# 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:** 5
**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 9, 2024, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/81 "2024-08-09T16:42:06Z")
Previous IQs: Did you say that Washington’s 1776-77 New Jersey campaign was “the most brilliant of any recorded in the annals of military achievements"? - Frederick the Great Were you the son of two fictional psychologists? - From _Frasier_, yes, but this was his and Lillith’s son, Frederick Crane Were you Earl Warren’s predecessor as Chief Justice of the United States? - Frederick Vinson Frederick x3! DQs: Protagonist? From genre fiction (sf, fantasy, detective, Western, etc.)? One DQ reserved IQs: Were you the young owner of “Some pig!”? Did you lead a singalong of “Twist and Shout” on a Chicago street? Were you President Bartlet’s first CJCS? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2024, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/82 "2024-08-09T16:45:15Z")
F. 1. Not real. 2. Male. 3. Last name does not start with F. 4. American. 5. Is part of a franchise that has been rebooted multiple times. The first incarnation of the character would not be alive today; later incarnations probably would be. 6. From a series of novels. 7. From a mystery series. 8. Series has been adapted. 9. Created before 1959. 10. Not the protagonist. 11. From genre fiction. ETA: **Elendil\_s\_Heir** ’s DQs. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2024, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/83 "2024-08-09T16:47:35Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you the young owner of “Some pig!”? > Did you lead a singalong of “Twist and Shout” on a Chicago street? > Were you President Bartlet’s first CJCS? I am not Fern Arable. I am not Ferris Bueller. Take a DQ. ---
**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 9, 2024, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/84 "2024-08-09T17:50:04Z")
Correct, correct, and Adm. Percy Fitzwallace on _The West Wing_. DQs: Sidekick? From sf or fantasy? IQs: Did your father, a messy eater, say he’d rather you had died than your older brother? Did you write a poem while being held overnight against your will aboard a British warship? Were you an MLB commissioner after Bart Giamatti? ---
**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, 2024, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/85 "2024-08-09T18:43:28Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. In the French version of your story, were you known as Guy L’Eclair? > 2. Are you Santa Claus’s brother? > 3. Are you a magician who occasionally battled the Justice League of America? #1 is Flash Gordon. #2 is, correct, Fred Claus. #3 is Felix Faust. 1 DQ reserved. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2024, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/86 "2024-08-10T00:23:05Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did your father, a messy eater, say he’d rather you had died than your older brother? > Did you write a poem while being held overnight against your will aboard a British warship? > Were you an MLB commissioner after Bart Giamatti? I am not… Fat Bastard? I am not Francis Scott Key. I am not Fay Vincent. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2024, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/87 "2024-08-10T00:35:05Z")
F. 1. Not real. 2. Male. 3. Last name does not start with F. 4. American. 5. Is part of a franchise that has been rebooted multiple times. The first incarnation of the character would not be alive today; later incarnations probably would be. 6. From a series of novels. 7. From a mystery series. 8. Series has been adapted. 9. Created before 1959. 10. Not the protagonist. 11. From genre fiction. 12. Not a sidekick. I’m counting “from genre fiction” as being a superset of “from a mystery series”. @Elendil_s_Heir , do you still want to ask if this character is “from sf or fantasy”, i.e. from mystery-sf or -fantasy? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2024, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/88 "2024-08-10T15:40:34Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the father of Frank and Joe? 2. Were you a villainous creation of Sax Rohmer? 3. Did you play Ardeth Bey in a pair of movies in the ear!y 2000s? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2024, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/89 "2024-08-10T17:52:07Z")
Yes, I am # Fenton Hardy former NYPD detective, private investigator, crack shot, scourge of Bayport’s worst criminal element, and most famously father of the Hardy Boys. Take it away, @kitap , and congratulations! ---
**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, 2024, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/90 "2024-08-10T18:01:04Z")
Good job, **kitap!** Nice pick, **SunUp!** I came close. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2024, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/91 "2024-08-10T18:44:20Z")
I actually double-checked that you hadn’t used Fenton for an IQ. I will pick someone,after lunch. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2024, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/92 "2024-08-11T00:56:49Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the father of Frank and Joe? > 2. Were you a villainous creation of Sax Rohmer? > 3. Did you play Ardeth Bey in a pair of movies in the ear!y 2000s? For the record, Fu Manchu and Oded Fehr. Now, on to **L** As in lemon, Lorax and lemur. ---
**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, 2024, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/93 "2024-08-11T02:52:17Z")
Good job, **kitap**! Previous IQs: Did your father, a messy eater, say he’d rather you had died than your older brother? - Faramir, in _LOTR_ Did you write a poem while being held overnight against your will aboard a British warship? - Yes, Francis Scott Key Were you an MLB commissioner after Bart Giamatti? - Yes, Fay Vincent On to L! IQs: Did your boys knock inkwells around your office, creating a terrible mess? Were you the mother of those brats? Were you their eldest brother? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2024, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/94 "2024-08-11T03:44:42Z")
@Prof.Pepperwinkle , you came _very_ close. I had to look a second time to see if you hadn’t gotten it with one of your other IQs IQs: 1. Were you the host of an eponymous evening show on CNN before being fired last year? 2. Were you a centerfielder for the White Sox and Tigers, winning a World Series with the latter in 1984? 3. Did you tour with the Harlem Globetrotters for 22 years? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2024, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/95 "2024-08-11T05:30:59Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did your boys knock inkwells around your office, creating a terrible mess? > Were you the mother of those brats? > Were you their eldest brother? Take 3 DQs. > [@SunUp](#): > > @Prof.Pepperwinkle , you came _very_ close. I had to look a second time to see if you hadn’t gotten it with one of your other IQs > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the host of an eponymous evening show on CNN before being fired last year? > 2. Were you a centerfielder for the White Sox and Tigers, winning a World Series with the latter in 1984? > 3. Did you tour with the Harlem Globetrotters for 22 years? Take a DQ, take a DQ, I am not Meadowlark Lemon. ---
**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, 2024, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/96 "2024-08-11T15:11:13Z")
IQs: 1. Were you the fairy queen of Oz? 2. Did Groucho sing your praises? 3. Did you create Galactus? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2024, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/97 "2024-08-11T16:05:06Z")
I am not Lurline and 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 11, 2024, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/98 "2024-08-11T18:08:03Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the fairy queen of Oz? > 2. Did Groucho sing your praises? > 3. Did you create Galactus? > [@kitap](#): > > I am not Lurline and take 2 DQs. Correct on Lurline. #2 was Lydia, O Lydia, O have you met Lydia, Lydia the Tattooed Lady? #3 was Stan Lee (along with Jack Kirby). DQs: 1. Real? 2. Male? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2024, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/99 "2024-08-11T18:52:56Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Male ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2024, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/100 "2024-08-11T19:34:51Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > 1. Were you the host of an eponymous evening show on CNN before being fired last year? > > 2. Were you a centerfielder for the White Sox and Tigers, winning a World Series with the latter in 1984? > > 3. Did you tour with the Harlem Globetrotters for 22 years? > > Take a DQ, take a DQ, I am not Meadowlark Lemon. Don Lemon, Chet Lemon, and correct. Lemon x 3! DQ: First name begins with L? 1 DQ reserved. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070.md?page=6)