# 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:** 21
**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 27, 2023, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/401 "2023-08-27T03:09:18Z")
But of course. Let’s next go with # H ---
**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 27, 2023, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/402 "2023-08-27T14:01:03Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the eponymous kid star of a comic strip in which you never talk? 2. Did you create the famous ukiyo-e print _The Wave_? 3. Did you costar on _Mad About You_? ---
**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 27, 2023, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/403 "2023-08-27T14:12:16Z")
IQs: 1. Did you write _Tono-Bungay_? 2. Did your husband use the alias “Carlos Danger”? 3. Were you in _Havoc_? ---
**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 27, 2023, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/404 "2023-08-27T14:12:43Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the eponymous kid star of a comic strip in which you never talk? > 2. Did you create the famous ukiyo-e print _The Wave_? > 3. Did you costar on _Mad About You_? I’m not Harold, Hasekawa or Helen Hunt. ---
**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 27, 2023, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/405 "2023-08-27T14:13:38Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Did you write _Tono-Bungay_? > 2. Did your husband use the alias “Carlos Danger”? > 3. Were you in _Havoc_? Dunno, not Anthony Weiner’s long-suffering wife Whatshername Hadid, and dunno. ---
**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 27, 2023, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/406 "2023-08-27T14:24:22Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno, not Anthony Weiner’s long-suffering wife Whatshername Hadid, and dunno. 1 was H.G. Wells; 2 was Huma Abedin; 3 was Anne Hathaway. DQs: 1. real? 2. first name begins with H? 3. male? ---
**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 27, 2023, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/407 "2023-08-27T14:28:57Z")
Huma! 🤦‍♂️ That’s it. Check out _Weiner_ if you haven’t already - one of the best political documentaries I’ve ever seen. He granted the filmmakers full backstage access at the start of his NYC mayoral campaign - and they were there to capture the slow-motion trainwreck when his sexting scandal broke. H. 1. real 2. last name starts with H 3. male ---
**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 27, 2023, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/408 "2023-08-27T16:04:29Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Are you the eponymous kid star of a comic strip in which you never talk? > > 2. Did you create the famous ukiyo-e print _The Wave_? > > 3. Did you costar on _Mad About You_? > > I’m not Harold, Hasekawa or Helen Hunt. #1 was Henry. #2 was Hokusai. #3 is correct. DQs: 1. Living? 2. American? ---
**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 27, 2023, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/409 "2023-08-27T16:53:56Z")
IQ: 1. Were you challenged “to the pain”? 2. Was a Britcom based on hte whacky hijinks of you and your family canceled for pure offensiveness after just one show. 3. Are you the Greek equivalent of Juno. ---
**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 27, 2023, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/410 "2023-08-27T17:18:03Z")
IQs: 1. Do you play Golda Meir in _Golda_? 2. Are you another character (played by Liev Schreiber) in _Golda_? 3. Are you Russell’s partner in Laurie King’s Mary Russell mysteries? ---
**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 28, 2023, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/411 "2023-08-28T11:21:04Z")
IQs 1. Were you the nation’s first notorious serial killer? 2. Did you write an essay bemoaning the South’s lack of cultural sophistication, called “The Sahara of the Bozarts”? 3. Were you the lead actor in what many police officers call “the most accurate police procedural on TV”? ---
**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 28, 2023, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/412 "2023-08-28T17:05:29Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > IQ: > > 1. Were you challenged “to the pain”? > 2. Was a Britcom based on hte whacky hijinks of you and your family canceled for pure offensiveness after just one show. > 3. Are you the Greek equivalent of Juno. Dunno, not Hitler and not Hera. