# Botticelli - Aug. 2021 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 2, 2021, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881 "2021-08-02T17:36:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 13
**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:** [August 28, 2021, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/241 "2021-08-28T05:03:41Z")
I think it should count. Most of us have heard of the movie, some of us have seen it, and he was one of the two main characters. I vote you earned another round. ---
**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 28, 2021, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/242 "2021-08-28T16:25:33Z")
Yes, take another round! ---
**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 28, 2021, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/243 "2021-08-28T16:29:43Z")
Thank you! Our next letter, then, is # M ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2021, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/244 "2021-08-28T17:23:21Z")
IQs 1. Were you Miss America 1955? 2. Did you portray a dictator on a NBC comedy? 3. Is there a statue of you at the Grand Ole Opry? ---
**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 28, 2021, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/245 "2021-08-28T17:36:51Z")
Not Lee Meriwether, Matthew Perry or Meghan, Duchess of Sussex. ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2021, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/246 "2021-08-28T18:02:49Z")
Yes, Margaret Cho, Minnie Pearl DQs 1. Real? 2. Female? ---
**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 28, 2021, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/247 "2021-08-28T19:16:38Z")
IQs: 1. Did you have binders full of women? 2. Does one of your books begin “It was a dark and stormy night” (really!)? 3. Did you revamp the Doom Patrol and Animal Man? ---
**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 28, 2021, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/248 "2021-08-28T21:46:38Z")
IQs: 1. Did you write _The History of England_ in the 19th Century? 2. Did you best Lee at Gettysburg? 3. Did you write _Bimbos of the Death Sun_? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2021, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/249 "2021-08-29T02:18:25Z")
1. Are you the hero of the aforementioned **Bimbos of the Death Sun**? 2. Are you his girlfriend? 3… Did you write the 1984 book **The Changeover**? ---
**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:** [August 29, 2021, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/250 "2021-08-29T04:02:02Z")
IQ1: Are you a former Boston Red Sox relief pitcher who owned a bar? IQ2: Were you the first professional basketball player to go pro directly out of high school? IQ3: Were you a basketball player nicknamed “The Mailman”? ---
**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 29, 2021, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/251 "2021-08-29T14:12:25Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Did you have binders full of women? > 2. Does one of your books begin “It was a dark and stormy night” (really!)? > 3. Did you revamp the Doom Patrol and Animal Man? Not Mitt Romney, not Madeline L’Engle and dunno. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write _The History of England_ in the 19th Century? > 2. Did you best Lee at Gettysburg? > 3. Did you write _Bimbos of the Death Sun_? Not Sir Thomas Mallory, not George G. Meade and dunno. > [@kitap](#): > > 1. Are you the hero of the aforementioned **Bimbos of the Death Sun**? > 2. Are you his girlfriend? > 3… Did you write the 1984 book **The Changeover**? Dunno x3. > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Are you a former Boston Red Sox relief pitcher who owned a bar? > IQ2: Were you the first professional basketball player to go pro directly out of high school? > IQ3: Were you a basketball player nicknamed “The Mailman”? Not Sam Malone, not Carl Malone and maybe _this_ was Carl Malone. M. 1. real 2. male ---
**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 29, 2021, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/252 "2021-08-29T16:28:34Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > > 1. Did you write _The History of England_ in the 19th Century? > > > 2. Did you best Lee at Gettysburg? > > > 3. Did you write _Bimbos of the Death Sun_ ? > > Not Sir Thomas Mallory, not George G. Meade and dunno. #1 was Thomas Babington Macaulay. #2 is correct. #3 was Sharyn McCrumb. DQs: 1. Last name starts with M? 2. Living? ---
**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 29, 2021, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/253 "2021-08-29T16:30:20Z")
IQs: 1. Did you star opposite the Marx Brothers in _Love Happy_? 2. Did you star opposite Bob Hope in _The Lemon Drop Kid_? 3. Were you the lead singer of The Fifth Dimension? ---
**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 29, 2021, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/254 "2021-08-29T16:52:39Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Mitt Romney, not Madeline L’Engle and dunno. 3 (Animal Man, Doom Patrol) was Grant Morrison. DQ: known from the arts? IQs: 1. Did you write _H is for Hawk_? 2. Have you played Moses, Torquemada, Louis XVI, Dr. Van Helsing, and a Jewish version of Friar Tuck? 3. Were you born with the last name Little (though you later changed it)? ---
**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:** [August 29, 2021, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/255 "2021-08-29T20:36:38Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > > > IQ1: Are you a former Boston Red Sox relief pitcher who owned a bar? > > > IQ2: Were you the first professional basketball player to go pro directly out of high school? > > > IQ3: Were you a basketball player nicknamed “The Mailman”? > > Not Sam Malone, not Carl Malone and maybe _this_ was Carl Malone. Yes Moses Malone Yes, Karl (with a K) Malone DQ: American? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2021, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/256 "2021-08-30T02:35:25Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > 1. Are you the hero of the aforementioned **Bimbos of the Death Sun**? > 2. Are you his girlfriend? > 3… Did you write the 1984 book **The Changeover**? James Owen Mega, Marion Farley, Margaret Mahy. 3 DQs 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:** [August 30, 2021, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/257 "2021-08-30T17:44:43Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you star opposite the Marx Brothers in _Love Happy_? > 2. Did you star opposite Bob Hope in _The Lemon Drop Kid_? > 3. Were you the lead singer of The Fifth Dimension? Not Margaret Rutherford, not Margaret O’Brien and not Margaret Leadsinger. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Did you write _H is for Hawk_? > 2. Have you played Moses, Torquemada, Louis XVI, Dr. Van Helsing, and a Jewish version of Friar Tuck? > 3. Were you born with the last name Little (though you later changed it)? Not Kinsey Milhone, Mel Brooks or Thurgood Marshall. M. 1. real 2. male 3. last name started with M 4. deceased 5. not known for the Arts 6. American ---
**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 30, 2021, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/258 "2021-08-30T17:49:46Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Kinsey Milhone, Mel Brooks or Thurgood Marshall. 1 was Helen Macdonald; 3 was Malcolm X. DQs: 1. died before 1950? 2. known from a single incident or thing? ---
**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 30, 2021, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/259 "2021-08-30T18:12:30Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > > 1. Did you star opposite the Marx Brothers in _Love Happy_ ? > > > 2. Did you star opposite Bob Hope in _The Lemon Drop Kid_ ? > > > 3. Were you the lead singer of The Fifth Dimension? > > Not Margaret Rutherford, not Margaret O’Brien and not Margaret Leadsinger. #1 was Marilyn Monroe. #2 was Marilyn Maxwell. #3 was Marilyn McCoo. DQs: Known for politics? 2 DQs 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:** [August 30, 2021, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/260 "2021-08-30T19:11:34Z")
M. 1. real 2. male 3. last name started with M 4. deceased 5. not known for the Arts 6. American 7. died before 1950 8. best known from a single incident or thing 9. sorta kinda known for politics [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881.md?page=14)