# 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:** 5
**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 9, 2023, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/81 "2023-08-09T21:21:20Z")
DQ: Died before 1700? ---
**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 9, 2023, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/82 "2023-08-09T21:23:04Z")
IQs 1. Did you slay a six-fingered count in revenge for your father’s murder? 2. Did you play the title character in _Mr. Holmes_? 3. Did you play Kinch on _Hogan’s Heroes_? ---
**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 10, 2023, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/83 "2023-08-10T00:59:59Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you a female Muslim fencer? > 2. Were you in a band called the Iguanas? > 3. In _The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen_, are you a _Nautilus_ crew member Nemo refers to as Mr. Mate (though you’d like him to call you something else) No clue on any of them. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs > > 1. Did you slay a six-fingered count in revenge for your father’s murder? > 2. Did you play the title character in _Mr. Holmes_? > 3. Did you play Kinch on _Hogan’s Heroes_? 1. Hello, I am not Inigo Montoya, and you did not kill my father and do not need to prepare to die. 2. No clue. 3. Got nothin’. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you a Catholic cleric who got a major American university named after you? > Are you a novelist related to a late South American political leader? > Did you play one of the gang in _BH90210_? Don’t know IQ3, IQ2 is Isabella Allende. Answers are out of order because yes, I am Ignatius Loyola, former soldier, founder of the Society of Jesus, and saint of the Roman Catholic Church. I thought picking a religious figure would be a challenging twist. But I negelected to figure in @Elendil_s_Heir’s ability to anticipate me - that’s the second time **EH** has sussed out one of my picks. Clearly, I have to start thinking “What would fool **EH**?” ---
**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 10, 2023, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/84 "2023-08-10T13:08:54Z")
Nice job, EH! ---
**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 10, 2023, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/85 "2023-08-10T14:31:44Z")
I’ve updated the “Letters used” thread, as well. ---
**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 10, 2023, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/86 "2023-08-10T16:35:11Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > Clearly, I have to start thinking “What would fool **EH**?" Hint: Never ask about Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain. ---
**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 10, 2023, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/87 "2023-08-10T18:32:06Z")
Ha! Good advice, **SCA** - and a good mystery person, **SMV**. My other IQs: Are you a novelist related to a late South American political leader? - Isabel Allende Did you play one of the gang in _BH90210_? - Ian Ziering Our next letter is # J ---
**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 10, 2023, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/88 "2023-08-10T20:55:19Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the father of Joseph (husband of the virgin Mary in the NT) in Matthew, but not in Luke? 2. Were you a bullfrog who was a good friend of mine? 3. Did you write _Born Free_? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2023, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/89 "2023-08-10T21:20:57Z")
Congrats! IQs: 1. Was your grandson Hugo the most recent contestant on **Claim to Fame** to be evicted? (A show where people who are related to famous people try to figure out through clues who the other people are related to). 2. Are you, perhaps, C. L. Moore’s most famous creation? 3. Are you Veronica Lake’s character in the movie **I Married a Witch**? ---
**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 10, 2023, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/90 "2023-08-10T21:22:20Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a 20th century politician and former seminary student from Georgia? 2. Did you write _The Casual Vacancy_? 3. Did you compile _The Movie Orgy_? ---
**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 10, 2023, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/91 "2023-08-10T21:22:37Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the father of Joseph (husband of the virgin Mary in the NT) in Matthew, but not in Luke? > 2. Were you a bullfrog who was a good friend of mine? > 3. Did you write _Born Free_? Not Jeremiah, not the other Jeremiah, and dunno. > [@kitap](#): > > Congrats! > > IQs: > > 1. Was your grandson Hugo the most recent contestant on **Claim to Fame** to be evicted? (A show where people who are related to famous people try to figure out through clues who the other people are related to). > 2. Are you, perhaps, C. L. Moore’s most famous creation? > 3. Are you Veronica Lake’s character in the movie **I Married a Witch**? Thanks! And dunno x3. