# 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:** 15
**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, 2024, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/281 "2024-08-27T15:17:02Z")
Well, IQs are asked in order to get DQs. If I can’t think of a possible solution, I’ll always go with someone I do know to get another 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 27, 2024, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/282 "2024-08-27T15:28:52Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > It’s good you came back, otherwise I would’ve awarded **Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle** the crown. > > I am… **Vera Lynn** , popular singer and erstwhile chanteuse of wartime Great Britain, as well as before and after The Big One. > > Take it away, @Elendil_s_Heir! I was pretty sure I had it, and pretty sure **EH** had it. But he was in first, and I didn’t want to jump in and pirate him. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2024, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/283 "2024-08-27T15:30:51Z")
Yes, you were correct too. ---
**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, 2024, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/284 "2024-08-28T02:23:19Z")
GUYS GUYS there I was, watching _Carnivale_, when the show cuts to the characters (while the carnival is on the move) playing Botticelli! It was surreal. ---
**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, 2024, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/285 "2024-08-28T03:26:52Z")
Thanks, all, and especially to **SMV** for the assist. You may recall that Vera Lynn’s best-known song plays [at the end of _Dr. Strangelove_.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4VlruVG81w) Updated: [Botticelli - the letters we've used so far - #125 by Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-the-letters-weve-used-so-far/619048/125) Our next letter is # R ---
**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, 2024, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/286 "2024-08-28T13:52:26Z")
Good guess, **EH**! IQs: 1. Are you a character in works by Shakespeare, Gilbert and Sullivan, and Tom Stoppard? 2. Were you the only character played by the same actor in both a movie and the subsequent long-running TV series based on it? 3. Did you direct that movie? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2024, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/287 "2024-08-28T14:04:21Z")
IQs: 1. Did you co-star with Bob Hoskins in a groundbreaking comedy? 2. Did you encourage a Soviet leader to “tear down this wall”? 3. Can you be found in a 1939 poetry book? ---
**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, 2024, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/288 "2024-08-28T14:18:15Z")
IQs: 1. Did you have dogs named Vicki and King Timahoe? 2. Were you (both) Melinda(s) in _Melinda and Melinda_? 3. Did you have a snake act in _Carnivale_? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2024, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/289 "2024-08-28T14:54:41Z")
Good guess **Elendil\_s\_Heir**! IQs: 1. Did you write books about three World War II battles? 2. Did you write books about the U.S. Army in three World War II campaigns? 3. Were you the alter ego of Dr. Johnny Fever? ---
**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 28, 2024, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/290 "2024-08-28T15:10:49Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the hero of the _H.M.S. Pinafore_? 2. If I don’t guess your name will you take my baby? 3. Was the reason the 3rd Mummy movie bombed probably because you weren’t in it? ---
**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 29, 2024, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/291 "2024-08-29T02:32:05Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > … > IQs: > > 1. Are you a character in works by Shakespeare, Gilbert and Sullivan, and Tom Stoppard? > > 2. Were you the only character played by the same actor in both a movie and the subsequent long-running TV series based on it? > > 3. Did you direct that movie? I’m not Rosencrantz, Walter “Radar” O’Reilly or Robert Altman. > [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you co-star with Bob Hoskins in a groundbreaking comedy? > 2. Did you encourage a Soviet leader to “tear down this wall”? > 3. Can you be found in a 1939 poetry book? I’m not Roger Rabbit, not Ronald Reagan and dunno. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Did you have dogs named Vicki and King Timahoe? > 2. Were you (both) Melinda(s) in _Melinda and Melinda_? > 3. Did you have a snake act in _Carnivale_? Not Richard M. Nixon, dunno and dunno. > [@SunUp](#): > > … > IQs: > > 1. Did you write books about three World War II battles? > 2. Did you write books about the U.S. Army in three World War II campaigns? > 3. Were you the alter ego of Dr. Johnny Fever? Dunno, dunno and not Frank Reid. