# 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:** 2
**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 5, 2025, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/21 "2025-08-05T17:41:44Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > > [@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 Correct, Hermann Hesse, Harry Houdini 2 DQs reserved. ---
**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, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/22 "2025-08-05T17:59:16Z")
**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 8. Human character 9. Creator is not alive ---
**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 5, 2025, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/23 "2025-08-05T19:27:53Z")
DQs: 1. Created after 1950? 2. From scifi or fantasy? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2025, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/24 "2025-08-06T00:05:26Z")
**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 8. Human character 9. Creator is not alive 10. Created after 1950 11. From scifi 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 6, 2025, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/25 "2025-08-06T02:40:41Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > 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? Eric Heiden, Patricia Holm, Sir Henry Merrivale. DQ: Male creator? 2 DQs reserved. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2025, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/26 "2025-08-06T04:07:03Z")
**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 8. Human character 9. Creator is not alive 10. Created after 1950 11. From scifi or fantasy 12. Male creator ---
**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 6, 2025, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/27 "2025-08-06T14:28:44Z")
IQs: 1. Did you build the Second Temple in Jerusalem? 2. Did you order John the Baptist’s head removed from his shoulders? 3. Were you a DC comics character aka Molly Wayne? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2025, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/28 "2025-08-06T15:33:31Z")
I am not Herod 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 6, 2025, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/29 "2025-08-06T15:52:05Z")
#1 was Herod the Great. #2 was his son, Herod Antipas. #3 was the original Harlequin. DQs: 1. Created after 1980? 2. From science fiction? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2025, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/30 "2025-08-06T15:59:41Z")
**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 8. Human character 9. Creator is not alive 10. Created after 1950 11. From scifi or fantasy 12. Male creator 13. Created before 1980 14. From science fiction ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2025, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/31 "2025-08-06T16:35:15Z")
DQ: Creator has won a major award (e.g. Hugo, Nebula)? IQs: 1. Did you say while checking a pulse, “Either he’s dead or my watch has stopped.” 2. Are you the brother of the person who played #1? 3. Are you the horse that the character played by #2 rode to victory? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2025, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/32 "2025-08-06T17:55:26Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you say while checking a pulse, “Either he’s dead or my watch has stopped.” > 2. Are you the brother of the person who played #1? > 3. Are you the horse that the character played by #2 rode to victory? 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 6, 2025, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/33 "2025-08-06T17:56:58Z")
**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 8. Human character 9. Creator is not alive 10. Created after 1950 11. From scifi or fantasy 12. Male creator 13. Created before 1980 14. From science fiction 15. Creator has won a major award (e.g. Hugo, Nebula) ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2025, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/34 "2025-08-06T18:36:16Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > 1. Did you say while checking a pulse, “Either he’s dead or my watch has stopped.” > > 2. Are you the brother of the person who played #1? > > 3. Are you the horse that the character played by #2 rode to victory? > > Take 3 DQs Dr. Hugo Hackenbush, veterinarian played by Groucho Marx in “A Day at the Races”; Harpo Marx, of course; and Hi-Hat, the horse that won the climactic steeplechase at the end of the movie. “A Day at the Races” x3! DQs: Appeared first in an award-winning work? First name starts with A-M? 1 DQ reserved. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2025, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/35 "2025-08-06T22:13:06Z")
**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 8. Human character 9. Creator is not alive 10. Created after 1950 11. From scifi or fantasy 12. Male creator 13. Created before 1980 14. From science fiction 15. Creator has won a major award (e.g. Hugo, Nebula) 16. Appeared first in an award-winning work 17. First name starts with A-M ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2025, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/36 "2025-08-06T22:18:57Z")
There are four outstanding DQs (@SunUp has 2; @kitap has 2), so no more IQs please. Get your final DQs in by Thursday 6pm CDT. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2025, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/37 "2025-08-07T05:33:13Z")
DQs: 1. Appeared in Movies or TV? 2. Took place on Earth? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2025, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/38 "2025-08-07T05:43:13Z")
**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 8. Human character 9. Creator is not alive 10. Created after 1950 11. From scifi or fantasy 12. Male creator 13. Created before 1980 14. From science fiction 15. Creator has won a major award (e.g. Hugo, Nebula) 16. Appeared first in an award-winning work 17. First name starts with A-M 18. Appeared in both movies and TV 19. Did not take place on Earth ---
**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 7, 2025, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/39 "2025-08-07T12:44:27Z")
There’s a number of possibilities just from _Dune_. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2025, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698/40 "2025-08-07T14:19:51Z")
Ooh, good point. DQ: Weapons master? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698.md?page=3)