# Botticelli - February 2020 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [February 3, 2020, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441 "2020-02-03T20:14:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**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:** [February 12, 2020, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441/101 "2020-02-12T17:27:54Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > You are not Jake Blues. Did John Belushi once portray you putting on sunglasses like Ray Charles? > Were you Anhuld’s codename at the end of _True Lies_? > Were you a painter from East Liverpool, Ohio, noted for his realistic street scenes and pro-Lincoln art during the Civil War? 1. Take a DQ. 2. I am not Boris. 3. Take a DQ. ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2020, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441/102 "2020-02-12T17:41:41Z")
DQ: 1. Died after 1800? ---
**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:** [February 12, 2020, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441/103 "2020-02-12T23:29:22Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. Not American 5. Known for the Arts 6. European 7. Not known as a visual artist 8. Not from the British isles 9. Last name starts with B 10. Not a performing artist 11. Native speaker of a Romance language 12. Not best known as a writer 13. Not Italian 14. Died before 1900 15. Composer 16. Died after 1800 ---
**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:** [February 13, 2020, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441/104 "2020-02-13T03:51:51Z")
Previous IQs: You are not Jake Blues. Did John Belushi once portray you putting on sunglasses like Ray Charles? - Ludwig van Beethoven: [John Belushi as Beethoven - DG - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qn2yYT39ybA) Were you Anhuld’s codename at the end of _True Lies_? - Yes, Boris Were you a painter from East Liverpool, Ohio, noted for his realistic street scenes and pro-Lincoln art during the Civil War? - David Gilmour Blythe: [david gilmour blythe - Bing images](https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=david%20gilmour%20blythe&qs=n&form=QBIR&sp=-1&pq=david%20gilmour%20blythe&sc=8-20&sk=&cvid=446023B5306D47EBAB8C442549BDE10D) DQs: Died before 1850? Best known for symphonies? IQs: Did you write the opera _Carmen_? Were you a composer with the same last name as an engineer with whom Geordi LaForge fell in love? Did Hal Holbrook play you in _Lincoln_? ---
**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:** [February 13, 2020, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441/105 "2020-02-13T11:57:33Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you write the opera _Carmen_? Oui, ce’st moi, Alexandre César Léopold “George” Bizet, I hadn’t realized until I looked at [the Wiki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Bizet)he only lived to be 36 years old. Bon travail, EH! ---
**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:** [February 13, 2020, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441/106 "2020-02-13T13:58:40Z")
Mercy buckets, **Prof. P.**! Other previous IQs: Were you a composer with the same last name as an engineer with whom Geordi LaForge fell in love? - Johannes Brahms (Dr. Leah Brahms was the _ST:TNG_ character) Did Hal Holbrook play you in _Lincoln_? - The venerable Republican politician Francis Blair Sr. Lemme think about our next letter… ---
**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:** [February 13, 2020, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441/107 "2020-02-13T15:19:13Z")
I’ve updated the letters-we’ve-used-so-far thread here: [Botticelli - the letters we've used so far - Thread Games - Straight Dope Message Board](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=648663) Aaaand our next letter is P ---
**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:** [February 13, 2020, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441/108 "2020-02-13T19:42:13Z")
IQs: 1. Are you an eccentric but well-loved inventor from _The Adventures of Superman_? 2. Are you the actor that played #1? 3. Did Oilcan Harry throw you to the crocodiles? Once again, thanks for keeping the update! ---
**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:** [February 13, 2020, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441/109 "2020-02-13T21:35:24Z")
Glad to! Not Prof. Pepperwinkle, dunno, and dunno. ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2020, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441/110 "2020-02-13T22:28:04Z")
IQs: 1. Did you think he was a Cold Hearted snake? 2. Do you believe you will be resurrected in your Riverworld? 3. Will you sign my copy of _The Boat of a Million Years_? ---
