# Botticelli - August 2019 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 3, 2019, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104 "2019-08-03T05:08:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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 3, 2019, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/1 "2019-08-03T05:08:29Z")
Last month’s thread: [https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=878366](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=878366) A new month and a new letter! As discussed earlier, let’s break from alphabetical order and this time go with L Have at you! ---
**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 3, 2019, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/2 "2019-08-03T13:23:00Z")
IQs: 1. Did you lead 300 Spartans in a famous battle? 2. Are you “the Beloved Physician”? 3. Did you write _The Cyberiad_? ---
**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 3, 2019, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/3 "2019-08-03T17:25:10Z")
1. Did your second voyage take you to Brobdingnag? 2. Did you secretly record conversations with your friend Monica? 3. Were you a member of TLC? ---
**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 3, 2019, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/4 "2019-08-03T17:37:37Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you lead 300 Spartans in a famous battle? > 2. Are you “the Beloved Physician”? > 3. Did you write _The Cyberiad_? I’m not Leonidas, and dunno x2. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. Did your second voyage take you to Brobdingnag? > 2. Did you secretly record conversations with your friend Monica? > 3. Were you a member of TLC? Not Lemuel Gulliver, Linda Tripp and dunno. ---
**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 3, 2019, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/5 "2019-08-03T19:26:46Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you lead 300 Spartans in a famous battle? > 2. Are you “the Beloved Physician”? > 3. Did you write The Cyberiad? > I’m not Leonidas, and dunno x2. Correct on Leonidas. #2 is St. Luke, the Apostle. #3 was Stanislav Lem. DQs: 1. Real? 2. Male? and Welcome Back, De La Rue! ---
**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 3, 2019, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/6 "2019-08-03T21:37:31Z")
IQ!: Did Randall ‘Tex’ Cobb play you in _Raising Arizona_? IQ2: Did you play the mad scientist in Ed Wood’s _Bride of the Monster_? IQ3: Did you play IQ2 in _Ed Wood_? ---
**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 3, 2019, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/7 "2019-08-03T22:50:34Z")
IQs: 1. Did you have a hit with “To Sir With Love”? 2. Did Paul McCartney write “Hey Jude” about you? 3. Did your sword stab Hamlet? ---
**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 4, 2019, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/8 "2019-08-04T01:37:20Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Welcome Back, De La Rue! Thanks, Prof.! It’s good to _be_ back. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Lemuel Gulliver, Linda Tripp and dunno. 3 was Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes. 1 DQ reserved. IQs: 1. Were you launched into space from the Baikonur Cosmodome in November, 1957? 2. Were you known as the Sun King? 3. Are you the last Czarnian? ---
**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 4, 2019, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/9 "2019-08-04T03:33:29Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ!: Did Randall ‘Tex’ Cobb play you in _Raising Arizona_? > IQ2: Did you play the mad scientist in Ed Wood’s _Bride of the Monster_? > IQ3: Did you play IQ2 in _Ed Wood_? Not Lee J. Cobb, Bela Lugosi or Martin Landau. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you have a hit with “To Sir With Love”? > 2. Did Paul McCartney write “Hey Jude” about you? > 3. Did your sword stab Hamlet? Not Julie London, Julian Lennon or Laertes. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > …IQs: > > 1. Were you launched into space from the Baikonur Cosmodome in November, 1957? > 2. Were you known as the Sun King? > 3. Are you the last Czarnian? Yes, welcome back, **DLR**! I’m not Laika, Louis XIV or… is that a misspelling? I’m not Alexandra (who’s not an “L”). L. 1. fictional 2. female ---
**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 4, 2019, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/10 "2019-08-04T11:32:23Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ!: Did Randall ‘Tex’ Cobb play you in Raising Arizona? > IQ2: Did you play the mad scientist in Ed Wood’s Bride of the Monster? > IQ3: Did you play IQ2 in Ed Wood? > > Not Lee J. Cobb, Bela Lugosi or Martin Landau. Leonard Smalls, correct, correct DQ: Last name start with L? ---
**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 4, 2019, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/11 "2019-08-04T13:46:10Z")
Swept me. Alas! IQs: 1. Are you mentioned in the valediction in II Timothy? 2. Did you play Clint Eastwood’s sidekick in _Any Which Way But Loose_ and _Any Which Way You Can_? 3. Are you #2’s actress daughter? ---
