# Botticelli - August 2024 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [July 31, 2024, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070 "2024-07-31T19:27:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**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 21, 2024, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/181 "2024-08-21T16:34:06Z")
Thanks! I am… [![](https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIP.UOXrhiFMrnZD6YBnS0CFUQHaHd?rs=1&pid=ImgDetMain) ](https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIP.UOXrhiFMrnZD6YBnS0CFUQHaHd?rs=1&pid=ImgDetMain) ---
**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 21, 2024, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/182 "2024-08-21T19:52:59Z")
Ah, good job, **Prof. P.**! Previous IQs: Were you Lincoln’s SECNAV? - Yes, Gideon Welles Later a well-known writer, did you serve at the Battle of New Hope Church? - Oops, got my wires crossed; that was Ambrose Bierce, who obviously wasn’t a “W” A Tennessean, did you write about your adventures with “Company Aytch”? - Yes, Sam Watkins On to H! IQs: Did President Carter fumble your name at the Democratic National Convention in 1980? Did the same man who wrote about you, also write about a failed German invasion of Great Britain during WWII? Did you win at Saratoga but lose at Camden? ---
**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 21, 2024, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/183 "2024-08-21T19:58:03Z")
Congrats, Prof.! Previous round wrap-up: > [@SunUp](#): > > Take a DQ. > I am not Steve Wozniak. > Take another DQ. 1 was Martha Washington; 3 was Walter Sobchak, in _The Big Lebowski_. IQs: 1. Did you have a sign on your desk that said “The buck stops here”? 2. Were you a Blondie in Rapture with a Heart of Glass? 3. Were you the Big Lebowski? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2024, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/184 "2024-08-21T20:47:15Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the namesake of an ACM Award for young innovators in computing? 2. Are you the police chief of Hawkins, Indiana? 3. Did you act in both _Rebel Without A Cause_ and _Giant_, but not as the lead? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2024, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/185 "2024-08-22T03:32:57Z")
Congrats! 1. Does Honor Raconteur write a series of fantasy books about you titled “The Case Files of [blank blank]”? 2. Were you Simon Templar’s main girlfriend? 3. Were you the main character of Thorne Smith’s **The Night Life of The Gods**? ---
**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 22, 2024, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/186 "2024-08-22T14:20:36Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did President Carter fumble your name at the Democratic National Convention in 1980? > Did the same man who wrote about you, also write about a failed German invasion of Great Britain during WWII? > Did you win at Saratoga but lose at Camden? 1. I am not Hubert Humphrey (??) 2. I am not Adolph Hitler (??) 3. Take a DQ. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you have a sign on your desk that said “The buck stops here”? > 2. Were you a Blondie in Rapture with a Heart of Glass? > 3. Were you the Big Lebowski? 1. I am not Harry S. Truman. 2. I am not Deborah Harry. 3. Take a DQ. > [@SunUp](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the namesake of an ACM Award for young innovators in computing? > 2. Are you the police chief of Hawkins, Indiana? > 3. Did you act in both _Rebel Without A Cause_ and _Giant_, but not as the lead? 1. Take a DQ. 2. I am not Jim Hopper. 3. Take another DQ. > [@kitap](#): > > Congrats! > > 1. Does Honor Raconteur write a series of fantasy books about you titled “The Case Files of [blank blank]”? > 2. Were you Simon Templar’s main girlfriend? > 3. Were you the main character of Thorne Smith’s **The Night Life of The Gods**? Take 3 DQs. ---
**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 22, 2024, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/187 "2024-08-22T14:26:59Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Harry S. Truman. > 2. I am not Deborah Harry. > 3. Take a DQ. 3 was David Huddleston. DQ: real? ---
**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 22, 2024, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/188 "2024-08-22T14:37:01Z")
DQ: 1. Real ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2024, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/189 "2024-08-22T14:57:20Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Are you the namesake of an ACM Award for young innovators in computing? > > 2. Are you the police chief of Hawkins, Indiana? > > 3. Did you act in both _Rebel Without A Cause_ and _Giant_, but not as the lead? > > 1. Take a DQ. > 2. I am not Jim Hopper. > 3. Take another DQ. #1 was Grace Hopper, kinda-inventor of COBOL. #2 is correct. #3 was Dennis Hopper. DQs: 1. Male 2. Last name begins 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 22, 2024, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/190 "2024-08-22T15:37:48Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with H ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2024, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/191 "2024-08-22T16:18:08Z")
