# Botticelli - April 2023 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [April 3, 2023, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2023/982093 "2023-04-03T16:37:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2023, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2023/982093/161 "2023-04-22T22:46:50Z")
1. Were you a female character in **A Scandal in Bohemia**? 2. Were you Persis Khambatta’s most gamous role? 3. Were you Michelle Pfeiffer’s character in **Ladyhawke**? ---
**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, 2023, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2023/982093/162 "2023-04-23T01:18:32Z")
Dingdingding! Yes, I am the only woman known to have bested Sherlock Holmes, # Irene Adler Well done, **kitap**! ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2023, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2023/982093/163 "2023-04-23T03:14:02Z")
Thanks; I was hoping it was her or I knew I’d be stumped. > [@kitap](#): > > 1. Were you a female character in **A Scandal in Bohemia**? > 2. Were you Persis Khambatta’s most gamous role? > 3. Were you Michelle Pfeiffer’s character in **Ladyhawke**? Irene, Ilia, Isabeau. So… On to …H! Yes, _H_ ---
**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, 2023, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2023/982093/164 "2023-04-23T12:56:39Z")
Very well played, **kitap**! IQs: According to a WWII ditty: 1. Did you only have one ball? 2. Did you have two, but they were small? 3. Did you have something similar? ---
**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, 2023, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2023/982093/165 "2023-04-23T14:52:42Z")
IQs: Have two movies come out in recent years about the mission to kill you? Are you from Cleveland and named after a now-closed department store? Were you an early Commissioner of Baseball? ---
**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 23, 2023, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2023/982093/166 "2023-04-23T17:20:47Z")
IQ1: Were you called Beauclerc? IQ2: Are you the earl of Dumbarton? IQ3: Were you Catherine Parr’s first husband? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2023, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2023/982093/167 "2023-04-23T21:54:43Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Very well played, **kitap**! > > IQs: > > According to a WWII ditty: > > 1. Did you only have one ball? > 2. Did you have two, but they were small? > 3. Did you have something similar? I am not Hitler, Himmler or take a DQ, and take a DQ. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Have two movies come out in recent years about the mission to kill you? > Are you from Cleveland and named after a now-closed department store? > Were you an early Commissioner of Baseball? I am not Ask Heloise (oh, all right, take a DQ), and take 2 more DQs. > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you called Beauclerc? > IQ2: Are you the earl of Dumbarton? > IQ3: Were you Catherine Parr’s first husband? Take 3 DQs unless #3 is Henry the Eighth. ---
**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 23, 2023, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2023/982093/168 "2023-04-23T22:01:38Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > IQ1: Were you called Beauclerc? > > IQ2: Are you the earl of Dumbarton? > > IQ3: Were you Catherine Parr’s first husband? > > Take 3 DQs unless #3 is Henry the Eighth. Henry I Prince Harry correct DQ1: Real? DQ2: Male? IQ1: Were you followed by Edward and Edward? IQ2: Were you also followed by Edward and Edward? IQ3: Were you followed by Richard and John? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2023, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2023/982093/169 "2023-04-23T22:08:56Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you followed by Edward and Edward? > IQ2: Were you also followed by Edward and Edward? > IQ3: Were you followed by Richard and John? Take 3 more DQs. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2023, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2023/982093/170 "2023-04-23T22:09:19Z")
DQs 1. Real 2. Male ---
**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 23, 2023, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2023/982093/171 "2023-04-23T23:21:37Z")
Henry III (followed by Edward I and II) Henry VI (followed by Edward IV and V) Henry II DQ1: Living? DQ2: Known for the Arts? One DQ reserved. What the heck… IQ1: Were you followed by Henry and Edward? IQ2: Were you followed by Henry and Henry? IQ3: Were you half of “Tippecanoe and Tyler, Too”? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2023/982093/172 "2023-04-24T00:52:27Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > What the heck… > IQ1: Were you followed by Henry and Edward? > IQ2: Were you followed by Henry and Henry? > IQ3: Were you half of “Tippecanoe and Tyler, Too”? I am not Henry 4, Henry 2 or William Henry Harrison. Or take DQs for what I got wrong. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2023/982093/173 "2023-04-24T00:56:28Z")
