Botticelli, September 2025

Thread Games
161

#1 was Howard Hesseman. Correct on #2. #3 was MGen Oliver Otis Howard.

Howard x3!

DQ:
Known for politics/military?

1 DQ reserved.

162

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
163

Good job, knoodler!

IQs:

Were you a cadaverous FDR aide?
Were you, too?
Were you Lincoln’s top military advisor but did not, by 1865, hold any battlefield command?

164

IQs:
1. Do you have a newspaper column with helpful household hints?
2. Are your company’s products finger-lickin’ good?
3. Does the number 53 appear in a circle on your hood?

165

Take 3 DQs

I am not Heloise Lastname, with hints.
I am not the venerable Colonel Harlan Sanders.
I am not Herbie, the Love Bug.

166

IQ1: Were you Eric and David’s mother?
IQ2: Did you have a dog named Ribsy?
IQ3: Did you sell bands?

167

A clean sweep!

IQs:
1. Were you the “tenth man” on the US Supreme Court?
2. Are you the eloquent but unreliable narrator narrator of Lolita?
3. Did you star in The Sessions, What Women Want, and Mad About You?

168

DQ
I am not Hubert Humbert
I am not Helen Hunt

169

DQ: Known for business?

170

1 was Learned Hand.

DQ: died before 1930?

171

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
172

IQs:
1. Are you the first person mentioned in “We Didn’t Start the Fire”?
2. Did you write about the Banality of Evil?
3. Are you Mike Mignola’s most famous character?

173

I am not… Buddy Holly?
DQ
DQ

174

1 was Harry Truman; 2 was Hannah Arendt; 3 was Hellboy.

DQs:
1. known for founding business?
2. died after 1960?
3. first name is Harry, Harold, or Henry?

175

Ahem…

176

Sorry!

3 DQs

177

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
178

IQs:

  1. Were you the first member of SNL’s Five Timers Club?
  2. Were you a fullback who first played professional football in the CFL, but had your best seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers?
  3. Were you a New York lawyer played by Harrison Ford in a title role?
179

I am not Buck Henry
DQ
I am not Henry Lastname (Regarding Henry)

180

Correct on 1 & 3 (Henry Turner).
#2 was John Henry Johnson.

Henry x3!

DQ: Business was named for founder?