known for financial services?
191

Ralph Hinkley (Greatest American Hero)
Professor Roy Hinkley
close enough, I guess – John Hinckley

Hin(c)kley x3!


DQ: Business based in US?
Three DQs reserved.

192

Yes.

2 (“mad north-northwest”) was Hamlet.

1 DQ reserved.

193

H

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. First name begins with H
  4. Dead
  5. Not known for the Arts
  6. American
  7. Died before 1980
  8. Last name begins from A-M
  9. Not known for politics/military
  10. Known for business
  11. Died after 1930
  12. Known for founding business
  13. Died after 1960
  14. First name is Harry, Harold, or Henry
  15. Business named for founder
  16. Not primarily international business
  17. Not primarily retail business
  18. Not best known for products used by women
  19. Business still in operation
  20. Business not known for financial services
  21. Business based in US
194

DQ:

Business now best known for services, rather than manufacturing or production?

195

H

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. First name begins with H
  4. Dead
  5. Not known for the Arts
  6. American
  7. Died before 1980
  8. Last name begins from A-M
  9. Not known for politics/military
  10. Known for business
  11. Died after 1930
  12. Known for founding business
  13. Died after 1960
  14. First name is Harry, Harold, or Henry
  15. Business named for founder
  16. Not primarily international business
  17. Not primarily retail business
  18. Not best known for products used by women
  19. Business still in operation
  20. Business not known for financial services
  21. Business based in US
  22. Business now best known for services, rather than manufacturing or production
196

DQ1: Business best known for health/medical-related services?
Two DQs reserved.

197

H

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. First name begins with H
  4. Dead
  5. Not known for the Arts
  6. American
  7. Died before 1980
  8. Last name begins from A-M
  9. Not known for politics/military
  10. Known for business
  11. Died after 1930
  12. Known for founding business
  13. Died after 1960
  14. First name is Harry, Harold, or Henry
  15. Business named for founder
  16. Not primarily international business
  17. Not primarily retail business
  18. Not best known for products used by women
  19. Business still in operation
  20. Business not known for financial services
  21. Business based in US
  22. Business now best known for services, rather than manufacturing or production
  23. Business best known for health/medical-related services
198

Ask me First name/Lastname

199

Are you Henry Walgreen?

200

I am not Henry Walgreen.

Please get your Firstname/Lastname DQs in by 6 pm CDT, Wednesday, Sept 17.