Botticelli, September 2025

Thread Games
221

I am not M, and I am not M (and do not dial me for murder).
I am not… General Holland M. “Howling Mad” Smith?

I am not Dolley Madison.
Take 2 DQs.

I am not Mary Baker Eddy.
I am not Groucho Marx.
Take a DQ.

222

M

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. First and last name begin with M
  4. Living
223

Correct
Moose Miller
Moosie Drier

224

DQs:

Known for the Arts?
Born after 1950?

225

3 (cloned) was Mickey, in the movie Mickey 17.

3 DQs reserved.

226

M

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. First and last name begin with M
  4. Living
  5. Known for the arts
  6. Born after Jan. 1, 1950
227

Correct, correct, and Gen. Mark Clark.

DQ:

Best known for the performing arts?

IQs:

Did you play Le Chiffre in the most recent Casino Royale?
Were you a gangster who corresponded with a vampire?
Were you a former SS man and current assassin in The ODESSA File?

228

IQs:
1. Did you and your twin brother stay with your great-uncle in the town of Gravity Falls for the summer?
2. Do you think it’s a marvelous night for a moondance?
3. Did you say “hey” whenever you couldn’t remember your teammates’ names?

DQs:
1. American?
2. born after 1975?

1 DQ reserved.

229

IQs:

  1. Did you battle Oil-Can Harry?
  2. Were you the voice of Eccles on the slightly rubberized, modestly impaired, transfulgently winsome 1950’s BBC all-talking radio series The Goon Show?
  3. Did you occasionally bombard Capt. Kangaroo with ping pong balls?
230
  1. Did you write Bimbos of the Death Sun?
  2. Were you Tom Selleck’s most famous role?
  3. Were you and your sister Olive captured by Indians?
231

If the gangster isn’t Meyer Lansky, take 3 DQs.

Take a DQ.
I am not Van Morrison.
I am not Willie Mays.

Take 2 DQs.
I am not… Mister Green Jeans?

Take a DQ.
I am not Thomas Magnum.
I am not… Carla Munro?

232

M

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. First and last name begin with M
  4. Living
  5. Known for the arts
  6. Born after Jan. 1, 1950
  7. Best known for the perfoming arts
  8. American
  9. Born before 1975
233

IQs:

  1. Did you husband refer to you as “Midge”?
  2. Were fans of your talk show known as “Loudmouths”?
  3. Were you one of Superman’s super-villains (and I use that term sparingly) who was played by Howie Mandel, Gilbert Gottfried, and Michael J. Pollard, among others?
234

IQ1: Was your nickname derived from your dog’s name?
IQ2: Did you found the Foursquare Church?
IQ3: Are you a fictional blind lawyer?

235

1 (stayed with great-uncle) was Mabel Pines.

DQs:
1. born before 1962?
2. known for acting?

IQs:
1. Did you play a contemporary woman who falls in love with a Victorian-era time traveler in a 1979 movie, and then a Victorian-era woman who falls in love with a contemporary time traveler in a 1990 movie?
2. Did you play the time traveler (and real-life person) in that 1979 movie?
3. You and your girlfriend aren’t the problem in the future, but is it your kids–something has gotta be done about your kids?

236

Take 2 DQs and a I am not Mr. Mxyzqktlp (or something like that)

Take a DQ.
I am not Aimee Semple McPherson.
I am not Matt Murdock.

I am not Mary Steenburgen.
I am not Malcolm McDowell.
I am not Marty McFly.

237

M

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. First and last name begin with M
  4. Living
  5. Known for the arts
  6. Born after Jan. 1, 1950
  7. Best known for the perfoming arts
  8. American
  9. Born before 1975
  10. Born before 1962
  11. Not known for acting
238

#1 was Mighty Mouse.
#2 was Spike Milligan.
#3 was Mr. Moose.

3 DQs reserved.

239

Marion “Duke” Morrison
correct
correct


DQ: Musician (vocal or instrumental)?


IQ1: Were you a Mexican general who invaded the United States and captured the Alamo?
IQ2: Do you blow the stars around?
IQ3: Were you one of the Monsters of the Moors?

240

Sharyn McCrumb, correct, Mary Ann Oatman

DQs:

  1. Caucasian?
  2. Known for dance?