# Botticelli February 2021 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [February 4, 2021, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224 "2021-02-04T23:51:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2021, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/81 "2021-02-09T18:19:32Z")
IQ1: Were you obsessed with your landlady’s daughter? IQ2: Did you have a magic purple crayon? IQ3: Were you the king of the one-liners? ---
**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:** [February 9, 2021, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/82 "2021-02-09T18:39:17Z")
IQ1: Did you have a dog named Ribsy? IQ2-3: Were you a US Army doctor in Korea? ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2021, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/83 "2021-02-09T18:41:43Z")
IQ1: Are you a naval officer in stories by C. S. Forester? IQ2: Did you hear a Who? IQ3: Are you a _Game of Thrones_ character whose title was inspired by a bird? ---
**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 10, 2021, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/84 "2021-02-10T18:26:07Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you go on adventures with Tom Sawyer? > 2. Did your TV show feature Pixie & Dixie & Mr. Jinks as well? > 3. Are you comedy writer Jack Douglas’s son known by this nickname? Not Huck Finn, that Huck or that other, entirely different Huck. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Do you share a first name with the current Ms. Marvel? > 2. Did you found a fast-food restaurant? > 3. Did you play a man carrying a double bass, a man walking dogs, and a man failing to get on a bus? Not Hannah, Tim Horton or… Tom Hanks? > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Were you obsessed with your landlady’s daughter? > IQ2: Did you have a magic purple crayon? > IQ3: Were you the king of the one-liners? Not Henry VIII, not Harold and not Henny Youngman. > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you have a dog named Ribsy? > IQ2-3: Were you a US Army doctor in Korea? Not Henry Huggins, Hawkeye Pierce or Henry Blake. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you a naval officer in stories by C. S. Forester? > IQ2: Did you hear a Who? > IQ3: Are you a _Game of Thrones_ character whose title was inspired by a bird? Not Horatio Hornblower, Horton or the High Sparrow. H. 1. male 2. fictional 3. first name starts with H 4. American creator(s) 5. created before 2000 6. not originally from TV or movies 7. originally from prose fiction 8. created before 1950 ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2021, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/85 "2021-02-10T19:19:18Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > > IQ1: Were you obsessed with your landlady’s daughter? > > > > > IQ2: Did you have a magic purple crayon? > > > IQ3: Were you the king of the one-liners? > > Not Henry VIII, not Harold and not Henny Youngman. I’m not sure English monarchs had landladys, but I’ll rephrase: Correct on the other two. IQ1: Are you an English literature professor who was obsessed with your landlady’s daughter? IQ2: Are you a minor official notorious for your rigid and limited patterns of thought whose name is used as an insult? IQ3: Do you think “what a good boy am I” after mangling your food? ---
**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:** [February 10, 2021, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/86 "2021-02-10T19:45:01Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > IQ1: Did you have a dog named Ribsy? > > IQ2-3: Were you a US Army doctor in Korea? > > Not Henry Huggins, Hawkeye Pierce or Henry Blake. Harrumph. IQ1: Were you an American mining engineer who was caught up in the Boxer Rebellion? IQ2: Did you marry #1? IQ3: Were you a counttry singer who died in a plane crash with Patsy Cline? ---
**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 10, 2021, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/87 "2021-02-10T19:46:26Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > > 1. Did you go on adventures with Tom Sawyer? > > > 2. Did your TV show feature Pixie & Dixie & Mr. Jinks as well? > > > 3. Are you comedy writer Jack Douglas’s son known by this nickname? > > Not Huck Finn, that Huck or that other, entirely different Huck. Correct on Huckleberry Finn. #2 was Huckleberry Hound. #3 was Huckleberry Hasimoto. Huckleberry x3! DQs: 1. Created before 1900? 2. Protagonist? ---
**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:** [February 10, 2021, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/88 "2021-02-10T20:00:30Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. Do you share a first name with the current Ms. Marvel? > 2. Did you found a fast-food restaurant? > 3. Did you play a man carrying a double bass, a man walking dogs, and a man failing to get on a bus? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Hannah, Tim Horton or… Tom Hanks? 1 was Kamala Harris; 3 was Alfred Hitchcock. DQs: 1. has appeared in film or TV adaptions? 2. from a novel? IQs: 1. Are you the best-known person from Henryville, Indiana? 2. Did you play King Fausto of the Sixth Dimension in _Forbidden Zone_? 3. Did you write _Go Set a Watchman_ (published long after your first novel)? ---
**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 10, 2021, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/89 "2021-02-10T20:59:33Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > … > IQ1: Are you an English literature professor who was obsessed with your landlady’s daughter? > IQ2: Are you a minor official notorious for your rigid and limited patterns of thought whose name is used as an insult? > IQ3: Do you think “what a good boy am I” after mangling your food? I’m not Humbert Humbert, Herbert (who is not Capt. James T. Kirk, either) or… Hpeter Hpeter Pumpkin Eater? > [@SCAdian](#): > > … > IQ1: Were you an American mining engineer who was caught up in the Boxer Rebellion? > IQ2: Did you marry #1? > IQ3: Were you a counttry singer who died in a plane crash with Patsy Cline? Not Herbert or Lou Hoover, and dunno. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > … > IQs: > 1. Are you the best-known person from Henryville, Indiana? > 2. Did you play King Fausto of the Sixth Dimension in _Forbidden Zone_? > 3. Did you write _Go Set a Watchman_ (published long after your first novel)? Dunno, dunno and not Harper Lee. H. 1. male 2. fictional 3. first name starts with H 4. American creator(s) 5. created before 2000 6. not originally from TV or movies 7. originally from prose fiction 8. created before 1950 9. not created before 1900 10. not the protagonist 11. has appeared in film or TV adaptions 12. from a novel ---
**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:** [February 10, 2021, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/90 "2021-02-10T21:18:58Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > IQ1: Were you an American mining engineer who was caught up in the Boxer Rebellion? > > IQ2: Did you marry #1? > > IQ3: Were you a counttry singer who died in a plane crash with Patsy Cline? > > Not Herbert or Lou Hoover, and dunno. ✅ Actually it was Lou Henry that married him, but close enough. Hawkshaw Hawkins. DQ: Often carried a gun? ---
**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:** [February 10, 2021, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/91 "2021-02-10T21:44:23Z")
IQ1: Were you a cowboy who worked for the Bar-20? IQ2: Was one of your parallel novels about parallel universes published over 30 years after your deaath? IQ3: Is your half-brother a vampire? ---
**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:** [February 11, 2021, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/92 "2021-02-11T01:48:51Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno, dunno and not Harper Lee. 1 was Harlan Sanders; 2 was Hervé Villechaize. DQ: first appeared after 1935? One 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 11, 2021, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/93 "2021-02-11T03:12:40Z")
Nitpick, **DLR** : it’s Harland and not Harlan Sanders. > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you a cowboy who worked for the Bar-20? > IQ2: Was one of your parallel novels about parallel universes published over 30 years after your deaath? > IQ3: Is your half-brother a vampire? Not Hank, Robert Heinlein or Harry Butcher. H. 1. male 2. fictional 3. first name starts with H 4. American creator(s) 5. created before 2000 6. not originally from TV or movies 7. originally from prose fiction 8. created before 1950 9. not created before 1900 10. not the protagonist 11. has appeared in film or TV adaptions 12. from a novel 13. did not often carry a gun 14. first appeared before 1935 ---
**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:** [February 11, 2021, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/94 "2021-02-11T03:18:20Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > IQ1: Were you a cowboy who worked for the Bar-20? > > > > > IQ2: Was one of your parallel novels about parallel universes published over 30 years after your deaath? > > > IQ3: Is your half-brother a vampire? > > Not Hank, Robert Heinlein or Harry Butcher. Hopalong Cassidy. ✅ Harry Dresden (written by Jim Butcher). Two DQs 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 11, 2021, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/95 "2021-02-11T03:24:00Z")
Dresden - d’oh! All those little yellow face emojis, and no headsmack. ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2021, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/96 "2021-02-11T03:59:31Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > > > IQ1: Are you an English literature professor who was obsessed with your landlady’s daughter? > > > IQ2: Are you a minor official notorious for your rigid and limited patterns of thought whose name is used as an insult? > > > IQ3: Do you think “what a good boy am I” after mangling your food? > > I’m not Humbert Humbert, Herbert (who is not Capt. James T. Kirk, either) or… Hpeter Hpeter Pumpkin Eater? Yes, Yes, Little Jack Horner DQ: From science fiction or fantasy genre? ---
**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 11, 2021, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/97 "2021-02-11T15:49:23Z")
🤦‍♂️ is “man\_facepalming”. It doesn’t have the panache the previous set’s facepalm did. IQs: 1. Did you star in the movie _Paleface_? 2. Did you play Dick’s wife in _The New Dick van Dyke Show_? 3. Are you a current cohost of _Today_? ---
**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:** [February 11, 2021, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/98 "2021-02-11T16:13:56Z")
IQ1: Were you the leader of the winning side at Bosworth? IQ2: Were you also known as Bolingbroke? IQ3: Did you succeed your brother after he was killed in a hunting accident? ---
**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 11, 2021, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/99 "2021-02-11T18:22:57Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 🤦‍♂️ is “man\_facepalming”. It doesn’t have the panache the previous set’s facepalm did. > > IQs: > > 1. Did you star in the movie _Paleface_? > 2. Did you play Dick’s wife in _The New Dick van Dyke Show_? > 3. Are you a current cohost of _Today_? Thanks for that emoji. Must’ve overlooked it. Dunno x3. > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you the leader of the winning side at Bosworth? > IQ2: Were you also known as Bolingbroke? > IQ3: Did you succeed your brother after he was killed in a hunting accident? Not Henry VII, not Hotspur and not… Henry II? H. 1. male 2. fictional 3. first name starts with H 4. American creator(s) 5. created before 2000 6. not originally from TV or movies 7. originally from prose fiction 8. created before 1950 9. not created before 1900 10. not the protagonist 11. has appeared in film or TV adaptions 12. from a novel 13. did not often carry a gun 14. first appeared before 1935 15. from science fiction or fantasy genre ---
**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 11, 2021, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/100 "2021-02-11T18:30:33Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > > 1. Did you star in the movie _Paleface_ ? > > > 2. Did you play Dick’s wife in _The New Dick van Dyke Show_ ? > > > 3. Are you a current cohost of _Today_ ? > > Thanks for that emoji. Must’ve overlooked it. > > Dunno x3. #1 was Bob Hope. #2 was Hope Lange. #3 is Hoda Kotb. DQs: 1. Antagonist? 2. Adult character? 3. From an award-winning novel? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224.md?page=6)