I think I’ve figured this game. If this post is in error, let me know. I.Q.: 1. Were you immortalized in legend by besting a drilling machine? 2. Were you a German physicist who proved the existence of electromagnetic waves? 3. Did you take a shot at infamy to impress a young lady in 1981? ---
**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 22, 2024, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/192 "2024-08-22T16:22:57Z")
IQs: 1. Did Wendy’s founder Dave Thomas work for you? 2. Did you play one of Beauty’s sisters in the _Shelley Duvall’s Faerie Tale Theater_ version of “Beauty and the Beast”? 3. Were you a bowling alley worker in one of the Dude’s hallucinations in _The Big Lebowski_, presumably influenced by the TV news he watches early on? ---
**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 22, 2024, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/193 "2024-08-22T16:31:44Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > I.Q.: > > 1. Were you immortalized in legend by besting a drilling machine? > 2. Were you a German physicist who proved the existence of electromagnetic waves? > 3. Did you take a shot at infamy to impress a young lady in 1981? Welcome to the game, **knoodler!** 1. I am not John Henry. Take 2 DQs. ---
**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 22, 2024, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/194 "2024-08-22T16:32:22Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did Wendy’s founder Dave Thomas work for you? > 2. Did you play one of Beauty’s sisters in the _Shelley Duvall’s Faerie Tale Theater_ version of “Beauty and the Beast”? > 3. Were you a bowling alley worker in one of the Dude’s hallucinations in _The Big Lebowski_, presumably influenced by the TV news he watches early on? 1. I am not Col. Harlan Sanders (??) Take 2 DQs. ---
**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 22, 2024, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/195 "2024-08-22T16:36:25Z")
Congratulations, **Prof**! Good guess! And welcome, **knoodler**! IQs: 1. Were you three brothers who agreed to a single combat against three brothers from another city, to settle a war? 2. According to Monty Python, are you a boozy beggar who can think you under the table? 3. Are you famous for your hints? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2024, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/196 "2024-08-22T16:51:03Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > I.Q.: > > > > 1. Were you immortalized in legend by besting a drilling machine? > > 2. Were you a German physicist who proved the existence of electromagnetic waves? > > 3. Did you take a shot at infamy to impress a young lady in 1981? > > Welcome to the game, **knoodler!** > > 1. I am not John Henry. > Take 2 DQs. Thanks guys! 1. Heinrich Rudolph Hertz 2. John Hinckley, jr 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 22, 2024, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/197 "2024-08-22T16:55:37Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Did Wendy’s founder Dave Thomas work for you? > 2. Did you play one of Beauty’s sisters in the _Shelley Duvall’s Faerie Tale Theater_ version of “Beauty and the Beast”? > 3. Were you a bowling alley worker in one of the Dude’s hallucinations in _The Big Lebowski_, presumably influenced by the TV news he watches early on? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Col. Harlan Sanders (??) > Take 2 DQs. 2 was Anjelica Huston; 3 was Saddam Hussein. DQs: 1. American? 2. living? ---
**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 22, 2024, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/198 "2024-08-22T17:05:39Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you three brothers who agreed to a single combat against three brothers from another city, to settle a war? > 2. According to Monty Python, are you a boozy beggar who can think you under the table? > 3. Are you famous for your hints? 1. Take a DQ. 2. I am not Martin Heidegger. 3. I am not Heloise. ---
**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 22, 2024, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/199 "2024-08-22T17:06:05Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with H 4. Not American 5. Dead ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2024, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/200 "2024-08-22T17:29:58Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a British politician who shares a name with a candy bar? 2. Did you die in a bunker with your new bride? 3. Did you lead a military campaign against the Roman Republic in the Second Punic War? DQs: 1. Alive after 1960? 2. European? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070.md?page=11)