DQs 1. Real 2. Male 3. Living 4. The Arts made them famous, but _not_ because they are an artist. If that makes sense. Like, um, journalists made Harry Truman famous because he refused to evacuate from his home near Mount St. Helens, not because he was an artist. Does that make sense? ---
**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, 2023, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2023/982093/174 "2023-04-24T01:50:31Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > What the heck… > > IQ1: Were you followed by Henry and Edward? > > IQ2: Were you followed by Henry and Henry? > > IQ3: Were you half of “Tippecanoe and Tyler, Too”? > > I am not Henry 4, Henry 2 or William Henry Harrison. Henry VII (followed by Henry VIII and Edward VI) Henry IV (followed by Henry V and VI) correct DQ1: American? Two DQs reserved. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2023/982093/175 "2023-04-24T02:18:51Z")
DQs 1. Real 2. Male 3. Living 4. The Arts made them famous, but _not_ because they are an artist. If that makes sense. Like, um, journalists made Harry Truman famous because he refused to evacuate from his home near Mount St. Helens, not because he was an artist. Does that make sense? 5. Not American ---
**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 24, 2023, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2023/982093/176 "2023-04-24T07:23:04Z")
IQ1: Are you the only recurring character in the original Star Trek series to be named in two episode titles? IQ2: Was your name added to the credits of the home video release of _The Terminator_ to settle a lawsuit? IQ3: Were you required to wear the first letter of the alphabet prominently on your person? ---
**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, 2023, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2023/982093/177 "2023-04-24T11:43:20Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > According to a WWII ditty: > > > > 1. Did you only have one ball? > > 2. Did you have two, but they were small? > > 3. Did you have something similar? > > I am not Hitler, Himmler or take a DQ, and take a DQ. Correct, Correct, and Hermann Goering was the 2nd. DQ: Born after 1970? ---
**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, 2023, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2023/982093/178 "2023-04-24T11:47:45Z")
IQs: 1. Do you wear a long red velvet ribbon on your tail and yearn to eat fat babies? 2. Did you play the Tin Woodman in the 1939 movie _The Wizard of Oz_? 3. On the highly acclaimed turnip-scented 1950s BBC radio series _The Goon Show_ did you frequently opine sadly that _You can’t get the parts any more, you know?_ ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2023/982093/179 "2023-04-24T19:21:38Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Are you the only recurring character in the original Star Trek series to be named in two episode titles? > IQ2: Was your name added to the credits of the home video release of _The Terminator_ to settle a lawsuit? > IQ3: Were you required to wear the first letter of the alphabet prominently on your person? I am not Hikaru Sulu or take a DQ. Take a DQ. I am not Hester Prynne. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Do you wear a long red velvet ribbon on your tail and yearn to eat fat babies? > 2. Did you play the Tin Woodman in the 1939 movie _The Wizard of Oz_? > 3. On the highly acclaimed turnip-scented 1950s BBC radio series _The Goon Show_ did you frequently opine sadly that _You can’t get the parts any more, you know?_ I am not the Hungry Tiger, I am not Jack um… Jack… Take a DQ. Take another 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 24, 2023, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2023/982093/180 "2023-04-24T19:52:43Z")
Previous IQs: Have two movies come out in recent years about the mission to kill you? - Not Ask Heloise (good one!), but Reinhard Heydrich, in _Anthropoid_ and _The Man with the Iron Heart_ Are you from Cleveland and named after a now-closed department store? - Halle Berry Were you an early Commissioner of Baseball? - Happy Chandler DQs: Political/military? European? White? IQs: Were you Andrew Johnson’s predecessor? Were you one of _The A-Team_? Was Brian Cox the first to play you, a slightly-renamed version of a better-known character? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2023/982093.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2023/982093.md?page=10)