# 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:** 9
**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 20, 2024, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/161 "2024-08-20T14:52:58Z")
IQs: 1. Did you (allegedly) say “Entities should not be multiplied without necessity”, which is usually simply rephrased? 2. (allegedly) Asked why you rob banks, did you reply “That’s where the money is”? 3. Are you (definitely) She-Hulk? ---
**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 20, 2024, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/162 "2024-08-20T15:31:24Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write _The Bab Ballads_? > 2. Did you found a line of 5-and-10 cent stores? > 3. Were you a Hanna-Barbara character whose voice was based on Ed Wynn? [cough.] ---
**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 20, 2024, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/163 "2024-08-20T19:41:26Z")
Previous IQs: Did Queen Victoria complain that you “always addressed [her] as if [she] was a public meeting”? - Yes, Prime Minister William Gladstone Did you play Commodore Decker? - Yes, actor William Windom, on _Star Trek_ Did you like to take pictures of your dogs dressed in human clothes? - 'Tis this guy: [Photos: Four decades of William Wegman’s Weimaraners | PBS News Weekend](https://www.pbs.org/newshour/arts/photos-four-decades-william-wegmans-weimaraners) William x3 redux! DQ: Best known for politics/military? IQs: Was Jack Ryan writing about you, and discussed his research with Capt. Ramius? Were you AKA Hopalong Cassidy? Were you a prominent British abolitionist with a last name eleven letters long? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2024, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/164 "2024-08-20T20:13:10Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write _The Bab Ballads_? > 2. Did you found a line of 5-and-10 cent stores? > 3. Were you a Hanna-Barbara character whose voice was based on Ed Wynn? Whoops, sorry! Take a DQ. I am not Woolworth. I am not… Wilma Flintstone? > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you (allegedly) say “Entities should not be multiplied without necessity”, which is usually simply rephrased? > 2. (allegedly) Asked why you rob banks, did you reply “That’s where the money is”? > 3. Are you (definitely) She-Hulk? I am not William of Ockham. I am not Willie Sutton. Take a DQ. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Was Jack Ryan writing about you, and discussed his research with Capt. Ramius? > Were you AKA Hopalong Cassidy? > Were you a prominent British abolitionist with a last name eleven letters long? I am not William Halsey. I am not William Cassidy. I am not William Wilberforce. ( William x 3 ) x 3 ! (latter symbol not meaing factorial) ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2024, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/165 "2024-08-20T20:14:58Z")
W. 1. Real. 2. First name does not begin with W. 3. Male. 4. Dead. 5. Died before 1924. 6. American. 7. Well known, but perhaps not best known, for politics/military. ---
**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 20, 2024, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/166 "2024-08-20T20:16:58Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > I am not William of Ockham. > I am not Willie Sutton. > Take a DQ. 1 was Jennifer Walters. DQ: died after 1850? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2024, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/167 "2024-08-20T20:20:09Z")
W. 1. Real. 2. First name does not begin with W. 3. Male. 4. Dead. 5. Died before 1924. 6. American. 7. Well known, but perhaps not best known, for politics/military. 8. Died after 1850. ---
**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 20, 2024, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/168 "2024-08-20T21:29:42Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Did you write _The Bab Ballads_? > > 2. Did you found a line of 5-and-10 cent stores? > > 3. Were you a Hanna-Barbara character whose voice was based on Ed Wynn? > > Whoops, sorry! > > Take a DQ. > I am not Woolworth. > I am not… Wilma Flintstone? #1 was William S. Gilbert, of Gilbert & Sullivan. #2 is correct. #3 was Wally Gator. DQs: 1. Known as a writer? 2. Died before 1880? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2024, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/169 "2024-08-20T21:48:20Z")
W. 1. Real. 2. First name does not begin with W. 3. Male. 4. Dead. 5. Died before 1924. 6. American. 7. Well known, but perhaps not best known, for politics/military. 8. Died after 1850. 9. Also well known as a writer. 10. Died after 1880. ---
