# 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:** 5
**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 14, 2019, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/81 "2019-08-14T12:16:12Z")
IQ1: Were you the lead singer for Linkin Park before committing suicide in 2017? IQ2: Are you lead singer for Incubus? IQ3: Was your first hit “Loser,” released in 1994? ---
**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 14, 2019, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/82 "2019-08-14T12:54:38Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you a blue cat who hangs around with Top Cat? > 2. Before you married were you known as Elizabeth McBricker? > 3. Did you play Cinnamon Carter on Mission: Impossible? > Not Blue Cat, dunno, and not Barbara Bain. #1 was Benny the Ball. #2 is Betty Rubble. Correct on #3. 2 DQs reserved. ---
**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 14, 2019, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/83 "2019-08-14T16:26:35Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno, not Dr. Joseph Bell, and dunno. 1 was Lucille Ball; 3 was Peter Bull. DQs: 1. novel written before 1980? 2. adapted to film after 2000? IQs: 3. Did your creator say of you, “I wanted the simplest, dullest, plainest-sounding name I could find…much better than something more interesting, like ‘Peregrine Carruthers’”? 4. Would you prefer not to? 5. Do you host _America’s Next Top Model_? ---
**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 14, 2019, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/84 "2019-08-14T18:31:19Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Were you the lead singer for Linkin Park before committing suicide in 2017? > IQ2: Are you lead singer for Incubus? > IQ3: Was your first hit “Loser,” released in 1994? Dunno x3. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > … > > IQs: > > 1. Did your creator say of you, “I wanted the simplest, dullest, plainest-sounding name I could find…much better than something more interesting, like ‘Peregrine Carruthers’”? > 2. Would you prefer not to? > 3. Do you host _America’s Next Top Model_? Not James Bond, Bartleby the (infuriatingly passive) Scrivener, or Tyra Banks. B. 1. fictional 2. male 3. created after 1900 4. created by an American or Americans 5. originally from a work of prose fiction 6. last name starts with B 7. created after 1960 8. originally from a novel 9. not adapted to TV/streaming 10. not the protagonist 11. adapted to film 12. novel written before 1990 13. an, but not the sole, antagonist 14. not really in the thriller genre, I’d say, although some might disagree 15. novel written before 1980 16. adapted to film before 2000 ---
**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 14, 2019, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/85 "2019-08-14T18:46:02Z")
DQ: Genre fiction (mystery, horror, sci-fi, fantasy)? 1 DQ remaining. ---
**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 14, 2019, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/86 "2019-08-14T19:26:40Z")
Another clean sweep. IQs: 1. Did you write “The Story of Suicide Sal”? 2. Did you invent Scrabble? 3. Did you play Holly Gennaro/McClane? ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2019, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/87 "2019-08-14T19:55:14Z")
Is it Norman Bates? ---
**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 15, 2019, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/88 "2019-08-15T01:04:38Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you a foppish baronet in a novel based on a stage play written by the same person? > IQ2: Were you an upholsterer in 18th-century Philadelphia? > IQ3: Did you have 500 hats? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno, dunno, and not Bartholomew Cubbins. Sir Percy Blakeney. Betsy Ross. Correct. DQ: Created by a male author? One DQ 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 15, 2019, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/89 "2019-08-15T01:14:16Z")
IQ1: Were you the prime minister of Italy in the 1920s? IQ2: Was #1 named after you? IQ3: Did a doctor rule out #2 as being the inspiration for your name? ---
**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 15, 2019, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/90 "2019-08-15T01:50:17Z")
> [@atimnie](#): > > Is it Norman Bates? [Read this first.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botticelli_(game)) ---
**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 15, 2019, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/91 "2019-08-15T01:52:47Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Were you the lead singer for Linkin Park before committing suicide in 2017? > IQ2: Are you lead singer for Incubus? > IQ3: Was your first hit “Loser,” released in 1994? > > Dunno x3. Chester Bennington, Brandon Boyd, Beck DQ: Law enforcement genre? holding 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 15, 2019, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/92 "2019-08-15T04:21:36Z")
> [@atimnie](#): > > Is it Norman Bates? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > [Read this first.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botticelli_(game)) Quite. B. 1. fictional 2. male 3. created after 1900 4. created by an American or Americans 5. originally from a work of prose fiction 6. last name starts with B 7. created after 1960 8. originally from a novel 9. not adapted to TV/streaming 10. not the protagonist 11. adapted to film 12. novel written before 1990 13. an, but not the sole, antagonist 14. not really in the thriller genre, I’d say, although some might disagree 15. novel written before 1980 16. adapted to film before 2000 17. genre fiction (mystery, horror, sci-fi, fantasy) 18. created by a male author 19. kinda sorta in the law enforcement genre **Prof. Pepperwinkle** and **SCAdian** are each holding one DQ, and **Knowed Out** is holding two, so that’s it for IQs. Please ask all earned DQs by noon EST Friday. ---
**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 15, 2019, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/93 "2019-08-15T12:36:13Z")
DQ: Appeared in more than one novel? holding a DQ ---
**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 15, 2019, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/94 "2019-08-15T14:13:48Z")
**Hi, atimnie! Welcome to the game!** DQ: Known from mystery or horror? ---
**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 15, 2019, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/95 "2019-08-15T14:27:18Z")
EH, I do think you oughta let atimnie have another crack at a DQ. Since he’s new. ---
**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 15, 2019, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/96 "2019-08-15T17:57:04Z")
Sure, why not? **atimnie** , welcome aboard - you may ask three IQs, if you like. I will answer one DQ, if earned. B. 1. fictional 2. male 3. created after 1900 4. created by an American or Americans 5. originally from a work of prose fiction 6. last name starts with B 7. created after 1960 8. originally from a novel 9. not adapted to TV/streaming 10. not the protagonist 11. adapted to film 12. novel written before 1990 13. an, but not the sole, antagonist 14. not really in the thriller genre, I’d say, although some might disagree 15. novel written before 1980 16. adapted to film before 2000 17. genre fiction (mystery, horror, sci-fi, fantasy) 18. created by a male author 19. kinda sorta in the law enforcement genre 20. did not appear in more than one novel 21. not known from mystery or horror ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2019, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/97 "2019-08-15T18:53:35Z")
I think I’ll sit this one out, I prefer simpler games, like 20 questions. ---
**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 15, 2019, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/98 "2019-08-15T18:59:38Z")
> [@atimnie](#): > > I think I’ll sit this one out, I prefer simpler games, like 20 questions. Aw, you can do it! Take a look at the thread starting with the first post, and you’ll see how it goes. We’re always glad to have new players. ---
**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 16, 2019, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/99 "2019-08-16T01:37:56Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > that’s it for IQs. So you’re not going to answer my last set? ---
**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, 2019, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/100 "2019-08-16T03:39:38Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > So you’re not going to answer my last set? No, because we’ll already be well over the customary 20 answered DQs. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104.md?page=6)