# 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:** 9
**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 16, 2021, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/161 "2021-08-16T18:28:06Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > I am not Warren G. Harding (??) > Take a DQ. > I am not Deborah Harry. 1 was Rutherford B. Hayes; 2 was Harry Houdini. 2 DQs reserved. ---
**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 16, 2021, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/162 "2021-08-16T18:36:25Z")
IQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with 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:** [August 16, 2021, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/163 "2021-08-16T18:37:08Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you “the Rock of Chickamauga”? > Was Beezus your best friend and Ribsy your dog? > Did Lt. Cmdr. Data study your wartime leadership? 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:** [August 16, 2021, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/164 "2021-08-16T20:42:53Z")
Previous IQs: Were you “the Rock of Chickamauga”? - Maj. Gen. George Henry Thomas, during the Civil War Was Beezus your best friend and Ribsy your dog? - Henry Huggins, in the Beverly Cleary books Did Lt. Cmdr. Data study your wartime leadership? - King Henry V, from the Shakespeare play of the same name, on _ST:TNG_ Henry x3! DQs: American? Living? Political/military? IQs: Were you originally described as buck-toothed and frizzy-haired? Were you a little boy living in Rockwell, Maine in the Fifties? Were you “the Unspeakable” in Lovecraft’s writings? ---
**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 16, 2021, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/165 "2021-08-16T20:57:44Z")
[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:162, topic:947881, full:true”] IQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with H 4. Not American 5. Dead 6. Not political/military ---
**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 16, 2021, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/166 "2021-08-16T20:58:35Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Qs: > > Were you originally described as buck-toothed and frizzy-haired? > Were you a little boy living in Rockwell, Maine in the Fifties? > Were you “the Unspeakable” in Lovecraft’s writings? 1. I am not Huckleberry Finn (??) 2. I am not Robert Frost (??) 3. I am not Hastur. ---
**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 17, 2021, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/167 "2021-08-17T02:59:41Z")
IQs 1. Did JFK call you “the greatest statesman of our century”? 2. Was your last role that of the headmaster of a unique school? 3. Did you frequently have a door slamming hallway chase on your show? ---
**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 17, 2021, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/168 "2021-08-17T03:40:51Z")
IQs: 1. Are you an actress who in 2019 plead guilty to charges of college admissions-related mail fraud and did ten days of jail? 2. Did you call history “bunk”, which means you likely wouldn’t do well in this game? 3. As per the recent _Heroes Reborn_ series, are you a Marvel character whose rogues’ gallery includes the super-scientist Dr. Doom, the reality-warping Mr. Beyonder, the brutish backwards-speaking Hulk, and Ultron, the man with the Pym particle heart? ---
**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 17, 2021, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/169 "2021-08-17T13:26:04Z")
IQs 1. Did JFK call you “the greatest statesman of our century”? 2. Was your last role that of the headmaster of a unique school? 3. Did you frequently have a door slamming hallway chase on your show? [/quote] #1. I am not Hubert Humphrey (??). Take 2 DQs. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you an actress who in 2019 plead guilty to charges of college admissions-related mail fraud and did ten days of jail? > 2. Did you call history “bunk”, which means you likely wouldn’t do well in this game? > 3. As per the recent _Heroes Reborn_ series, are you a Marvel character whose rogues’ gallery includes the super-scientist Dr. Doom, the reality-warping Mr. Beyonder, the brutish backwards-speaking Hulk, and Ultron, the man with the Pym particle heart? #2. I am not Henry Ford. Take 2 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:** [August 17, 2021, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/170 "2021-08-17T13:35:03Z")
Previous IQs: Were you originally described as buck-toothed and frizzy-haired? - Not Huck Finn, but Hermione Granger Were you a little boy living in Rockwell, Maine in the Fifties? - Hogarth Hughes, in _The Iron Giant_ Were you “the Unspeakable” in Lovecraft’s writings? - Yes, Hastur DQs: Best known for the Arts? European? IQs: Were you the younger brother of Lord Melville and a naval friend of Capt. Jack Aubrey? Did Gene Roddenberry compare Capt. James T. Kirk to you? Was there an allusion to you in a ship’s name in _The Life Aquatic_? ---
