# Botticelli - April 2024 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [April 2, 2024, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756 "2024-04-02T20:48:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 14
**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 27, 2024, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/261 "2024-04-27T03:12:15Z")
IQs: 1. Did you write _My Brilliant Friend_? 2. Were you a clerk at a Swiss patent office, relatively speaking? 3. Were you previously voiced and played by Kevin Clash? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2024, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/262 "2024-04-27T04:45:52Z")
I somehow always thought Jimmy Crack corn was much older. Maybe I confused it with John Barleycorn. IQs: 1. Did you write, among other books, **Half-Magic**? 2. Are you Queen Selenay’d daughter in Mercedes Lackey’s Valdemar books? 3. Are you the character referred to in the title of Honor Raconteur’s book **Magic and the Shinigami Detective** , which is the first book in the Case Files of Heni Davenforth series? ---
**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 28, 2024, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/263 "2024-04-28T03:42:38Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Did you write _My Brilliant Friend_? > 2. Were you a clerk at a Swiss patent office, relatively speaking? > 3. Were you previously voiced and played by Kevin Clash? Dunno, not Einstein and dunno. > [@kitap](#): > > … > IQs: > > 1. Did you write, among other books, **Half-Magic**? > 2. Are you Queen Selenay’d daughter in Mercedes Lackey’s Valdemar books? > 3. Are you the character referred to in the title of Honor Raconteur’s book **Magic and the Shinigami Detective** , which is the first book in the Case Files of Heni Davenforth series? Dunno x3. E. 1. fictional 2. first name starts with E 3. male 4. created since 1950 5. created by Americans 6. not main character 7. character is American, as far as we know 8. from prose 9. first name does not start with ED I believe I could have truthfully answered the question “Created by an American?” with a “No,” since more than one writer was involved, but thought that would be misleading. The character is “from prose” as defined here: [Prose - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prose) ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2024, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/264 "2024-04-28T04:21:53Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write, among other books, **Half-Magic**? > 2. Are you Queen Selenay’d daughter in Mercedes Lackey’s Valdemar books? > 3. Are you the character referred to in the title of Honor Raconteur’s book **Magic and the Shinigami Detective** , which is the first book in the Case Files of Heni Davenforth series? Edward Eager, Elspeth, Jamie Edwards. DQ: Caucasian? 2 DQs held. IQs: 1. Did you write, among other books, **Spiderweb for Two**? 2. Did Rachel Weisz play you in 1999’s **The Mummy**? 3. Are you “of Melniboné”? ---
**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 28, 2024, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/265 "2024-04-28T04:40:05Z")
Not E.B. White, Eliza or Elric. E. 1. fictional 2. first name starts with E 3. male 4. created since 1950 5. created by Americans 6. not main character 7. character is American, as far as we know 8. from prose 9. first name does not start with ED 10. Caucasian ---
**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 28, 2024, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/266 "2024-04-28T13:43:45Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Did you write _My Brilliant Friend_? > 2. Were you a clerk at a Swiss patent office, relatively speaking? > 3. Were you previously voiced and played by Kevin Clash? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno, not Einstein and dunno. 1 was Elena Ferrante; 3 was Elmo, on _Sesame Street_. DQs: 1. from a novel? 2. created after 1980? ---
**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 28, 2024, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/267 "2024-04-28T15:12:34Z")
DQ: Antagonist? 1 DQ reserved. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2024, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/268 "2024-04-28T16:36:52Z")
IQs: 1. Do you and your comic foil share names (coincidentally) with a pair of characters from _It’s A Wonderful Life_? 2. Were you a character played by comedian Jim Varney? 3. Are you Great Britain’s first ever competitor in Olympic ski jumping? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2024, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/269 "2024-04-28T19:39:49Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write, among other books, **Spiderweb for Two**? > 2. Did Rachel Weisz play you in 1999’s **The Mummy**? > 3. Are you “of Melniboné”? Elizabeth Enright, Evelyn Carnahan, correct. DQ: 1. Appears in more than one work? 2. Common first name? 2 DQs reserved. ---
**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 29, 2024, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/270 "2024-04-29T02:51:57Z")
IQs: 1. Is a New Jersey turnpike rest stop named after you? 2. Were you the unusually-eyed member of Bill Cipher’s extra-dimensional Henchmaniacs in _Gravity Falls_? 3. Are you Mary-Kate and Ashley’s younger sister? ---
