# Botticelli - August 2017 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 1, 2017, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593 "2017-08-01T20:00:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**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 6, 2017, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/101 "2017-08-06T19:54:59Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you hear a Who? > 2. Were you a poet contemporaneous with Homer? > 3. Did you write _Steppenwolf_? Not Horton, Horace or Hesse. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did you recently have your initial displayed prominently with an arrow pointing right? > IQ2: Did Mojo Nixon sing that you must die, don’t let him get back together with Glenn Frey? > IQ3: Did you launch the website _Ain’t It Cool News_? Not Hillary Clinton, Don Henley or Harry Knowles. > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did a short story begin with your being recommended for a medal, and end with your being fined and sent out to the boondocks? > IQ2: Did you have what appeared to be a garden shed on the back of your tricycle? > IQ3: Were you Eric and David’s mother? Ouch! Dunno x3. H. 1. fictional 2. male 3. first name starts with H 4. not created by an American or Americans 5. created after 1899 ---
**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 6, 2017, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/102 "2017-08-06T22:48:30Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you hear a Who? > 2. Were you a poet contemporaneous with Homer? > 3. Did you write Steppenwolf? > Not Horton, Horace or Hesse. \ Correct on #1 and #3. Horace was a 1st Century B.C. Roman author. Homer was Greek and dated back to circa 600-800 B.C. along with Hesiod. DQ: Originally from a prose work of literature? ---
**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 6, 2017, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/103 "2017-08-06T22:50:08Z")
IQs: 1. Were you in love with Columbine? 2. Were you Hannibal’s dad? 3. Did you marry Anna Livia Plurabelle? ---
**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 6, 2017, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/104 "2017-08-06T23:19:27Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did a short story begin with your being recommended for a medal, and end with your being fined and sent out to the boondocks? > IQ2: Did you have what appeared to be a garden shed on the back of your tricycle? > IQ3: Were you Eric and David’s mother? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Ouch! Dunno x3. Horatius Cocles (“A Medal for Horatius”). Humphrey Pennyworth (“Joe Palooka”). Harriet Nelson. DQ1: Created after 1954? DQ2: European creator(s)? One DQ reserved. IQ1: Are you a fictional Belgian policeman who moved to England during WW I? IQ2: Were you a New Englander who established a distillery in Canada, selling products that bear your name? IQ3: Were you Elwood’s friend? ---
**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 6, 2017, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/105 "2017-08-06T23:43:21Z")
IQ1: Are you a bandleader who composed the music for “Stardust” and “Georgia on My Mind”? IQ2: Did you play Russell Brand’s escort in _Get Him to the Greek_? IQ3: Did you have a one hit wonder with a cover of Ricky Martin’s hit song “She Bangs” on _American Idol_ in 2004? ---
**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 8, 2017, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/106 "2017-08-08T02:59:00Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you in love with Columbine? > 2. Were you Hannibal’s dad? > 3. Did you marry Anna Livia Plurabelle? Dunno x3 > [@SCAdian](#): > > … > > IQ1: Are you a fictional Belgian policeman who moved to England during WW I? > IQ2: Were you a New Englander who established a distillery in Canada, selling products that bear your name? > IQ3: Were you Elwood’s friend? Not Hercule Poirot, dunno, and not the invisible giant bunny Harvey > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you a bandleader who composed the music for “Stardust” and “Georgia on My Mind”? > IQ2: Did you play Russell Brand’s escort in _Get Him to the Greek_? > IQ3: Did you have a one hit wonder with a cover of Ricky Martin’s hit song “She Bangs” on _American Idol_ in 2004? Not Hoagy Carmichael, dunno, and not… that Hung guy? H. 1. fictional 2. male 3. first name starts with H 4. not created by an American or Americans 5. created after 1899 6. originally from a prose work of literature 7. created before 1954 8. European creator(s) ---
**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 8, 2017, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/107 "2017-08-08T11:04:49Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you in love with Columbine? > 2. Were you Hannibal’s dad? > 3. Did you marry Anna Livia Plurabelle? > Dunno x3 #1 was Harlequin. #2 was Hamilcar. #3 was Humphrey Chimpden Earwicker (or any other HCE) from _Finnegans Wake_. DQ: By a British author? 2 DQs 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 8, 2017, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/108 "2017-08-08T13:14:04Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Are you a fictional Belgian policeman who moved to England during WW I? > IQ2: Were you a New Englander who established a distillery in Canada, selling products that bear your name? > IQ3: Were you Elwood’s friend? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Hercule Poirot, dunno, and not the invisible giant bunny Harvey Correct. Hiram Walker. Correct. DQ1: Appeared in more than one published story? DQ2: Appeared in a movie? ---
**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 8, 2017, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/109 "2017-08-08T13:25:06Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you a bandleader who composed the music for “Stardust” and “Georgia on My Mind”? > IQ2: Did you play Russell Brand’s escort in Get Him to the Greek? > IQ3: Did you have a one hit wonder with a cover of Ricky Martin’s hit song “She Bangs” on American Idol in 2004? > > Not Hoagy Carmichael, dunno, and not… that Hung guy? correct, Jonah Hill, William Hung (close enough) DQ: Military genre? ---
**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 8, 2017, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/110 "2017-08-08T13:34:33Z")
IQ1: Are you an occultist who co-founded the Theosophist Society in 1875? IQ2: Are you an actress who’s played Bellatrix Lestrange in the Harry Potter movies? IQ3: Did Sherilyn Fenn play you in a 1993 movie in which a lovesick surgeon amputated your limbs? ---
