Botticelli, September 2025

Thread Games
121

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
  8. Not known for politics
  9. Died before 2000
122

Jaxson Dart
Jameis Winston
Randy Jackson (Michael was the youngest of the Jackson 5; Randy joined after Jermaine departed, and they became The Jacksons)

DQs:

Known for business or industry?

2 DQs reserved

123

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
  8. Not known for politics
  9. Died before 2000
  10. Known for business or industry
124

IQs:

  1. Did you help found the Riverside Church in New York City?
  2. Are you #1’s father?
  3. Did you help save the U.S. monetary system during the Panic of 1907?
125

IQs:
1. Were you credited under the alias John Jay Smith for your guest role in “Lisa’s Birthday”?
2. Were you a North American president, but not of the US?
3. See you. See you run. Run you run?

126

Take 3 DQs.

Take 2 DQs.

  1. I am not Jack.
127

1 was Michael Jackson (not the beer expert, the other one); 2 was CSA president Jefferson Davis; 3 was Jane (unless there was a “Jack” in the Dick and Jane books).

DQs:
1. known for connection with company?
2. born before 1900?
3. first name begins from A-M?

128

Hmm. That’s a type of show, but not really a genre, I’d say. YMMV.

Previous IQs:

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

John x3!

Three DQs reserved.

IQs:

Did you build Kykuit, north of NYC?
Were you that person’s eldest son?
Were you a very rich guy lost when the Titanic sank?

129

#1 was John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
#2 of course was John D. Rockefeller.
#3 was J.P. Morgan.

3 DQs reserved.

130

IQs:

  1. Were you a long time cast member of Hee Haw?
  2. Following a successful NBA career, did you acquire Ebony and Jet magazines, as well as several fast-food franchises?
  3. Were you a former head of the DiMeo crime family who tried unsuccessfully to bump off his nephew?
131

IQs:
1. Did you ask the Lord to buy you a Mercedes-Benz?
2. Was Idlewild Airport renamed after you in December 1963?
3. Er, ah, are you Dan Castellanetta doing an impression of the above person?

132

[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:123, topic:1022694, full:true”]
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
  8. Not known for politics
  9. Died before 2000
  10. Known for business or industry
  11. Known in connection with a company
  12. Born before 1900
133

DLR we already know his first name starts with J (#3). Take another DQ.

Take 3 DQs.

  1. I am not Grandpa Jones.
    Take 2 DQs.
  1. I am not Janis Joplin.
  2. I am not John F. Kennedy.
  3. Take a DQ.
134
  1. I was looking for Junior Samples, but your answer is correct as well
  2. Junior Bridgeman
  3. Junior “Uncle Jun” Soprano

Junior x3!

DQs:

Company bears your name?
Company still in existence?

135

3 (impression) was Mayor Diamond Joe Quimby.

DQs:
1. last name begins from A-M?
2. born before 1850?

136

Previous IQs:

Did you build Kykuit, north of NYC? - John D. Rockefeller
Were you that person’s eldest son? - John D. Rockefeller Jr.
Were you a very rich guy lost when the Titanic sank? - John Jacob Astor

John [plutocrat] x3!

Six DQs reserved.

137

[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:132, topic:1022694”]
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
  8. Not known for politics
  9. Died before 2000
  10. Known for business or industry
  11. Known in connection with a company
  12. Born before 1900
  13. Company bears my name
  14. Company still in existence
  15. Last name begins with N-Z
  16. Born after 1850

EH has six DQs out, and there may be more, so that’s it for IQ’s. Please ask all remaining DQs by 8pm EDT tomorrow.

138

DQs:

Is now a manufacturing company?
Is a Fortune 500 company?
Corporate HQ east of the Miss. River?
Corporate HQ north of the Mason-Dixon Line?

Two DQs reserved.

139

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
  8. Not known for politics
  9. Died before 2000
  10. Known for business or industry
  11. Known in connection with a company
  12. Born before 1900
  13. Company bears my name
  14. Company still in existence
  15. Last name begins with N-Z
  16. Born after 1850
  17. Best known as retail stores, but has manufactured and does manufacture many of its own goods
  18. On the Fortune 500 list
  19. Corporate HQ west of the Mississippi River
  20. Corporate HQ south of the Mason-Dixon Line
140

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
  8. Not known for politics
  9. Died before 2000
  10. Known for business or industry
  11. Known in connection with a company
  12. Born before 1900
  13. Company bears my name
  14. Company still in existence
  15. Last name begins with N-Z
  16. Born after 1850
  17. Best known as retail stores, but many of their items are manufactured specifically for them
  18. On the Fortune 500 list
  19. Corporate HQ west of the Mississippi River
  20. Corporate HQ south of the Mason-Dixon Line

Correct 17 above.