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Were you a 20th century politician and former seminary student from Georgia? > 2. Did you write _The Casual Vacancy_? > 3. Did you compile _The Movie Orgy_? Not Jimmy Carter, not J.K. Rowling, and dunno. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2023, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/92 "2023-08-10T21:25:37Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > Congrats! > > IQs: > > 1. Was your grandson Hugo the most recent contestant on **Claim to Fame** to be evicted? (A show where people who are related to famous people try to figure out through clues who the other people are related to). > 2. Are you, perhaps, C. L. Moore’s most famous creation? > 3. Are you Veronica Lake’s character in the movie **I Married a Witch**? Jimmy Carter, Jirel of Joiry, Jennifer. ---
**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 10, 2023, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/93 "2023-08-10T21:29:49Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Were you a 20th century politician and former seminary student from Georgia? > 2. Did you write _The Casual Vacancy_? > 3. Did you compile _The Movie Orgy_? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Jimmy Carter, not J.K. Rowling, and dunno. 1 was Joseph Stalin; 3 was Joe Dante. DQs: 1. real? 2. first name begins with J? ---
**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 10, 2023, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/94 "2023-08-10T21:30:40Z")
J. 1. real 2. last name begins with J ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2023, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/95 "2023-08-10T22:21:17Z")
DQs: 1. Female? 2. Still living? 1 DQ reserved ---
**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 11, 2023, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/96 "2023-08-11T01:01:35Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a 20th century politician and former seminary student from Georgia? > > 2. Did you write _The Casual Vacancy_? > > 3. Did you compile _The Movie Orgy_? > > > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > > Not Jimmy Carter, not J.K. Rowling, and dunno. > > 1 was Joseph Stalin; 3 was Joe Dante. Cleverly sneaky **DLR**! IQs: 1. Did Robert Redford gain weight and grow a bushy beard to play you? 2. Did you write _The City We Became_? 3. Were you a Georgia-born actor and comedian who wore overalls for 14 seasons of a country-music variety show? ---
**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, 2023, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/97 "2023-08-11T01:06:50Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > Cleverly sneaky **DLR**! Thanks! IQs: 1. Do you currently write and draw the comic strip _Nancy_? 2. Were you a British critic of and leading expert on beer? 3. Were you named after the inspiration for Chewbacca? ---
**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, 2023, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/98 "2023-08-11T12:58:03Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Are you the father of Joseph (husband of the virgin Mary in the NT) in Matthew, but not in Luke? > > 2. Were you a bullfrog who was a good friend of mine? > > 3. Did you write _Born Free_? > > Not Jeremiah, not the other Jeremiah, and dunno. #1 was Jacob (Luke has Eli). #2 is correct. #3 was Joy Adamson. 2 DQs 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 11, 2023, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/99 "2023-08-11T13:49:33Z")
Yes, a nice bit of misdirection, **DLR**. Uncle Joe and Jimmy, indeed! > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > … > IQs: > > 1. Did Robert Redford gain weight and grow a bushy beard to play you? > 2. Did you write _The City We Became_? > 3. Were you a Georgia-born actor and comedian who wore overalls for 14 seasons of a country-music variety show? Not Jeremiah Johnson, dunno, and not Junior Whatshisname on _Hee Haw_. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > … > IQs: > 1. Do you currently write and draw the comic strip _Nancy_? > 2. Were you a British critic of and leading expert on beer? > 3. Were you named after the inspiration for Chewbacca? Dunno, dunno and not Indiana Jones. J. 1. real 2. last name begins with J 3. male 4. dead ---
**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, 2023, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/100 "2023-08-11T14:26:12Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno, dunno and not Indiana Jones. 1 was Olivia Jaimes; 2 was Michael Jackson. DQs: 1. from the United States of America? 2. died after 1900? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985.md?page=6)