# Botticelli - April 2021 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [April 3, 2021, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348 "2021-04-03T21:37:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**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 22, 2021, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/221 "2021-04-22T17:10:40Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > > 1. Did you play a P.O.W. on _Hogan’s Heroes_ ? > > > 2. Did you write the play _Picnic_ ? > > > 3. Did you write _Chitty Chitty Bang Bang_ ? > > 1. Oh, crap, I think this is the guy SCAdian mentioned earlier. Ivan Something? Or is Ivan the first name of the character? > 2. Take a DQ. > 3. I am not Ian Fleming. #1 was Ivan Dixon. #2 was William Inge. Correct on #3. DQs: 1. Last name starts with I? 2. Living? ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2021, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/222 "2021-04-22T17:29:31Z")
IQ1: Did you ask Sam to play “As Time Goes By”? IQ2: Did you portray the answer to IQ1? IQ3: Did you direct _The Seventh Seal_? ---
**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 22, 2021, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/223 "2021-04-22T19:49:26Z")
Swept me! IQs: A European, was a prominent American university named after you? Were you Sid Caesar’s comedic sidekick? Did you fall in love with King Arthur’s saddest knight? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2021, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/224 "2021-04-22T20:50:34Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Did you ask Sam to play “As Time Goes By”? > IQ2: Did you portray the answer to IQ1? > IQ3: Did you direct _The Seventh Seal_? IQ1: I am not Ilsa Lund. IQ2: I am not Ingrid Bergman. IQ3: I am not Ingmar Bergman. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > A European, was a prominent American university named after you? > Were you Sid Caesar’s comedic sidekick? > Did you fall in love with King Arthur’s saddest knight? Respectively: I am not Ignatius of Loyola. I am not Imogene Coca. I am not Isolde? DQs 1. real 2. female 3. last name does not start with I 4. dead ---
**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 22, 2021, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/225 "2021-04-22T20:53:45Z")
IQs: 1. Did you write _The Sea, The Sea_ and _Under the Net_? 2. Did you write most of your lyrics to your brother’s melodies? 3. Were you a “Man from U.N.C.L.E.”? ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2021, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/226 "2021-04-23T00:55:39Z")
IQs 1. Did you revolutionize dance in the early 20th century? 2. Did you play Granny on a rags-to-riches show? 3. Did you ‘move on up’? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2021, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/227 "2021-04-23T02:21:33Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write _The Sea, The Sea_ and _Under the Net_ ? > 2. Did you write most of your lyrics to your brother’s melodies? > 3. Were you a “Man from U.N.C.L.E.”? > [@MissTake](#): > > IQs > > 1. Did you revolutionize dance in the early 20th century? > 2. Did you play Granny on a rags-to-riches show? > 3. Did you ‘move on up’? I am not Iris Murdoch, Ira Gershwin, Ilya Kurakin, Irene Ryan, or Isabel Sanford, but I am indeed Isadora Duncan! Next game goes to Miss Take. ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2021, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/228 "2021-04-23T11:02:27Z")
Thank you! Next up: **I am H** ---
**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 23, 2021, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/229 "2021-04-23T13:48:01Z")
Swept me again, **DLR** , and good job, **MT**! H it is. IQs: Were you FDR’s cadaverous, globe-trotting aide? Did your antisemitic wife not allow your business partner into the house? A hotel magnate, was your wife said to be the most hated woman in New York City? ---
**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 23, 2021, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/230 "2021-04-23T14:34:03Z")
Well done, **Miss Take**! IQs: 1. Were you LBJ’s VP? 2. Were you born Eric Weisz? 3. When Marcellus Washburn called you Greg, did you tell him you were using this name now? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2021, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/231 "2021-04-23T15:04:19Z")
IQs: 1. A recently deceased athlete, is there a proposal to change the name of your team to the Atlanta Hammers, after your nickname? 2. Did you play the Big Lebowski? 3. Did your husband leave you his second-best bed? ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2021, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/232 "2021-04-23T16:00:49Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Were you FDR’s cadaverous, globe-trotting aide? > Did your antisemitic wife not allow your business partner into the house? > A hotel magnate, was your wife said to be the most hated woman in New York City? DQ DQ Whoever Leona Helmsley’s husband was. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > - Were you LBJ’s VP? > - Were you born Eric Weisz? > - When Marcellus Washburn called you Greg, did you tell him you were using this name now? I am not Hubert Humphrey I am not Harry Houdini Take a DQ > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. A recently deceased athlete, is there a proposal to change the name of your team to the Atlanta Hammers, after your nickname? > 2. Did you play the Big Lebowski? > 3. Did your husband leave you his second-best bed? I am not Hank Aaron DQ 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 23, 2021, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/233 "2021-04-23T16:30:32Z")
Previous IQs: Were you FDR’s cadaverous, globe-trotting aide? - Harry Hopkins Did your antisemitic wife not allow your business partner into the house? - Harry Truman A hotel magnate, was your wife said to be the most hated woman in New York City? - Harry Helmsley, Leona’s (by the end, doddering) husband Harry x3! DQs: Real? Male? Last name start with H? IQs: Were you “the Unspeakable” in the writings of a particular author? Were you that author? Were you William McKinley’s friend, advisor and kingmaker? ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2021, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/234 "2021-04-23T17:07:30Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Were you “the Unspeakable” in the writings of a particular author? > Were you that author? > Were you William McKinley’s friend, advisor and kingmaker? DQ DQ DQ ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2021, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/235 "2021-04-23T17:08:17Z")
**I am H** 1. Male 2. Real 3. Last name does not start with H ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2021, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/236 "2021-04-23T17:41:39Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > I am not Hank Aaron > DQ > DQ 2 was David Huddleston; 3 was Anne Hathaway (the one married to Shakespeare). DQs: 1. living? 2. known from the arts? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2021, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/237 "2021-04-23T17:44:09Z")
DOUBLE POST, sorry. ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2021, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/238 "2021-04-23T17:56:45Z")
**I am H** 1. Male 2. Real 3. Last name does not start with H 4. Deceased 5. Known for the Arts ---
**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 23, 2021, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/239 "2021-04-23T18:08:57Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > - Were you LBJ’s VP? > > > > > - Were you born Eric Weisz? > > > - When Marcellus Washburn called you Greg, did you tell him you were using this name now? > > I am not Hubert Humphrey > I am not Harry Houdini > Take a DQ Correct x2, and Prof. Harold Hill from _The Music Man_ DQ: Known as an actor? ---
**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 23, 2021, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/240 "2021-04-23T18:11:40Z")
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