# Botticelli - August 2016 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 12, 2016, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2016/762575 "2016-08-12T16:46:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**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 22, 2016, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2016/762575/41 "2016-08-22T13:36:30Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write _The Crystal Cave_? > 2. Did you star on Broadway in _Man of La Mancha_? > 3. Did you have a hit with _Angel of the Morning_? I should know all of these, but I’m drawing a blank. Take three 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 22, 2016, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2016/762575/42 "2016-08-22T13:42:42Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write _The Crystal Cave_? > 2. Did you star on Broadway in _Man of La Mancha_? > 3. Did you have a hit with _Angel of the Morning_? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > I should know all of these, but I’m drawing a blank. Take three DQs. #1 was Mary Renault. #2 was Richard Kiley. #3 was Merrilee Rush. 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 22, 2016, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2016/762575/43 "2016-08-22T20:15:59Z")
Ah, yes, Mary Renault! The other two I wouldn’t have gotten no matter what. ---
**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 22, 2016, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2016/762575/44 "2016-08-22T20:58:31Z")
DQ: known for fashion or design? ---
**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 23, 2016, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2016/762575/45 "2016-08-23T03:56:02Z")
R. 1. female 2. real 3. last name starts with R 4. dead 5. died after 1900 6. died after 1950 7. known for the Arts 8. not American 9. European 10. not known for acting 11. died after 2000 12. not an author 13. not known for the performing arts 14. not British or Irish 15. known for the visual arts 16. not known for fashion or design ---
**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 23, 2016, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2016/762575/46 "2016-08-23T11:36:44Z")
DQ: known as a painter, illustrator or print artist? ---
**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 23, 2016, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2016/762575/47 "2016-08-23T19:45:26Z")
R. 1. female 2. real 3. last name starts with R 4. dead 5. died after 1900 6. died after 1950 7. known for the Arts 8. not American 9. European 10. not known for acting 11. died after 2000 12. not an author 13. not known for the performing arts 14. not British or Irish 15. known for the visual arts 16. not known for fashion or design 17. not known as a painter, illustrator or print artist ---
**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 23, 2016, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2016/762575/48 "2016-08-23T19:52:11Z")
…which leaves sculptors, cartoonists, architects… Need to puzzle on this one some more. Where’d everyone go? EH and I are the only ones who’ve posted in days. ---
**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 23, 2016, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2016/762575/49 "2016-08-23T20:33:32Z")
DQ: best known as a photographer? ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2016, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2016/762575/50 "2016-08-24T11:56:18Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > …which leaves sculptors, cartoonists, architects… > > Need to puzzle on this one some more. Where’d everyone go? EH and I are the only ones who’ve posted in days. I’ve been stupid busy at work … plus I have literally no idea what the answer could be. 🙂 ---
**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, 2016, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2016/762575/51 "2016-08-24T23:14:37Z")
R. 1. female 2. real 3. last name starts with R 4. dead 5. died after 1900 6. died after 1950 7. known for the Arts 8. not American 9. European 10. not known for acting 11. died after 2000 12. not an author 13. not known for the performing arts 14. not British or Irish 15. known for the visual arts 16. not known for fashion or design 17. not known as a painter, illustrator or print artist 18. not best known as a photographer ---
**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 25, 2016, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2016/762575/52 "2016-08-25T12:19:54Z")
IQs: 1. Did news of your death prompt an ensign to throw a palm tree overboard? 2. Can you “turn the world on with your smile”? 3. Are you aka the Atom? ---
**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 25, 2016, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2016/762575/53 "2016-08-25T14:27:25Z")
Dunno, not Mary Richards (_The Mary Tyler Moore Show_) or… Radioactive 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 25, 2016, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2016/762575/54 "2016-08-25T15:08:51Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did news of your death prompt an ensign to throw a palm tree overboard? > 2. Can you “turn the world on with your smile”? > 3. Are you aka the Atom? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno, not Mary Richards (_The Mary Tyler Moore Show_) or… Radioactive Man? #1 was Mr. Roberts from the movie of the same name. Correct on Mary. #3 is Ray Palmer. 2 DQs. Gotta think some more. ---
**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 27, 2016, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2016/762575/55 "2016-08-27T11:42:04Z")
Weekend trip to Washington - back online late Sunday. ---
**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 27, 2016, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2016/762575/56 "2016-08-27T17:13:38Z")
DQs: 1. Known as a sculptor or architect? 2. French? ---
**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, 2016, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2016/762575/57 "2016-08-29T01:49:41Z")
R. 1. female 2. real 3. last name starts with R 4. dead 5. died after 1900 6. died after 1950 7. known for the Arts 8. not American 9. European 10. not known for acting 11. died after 2000 12. not an author 13. not known for the performing arts 14. not British or Irish 15. known for the visual arts 16. not known for fashion or design 17. not known as a painter, illustrator or print artist 18. not best known as a photographer 19. not known as a sculptor or architect 20. not French OK, we’re into the final round. Please ask your earned “Are you Firstname Lastname?” questions, one apiece, by noon EST Tuesday. ---
**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, 2016, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2016/762575/58 "2016-08-29T02:42:59Z")
I’m passing. Again. ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2016, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2016/762575/59 "2016-08-29T12:22:59Z")
I continue to have absolutely nothing. ---
**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, 2016, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2016/762575/60 "2016-08-30T22:31:04Z")
OK, time’s up. I am Leni Riefenstahl A trailblazing German director, best known for the propaganda films she made for the Nazis. Surprised to see she lived until 2003: [Leni Riefenstahl - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leni_Riefenstahl) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2016/762575.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2016/762575.md?page=4)