# Botticelli August 2022 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 4, 2022, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071 "2022-08-04T03:35:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2022, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071/61 "2022-08-11T05:04:46Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > > IQ1: Did you make music with Lucille? > > IQ2: Did you direct _Maximum Overdrive_? > > IQ3: Were you a clown friend of Betty Boop? > > 1. Not … Kenny Rogers? > 2. DQ > 3. DQ BB King, who named his guitars Lucille Stephen King - directed only one movie, mercifully stuck to writing after that Koko the Clown DQ: Would be alive today, if real? DQ: First appeared in a prose work? Holding one 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 11, 2022, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071/62 "2022-08-11T13:28:27Z")
DQs: 1. Protagonist? 2. 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 11, 2022, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071/63 "2022-08-11T13:32:03Z")
IQs: 1. Were you secretly the Shadow? 2. Were you a traveler, writer, print artist and illustrator who illustrated the Canterbury Tales, the works of Shakespeare, the Decameron and Moby Dick, among other works? 3. Did your stand up routine include you hitting yourself in the head with the microphone? ---
**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 11, 2022, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071/64 "2022-08-11T14:18:40Z")
IQs: 1. Was Regis _Live with_ you? 2. No, really, was he _Live with_ you? 3. Did you play basketball, and also yourself in the movie _Uncut Gems_? ---
**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 11, 2022, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071/65 "2022-08-11T15:03:40Z")
Previous IQs: Did you like to sail on the _Victura_? - JFK: [John F. Kennedy's beloved sailboat Victura back on display - CBS News](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/john-f-kennedys-beloved-sailboat-victura-back-on-display/) Did you visit the Taj Mahal with your sister? - Jackie Kennedy: [https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/10/travel/jackie-kennedy-christies-india-pakistan.html](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/10/travel/jackie-kennedy-christies-india-pakistan.html) Did your American wedding make the cover of _Life_ in the early [actually, a little later, I now see] Eighties? - Caroline Kennedy: [Caroline Kennedy Life Magazine](https://www.loriferber.com/caroline-kennedy-life-magazine-september-1986.html) DQs: American? Created by an American(s)? One DQ reserved. IQs: Were you a grizzled sergeant of the 20th Maine in _Gettysburg_? Were you the actor who played him? In a Top Ten list, did David Letterman suggest that this was the first name of Mr. Peanut? ---
**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 11, 2022, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071/66 "2022-08-11T16:27:57Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you secretly the Shadow? > 2. Were you a traveler, writer, print artist and illustrator who illustrated the Canterbury Tales, the works of Shakespeare, the Decameron and Moby Dick, among other works? > 3. Did your stand up routine include you hitting yourself in the head with the microphone? Only name I associate with The Shadow is Lamont Cranston. Three DQs. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Was Regis _Live with_ you? > 2. No, really, was he _Live with_ you? > 3. Did you play basketball, and also yourself in the movie _Uncut Gems_? 1. Not Kathy Whateverhersurname was Two DQs. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you a grizzled sergeant of the 20th Maine in _Gettysburg_? > Were you the actor who played him? > In a Top Ten list, did David Letterman suggest that this was the first name of Mr. Peanut? Three DQs. Maybe I should have picked a different letter… **K** 1, Not real 2. First name begins with K 3. Male 4. Created before 1980 5. Could be alive today, if real (though not normally) 6. First appeared in a prose work 7. Protagonist 8. Unusual first name 9. Not American 10. American creator(s) ---
**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 11, 2022, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071/67 "2022-08-11T17:05:29Z")
Previous IQs: Were you a grizzled sergeant of the 20th Maine in _Gettysburg_? - Buster Kilrain Were you the actor who played him? - Kevin Conway In a Top Ten list, did David Letterman suggest that this was the first name of Mr. Peanut? - Keith!: [http://www.mudslide.net/TopTen/lnwdxtra.html#extra37](http://www.mudslide.net/TopTen/lnwdxtra.html#extra37) DQs: Created before 1900? European? Two DQs reserved. IQs: Were you a hated US Cavalry officer during the Civil War? Were you Reagan’s UN ambassador? Are you first officer of the _Orville_? ---
