# Botticelli August 2023 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 3, 2023, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985 "2023-08-03T02:27:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 13
**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 17, 2023, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/241 "2023-08-17T02:20:49Z")
Previous IQs: Does a popular golf course in Akron, Ohio bear your name? - Harvey Firestone Did you host a PBS series on the Constitution and the press? - Fred Friendly Could Chevy Chase tell us all today that you’re still dead? - Yes, the still decidedly late but ungreat Generalissimo Francisco Franco Two 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 17, 2023, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/242 "2023-08-17T03:44:11Z")
Are you Bill Finger? ---
**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 17, 2023, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/243 "2023-08-17T12:11:50Z")
This is a great answer. It’s so good I want to go back and change who I am, but… I am not Bill Finger. ---
**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 17, 2023, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/244 "2023-08-17T16:59:10Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > #1. I am not Gerald Ford. > > #2. I am still not Gerald Ford. Take a DQ. > > #3. Take a DQ. > > 2 was Betty Ford, following Pat Nixon and preceding Rosalynn Carter; However, the Prof _did_ give a valid answer, which counts. ---
**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 17, 2023, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/245 "2023-08-17T17:12:56Z")
Yeah, but I put “take a DQ” realizing there had to be a better answer. And there was. ---
**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 17, 2023, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/246 "2023-08-17T19:10:48Z")
DQs: Best known for work at Marvel Comics? Best known for work before 1970? ---
**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 17, 2023, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/247 "2023-08-17T20:22:05Z")
**DQs** 1. Real 2. Last name only starts with F 3. Male 4. Dead 5. Not known for politics 6. American 7. Died after 1920 8. Known for the Arts 9. Not known for the performing arts 10. Died after 1970 11. Won top awards in his field 12. Known for the literary arts 13. Best known for the visual arts, but for the literary end of his field 14. No famous spouse 15. Not considered handsome 16. Not known for graphic novels, but works have been collected into something similar 17. First name starts with A-M. 18. Not skilled at photography 19. Did not win a Pulitzer 20. Known for writing comic books 21. Known for superhero comics 22. Not known for the grimdark aesthetic 23. Not best known for work at Marvel Comics 24. Best known for work before 1970 ---
**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 17, 2023, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/248 "2023-08-17T22:36:35Z")
and there’s the bell. Feel free to talk amongst youirselves, and ask your final Qs by 6pm EDT tomorrow. Good luck! ---
**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 18, 2023, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/249 "2023-08-18T02:37:17Z")
Hmm. Dunno anyone who fits all these clues. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2023, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/250 "2023-08-18T03:15:44Z")
I only know a handfull of golden/silver age comic book artists/writers. Most of them are Marvel and none of them have last names starting with F. ---
**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 18, 2023, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/251 "2023-08-18T03:23:02Z")
Are you Gardner Fox? ---
**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 18, 2023, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/252 "2023-08-18T13:35:37Z")
YES! I am **Gardner Fox** , creator of the Flash, Hawkman, the Atom, Adam Strange, Zatara, the Justice Society of America, the Justice League of America and the Multiverse! [![](https://th.bing.com/th/id/R.967912f13e274cbe9725d890555f6747?rik=hS11l2C7tmiu8w&riu=http%3a%2f%2fmetropolisplus.com%2fflash123a.jpg&ehk=EVC3zrxUuG6FEc86eEU6S956uwaluYlmRXAavRiuRak%3d&risl=&pid=ImgRaw&r=0) ](https://th.bing.com/th/id/R.967912f13e274cbe9725d890555f6747?rik=hS11l2C7tmiu8w&riu=http%3a%2f%2fmetropolisplus.com%2fflash123a.jpg&ehk=EVC3zrxUuG6FEc86eEU6S956uwaluYlmRXAavRiuRak%3d&risl=&pid=ImgRaw&r=0) Good going, **De\_La\_Rue!** I was afraid I was gonna have another Prof. Fate moment. ---
