Botticelli, September 2025

Thread Games
101

DQs:
1. fictional
2. not from a novel
4. female
5. American creators
6. first appeared after 1945
7. side character
8. Caucasian, sort of
9. not from a movie
10. from a genre
11. last name begins with K
12. first appeared after 1985
13. cartoon or comic book character
14. first appeared before 2010
15. American character
16. has been married, has had a steady boyfriend
17. not originally from comic books/comic strips
18. not considered attractive
19. not from SF or fantasy

102

IQ: were you Bart Simpson’s long-time school teacher?

103

Hah! I am indeed Ms. Edna Krabappel. Chosen because it’s September and school has started.

Next game goes to the Prof.

104

The "sort of Caucasian " was the giveaway for me.

Next, I am

J!

105

IQs:
1. Were you a British beer expert?
2. Did you cook up a recipe for shark repellent?
3. Did you play a woman married to an astronaut in “Deep Space Homer”?

106

“Sort of” had me thinking they might be alien. Good job sussing that one!

IQs:

  1. Are you a teased character yet to appear in DCU movies?
  2. Did you employ Peter Parker?
  3. Were you the bratty little sister in a popular sitcom family, who grew up and got her own sitcom?
107

Good one, Prof! I was thinking alien as well.

On to J!

  1. Did you paint canvases using drips and splashes?
  2. Were you one of the original MTV VJs?
  3. Did you play an outfielder who tried to kill the Queen?
108

Well done once more, Prof. P.!

As to DQ 10, DLR, in what genre do you consider The Simpsons to be?

On to J.

IQs:

Were you one of Lincoln’s two personal White House aides?
Were you the other one?
Allegedly jealous of your status, were you slow to welcome President George Washington to Boston?

109

Take 3 DQs.

#2. I am not J. Jonah Jameson.
Take 2 DQs.

I should remember the first two, but not this morning.
Take 3 DQs.

  1. I am not Jack the Dripper, Jackson Pollock.
    Take 2 DQs.
110

1 was Michael Jackson; 2 was Julia Child; 3 was Julie Kavner.

DQs:
1. real?
2. male?
3. first name begins with J?

Family sitcom.

111

DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. First name begins with J
112
  1. J’onn J’onnz, the Martian Manhunter
  2. Correct
  3. Joanie Cunningham (Happy Days, Joanie Loves Chachi)

DQs:

American?
Born after 1950?

113

DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. First name begins with J
  4. American
  5. Born before 1950
114

IQs:

  1. Are you set to replace Russell Wilson of the NFL’s New York Giants?
  2. Are you also ready to replace the same player?
  3. Are you the youngest member of hit 70s group, The Jacksons?
115

#3. I am not Michael Jackson. Take 2 DQs.

116

Correct on #1.
#2 was Triple-J, J.J. Jackson.
#3 was Reggie Jackson in The Naked Gun.

Jackson x 3!

DQs:

Alive?
Known for the arts?

117

IQs:
1. Were you the movie’s title character, played by David Huddleston?
2. Were you the dude he was confused with?
3. Were you appointed to the US Supreme Court by Joe Biden?

118

DQs:

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. First name begins with J
  4. American
  5. Born before 1950
  6. Dead
  7. Not known for the Arts
119

#3. I am not Justice Ketangi Jackson.
Take 2 DQs.

120

1 was Jeffrey Lebowski, in The Big Lebowski; 2 was Jeffrey “the Dude” Lebowski.

DQs:
1. known from politics?
2. died before 2000?