**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 11, 2022, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071/68 "2022-08-11T17:26:19Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Was Regis _Live with_ you? > 2. No, really, was he _Live with_ you? > 3. Did you play basketball, and also yourself in the movie _Uncut Gems_? > [@SCAdian](#): > > 1. Not Kathy Whateverhersurname was > Two DQs. 2 was Kelly Ripa; 3 was Kevin Garnett; close enough on Kathy Lee Gifford. 2 DQs reserved. ---
**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 11, 2022, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071/69 "2022-08-11T18:06:27Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Were you secretly the Shadow? > > 2. Were you a traveler, writer, print artist and illustrator who illustrated the Canterbury Tales, the works of Shakespeare, the Decameron and Moby Dick, among other works? > > 3. Did your stand up routine include you hitting yourself in the head with the microphone? > > Only name I associate with The Shadow is Lamont Cranston. Three DQs. 1. Lamont Cranston was a traveling millionaire socialite who let the Shadow, Kent Allard, use his identity while he was away. #2 is Rockwell Kent. #3 was Kevin Meaney. DQ: From a work of science fiction or fantasy? 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 12, 2022, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071/70 "2022-08-12T02:15:34Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you a hated US Cavalry officer during the Civil War? > Were you Reagan’s UN ambassador? > Are you first officer of the _Orville_? Three DQs. (Stop that!) **K** 1, Not real 2. First name begins with K 3. Male 4. Created before 1980 5. Could be alive today, if real (though not normally) 6. First appeared in a prose work 7. Protagonist 8. Unusual first name 9. Not American 10. American creator(s) 11. Not created before 1900 12. European 13. Sorta/Kinda from a work of science fiction or fantasy That’s 13, there are seven reserved DQs\*, and I just awarded three more, which brings us up to a total of 23. No more IQs, please, and ask all your DQs before 0900 Eastern Saturday. \* Chock has one; EH, DLR and the Prof have two each. ---
**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 12, 2022, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071/71 "2022-08-12T15:29:22Z")
DQs: 1. Work has been made into a movie or movies? 2. Created before 1950? ---
**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 12, 2022, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071/72 "2022-08-12T15:47:10Z")
**K** 1, Not real 2. First name begins with K 3. Male 4. Created before 1980 5. Could be alive today, if real (though not normally) 6. First appeared in a prose work 7. Protagonist 8. Unusual first name 9. Not American 10. American creator(s) 11. Not created before 1900 12. European 13. Sorta/Kinda from a work of science fiction or fantasy 14. Work has sort of been incorporated into a movie or movies 15. Created before 1950 Chock has one outstanding DQ, EH has five, and DLR has two. ---
**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 12, 2022, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071/73 "2022-08-12T15:59:24Z")
DQ: from a short story? 1 DQ 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 12, 2022, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071/74 "2022-08-12T16:54:34Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > Were you a hated US Cavalry officer during the Civil War? > > Were you Reagan’s UN ambassador? > > Are you first officer of the _Orville_? > > Three DQs. (Stop that!) I can’t help myself! 'Twas Gen. Judson “Kill Cavalry” Kilpatrick, Amb. Jeanne Kirkpatrick and Cmdr. Kelly Grayson. DQs: British character? White? Movie(s) released since 2000? Two DQs reserved. ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2022, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071/75 "2022-08-12T17:59:24Z")
DQ: Human? ---
**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 13, 2022, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071/76 "2022-08-13T00:19:25Z")
**K** 1, Not real 2. First name begins with K 3. Male 4. Created before 1980 5. Could be alive today, if real (though not normally) 6. First appeared in a prose work 7. Protagonist 8. Unusual first name 9. Not American 10. American creator(s) 11. Not created before 1900 12. European 13. Sorta/Kinda from a work of science fiction or fantasy 14. Work has sort of been incorporated into a movie or movies 15. Created before 1950 16. Not from a short story 17. British character 18. White 19. A related movie was released after 2000, but I was not in it 20. Human EH has two outstanding DQs, and DLR has one. ---
**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 13, 2022, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071/77 "2022-08-13T03:25:29Z")
Final DQ: created after 1930? ---
**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 13, 2022, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071/78 "2022-08-13T03:30:53Z")
**K** 1, Not real 2. First name begins with K 3. Male 4. Created before 1980 5. Could be alive today, if real (though not normally) 6. First appeared in a prose work 7. Protagonist 8. Unusual first name 9. Not American 10. American creator(s) 11. Not created before 1900 12. European 13. Sorta/Kinda from a work of science fiction or fantasy 14. Work has sort of been incorporated into a movie or movies 15. Created before 1950 16. Not from a short story 17. British character 18. White 19. A related movie was released after 2000, but I was not in it 20. Human 21. Not created after 1930 EH has two outstanding DQs. ---
**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 13, 2022, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071/79 "2022-08-13T18:42:46Z")
Okay – past the deadline on DQs. The four who were awarded DQs during the course of the game may ask their final “Are you X?” DQs; please do so by 1800 Eastern tomorrow (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 13, 2022, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071/80 "2022-08-13T18:54:41Z")
American novel, novella (or play??) created 1900-1930, in the speculative fiction genre. British character with unusual first name, white, human. Could be alive today, if real, though not normally. Recent movie didn’t include the character, but he was a protagonist in the book. Thinking… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071.md?page=5)