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Do you play Golda Meir in _Golda_? > 2. Are you another character (played by Liev Schreiber) in _Golda_? > 3. Are you Russell’s partner in Laurie King’s Mary Russell mysteries? Not Helen Mirren, Henry Kissinger or Sherlock Holmes. > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > IQs > > 1. Were you the nation’s first notorious serial killer? > 2. Did you write an essay bemoaning the South’s lack of cultural sophistication, called “The Sahara of the Bozarts”? > 3. Were you the lead actor in what many police officers call “the most accurate police procedural on TV”? Not that other, much worse Holmes; not H.L. Mencken and dunno. H. 1. real 2. last name starts with H 3. male 4. dead 5. not American ---
**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 28, 2023, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/413 "2023-08-28T17:13:52Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > > > 1. Were you challenged “to the pain”? > > 2. Was a Britcom based on hte whacky hijinks of you and your family canceled for pure offensiveness after just one show. > > 3. Are you the Greek equivalent of Juno. > > Dunno, not Hitler and not Hera. 1. Prince Humperdinck from the Princess Bride Other two are correct. DQ: Died before 1900? ---
**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 28, 2023, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/414 "2023-08-28T17:46:06Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Helen Mirren, Henry Kissinger or Sherlock Holmes. A clean sweep! IQs: 1. Did you live with the odium of having discovered sodium? 2. Were you childhood friends with Truman Capote? 3. Are you the title character of a novel by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar? ---
**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 28, 2023, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/415 "2023-08-28T18:34:39Z")
OK you got Hera, lets turn it up a notch. IQs 1. Are you married to the goddess of spring? 2. Are you married to the goddess of love, but are otherwise pretty lame? 3. Are you a goddess who appeared in MacBeth? ---
**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 28, 2023, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/416 "2023-08-28T19:47:06Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > … > IQs: > 1. Did you live with the odium of having discovered sodium? > 2. Were you childhood friends with Truman Capote? > 3. Are you the title character of a novel by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar? Not Herodotus, Harper Lee or Mycroft Holmes. > [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > OK you got Hera, lets turn it up a notch. > > IQs > > 1. Are you married to the goddess of spring? > 2. Are you married to the goddess of love, but are otherwise pretty lame? > 3. Are you a goddess who appeared in MacBeth? Bring it! I’m not Hades, Haphaestus or Hecate. H. 1. real 2. last name starts with H 3. male 4. dead 5. not American 6. died before 1900 ---
**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 28, 2023, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/417 "2023-08-28T20:01:34Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > > IQs > > > > 1. Were you the nation’s first notorious serial killer? > > 2. Did you write an essay bemoaning the South’s lack of cultural sophistication, called “The Sahara of the Bozarts”? > > 3. Were you the lead actor in what many police officers call “the most accurate police procedural on TV”? > > Not that other, much worse Holmes; not H.L. Mencken and dunno. No. 3 was Hal Linden, who played the eponymous precinct chief in _Barney Miller._ DQ: European? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Bring it! Ooh, someone’s tossed down the gauntlet. IQs: 1. Were you the first female philosopher and mathematician whose life is well-recorded? 2. Were you a member of the Pima tribe, and one of the soldiers in the iconic Iwo Jima flag-raising photograph? 3. Are you the personification of Ireland, the Irish equivalent of Uncle Sam or John Bull? ---
**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 28, 2023, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/418 "2023-08-28T20:52:27Z")
Ugh. Pride goeth before a fall. I’ve heard of her but don’t remember her name, not Hank Iforgethislastname, and dunno. ---
**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 28, 2023, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/419 "2023-08-28T21:04:02Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Bring it! I’m not Hades, Haphaestus or Hecate. Clean Sweep! Good job Since SMV once again sniped me (that female mathematician IQ was mine damn it!). I’ll start with an easy one and then work forward through my Hum110 syllabus 1, Did you write about Achileas sulking like a spoiled brat, until the death of his boy toy snapped him into action. 2. Along with the answer to the previous IQ were your poems responsible for much or our knowledge of Greek myths. 2. Did you write the history of the Peloponnesian war. ---
**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 28, 2023, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/420 "2023-08-28T21:38:42Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Herodotus, Harper Lee or Mycroft Holmes. 1 (sodium) was Humphry Davy. DQ: died after 1700? IQs: 1. Did you say mornings were for coffee and contemplation? 2. Were you played by Wanda Sykes on _History of the World, Part II_? > [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > Are you a goddess who appeared in MacBeth? 3. Did you used to get off elevators and say “Who would have thought he had so much blood in him”? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985.md?page=20) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985.md?page=22)