# Botticelli - April 2022 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [April 3, 2022, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184 "2022-04-03T11:57:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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 5, 2022, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/21 "2022-04-05T17:09:27Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Did you write _The Iliad_ ? > 2. Did you write _Theogony_ ? > 3. Were you Emperor of Japan during WWII? Not Homer DQ Not Hirohito > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. Did you finance _Monty Python’s Life of Brian_ (and even appear in it, as Mr. Papadopoulis)? > 2. In _Supreme: The Return_ #1, does Korgo the Space Tyrant take over the US–only to beg Supreme to imprison him again, as he finds you (a real person) too much to handle? > 3. Did you co-create this character? Not George Harrison DQ Not H.A.Rey (edit - I initially misread question #3 as referring to the character in IQ2. The picture took awhile to display in my browser) ---
**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 5, 2022, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/22 "2022-04-05T17:30:24Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > Not George Harrison > DQ > Not H.A.Rey 2 was Hillary Rodham Clinton. DQ: 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 5, 2022, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/23 "2022-04-05T18:20:34Z")
**H** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Only name starts with H 4. Dead ---
**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, 2022, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/24 "2022-04-05T18:53:17Z")
IQs: Were you master of both the starships _Cornucopia_ and the _Ark_? Were you a very nasty being in the writings of a certain Providence author? Were you that author? ---
**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 5, 2022, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/25 "2022-04-05T18:58:09Z")
IQs: 1. Were you told that it was 1874–you’d be able to sue _her_? 2. Were you her? 3. Did you play #1? ---
**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 5, 2022, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/26 "2022-04-05T19:20:44Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Were you master of both the starships _Cornucopia_ and the _Ark_ ? > Were you a very nasty being in the writings of a certain Providence author? > Were you that author? DQ Not H.P. Lovecraft Let’s see… only Lovecraft ‘H’ I can think off of the top of my head is Herbert West, but he’s human. Not Herbert West? > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. Were you told that it was 1874–you’d be able to sue _her_ ? > 2. Were you her? > 3. Did you play #1? Not Hedley Lamarr, Hedy Lamarr, nor Harvey Korman ---
**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, 2022, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/27 "2022-04-05T19:45:49Z")
Previous IQs: Were you master of both the starships _Cornucopia_ and the _Ark_? - Haviland Tuf, in the short stories of George R.R. Martin Were you a very nasty being in the writings of a certain Providence author? - Hastur the Unspeakable Were you that author? - _This_ was H.P. Lovecraft DQs: European? Died since 1500? Political/military? IQs: Did Peter O’Toole play you in two different movies? Were you the victor of the Battle of Agincourt? Is it thought by some historians that your health problems later in life might have been related to a bad fall you once took? ---
**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 5, 2022, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/28 "2022-04-05T19:54:48Z")
**H** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Only name starts with H 4. Dead 5. Not European 6. Died since 1500 7. Not political/military ---
**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 5, 2022, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/29 "2022-04-05T19:55:25Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > Not Hedley Lamarr, Hedy Lamarr, nor Harvey Korman A clean sweep! IQs: 1. Is chapter 18 of your autobiography titled “Exapno Mapcase, Secret Agent”? 2. Have you recently gone back to hanging out with Bruno and Dr. Korpse, like in your first appearance in _Amazing Spider-Man_ #194? 3. Were you transported in a crate marked “Canned Eggs”? ---
**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 5, 2022, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/30 "2022-04-05T20:02:06Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did Peter O’Toole play you in two different movies? > Were you the victor of the Battle of Agincourt? > Is it thought by some historians that your health problems later in life might have been related to a bad fall you once took? Not Henry II Not Henry V DQ for whichever Henry this one is > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. Is chapter 18 of your autobiography titled “Exapno Mapcase, Secret Agent”? > 2. Have you recently gone back to hanging out with Bruno and Dr. Korpse, like in your first appearance in _Amazing Spider-Man_ #194? > 3. Were you transported in a crate marked “Canned Eggs”? Not Harpo Marx 2 DQs ---
**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 5, 2022, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/31 "2022-04-05T20:14:00Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > Not Harpo Marx > 2 DQs 2 was Felicia Hardy, the Black Cat; 3 was Harry S. Truman (in the _Futurama_ episode “Roswell’s That Ends Well”.) DQs: 1. American? 2. died after 1900? ---
**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 5, 2022, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/32 "2022-04-05T20:16:20Z")
**H** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Only name starts with H 4. Dead 5. Not European 6. Died since 1500 7. Not political/military 8. American 9. Died after 1900 ---
**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, 2022, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/33 "2022-04-05T20:53:39Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > 1. Did you write _The Iliad_ ? > > > > > 1. Did you write _Theogony_ ? > > > 2. Were you Emperor of Japan during WWII? > > Not Homer > DQ > Not Hirohito Correct, Hesiod, Correct. DQ: Known for the Arts? ---
**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 5, 2022, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/34 "2022-04-05T21:08:57Z")
**H** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Only name starts with H 4. Dead 5. Not European 6. Died since 1500 7. Not political/military 8. American 9. Died after 1900 10. Not 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 5, 2022, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/35 "2022-04-05T21:33:29Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a prophet whose name is the title of a book of the Old Testament? 2. Were you another prophet whose name is the title of a book of the Old Testament? 3. Did you star in the TV series _Arnie_? ---
**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 5, 2022, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/36 "2022-04-05T21:56:15Z")
1. At the end of the 1965 TV episode “The Feast of Steven”, do you break the fourth wall to wish a “happy Christmas, to all of you at home!” ? 2. Speaking of holidays, is your name traditionally drowned out with groggers on the 14th of Adar? 3. Were you born Araminta Ross? ---
**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 5, 2022, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/37 "2022-04-05T21:57:41Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Were you a prophet whose name is the title of a book of the Old Testament? > 2. Were you another prophet whose name is the title of a book of the Old Testament? > 3. Did you star in the TV series _Arnie_ ? Not Habukkuk Take 2 DQs > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. At the end of the 1965 TV episode “The Feast of Steven”, do you break the fourth wall to wish a “happy Christmas, to all of you at home!” ? > 2. Speaking of holidays, is your name traditionally drowned out with groggers on the 14th of Adar? > 3. Were you born Araminta Ross DQ Not Haman 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 5, 2022, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/38 "2022-04-05T21:59:38Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > 1. Were you a prophet whose name is the title of a book of the Old Testament? > > > > > 1. Were you another prophet whose name is the title of a book of the Old Testament? > > > 2. Did you star in the TV series _Arnie_ ? > > Not Habukkuk > Take 2 DQs The other prophet is Hosea. Herschel Bernardi starred in _Arnie_. DQs: 1. Human? 2. Known for sports? ---
**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 5, 2022, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/39 "2022-04-05T22:00:54Z")
**H** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Only name starts with H 4. Dead 5. Not European 6. Died since 1500 7. Not political/military 8. American 9. Died after 1900 10. Not known for the Arts 11. Not human 12. Not known for sports ---
**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 5, 2022, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/40 "2022-04-05T22:02:38Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > DQ > Not Haman > DQ 1 was William Hartnell; 3 was Harriet Tubman. DQs: 1. died after 1960? 2. mammal? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184.md?page=3)