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the hero of the _H.M.S. Pinafore_? > 2. If I don’t guess your name will you take my baby? > 3. Was the reason the 3rd Mummy movie bombed probably because you weren’t in it? Not Ralph Rackstraw, not Rumpelstiltskin and not The Rock. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2024, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/292 "2024-08-29T03:00:10Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Did you write books about three World War II battles? > > 2. Did you write books about the U.S. Army in three World War II campaigns? > > 3. Were you the alter ego of Dr. Johnny Fever? > > Dunno, dunno and not Frank Reid. #1 was Cornelius Ryan (_The Longest Day_, _A Bridge Too Far_ and _The Last Battle_), #2 was Rick Atkinson (_An Army at Dawn_, _The Day of Battle_ and _The Guns at Last Light_). #3 was Rip Tide, the disco-loving host of _Gotta Dance_. DQs: 1. Real? 2. Female? 3. First name begins with R? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2024, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/293 "2024-08-29T03:16:14Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you co-star with Bob Hoskins in a groundbreaking comedy? > 2. Did you encourage a Soviet leader to “tear down this wall”? > 3. Can you be found in a 1939 poetry book? 1. Correct 2. Correct 3. Rum Tum Tugger from T.S. Eliot’s _The Old Opossum’s Book of Practical Cats_ 1 DQ 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 29, 2024, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/294 "2024-08-29T03:16:35Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Richard M. Nixon, dunno and dunno. 2 (Melinda) was Radha Mitchell; 3 (snake) was Ruthie. 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 29, 2024, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/295 "2024-08-29T14:30:11Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the hero of the _H.M.S. Pinafore_? > 2. If I don’t guess your name will you take my baby? > 3. Was the reason the 3rd Mummy movie bombed probably because you weren’t in it? Not Ralph Rackstraw, not Rumpelstiltskin and not The Rock. [/quote] Correct, Correct, and Rachel Weisz as Evie. 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 29, 2024, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/296 "2024-08-29T20:14:24Z")
**SunUp** , I’ve read books by both Ryan and Atkinson in the last few years, and should definitely have guessed them! R. 1. real 2. male 3. first name begins with R ---
**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 29, 2024, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/297 "2024-08-29T20:28:59Z")
Incidentally, in _Carnivale_ Felix leads the game, choosing “B”, and while he’s able to answer indirect questions from his daughter Libby and Lilah the bearded lady, he’s stumped when his wife asks him “Are you a big liar?” (There’s a bit of subtext here, as he’s not been entirely truthful about winning a bet on a big fight.) And of course I was trying to think who would fit–P.T. Barnum? Baron Munchausen, if the title counts? DQs: 1. living? 2. American? IQs: 1. Did you want us to make you feel like you’re “the only girl in the world”? 2. Did you ask for a “map of the cat”? 3. Were you Felix’s wife and an erotic dancer in _Carnivale_? ---
**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 29, 2024, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/298 "2024-08-29T20:38:43Z")
Not Rihanna, dunno and dunno. R. 1. real 2. male 3. first name begins with R 4. dead 5. American ---
**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 29, 2024, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/299 "2024-08-29T21:19:40Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Rihanna, dunno and dunno. 2 was Richard Feynman; 3 was Rita Sue. DQs: 1. died after 1924? 2. known from the arts? ---
**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 29, 2024, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/300 "2024-08-29T21:22:09Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Are you a character in works by Shakespeare, Gilbert and Sullivan, and Tom Stoppard? > > 2. Were you the only character played by the same actor in both a movie and the subsequent long-running TV series based on it? > > 3. Did you direct that movie? > > I’m not Rosencrantz, Walter “Radar” O’Reilly or Robert Altman. A clean sweep, by gum! IQs: 1. In a Dire Straits song (later covered by the Indigo Girls), do you find a convenient streetlight, step out of the shade, and say something like, “You and me babe, how 'bout it?” 2. Are you one of the few historically attested female pirates of the Spanish Main? 3. Are you her captain? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070.md?page=14) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070.md?page=16)