# Botticelli, August 2025 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 4, 2025, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698 "2025-08-04T18:14:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2025, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/1 "2025-08-04T18:14:23Z")
New Botticelli thread here. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2025, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/2 "2025-08-04T18:16:19Z")
> [@Botticelli, July 2025](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/483): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you headline one of Hanna-Barbara’s first TV cartoon shows? > 2. Were you often in the company of the French ne’er-do-well Jim “Slippery Knees” Moriarty on the highly acclaimed, chickenproof, invisibly detailed, all-formica 1950’s BBC radio series _The Goon Show_? > 3. Did you write the _Theogony_? I am not Huckleberry Hound Take 2 DQs ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2025, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/3 "2025-08-04T18:17:27Z")
> [@Botticelli, July 2025](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/483): > > 1. id you headline one of Hanna-Barbara’s first TV cartoon shows? > 2. Were you often in the company of the French ne’er-do-well Jim “Slippery Knees” Moriarty on the highly acclaimed, chickenproof, invisibly detailed, all-formica 1950’s BBC radio series _The Goon Show_? > 3. Did you write the _Theogony_? > [@Botticelli, July 2025](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2025/1020412/484): > > I am not Huckleberry Hound > > Take 2 DQs 1 is correct. 2 was Hercules Grytpype-Thynne. 3 was Hesiod. DQs: 1. Real? 2. Male? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2025, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/4 "2025-08-04T18:18:25Z")
**H** 1. Fictional 2. Male ---
**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 4, 2025, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/5 "2025-08-04T19:08:19Z")
IQ1: Was a series of books starring you taken over by girls? IQ2: Did Donald Kaul say you would be facing a jury of your peers (well, your financial inferiors but intellectual superiors – it would all balance out)? IQ3: Were you a priest who rode a morse named Klootz? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2025, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/6 "2025-08-04T20:31:55Z")
I am not the Hardy Boys Take 2 (or 3) DQs ---
**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 4, 2025, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/7 "2025-08-04T21:01:23Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Was a series of books starring you taken over by girls? > IQ2: Did Donald Kaul say you would be facing a jury of your peers (well, your financial inferiors but intellectual superiors – it would all balance out)? > IQ3: Were you a priest who rode a morse named Klootz? > [@knoodler](#): > > I am not the Hardy Boys > Take 2 (or 3) DQs Henry Huggins Patty Hearst Hiero DQ1: Originally from prose fiction? DQ2: American creator(s)? DQ3: American character? ---
**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 4, 2025, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/8 "2025-08-04T21:14:57Z")
(a bit belated, but) Botticelli rules and FAQ are [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nVLOdq6IptN1UPXz3Tu9WAVrnQPyWSZ65Tqr5TS4L40/edit?tab=t.0). ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2025, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/9 "2025-08-04T21:43:31Z")
Good call on Rosemary Clooney, **knoodler**! IQs: 1. Did you design the LCVP? 2. Did you manage the Murderer’s Row-era New York Yankees? 3. Do you sing lead for Spinal Tap? ---
**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 4, 2025, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/10 "2025-08-04T21:56:23Z")
IQs: 1. Are you one of the Seven Dwarfs? 2. Did you write _Siddhartha_? 3. Were you aka Erik Weisz? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2025, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/11 "2025-08-05T01:34:54Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > - Did you design the LCVP? > - Did you manage the Murderer’s Row-era New York Yankees? > - Do you sing lead for Spinal Tap? I am not David St. Hubbins Take 2 DQs > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > - Are you one of the Seven Dwarfs? > - Did you write _Siddhartha_? > - Were you aka Erik Weisz? I am not Happy Take 2 DQs ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2025, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/12 "2025-08-05T01:37:32Z")
**H** 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Originally from prose fiction 4. American creator 5. Not American character ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2025, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/13 "2025-08-05T02:29:16Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > - Did you design the LCVP? > > - Did you manage the Murderer’s Row-era New York Yankees? > > - Do you sing lead for Spinal Tap? > > I am not David St. Hubbins > Take 2 DQs The first two were Andrew Higgins and Miller Huggins. Higgins, Huggins and Hubbins - sounds like a law firm! DQs: 1. European character? 2. Last name starts with H? ---
**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 5, 2025, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/14 "2025-08-05T02:45:20Z")
H it is. IQs: Although often mistaken for a Frenchman, did you always note that you were, in fact, Belgian? Were you a Civil War general known, among other things, for his nervous habit of rubbing his elbows? Are you a non-American featured in the decor of the U.S. House of Representatives? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2025, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/15 "2025-08-05T05:29:30Z")
Congrats! I got hung up on Patsy Cline. IQs: 1. Did you win 5 Gold Medals in speedskating at the 1980 Winter Olympics? 2. Were you Simon Templar’s long time girlfriend? 3. Did Carter Dickson write mysteries starring you? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2025, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/16 "2025-08-05T13:17:37Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Although often mistaken for a Frenchman, did you always note that you were, in fact, Belgian? > Were you a Civil War general known, among other things, for his nervous habit of rubbing his elbows? > Are you a non-American featured in the decor of the U.S. House of Representatives? I am not Hercule Poirot [sp?] Take 2 DQs > [@kitap](#): > > - Did you win 5 Gold Medals in speedskating at the 1980 Winter Olympics? > - Were you Simon Templar’s long time girlfriend? > - Did Carter Dickson write mysteries starring you? Take 3 DQs ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2025, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/17 "2025-08-05T13:18:57Z")
**H** 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Originally from prose fiction 4. American creator 5. Not American character 6. Not a European character 7. Last name starts with H ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2025, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/18 "2025-08-05T15:48:24Z")
IQs: 1. Did you wear the dress you were almost married in for the rest of your life? 2. Are you #1s’ adopted daughter? 3. Did you organize the Committee for Relief in Belgium? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2025, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/19 "2025-08-05T17:03:48Z")
Take 3 DQs ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2025, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/20 "2025-08-05T17:31:52Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you wear the dress you were almost married in for the rest of your life? > 2. Are you #1s’ adopted daughter? > 3. Did you organize the Committee for Relief in Belgium? Miss Havisham and Estelle, the daughter she brought up to break Pip’s heart, in _Great Expectations_; and Herbert Hoover. DQs: Human character? Creator is alive? 1 DQ reserved. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698.md?page=2)