**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 29, 2024, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/271 "2024-04-29T02:56:44Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Do you and your comic foil share names (coincidentally) with a pair of characters from _It’s A Wonderful Life_? > 2. Were you a character played by comedian Jim Varney? > 3. Are you Great Britain’s first ever competitor in Olympic ski jumping? Not Ernie (or Bert), not Ernest (or Vern), and not Eddie the Eagle. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Is a New Jersey turnpike rest stop named after you? > 2. Were you the unusually-eyed member of Bill Cipher’s extra-dimensional Henchmaniacs in _Gravity Falls_? > 3. Are you Mary-Kate and Ashley’s younger sister? Not Albert Einstein, dunno, and not Elizabeth Olsen. E. 1. fictional 2. first name starts with E 3. male 4. created since 1950 5. created by Americans 6. not main character 7. character is American, as far as we know 8. from prose 9. first name does not start with ED 10. Caucasian 11. not from a novel 12. created before 1980 13. not an antagonist 14. only appears in one work, as far as I know 15. not a particularly common first name ---
**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 29, 2024, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/272 "2024-04-29T03:17:19Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Albert Einstein, dunno, and not Elizabeth Olsen. 1 was Thomas Edison; 2 was Eight Ball. DQs: 1. from a short story? 2. created after 1965? ---
**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 29, 2024, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/273 "2024-04-29T11:46:53Z")
DQ: From genre fiction (mystery, science fiction, western, fantasy, &c.)? ---
**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 29, 2024, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/274 "2024-04-29T20:12:50Z")
E. 1. fictional 2. first name starts with E 3. male 4. created since 1950 5. created by Americans 6. not main character 7. character is American, as far as we know 8. from prose 9. first name does not start with ED 10. Caucasian 11. not from a novel 12. created before 1980 13. not an antagonist 14. only appears in one work, as far as I know 15. not a particularly common first name 16. not from a short story 17. created after 1965 18. not from genre fiction (mystery, science fiction, western, fantasy, &c.) I’ll take the next set of three IQs, then no more, unless at least two DQs aren’t earned. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2024, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/275 "2024-04-29T23:21:02Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a cousin of Nathaniel Banks who invented the sewing machine? 2. Did your 1979 disappearance spark a moral panic about Dungeons & Dragons? 3. Did you write an advice column under the pen name “Ann Landers”? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2024, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/276 "2024-04-30T02:28:58Z")
DQ: Work has won a major award? One DQ reserved ---
**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 30, 2024, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/277 "2024-04-30T20:47:26Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a cousin of Nathaniel Banks who invented the sewing machine? > 2. Did your 1979 disappearance spark a moral panic about Dungeons & Dragons? > 3. Did you write an advice column under the pen name “Ann Landers”? Not E. Singer, dunno and dunno. E. 1. fictional 2. first name starts with E 3. male 4. created since 1950 5. created by Americans 6. not main character 7. character is American, as far as we know 8. from prose 9. first name does not start with ED 10. Caucasian 11. not from a novel 12. created before 1980 13. not an antagonist 14. only appears in one work, as far as I know 15. not a particularly common first name 16. not from a short story 17. created after 1965 18. not from genre fiction (mystery, science fiction, western, fantasy, &c.) 19. work has had significant recognition, but has not won a major award 19a. from a movie Since, despite the definition of “prose” earlier provided, I don’t want people barking up the wrong tree. No more IQs, please. Ask all earned DQs by noon EDST tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2024, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/278 "2024-05-01T01:03:51Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > 1. Were you a cousin of Nathaniel Banks who invented the sewing machine? > > 2. Did your 1979 disappearance spark a moral panic about Dungeons & Dragons? > > 3. Did you write an advice column under the pen name “Ann Landers”? > > Not E. Singer, dunno and dunno. Elias Howe, James Dallas Egbert III, and Eppie Lederer. DQs: 1. From a musical or comedy movie? 2. First name starts with Ea-Em? 3. Created after 1972? ---
**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:** [May 1, 2024, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/279 "2024-05-01T02:39:49Z")
E. 1. fictional 2. first name starts with E 3. male 4. created since 1950 5. created by Americans 6. not main character 7. character is American, as far as we know 8. from prose 9. first name does not start with ED 10. Caucasian 11. not from a novel 12. created before 1980 13. not an antagonist 14. only appears in one work, as far as I know 15. not a particularly common first name 16. not from a short story 17. created after 1965 18. not from genre fiction (mystery, science fiction, western, fantasy, &c.) 19. work has had significant recognition, but has not won a major award 19a. from a movie 20. from a musical or comedy movie 21. first name starts with Ea-Em 22. created after 1972 ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2024, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/280 "2024-05-01T04:09:11Z")
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