# Botticelli -- Aug 2020 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [July 28, 2020, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645 "2020-07-28T21:40:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**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:** [July 31, 2020, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/41 "2020-07-31T00:07:26Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Are you the bossy little girl from _Rugrats_ whose first name I can’t remember for sure but might be… Petunia? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > I think you’ve got the right person, but her name was Angelica Pickles. Yes, indeed – I am Angelica **P** ickles! Hmmm… EH figured out who it was, but it was the Prof who got the ‘P’ name right. I’ll let the two of you fight it out… ---
**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:** [July 31, 2020, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/42 "2020-07-31T00:50:05Z")
I wouldn’t have remember her. EH, take it away! ---
**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:** [July 31, 2020, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/43 "2020-07-31T03:01:35Z")
But you did remember her! Go ahead - it’s yours. ---
**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:** [July 31, 2020, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/44 "2020-07-31T13:33:54Z")
Very well. I’ll start a thread for August, since we’re but a day away. ---
**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:** [July 31, 2020, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/45 "2020-07-31T13:37:59Z")
Oh, wait, this IS the August 2020 thread. Please ignore the other one. I am **G.** ---
**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:** [July 31, 2020, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/46 "2020-07-31T13:49:00Z")
# G it is. IQs: Were you a Virginian warrior born 204 years ago today? Were you the other Virginian warrior to whom he was often compared? Did you (an actual person from history, played by one of the cast members) blow a raspberry in a _Monty Python_ sketch? ---
**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:** [July 31, 2020, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/47 "2020-07-31T16:41:35Z")
Let’s see… 2020-204=1816. Hmm. Nope. Take 3 DQs. ---
**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:** [July 31, 2020, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/48 "2020-07-31T17:28:20Z")
Previous IQs: Were you a Virginian warrior born 204 years ago today? - George H. Thomas of Civil War fame: [George Henry Thomas - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Henry_Thomas) Were you the other Virginian warrior to whom he was often compared? - George Washington Did you (an actual person from history, played by one of the cast members) blow a raspberry in a _Monty Python_ sketch? - George Bernard Shaw: [Oscar, James and George in the company of Bertie - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uycsfu4574w) George x3! DQs: Real? Male? First name starts with G? IQs: Are you SpongeBob’s pet? Did you get much of the credit for inventing D&D? Did you live in Troublesome Gulch, Colo.? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2020, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/49 "2020-07-31T20:18:46Z")
1. Are you a spectacularly dim human male who was raised by a Gorilla and married a woman named Ursula? 2. Were you the Drew family housekeeper? 3. Were you a secret agent who worked out of a train and was a master of disguise? ---
**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:** [July 31, 2020, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/50 "2020-07-31T20:39:01Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Last name starts with G ---
**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:** [July 31, 2020, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/51 "2020-07-31T20:40:16Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Are you SpongeBob’s pet? > Did you get much of the credit for inventing D&D? > Did you live in Troublesome Gulch, Colo.? 1. I am not Gary. 2. I am not E. Gary Gygax. 3. Take a DQ. > [@kitap](#): > > - Are you a spectacularly dim human male who was raised by a Gorilla and married a woman named Ursula? > - Were you the Drew family housekeeper? > - Were you a secret agent who worked out of a train and was a master of disguise? 1. Watch out for that tree! I am not George of the Jungle. 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not Artemus Gordon. ---
**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:** [July 31, 2020, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/52 "2020-07-31T20:57:03Z")
IQ1: Are you a half-nagloshii mercenary hired by Harry Dresden? IQ2: Are you a famous '70s “plumber”? IQ3: Were you a Brit general who earned his nickname serving in thr Far East? ---
**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:** [July 31, 2020, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/53 "2020-07-31T21:25:41Z")
1. I am not Goodman Gray. 2. I am not G. Gordon Liddy. 3. I am not General Gordon. ---
**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:** [July 31, 2020, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/54 "2020-07-31T21:29:30Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Are you a half-nagloshii mercenary hired by Harry Dresden? > IQ2: Are you a famous '70s “plumber”? > IQ3: Were you a Brit general who earned his nickname serving in thr Far East? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Goodman Gray. > 2. I am not G. Gordon Liddy. > 3. I am not General Gordon. ✅: All three. IQ1: Did you co-star with the incredibly beautiful Audrey Hepburn in _Roman Holiday_? IQ2: Did you co-star with the incredibly beautiful Audrey Hepburn in _Breakfast at Tiffany’s_? IQ3: Did you co-star with the incredibly beautiful Audrey Hepburn in _Charade_? ---
**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:** [August 1, 2020, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/55 "2020-08-01T00:47:49Z")
Previous IQs: Are you SpongeBob’s pet? - Yes, Gary the snail Did you get much of the credit for inventing D&D? - Yes, Gary Gygax Did you live in Troublesome Gulch, Colo.? - Gary Hart, at the time of his abortive 1988 run for the Presidency Gary x3! DQ: Living? IQs: Were you maybe an orc general, but maybe not? Were you the Lady of Lothlorien? Were you her biggest, but shortest, admirer? ---
**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:** [August 1, 2020, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/56 "2020-08-01T01:31:41Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you co-star with the incredibly beautiful Audrey Hepburn in _Roman Holiday_ ? > IQ2: Did you co-star with the incredibly beautiful Audrey Hepburn in _Breakfast at Tiffany’s_ ? > IQ3: Did you co-star with the incredibly beautiful Audrey Hepburn in _Charade_ ? I am not Gary Cooper. I am not George Peppard. I am not Cary Grant. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you maybe an orc general, but maybe not? > Were you the Lady of Lothlorien? > Were you her biggest, but shortest, admirer? #1. Take a DQ. #2. I am not Galadriel #3. I am not Gimli. ---
**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:** [August 1, 2020, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/57 "2020-08-01T01:32:12Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Last name starts with G 4. Dead ---
**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:** [August 1, 2020, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/58 "2020-08-01T01:48:15Z")
Congrats, Prof.! IQs: 1. Were you played by Margaret Hamilton in _The Wizard of Oz_? 2. Remember, remember…Is November 5th your day, in England? 3. Did you work on the 1980s _Twilight Zone_ and _Beauty and the Beast_, write a number of unmade TV pilots such as _Starport_, and then decide to focus on novels? ---
**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:** [August 1, 2020, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/59 "2020-08-01T02:27:52Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Q1: Did you co-star with the incredibly beautiful Audrey Hepburn in _Roman Holiday_ ? > IQ2: Did you co-star with the incredibly beautiful Audrey Hepburn in _Breakfast at Tiffany’s_ ? > IQ3: Did you co-star with the incredibly beautiful Audrey Hepburn in _Charade_ ? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > I am not Gary Cooper. > I am not George Peppard. > I am not Cary Grant. Gregory Peck. ✅ ✅ DQ: Known for the Arts? IQ1: Were you a noted 20th-century American dancer and choreographer? IQ2: Did you come between Edward and Mary? IQ3: Were your husband’s original names Hiram Ulysses? ---
**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:** [August 1, 2020, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/60 "2020-08-01T13:37:43Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Last name starts with G 4. Dead 5. Known for the Arts > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you a noted 20th-century American dancer and choreographer? > IQ2: Did you come between Edward and Mary? > IQ3: Were your husband’s original names Hiram Ulysses? 1. I am not George Ballantine. 2. I am not George I (??) 3. I am not Mrs. Grant. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645.md?page=4)