**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 17, 2021, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/171 "2021-08-17T13:57:01Z")
[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:165, topic:947881”] IQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with H 4. Not American 5. Dead 6. Not political/military 7. Best known for the Arts 8. European ---
**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 17, 2021, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/172 "2021-08-17T13:58:03Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you the younger brother of Lord Melville and a naval friend of Capt. Jack Aubrey? > Did Gene Roddenberry compare Capt. James T. Kirk to you? > Was there an allusion to you in a ship’s name in _The Life Aquatic_ ? 1. I am not Horatio Hornblower. 2. I am not Horatio Hornblower. 3. I am not Horatio Hornblower. Take 2 DQs. (or 3 if none were Horatio). ---
**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 17, 2021, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/173 "2021-08-17T14:01:34Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > #2. I am not Henry Ford. Take 2 DQs. 1 (actress in college admissions scandal) was Felicity Huffman; 3 (Marvel character with villains like those of Superman) was Hyperion. DQs: 1. died after 1920? 2. from continental Europe? ---
**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 17, 2021, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/174 "2021-08-17T14:03:36Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Hubert Humphrey (??). > Take 2 DQs. Dag Hammarskjold, Richard Harris, Benny Hill DQs 1. Known for the performing arts? Holding 2 DQs ---
**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 17, 2021, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/175 "2021-08-17T14:05:44Z")
IQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with H 4. Not American 5. Dead 6. Not political/military 7. Best known for the Arts 8. European 9. Died after 1920 10. Not from continental Europe 11. Not known for the performing arts ---
**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 17, 2021, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/176 "2021-08-17T14:07:32Z")
DQs 1. From England? 2. Known for written works? ---
**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 17, 2021, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/177 "2021-08-17T14:08:52Z")
[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:175, topic:947881, full:true”] IQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with H 4. Not American 5. Dead 6. Not political/military 7. Best known for the Arts 8. European 9. Died after 1920 10. Not from continental Europe 11. Not known for the performing arts 12. English 13. Writer (of sorts) ---
**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 17, 2021, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/178 "2021-08-17T19:09:55Z")
Previous IQs: Were you the younger brother of Lord Melville and a naval friend of Capt. Jack Aubrey? - Capt. Heneage Dundas, a real person who occasionally appears in the novels of Patrick O’Brian Did Gene Roddenberry compare Capt. James T. Kirk to you? - Yes, Horatio Hornblower Was there an allusion to you in a ship’s name in _The Life Aquatic_? - Harry Belafonte. Steve Zissou (Bill Murray)'s oceanic research ship is named the _Belafonte_, an in-joke as to Jacques Cousteau’s ship the _Calypso_; Belafonte of course sang Calypso music DQs: Won a top award in his field? Greatest fame before 1939? IQs: Were you Samwise’s dad? Were you Remington Steele’s boss? Were you Norbert’s caregiver? ---
**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 17, 2021, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/179 "2021-08-17T19:38:27Z")
IQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with H 4. Not American 5. Dead 6. Not political/military 7. Best known for the Arts 8. European 9. Died after 1920 10. Not from continental Europe 11. Not known for the performing arts 12. English 13. Composer 14. Noted for turning down awards and honors 15. Greatest fame before 1939 I re-answered #13 'cause “writer” was too imprecise. ---
**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 17, 2021, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/180 "2021-08-17T19:39:53Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you Samwise’s dad? > Were you Remington Steele’s boss? > Were you Norbert’s caregiver? 1. I am not Hamfast Gamgee, the Old Gaffer. 2. I am not Laura Holt. Take a DQ for #3. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881.md?page=10)