**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 20, 2024, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/170 "2024-08-20T21:51:11Z")
Previous IQs: Was Jack Ryan writing about you, and discussed his research with Capt. Ramius? - Yes, Adm. William Halsey, in _The Hunt for Red October_ Were you AKA Hopalong Cassidy? - Cassidy was played by William Boyd, not William Cassidy Were you a prominent British abolitionist with a last name eleven letters long? - Yes, William Wilberforce William x3 redux redux! DQ: Known for an American Civil War role? IQs: Did you marry Mary Morstan? Did you write a famous letter to the elders of Touro Synagogue? Were you a pilot who liked playing with toy dinosaurs? ---
**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 20, 2024, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/171 "2024-08-20T22:01:54Z")
IQs: 1. Would you gladly pay me Tuesday for a hamburger today? 2. Are you the title character in Gilbert & Sullivan’s _The Sorcerer_? 3. Are you the police chief of Springfield on _The Simpsons_? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2024, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/172 "2024-08-20T22:03:00Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you marry Mary Morstan? > Did you write a famous letter to the elders of Touro Synagogue? > Were you a pilot who liked playing with toy dinosaurs? I am not… John Watson? Take a DQ. I am not… Wiley Post? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2024, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/173 "2024-08-20T22:04:40Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Would you gladly pay me Tuesday for a hamburger today? > 2. Are you the title character in Gilbert & Sullivan’s _The Sorcerer_? > 3. Are you the police chief of Springfield on _The Simpsons_? I am not Wimpy. (Well, actually, I am a little wimpy, but…) Take 2 DQs. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2024, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/174 "2024-08-20T22:05:28Z")
W. 1. Real. 2. First name does not begin with W. 3. Male. 4. Dead. 5. Died before 1924. 6. American. 7. Well known, but perhaps not best known, for politics/military. 8. Died after 1850. 9. Also well known as a writer. 10. Died after 1880. 11. Known for an American Civil War role. ---
**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 20, 2024, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/175 "2024-08-20T22:19:19Z")
Previous IQs: Did you marry Mary Morstan? - Yes, Dr. John H. Watson, in the tales of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Did you write a famous letter to the elders of Touro Synagogue? - The first President: [From George Washington to the Hebrew Congregation in Newport …](https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/05-06-02-0135) Were you a pilot who liked playing with toy dinosaurs? - [Wash, on _Firefly_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e35BU1eB_5k) DQ: Confederate? Held general’s rank? IQs: Were you Lincoln’s SECNAV? Later a well-known writer, did you serve at the Battle of New Hope Church? A Tennessean, did you write about your adventures with “Company Aytch”? ---
**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 20, 2024, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/176 "2024-08-20T23:08:47Z")
IQs: 1. Does your recipe for what must be an enormous cake begin “Take fifty eggs…”? 2. Did you found Apple with Steve Jobs? 3. Were you shomer Shabbos? ---
**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, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/177 "2024-08-21T04:22:51Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you Lincoln’s SECNAV? > Later a well-known writer, did you serve at the Battle of New Hope Church? > A Tennessean, did you write about your adventures with “Company Aytch”? I am not Gideon Welles. Dangit. Must be someone in the Army of Tennessee. Take a DQ. I am not Sam Watkins. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Does your recipe for what must be an enormous cake begin “Take fifty eggs…”? > 2. Did you found Apple with Steve Jobs? > 3. Were you shomer Shabbos? Take a DQ. I am not Steve Wozniak. Take another DQ. ---
**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, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/178 "2024-08-21T04:23:48Z")
W. 1. Real. 2. First name does not begin with W. 3. Male. 4. Dead. 5. Died before 1924. 6. American. 7. Well known, but perhaps not best known, for politics/military. 8. Died after 1850. 9. Also well known as a writer. 10. Died after 1880. 11. Known for an American Civil War role. 12. Union. 13. Held general’s rank. ---
**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, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/179 "2024-08-21T13:34:03Z")
IQ: Did you write _Ben Hur_? ---
**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, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/180 "2024-08-21T14:25:13Z")
We have a winner! Yes, I am # Lew Wallace lawyer, politician, general, and author of _Ben-Hur: A Tale Of The Christ_, considered the most influential Christian book of the 19th Century, adapted in many forms including the 1959 epic film with Charlton Heston in the title role. Great guess @Prof.Pepperwinkle , and you are now up! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070.md?page=10)