**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:** [February 14, 2020, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441/111 "2020-02-14T00:06:56Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you an eccentric but well-loved inventor from _The Adventures of Superman_? > 2. Are you the actor that played #1? > 3. Did Oilcan Harry throw you to the crocodiles? > > Once again, thanks for keeping the update! > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Glad to! > > Not Prof. Pepperwinkle, dunno, and dunno. #1 is correct. #2 is Phil Tead. #3 was Mr. Pureheart, Pearl Pureheart’s father. Pearl is Mighty Mouse’s girlfriend. DQs: 1. Real? 2. Male? ---
**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:** [February 14, 2020, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441/112 "2020-02-14T04:11:39Z")
> [@Personal](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you think he was a Cold Hearted snake? > 2. Do you believe you will be resurrected in your Riverworld? > 3. Will you sign my copy of _The Boat of a Million Years_? Dunno, not Philip Jose Farmer and dunno. P. 1. fictional 2. female ---
**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:** [February 14, 2020, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441/113 "2020-02-14T12:33:20Z")
IQs: 1. Did your perpetual optimism try the patience of the adults around you? 2. Did you say “The quality of mercy is not strained.”? 3. Are you Ellen DeGeneres’s wife? ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2020, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441/114 "2020-02-14T15:21:52Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno, not Philip Jose Farmer and dunno. > > P. > > 1. fictional > 2. female 1. Did you think he was a Cold Hearted snake? 2. Do you believe you will be resurrected in your Riverworld? 3. Will you sign my copy of The Boat of a Million Years? 4. Paula Abdul 5. correct on PJF 6. Poul Anderson DQ: Adult character? 1 DQ reserved ---
**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:** [February 14, 2020, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441/115 "2020-02-14T16:43:47Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did your perpetual optimism try the patience of the adults around you? > 2. Did you say “The quality of mercy is not strained.”? > 3. Are you Ellen DeGeneres’s wife? Not Polyanna, not Portia (probably wrong, but I know it’s Shakespeare) and not Portia del Rossi (sp?). P. 1. fictional 2. female 3. adult character ---
**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:** [February 14, 2020, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441/116 "2020-02-14T17:39:07Z")
Swept me. IQs: 1. Are you the Rainbow’s daughter in the Oz books of L. Frank Baum? 2. Were you a black singer who played the lead in _Hello, Dolly!_ on Broadway? 3. Are you Soleil Moon Frye’s best known role? ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2020, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441/117 "2020-02-15T00:45:46Z")
IQs: 1. Are you Mrs. Richard Benjamin? 2. Did your mother found Comedy Channel, Inc., which eventually became Comedy Central? 3. Were you Nicolas Cage’s first wife? DQ: author born after 1900? ---
**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:** [February 15, 2020, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441/118 "2020-02-15T06:01:08Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > … > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the Rainbow’s daughter in the Oz books of L. Frank Baum? > 2. Were you a black singer who played the lead in _Hello, Dolly!_ on Broadway? > 3. Are you Soleil Moon Frye’s best known role? Dunno, not Paul Robeson, and not Punky Brewster. > [@Personal](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you Mrs. Richard Benjamin? > 2. Did your mother found Comedy Channel, Inc., which eventually became Comedy Central? > 3. Were you Nicolas Cage’s first wife?.. Dunno x3. P. 1. fictional 2. female 3. adult character 4. author born after 1900 ---
**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:** [February 15, 2020, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441/119 "2020-02-15T11:45:12Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the Rainbow’s daughter in the Oz books of L. Frank Baum? 2. Were you a black singer who played the lead in Hello, Dolly! on Broadway? 3. Are you Soleil Moon Frye’s best known role? Dunno, not Paul Robeson, and not Punky Brewster. #1 is Polychrome. #2 was Pearl Bailey, playing Dolly. Correct on #3. DQs: 1. Last name starts with P? 2. Character originally from prose literature (which does not include plays)? ---
**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:** [February 15, 2020, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2020/847441/120 "2020-02-15T21:37:58Z")
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