# Botticelli - April, 2013 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [April 4, 2013, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2013/654789 "2013-04-04T01:10:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2013, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2013/654789/1 "2013-04-04T01:10:19Z")
Sticking with our (mostly) alphabetical run, our next letter is: **N** Have at it! ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2013, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2013/654789/2 "2013-04-04T01:44:36Z")
IQ: Were you President of Egypt? ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2013, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2013/654789/3 "2013-04-04T02:09:56Z")
Is this one going to be someone I’ve actually heard of? IQ1: Did you write stories set in the Dipple? IQ2: Did you play a butler who doubled as gardener to keep your employer from knowing how bad finances were? IQ3: Do you draw a webcomic, the cast of which includes a snow leopard, a skunk and an assortment of foxes? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2013, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2013/654789/4 "2013-04-04T02:20:18Z")
IQ: Are you a prominent Israeli politician? ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2013, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2013/654789/5 "2013-04-04T02:53:16Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Were you President of Egypt? > IQ: Are you a prominent Israeli politician? Not Nasser or Netanyahu. > [@SCAdian](#): > > Is this one going to be someone I’ve actually heard of? If I knew, I’d tell you. Maybe? > [@](#): > > IQ1: Did you write stories set in the Dipple? > IQ2: Did you play a butler who doubled as gardener to keep your employer from knowing how bad finances were? > IQ3: Do you draw a webcomic, the cast of which includes a snow leopard, a skunk and an assortment of foxes? No idea - 3 DQs. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2013, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2013/654789/6 "2013-04-04T03:09:18Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Is this one going to be someone I’ve actually heard of? > [@Enginerd](#): > > If I knew, I’d tell you. Maybe? 😃 > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you write stories set in the Dipple? > IQ2: Did you play a butler who doubled as gardener to keep your employer from knowing how bad finances were? > IQ3: Do you draw a webcomic, the cast of which includes a snow leopard, a skunk and an assortment of foxes? > [@Enginerd](#): > > No idea - 3 DQs. Andre Norton. David Niven, in _Candleshoe_. Doc Nickel, of _[The Whiteboard](http://www.the-whiteboard.com/)_. DQ1: Real? DQ2: Male? DQ3: American? ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2013, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2013/654789/7 "2013-04-04T03:13:50Z")
DQs for N: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Not American ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2013, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2013/654789/8 "2013-04-04T13:24:48Z")
IQs: Were you at the center of a Gilded Age NYC sex scandal? Were you executed after a major fire swept through NYC, even though you were not directly implicated in its origin? Did a dog possibly save your life by barking? ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2013, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2013/654789/9 "2013-04-04T14:55:55Z")
**EH** - three DQs for you! ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2013, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2013/654789/10 "2013-04-04T17:35:11Z")
IQ: Did Charlie Brown mention you while handing out scripts for the Christmas play? ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2013, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2013/654789/11 "2013-04-05T01:52:09Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Did Charlie Brown mention you while handing out scripts for the Christmas play? No idea - take a DQ. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2013, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2013/654789/12 "2013-04-05T04:09:06Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you at the center of a Gilded Age NYC sex scandal? > Were you executed after a major fire swept through NYC, even though you were not directly implicated in its origin? > Did a dog possibly save your life by barking? Evelyn Nesbit. Nathan Hale. Niles Crane: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mWiPaQ872c](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mWiPaQ872c) DQs: Last name start with N? European? Living? IQs: Is your most famous public remark almost always made G-rated? Did you write _The Time Traveler’s Wife_? Were you the bad guy in a long-running pizza ad campaign? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2013, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2013/654789/13 "2013-04-05T05:47:30Z")
Going for Nebuchannezar DQ: World leader? ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2013, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2013/654789/14 "2013-04-05T11:33:22Z")
DQs for N: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Not American 4. First name starts with N 5. Not European 6. Dead 7. Not a world leader ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2013, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2013/654789/15 "2013-04-05T11:35:15Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Is your most famous public remark almost always made G-rated? > Did you write _The Time Traveler’s Wife_? > Were you the bad guy in a long-running pizza ad campaign? Not John Nance Garner (“warm piss” vs. “warm spit”) or the Noid. DQ for the author. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2013, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2013/654789/16 "2013-04-05T13:57:36Z")
IQs: 1. Are you a Cuban poet who won the Stalin Peace Prize? 2. Are you a Hebrew prophet whose writings are usually paired with Ezra’s? ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2013, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2013/654789/17 "2013-04-05T15:36:10Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you a Cuban poet who won the Stalin Peace Prize? > 2. Are you a Hebrew prophet whose writings are usually paired with Ezra’s? No idea - two DQs for you. Welcome to the game, **Prof**! ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2013, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2013/654789/18 "2013-04-05T15:56:23Z")
Thanks! The poet is Nicolas Guillen; the prophet is Nehemiah. DQs: 1. Were you alive before the 16th Century? 2. Are you Asian? ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2013, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2013/654789/19 "2013-04-05T16:16:25Z")
DQs for N: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Not American 4. First name starts with N 5. Not European 6. Dead 7. Not a world leader 8. Born after 1 January 1500 (I’m better with dates than centuries - hope that’s ok) 9. Not Asian ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2013, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2013/654789/20 "2013-04-05T16:43:39Z")
> [@Enginerd](#): > > Not John Nance Garner (“warm piss” vs. “warm spit”) or the Noid. DQ for the author. Correct as to both. _The Time Traveler’s Wife_ was written by Audrey Niffenegger. DQ: Native of the Southern Hemisphere? IQs: Did you add an enduring “curl” to attire in your profession? Did you marry a French dancer/choreographer? Did Jonathan Demme co-produce a biopic about you? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2013/654789.md?page=2)