# 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:** 13
**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, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/241 "2021-04-23T18:35:53Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > - Are you the title character in a book by Johanna Spyri? > - Do you have a long-running newspaper column giving housemakers helpful hints? > - Are you Batman and Catwoman’s daughter? I am not Heidi I am not Heloise 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, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/242 "2021-04-23T18:36:34Z")
**I am H** 1. Male 2. Real 3. Last name does not start with H 4. Deceased 5. Known for the Arts 6. Not an actor ---
**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, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/243 "2021-04-23T18:59:06Z")
Previous IQs: Were you “the Unspeakable” in the writings of a particular author? - The monstrous interdimensional alien Hastur Were you that author? - H.P. Lovecraft Were you William McKinley’s friend, advisor and kingmaker? - Ohio politico Mark Hanna DQs: American? Best known for the performing arts? Died since 1950? IQs: Is Dr. Watson your friend and colleague? Is Dr. Wilson your friend and colleague? Was your first big TV role as a doctor in Boston? ---
**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, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/244 "2021-04-23T19:29:21Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Is Dr. Watson your friend and colleague? > Is Dr. Wilson your friend and colleague? > Was your first big TV role as a doctor in Boston? I am not Sherlock Holmes I am not House, MD DQ (presuming you’re not going for Hugh Laurie, whose TV history is legendary) ---
**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, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/245 "2021-04-23T19:30:24Z")
**I am H** 1. Male 2. Real 3. Last name does not start with H 4. Deceased 5. Known for the Arts 6. Not an actor 7. Not American 8. Not known for the performing arts 9. Died before 1950 ---
**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, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/246 "2021-04-23T20:30:19Z")
Previous IQs: Is Dr. Watson your friend and colleague? - Yes, Sherlock Holmes Is Dr. Wilson your friend and colleague? - Yes, Dr. Gregory House Was your first big TV role as a doctor in Boston? - Not Hugh Laurie (Dr. House works in Princeton, N.J.), but Mark Harmon, on _St. Elsewhere_ DQ: European? IQs: Were you Governor of New York and later a JFK advisor? Were you a Reagan pal and a US senator from Oregon? Were you a coach, Congressman and later Speaker of the House from Illinois, disgraced and convicted in a sex scandal? ---
**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, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/247 "2021-04-23T21:05:52Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > - Are you the title character in a book by Johanna Spyri? > > > > > - Do you have a long-running newspaper column giving housemakers helpful hints? > > > - Are you Batman and Catwoman’s daughter? > > I am not Heidi > I am not Heloise > DQ Correct, Correct, Helena Wayne (aka the Huntress) DQ: Known for the visual arts? ---
**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, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/248 "2021-04-23T22:52:34Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Were you Governor of New York and later a JFK advisor? > Were you a Reagan pal and a US senator from Oregon? > Were you a coach, Congressman and later Speaker of the House from Illinois, disgraced and convicted in a sex scandal? DQ DQ I am not Dennis Hastert ---
**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, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/249 "2021-04-23T22:53:28Z")
**I am H** 1. Male 2. Real 3. Last name does not start with H 4. Deceased 5. Known for the Arts 6. Not an actor 7. Not American 8. Not known for the performing arts 9. Died before 1950 10. European 11. Known for visual arts ---
**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 24, 2021, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/250 "2021-04-24T02:14:28Z")
IQ1: Are you a former Belgian policeman? IQ2: Are you #1’s friend, an army officer? IQ3: Are you a sea captain in Belgian comics? ---
**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 24, 2021, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/251 "2021-04-24T02:30:28Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the current person in the position John Nance Garner called “not worth a bucket of warm spit”, though it’s notable that you’ve been elected to it? 2. Was yours the face that launch’d a thousand ships, and burnt the topless towers of Ilium? 3. Did you narrate the original broadcast of _The Point!_ (with Ringo Starr narrating the second and home video version)? ---
**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 24, 2021, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/252 "2021-04-24T02:42:22Z")
IQs: 1. Have you played an Elf Lord, an Anarchist Terrorist and an AI Program? 2. Were you the first named villain Batman fought? 3. Did Eleanor Roosevelt call you “the First Lady of the Supper Clubs”? ---
**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 24, 2021, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/253 "2021-04-24T02:59:00Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Are you a former Belgian policeman? > IQ2: Are you #1’s friend, an army officer? > IQ3: Are you a sea captain in Belgian comics? DQ DQ DQ > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. Are you the current person in the position John Nance Garner called “not worth a bucket of warm spit”, though it’s notable that you’ve been elected to it? > 2. Was yours the face that launch’d a thousand ships, and burnt the topless towers of Ilium? > 3. Did you narrate the original broadcast of _The Point!_ (with Ringo Starr narrating the second and home video version)? DQ I am not Helen of Troy DQ > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > - Have you played an Elf Lord, an Anarchist Terrorist and an AI Program? > - Were you the first named villain Batman fought? > - Did Eleanor Roosevelt call you “the First Lady of the Supper Clubs”? I am not Hugo Weaving DQ DQ ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2021, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/254 "2021-04-24T03:18:23Z")
IQ 1. Did you create various works of art depicting the Moulin Rouge cabaret? IQ 2. Did you paint The Garden of Earthly Delights? IQ 3. Did your painting of Anne of Cleves disappoint Henry the VIII? ---
**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 24, 2021, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/255 "2021-04-24T03:54:37Z")
> [@bordelond](#): > > 1. Did you create various works of art depicting the Moulin Rouge cabaret? > **IQ 2. Did you paint The Garden of Earthly Delights?** > IQ 3. Did your painting of Anne of Cleves disappoint Henry the VIII? While I am not Henri Toulouse-Lautrec or Hans Holbein… **I am Hieronymus Bosch!** WTG @bordelond! ---
**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 24, 2021, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/256 "2021-04-24T04:03:04Z")
Good job, **bordelond**! Previous IQs: Were you Governor of New York and later a JFK advisor? - Averill Harriman Were you a Reagan pal and a US senator from Oregon? - Mark Hatfield Were you a coach, Congressman and later Speaker of the House from Illinois, disgraced and convicted in a sex scandal? - Yes, Dennis Hastert ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2021, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/257 "2021-04-24T04:15:22Z")
Thanks, all. Been a while since I’ve waded into this pool. … Next up: I am **C** . ---
**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 24, 2021, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/258 "2021-04-24T13:32:41Z")
Welcome and Congrats, **bordelond!** 1. Were you the son of Pepin the Short and Bertha Broadfoot? 2. Did you have more Top 40 hits than anyone else in the 20th Century? 3. Did you originate the role of Fred in _Once Upon A Mattress_? ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2021, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/259 "2021-04-24T14:25:46Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Welcome and Congrats, **bordelond!** > > 1. Were you the son of Pepin the Short and Bertha Broadfoot? > 2. Did you have more Top 40 hits than anyone else in the 20th Century? > 3. Did you originate the role of Fred in _Once Upon A Mattress_ ? 1. I am not Charlemagne 2. DQ (though I am interested to see the reveal here) 3. DQ ---
**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 24, 2021, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348/260 "2021-04-24T14:43:29Z")
Correct on Charlemagne. #2 was Bing Crosby. #3 was Carol Burnett. DQs: 1. Real? 2. Male? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2021/939348.md?page=14)