# Botticelli - August 2015 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 5, 2015, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053 "2015-08-05T12:08:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 18
**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 20, 2015, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/341 "2015-08-20T20:26:24Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Deceased 4. American 5. Last name starts with C 6. Died after 1900 7. Known for the Arts 8. Not best known for the performing arts 9. Died before 1950 10. Won no awards, as far as I can tell 11. Best and only known as a Writer 12. Writer of nonfiction 13. Most works filed under 500-999 in the Dewey system 14. Write about history and other things, very rarely politics 15. Wrote steadily for a newspaper or magazine 16. Last name does not begin with CA or CO ---
**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 20, 2015, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/342 "2015-08-20T20:27:26Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Curses! I’ll get you yet Professor! > > IQ1: Are you a character from _All-American Men of War_, a navajo pilot who always destroyed his plane after a mission? > IQ2: Were you a JLA honorary member, a “hip-talking” teenager modeled after teen idol Kookie from _77 Sunset Strip_? > IQ3: Are you a Gold and Silver Age contemporary of Bruce Wayne, a millionaire philanthropist aka the Killer Moth? Take a DQ for #1. Happy? I am not Snapper Carr. I am not Cameron van Cleer. ---
**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 20, 2015, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/343 "2015-08-20T22:51:13Z")
IQ1: Did you play Col Douglas Mortimer? IQ2: Starring in another movie with #1, did you play Blondie? IQ3: Were you The It Girl? ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2015, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/344 "2015-08-20T23:03:46Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you a character from All-American Men of War, a navajo pilot who always destroyed his plane after a mission? > IQ2: Were you a JLA honorary member, a “hip-talking” teenager modeled after teen idol Kookie from 77 Sunset Strip? > IQ3: Are you a Gold and Silver Age contemporary of Bruce Wayne, a millionaire philanthropist aka the Killer Moth? > > Take a DQ for #1. Happy? > I am not Snapper Carr. > I am not Cameron van Cleer. Johnny Cloud, yay DQ: Born north of Mason-Dixon line? ---
**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 20, 2015, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/345 "2015-08-20T23:15:05Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you play Col Douglas Mortimer? > IQ2: Starring in another movie with #1, did you play Blondie? > IQ3: Were you The It Girl? I am not Clara Bow for #3. Penny Singleton was Blondie in the 1930’s movies series, so that’s not the right Blondie. Take 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 20, 2015, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/346 "2015-08-20T23:16:09Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Deceased 4. American 5. Last name starts with C 6. Died after 1900 7. Known for the Arts 8. Not best known for the performing arts 9. Died before 1950 10. Won no awards, as far as I can tell 11. Best and only known as a Writer 12. Writer of nonfiction 13. Most works filed under 500-999 in the Dewey system 14. Write about history and other things, very rarely politics 15. Wrote steadily for a newspaper or magazine 16. Last name does not begin with CA or CO 17. Born north of the Mason-Dixon line ---
**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 20, 2015, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/347 "2015-08-20T23:31:56Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you play Col Douglas Mortimer? > IQ2: Starring in another movie with #1, did you play Blondie? > IQ3: Were you The It Girl? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > I am not Clara Bow for #3. > Penny Singleton was Blondie in the 1930’s movies series, so that’s not the right Blondie. > Take 2 DQs. Lee Van Cleef (_For a Few Dollars More_). Clint Eastwood (_The Good, the Bad and the Ugly_). Correct. DQ: Newspaper or magazine was based east of the Mississippi? One DQ reserved. 18 DQs, and I really have no idea here… ---
**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 20, 2015, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/348 "2015-08-20T23:46:57Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Deceased 4. American 5. Last name starts with C 6. Died after 1900 7. Known for the Arts 8. Not best known for the performing arts 9. Died before 1950 10. Won no awards, as far as I can tell 11. Best and only known as a Writer 12. Writer of nonfiction 13. Most works filed under 500-999 in the Dewey system 14. Write about history and other things, very rarely politics 15. Wrote steadily for a newspaper or magazine 16. Last name does not begin with CA or CO 17. Born north of the Mason-Dixon line 18. Wrote for a newspaper and a magazine both based in New York, but best remembered for books which were collections of the articles ---
**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 21, 2015, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/349 "2015-08-21T04:07:16Z")
Previous IQs: Were you the top secret policeman in _V for Vendetta_? - Creedy (I love both the graphic novel and the movie, although they’re very different). Are you the best-known person from Pin Point, Ga.? - Clarence Thomas. Although an admiral now, was your biggest seagoing command a minesweeper? - Prince Charles. DQ: Regularly published in _The New Yorker_? One DQ reserved. IQs: Did you write _The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody_? ---
**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 21, 2015, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/350 "2015-08-21T11:50:32Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you write _The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody_? Yes, I am Will Cuppy, author of the above-mentioned classic, _How to Tell Your Friends from The Apes_, _How to Get from January to December_, and other risible writings. Well done, EH! ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2015, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/351 "2015-08-21T17:07:24Z")
This is the first time since SDMB Botticelli began that I can honestly say… I’ve never heard of the guy. Congrats, Elendil. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2015, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/352 "2015-08-21T17:14:37Z")
I had no brain spark at all for this round, but at least somebody knew the mystery guest. Grats EH! ---
**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 21, 2015, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/353 "2015-08-21T18:02:16Z")
Thanks. I read one of Cuppy’s books years ago, and his name just popped into my head: [Will Cuppy - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Cuppy). I’ll be out of town over the weekend. OK if I start the next round on Sun. night? ---
**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 21, 2015, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/354 "2015-08-21T18:31:31Z")
I was pretty sure that was who it was, but I didn’t want to host another game so soon so I didn’t ask. Good job, EH! ---
**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 21, 2015, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/355 "2015-08-21T19:14:37Z")
Not a problem waiting to Sunday for me. ---
**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 21, 2015, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/356 "2015-08-21T21:44:21Z")
I can wait until Sunday. I’ll be on vacation next week, so I’ll have plenty of time to play. 🙂 ---
**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 24, 2015, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/357 "2015-08-24T01:56:49Z")
OK, thanks - off we go. Our letter is U ---
**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 24, 2015, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/358 "2015-08-24T04:17:43Z")
IQ1: Were you disguised as Gorlois when you visited his wife? IQ2: Were you the son and the father of Victor Emmanuel? IQ3: Was your name originally Hiram, but changed when you went to college? ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2015, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/359 "2015-08-24T11:42:49Z")
IQ1: Did you play Éomer in two movies and Leonard McCoy in two movies? IQ2: Did James Spader provide your voice in the last \*Avengers \*movie? IQ3: Did you play Mia Wallace in _Pulp Fiction_? ---
**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 24, 2015, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/360 "2015-08-24T14:20:05Z")
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