**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 18, 2023, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/253 "2023-08-18T13:52:49Z")
I always associate him with the Silver Age Flash, so in hindsight the picture was a dead giveaway. And yet I thought of Bill Finger first. I am [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Letter-b-colorful.svg/405px-Letter-b-colorful.svg.png?20210701153545) ](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Letter-b-colorful.svg/405px-Letter-b-colorful.svg.png?20210701153545) (B) ---
**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 18, 2023, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/254 "2023-08-18T13:53:08Z")
Never hoida heem. But well done, **DLR**! On to B. IQs: Did you show a white flag, but not in surrender, atop the ruins of a city? Did Joffrey needlessly fire you from the Kingsguard? Was an important Nov. 1864 battle of the Civil War fought in a Tennessee town named after 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 18, 2023, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/255 "2023-08-18T14:35:22Z")
IQs: 1. Did you paint _The Birth of Venice_? 2. Were you a French Impressionist painter who died in the Franco-Prussian war? 3. Were you a character in the highly acclaimed, kangaroo-scented 1950’s BBC Radio series _The Goon Show_ who was also mentioned in passing in the movie _Shrek_? ---
**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 18, 2023, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/256 "2023-08-18T14:46:50Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you show a white flag, but not in surrender, atop the ruins of a city? > Did Joffrey needlessly fire you from the Kingsguard? > Was an important Nov. 1864 battle of the Civil War fought in a Tennessee town named after you? Respectively: I am not Bilbo Baggins. I am not Bran Stark. I am not Ben Franklin. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you paint _The Birth of Venice_? > 2. Were you a French Impressionist painter who died in the Franco-Prussian war? > 3. Were you a character in the highly acclaimed, kangaroo-scented 1950’s BBC Radio series _The Goon Show_ who was also mentioned in passing in the movie _Shrek_? 1. …if you mean _Venus_, I am not Botticelli. 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not Minnie Bannister? If not Bannister, take a DQ. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2023, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/257 "2023-08-18T14:52:38Z")
Congratulations, **DLR**! IQs: 1. Were you married to Richard I of England? 2. Were you an anti-apartheid activist beaten to death by South African security forces? 3. Are you the sister of novelist Iris Murdoch, and the Booker Award-winning author of _Possession_, _The Djinn in the Nightingale’s Eye_, _The Virgin in the Garden_, _Angels and Insects_, and others? ---
**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 18, 2023, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/258 "2023-08-18T15:35:08Z")
Previous IQs: Did you show a white flag, but not in surrender, atop the ruins of a city? - Not Bilbo Baggins, but Boromir, in Osgiliath Did Joffrey needlessly fire you from the Kingsguard? - Not Bran Stark, but Ser Barristan Selmy Was an important Nov. 1864 battle of the Civil War fought in a Tennessee town named after you? - Yes, Ben Franklin DQs: Real? Male? IQs: Have you played a Federal prosecutor, a concierge, a network executive and a computer genius? Are you the best-known person from Russell, Kansas? Did you fake an assassination attempt on yourself? ---
**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 18, 2023, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/259 "2023-08-18T15:39:49Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you married to Richard I of England? > 2. Were you an anti-apartheid activist beaten to death by South African security forces? > 3. Are you the sister of novelist Iris Murdoch, and the Booker Award-winning author of _Possession_, _The Djinn in the Nightingale’s Eye_, _The Virgin in the Garden_, _Angels and Insects_, and others? 1. Take a DQ. 2. I am not Steve Biko. 3. I am not Beth Murdoch? If not Beth Murdoch, take a DQ. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Have you played a Federal prosecutor, a concierge, a network executive and a computer genius? > Are you the best-known person from Russell, Kansas? > Did you fake an assassination attempt on yourself? Respectively: I am not Bob Balaban. I am not Bob Dole. I am not Bob Roberts. DQs: 1. fictional 2. female ---
**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 18, 2023, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/260 "2023-08-18T15:43:15Z")
Damn, you’re good! Bob x3, and you swept me (those were Balaban’s roles in _Absence of Malice, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Seinfeld_ and _2010: The Year We Make Contact_). IQs: Did you play a captive mom in _Room_? When we first see you, are you playing chess by yourself? Were you a prominent feminist Congresswoman? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985.md?page=14)