# Botticelli - Dec. 2016 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [December 8, 2016, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2016/774212 "2016-12-08T16:09:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**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:** [December 26, 2016, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2016/774212/141 "2016-12-26T21:52:23Z")
Come on, you guys don’t have any inkling as to who this is? ---
**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:** [December 26, 2016, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2016/774212/142 "2016-12-26T22:57:33Z")
What was Lord Dunsany’s name? Oh, well… DQ: Are you John Wyndham? (I think of him as an SF author, but he may have also written fantasy.) ---
**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:** [December 26, 2016, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2016/774212/143 "2016-12-26T23:00:46Z")
I am not John Wyndham. ---
**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:** [December 27, 2016, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2016/774212/144 "2016-12-27T04:36:23Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Come on, you guys don’t have any inkling as to who this is? When you put it that way, I have a bad feeling that this will be a headsmack answer… ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2016, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2016/774212/145 "2016-12-27T06:11:57Z")
Also stumped, alas. ---
**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:** [December 27, 2016, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2016/774212/146 "2016-12-27T17:37:31Z")
All righty then. I am Charles Williams. Charles Walter Stansby Williams (20 September 1886 – 15 May 1945) was a British poet, novelist, playwright, theologian, literary critic, and member of the Inklings (along with his friends J.R.R. Tolkein and C.S. Lewis). Author of _War In Heaven_ and _Descent Into Hell_ among others. I can’t imagine EH, at least, not knowing about this guy. ---
**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:** [December 27, 2016, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2016/774212/147 "2016-12-27T21:16:46Z")
I know of the Inklings, of course, but don’t think I’ve ever heard of (or simply hadn’t remembered) Williams. Anyone else? ---
**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:** [December 27, 2016, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2016/774212/148 "2016-12-27T22:40:03Z")
Don’t think I’ve ever heard of him. Certainly hadn’t heard of the two books the Prof mentioned. ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2016, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2016/774212/149 "2016-12-27T23:40:34Z")
Not ringing any bells here either. ---
**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:** [December 28, 2016, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2016/774212/150 "2016-12-28T03:22:44Z")
Oh, well. I guess it shoots back to SCAdian then. ---
**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:** [December 28, 2016, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2016/774212/151 "2016-12-28T23:14:34Z")
I am **O**. ---
**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:** [December 29, 2016, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2016/774212/152 "2016-12-29T00:45:26Z")
IQs: 1. Did you win an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in _Moonstruck_? 2. Did you play Athos in the version of _The Three Musketeers_ where Richard Chamberlain played Aramis? 3. Are you one of the many celebrities who died this year, and who played Wyatt Earp on TV? ---
**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:** [December 29, 2016, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2016/774212/153 "2016-12-29T02:51:00Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you win an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in _Moonstruck_? > 2. Did you play Athos in the version of _The Three Musketeers_ where Richard Chamberlain played Aramis? > 3. Are you one of the many celebrities who died this year, and who played Wyatt Earp on TV? And we’re off to a flying start with three 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:** [December 29, 2016, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2016/774212/154 "2016-12-29T03:01:23Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you win an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in _Moonstruck_? > 2. Did you play Athos in the version of _The Three Musketeers_ where Richard Chamberlain played Aramis? > 3. Are you one of the many celebrities who died this year, and who played Wyatt Earp on TV? > [@SCAdian](#): > > And we’re off to a flying start with three DQs! #1 was Olympia Dukakis. #2 was Oliver Reed. #3 was Hugh O’Brian. DQs: 1. Real? 2. Male? 3. Last name starts with O? ---
**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:** [December 29, 2016, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2016/774212/155 "2016-12-29T03:03:13Z")
IQs: 1. Did you write _Strange Interlude_? 2. Did you write _The Tale of Custard the Dragon_? 3. Did you write _Me and the Orgone_? ---
**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:** [December 29, 2016, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2016/774212/156 "2016-12-29T03:57:30Z")
IQs: Were you born in the Ottoman Empire but considered Greek by just about everyone today? Were you a voice actor in the cartoon version of _The Hobbit_ who’s become a Doper meme of sorts? Did you dig up the studio floor for a trick shot? ---
**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:** [December 29, 2016, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2016/774212/157 "2016-12-29T13:45:14Z")
[N.B., EH’s #2 is my #3.] ---
**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:** [December 29, 2016, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2016/774212/158 "2016-12-29T17:00:25Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write _Strange Interlude_? > 2. Did you write _The Tale of Custard the Dragon_? > 3. Did you write _Me and the Orgone_? Three more… > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you born in the Ottoman Empire but considered Greek by just about everyone today? > Were you a voice actor in the cartoon version of _The Hobbit_ who’s become a Doper meme of sorts? > Did you dig up the studio floor for a trick shot? Not … Aristotle Onassis? DQ, if not a repeat of the Prof’s #3. DQ. **O** 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Last name does not start with O ---
**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:** [December 29, 2016, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2016/774212/159 "2016-12-29T17:09:06Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write Strange Interlude? > 2. Did you write The Tale of Custard the Dragon? > 3. Did you write Me and the Orgone? > Three more… #1 was Eugene O’Neill. #2 was Ogden Nash. #3 is Orson Bean. DQs: 1. From a work of prose fiction? 2. Created by an American or Americans? 3. Protagonist? ---
**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:** [December 29, 2016, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2016/774212/160 "2016-12-29T17:12:43Z")
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