# 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:** 6
**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 3, 2020, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/101 "2020-08-03T15:30:19Z")
IQs: 1. Did you draw theoriginal illustrations for Lewis Carroll’s _Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland_? 2. Are you Thomas Hughes’s best known character? 3. Were you a gap-toothed British comic actor best known for playing cads and leches? ---
**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 3, 2020, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/102 "2020-08-03T16:11:53Z")
Not Tenniel. DQ. Not Terry-Thomas. If Ann-Margret married Terry-Thomas – she still wouldn’t have a last name! – _Laugh-In_ ---
**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 3, 2020, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/103 "2020-08-03T16:49:44Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you draw theoriginal illustrations for Lewis Carroll’s _Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland_ ? > 2. Are you Thomas Hughes’s best known character? > 3. Were you a gap-toothed British comic actor best known for playing cads and leches? > [@SCAdian](#): > > Not Tenniel. > DQ. > Not Terry-Thomas. #1 was Correct. #2 is Tom Brown, of _Tom Brown’s Schooldays_ #3 is Correct. DQ: Last name starts with T? ---
**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 3, 2020, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/104 "2020-08-03T16:51:36Z")
IQs: 1. Did you write _The Night The Bed Fell_? 2. Did you write _Anna Karenina_? 3. Was your wife named Goldberry? ---
**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 3, 2020, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/105 "2020-08-03T17:07:03Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write _The Night The Bed Fell_ ? > 2. Did you write _Anna Karenina_ ? > 3. Was your wife named Goldberry? DQ. Not Tolstoi. Not Tom Bombadil. ~~**T**~~ 1 Real 2. Male 3. Not known for the sciences 4. Last name starts with T ---
**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 3, 2020, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/106 "2020-08-03T17:08:52Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > > 1. Did you write _The Night The Bed Fell_ ? > > > 2. Did you write _Anna Karenina_ ? > > > 3. Was your wife named Goldberry? > > DQ. > Not Tolstoi. > Not Tom Bombadil. #1 was James Thurber. Correct on the others. DQ: Living? ---
**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 3, 2020, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/107 "2020-08-03T19:45:17Z")
IQs: Were you “the Rock of Chickamauga”? Did Jesus invite you to touch his wounds? Are you the best-known person from Pinpoint, Ga.? ---
**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 3, 2020, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/108 "2020-08-03T21:40:20Z")
IQs: 1. Did you play the lead on _That Girl_? 2. Were you a Monkee? 3. Did you paint “Hide and Seek” and “The Shop Girl”? ---
**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 3, 2020, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/109 "2020-08-03T21:48:27Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you “the Rock of Chickamauga”? > Did Jesus invite you to touch his wounds? > Are you the best-known person from Pinpoint, Ga.? Not Gen George(?) Thomas. Not Doubting Thomas. DQ for This Probable Thomas. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play the lead on _That Girl_ ? > 2. Were you a Monkee? > 3. Did you paint “Hide and Seek” and “The Shop Girl”? Not Marlo Thomas. Not Peter Tork. Not … Thomas Gainsborough? ~~**T**~~ 1 Real 2. Male 3. Not known for the sciences 4. Last name starts with T 5. Dead ---
**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 3, 2020, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/110 "2020-08-03T22:10:36Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > > 1. Did you play the lead on _That Girl_ ? > > > 2. Were you a Monkee? > > > 3. Did you paint “Hide and Seek” and “The Shop Girl”? > > Not Marlo Thomas. > Not Peter Tork. > Not … Thomas Gainsborough? Correct on 1 & 2. #3 was James Tissot. DQ: Known from the 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:** [August 3, 2020, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/111 "2020-08-03T22:25:06Z")
~~**T**~~ 1 Real 2. Male 3. Not known for the sciences 4. Last name starts with T 5. Dead 6. Known from the Arts Dammit, Discourse, if I want to quote I will say “Quote”, not “copy” and “paste”! ---
**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 3, 2020, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/112 "2020-08-03T22:29:39Z")
IQs: 1. Did you have a hit with _Tiptoe Thro’ The Tulips_ in the 1960’s? 2. Are you possibly the inventor of the Lazy Susan? 3. Did you paint “The Origin of the Milky Way”? ---