**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 4, 2019, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/12 "2019-08-04T15:02:44Z")
IQ1: Were you lead singer for The Cramps? IQ2: Did you perform the theme song for the TV shows _Mr. Belvedere_ and _Harry and the Hendersons_? IQ3: Are you a rapper/actress whose real name is Dana Elaine Owens? ---
**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 4, 2019, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/13 "2019-08-04T17:50:22Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > … > > IQs: > > 1. Are you mentioned in the valediction in II Timothy? > 2. Did you play Clint Eastwood’s sidekick in _Any Which Way But Loose_ and _Any Which Way You Can_? > 3. Are you #2’s actress daughter? Dunno, not Sandra Locke, and dunno. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Were you lead singer for The Cramps? > IQ2: Did you perform the theme song for the TV shows _Mr. Belvedere_ and _Harry and the Hendersons_? > IQ3: Are you a rapper/actress whose real name is Dana Elaine Owens? Dunno x3. L. 1. fictional 2. female 3. last name starts with L ---
**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 4, 2019, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/14 "2019-08-04T17:57:50Z")
IQs: 1. Are you mentioned in the valediction in II Timothy? 2. Did you play Clint Eastwood’s sidekick in Any Which Way But Loose and Any Which Way You Can? 3. Are you #2’s actress daughter? Dunno, not Sandra Locke, and dunno. #1 is Linus (traditionally later Pope Linus). #2 was Geoffrey Lewis, Sandra being love interest. #3 is Juliette Lewis. DQs: 1. By an American author or authors? 2. From a work of prose literature? 3. Created after 1949? ---
**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 4, 2019, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/15 "2019-08-04T18:13:42Z")
L. 1. fictional 2. female 3. last name starts with L 4. by an American author or authors 5. from a work of prose literature 6. created before 1949 ---
**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 4, 2019, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/16 "2019-08-04T18:49:40Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > I’m not Laika, Louis XIV or… is that a misspelling? Not a misspelling; 3 was DC Comics’ bounty hunter Lobo (who hails from the planet Czarnia). DQs: 1. Created before 1900? 2. Main character? IQs: 1. Is your autobiography entitled _“WE”_? 2. Did you star in _The Dancing Cavalier_? 3. Did you also star in _The Dancing Cavalier_, although your voice was dubbed? ---
**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 4, 2019, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/17 "2019-08-04T19:25:39Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > … > > IQs: > > 1. Is your autobiography entitled _“WE”_? > 2. Did you star in _The Dancing Cavalier_? > 3. Did you also star in _The Dancing Cavalier_, although your voice was dubbed? Not Charles Lindbergh, dunno, and dunno. L. 1. fictional 2. female 3. last name starts with L 4. by an American author or authors 5. from a work of prose literature 6. created before 1949 7. created after 1900 8. a main character ---
**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 4, 2019, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/18 "2019-08-04T19:35:46Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the title character of a romance by Richard D. Blackmore? 2. Did you write the novel _It Can’t Happen Here_? 3. Did you play the Cowardly Lion in _The Wizard of Oz_? ---
**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 4, 2019, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/19 "2019-08-04T19:57:35Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Were you lead singer for The Cramps? > IQ2: Did you perform the theme song for the TV shows Mr. Belvedere and Harry and the Hendersons? > IQ3: Are you a rapper/actress whose real name is Dana Elaine Owens? > > Dunno x3. Lux Interior, Leon Redbone, Queen Latifah DQ: Adapted to film or TV? DQ: Younger than 30? DQ: Caucasian? ---
**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 4, 2019, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/20 "2019-08-04T20:48:45Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the title character of a romance by Richard D. Blackmore? > 2. Did you write the novel _It Can’t Happen Here_? > 3. Did you play the Cowardly Lion in _The Wizard of Oz_? Dunno, not Sinclair Lewis or Bert Lahr. L. 1. fictional 2. female 3. last name starts with L 4. by an American author or authors 5. from a work of prose literature 6. created before 1949 7. created after 1900 8. a main character 9. adapted to film or TV 10. probably older than 30 11. Caucasian [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104.md?page=2)