**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 8, 2017, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/111 "2017-08-08T16:06:44Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you an occultist who co-founded the Theosophist Society in 1875? > IQ2: Are you an actress who’s played Bellatrix Lestrange in the Harry Potter movies? > IQ3: Did Sherilyn Fenn play you in a 1993 movie in which a lovesick surgeon amputated your limbs? Dunno, not Helena Bonham Carter, and not the boxed Helena. H. 1. fictional 2. male 3. first name starts with H 4. not created by an American or Americans 5. created after 1899 6. originally from a prose work of literature 7. created before 1954 8. European creator(s) 9. by a British author 10. did not appear in more than one published story 11. appeared in a movie 12. not in military genre ---
**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 8, 2017, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/112 "2017-08-08T16:16:18Z")
Helena (Madame) Blavatsky DQ: Originally from a Children story? ---
**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 8, 2017, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/113 "2017-08-08T16:22:14Z")
IQ1: Are you a Spanish explorer credited with discovering the Mississippi River? IQ2: Were you a guest on Billy Crystal’s “Fernando’s Hideaway” with Mr. T in 1984? IQ3: Were you a sportscaster guest on Billy Crystal’s “Fernando’s Hideaway” in 1985? ---
**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 8, 2017, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/114 "2017-08-08T17:39:31Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you a Spanish explorer credited with discovering the Mississippi River? > IQ2: Were you a guest on Billy Crystal’s “Fernando’s Hideaway” with Mr. T in 1984? > IQ3: Were you a sportscaster guest on Billy Crystal’s “Fernando’s Hideaway” in 1985? Not Hernan De Soto, Hannibal from _The A-Team_ or Howard Cosell H. 1. fictional 2. male 3. first name starts with H 4. not created by an American or Americans 5. created after 1899 6. originally from a prose work of literature 7. created before 1954 8. European creator(s) 9. by a British author 10. did not appear in more than one published story 11. appeared in a movie 12. not in military genre 13. not originally from a children’s story ---
**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 8, 2017, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/115 "2017-08-08T18:35:39Z")
IQ1: Were you the best-known of the Barcids? IQ2: Were you the best-known resident of Centerburg? IQ3: Do you write about Liam Devlin and Sean Dillon? ---
**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 8, 2017, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/116 "2017-08-08T18:56:56Z")
DQs: 1. Protagonist? 2. Considered a good guy? ---
**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 8, 2017, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/117 "2017-08-08T19:09:39Z")
IQs: 1. Were you married to Lemonade Lucy? 2. Were you killed whilst playing poker in Deadwood? 3. Did Tom Lehrer sing a song asking “Whatever Became Of” you? ---
**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 8, 2017, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/118 "2017-08-08T19:12:42Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you the best-known of the Barcids? > IQ2: Were you the best-known resident of Centerburg? > IQ3: Do you write about Liam Devlin and Sean Dillon? Dunno x2; not Jack Higgins > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you married to Lemonade Lucy? > 2. Were you killed whilst playing poker in Deadwood? > 3. Did Tom Lehrer sing a song asking “Whatever Became Of” you? Not Rutherford B. Hayes, Wild Bill Hickock or… dunno. H. 1. fictional 2. male 3. first name starts with H 4. not created by an American or Americans 5. created after 1899 6. originally from a prose work of literature 7. created before 1954 8. European creator(s) 9. by a British author 10. did not appear in more than one published story 11. appeared in a movie 12. not in military genre 13. not originally from a children’s story 14. not the protagonist 15. considered a good guy ---
**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 8, 2017, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/119 "2017-08-08T19:23:45Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you married to Lemonade Lucy? > 2. Were you killed whilst playing poker in Deadwood? > 3. Did Tom Lehrer sing a song asking “Whatever Became Of” you? > Not Rutherford B. Hayes, Wild Bill Hickock or… dunno. Correct on 1 and 2. #3 was Hubert (Humphrey, that is.) DQ: Unusual first name? ---
**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 8, 2017, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/120 "2017-08-08T19:28:32Z")
IQs: 1. Did Lord Macaulay write a long poem about your heroism in regards to your actions at a bridge? 2. In the TV series _The Ghost and Mrs. Muir_, did you play Mrs. Muir? 3. In a song of the 1930’s did Elsie Carlisle sing “Puh-leeze! Mr. [Your name]”? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593.md?page=7)