**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 4, 2020, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/113 "2020-08-04T00:33:26Z")
Previous IQs: Were you “the Rock of Chickamauga”? - Yes, Gen. George H. Thomas Did Jesus invite you to touch his wounds? - Yes, Doubting Thomas, the apostle Are you the best-known person from Pinpoint, Ga.? - Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas Thomas x3! DQ: American? IQs: Were you a great warrior from whom a later great warrior took his middle name? Were you Aaron Burr’s beloved (some said incestuously) daughter? Were you the satyr-like butler in a truly terrible movie? ---
**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 4, 2020, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/114 "2020-08-04T01:24:16Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you have a hit with _Tiptoe Thro’ The Tulips_ in the 1960’s? > 2. Are you possibly the inventor of the Lazy Susan? > 3. Did you paint “The Origin of the Milky Way”? Not Tiny Tim. DQ. DQ. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you a great warrior from whom a later great warrior took his middle name? > Were you Aaron Burr’s beloved (some said incestuously) daughter? > Were you the satyr-like butler in a truly terrible movie? Not Tecumseh. (Though I would argue Sherman was a soldier, not a warrior.) Not Theodosia Burr. DQ. ~~**T**~~ 1 Real 2. Male 3. Not known for the sciences 4. Last name starts with T 5. Dead 6. Known from the Arts 7. American ---
**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 4, 2020, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/115 "2020-08-04T04:19:06Z")
Previous IQs: Were you a great warrior from whom a later great warrior took his middle name? - Yes, Tecumseh / William Tecumseh Sherman Were you Aaron Burr’s beloved (some said incestuously) daughter? - Yes, Theodosia Were you the satyr-like butler in a truly terrible movie? - Torgo, in _Manos: Hands of Fate_ DQ: Best known from the visual arts (acting, photography, sculpture, painting, etc.)? IQs: Did your wife and your mom both die on the same day? Although not Jewish, did you play a rabbi in a recent miniseries? Are you name-checked in a _Grease_ song sung by a woman? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2020, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/116 "2020-08-04T06:37:37Z")
1. Are you the main character of Mercedes Lackey’s Arrows of the Queen trilogy? 2. Did you voice Tony the Tiger for years? 3. Are you a fictional teen female detective whose best friend is Honey Wheeler? ---
**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 4, 2020, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/117 "2020-08-04T12:02:50Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > > 1. Did you have a hit with _Tiptoe Thro’ The Tulips_ in the 1960’s? > > > 2. Are you possibly the inventor of the Lazy Susan? > > > 3. Did you paint “The Origin of the Milky Way”? > > Not Tiny Tim. > DQ. > DQ. Correct on Tiny Tim. #2 was Thomas Jefferson. #3 was Tintoretto. DQ: Died after 1899? 1 DQ reserved. ---
**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 4, 2020, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/118 "2020-08-04T14:11:54Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did your wife and your mom both die on the same day? > Although not Jewish, did you play a rabbi in a recent miniseries? > Are you name-checked in a _Grease_ song sung by a woman? Three DQs. > [@kitap](#): > > 1. Are you the main character of Mercedes Lackey’s Arrows of the Queen trilogy? > 2. Did you voice Tony the Tiger for years? > 3. Are you a fictional teen female detective whose best friend is Honey Wheeler? Not … Talia? DQ. Not Trixie Belden. (Much more interesting and realistic than Nancy Drew!) ~~**T**~~ 1 Real 2. Male 3. Not known for the sciences 4. Last name starts with T 5. Dead 6. Known from the Arts 7. American 8. Known (but not best known) from the visual arts (acting, photography, sculpture, painting, etc.) 9. Died after 1899 I agree with [Wiki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_arts) that the visual arts and the performing arts are separate categories. ---
**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 4, 2020, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/119 "2020-08-04T14:57:42Z")
Previous IQs: Did your wife and your mom both die on the same day? - Theodore Roosevelt Although not Jewish, did you play a rabbi in a recent miniseries? - John Turturro, in HBO’s _The Plot Against America_ Are you name-checked in a _Grease_ song sung by a woman? - “As for you, Troy Donahue, I know what you wanna do…” DQs: Best known for the visual arts? Died after 1950? Won a top award in his field? IQs: Are you a syrup-chugging Vermont State Trooper? Were you a world-weary theatre critic about whom David Sedaris wrote? Were you a barmaid at Cheers? ---
**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 4, 2020, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/120 "2020-08-04T16:19:38Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Best known for the visual arts? Clarification: You are separating this from the performing arts? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645.md?page=7)