# 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:** 7
**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, 2021, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/121 "2021-02-15T02:45:00Z")
Dingdingding! Yes, I am # **Uncle Henry** from the works of L. Frank Baum: [Uncle Henry - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncle_Henry_(Oz)) Well done, **Prof. P.** ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2021, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/122 "2021-02-15T05:42:49Z")
How did you even guess this? ---
**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, 2021, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/123 "2021-02-15T12:13:46Z")
I can’t believe **kitap** didn’t guess him. I’m very surprised at having an Oz character show up again so soon after Polychrome. Having checked EH’s list of letter usage: I am [![](https://etc.usf.edu/presentations/extras/letters/fridge_magnets/blue/21/K-400.png) ](https://etc.usf.edu/presentations/extras/letters/fridge_magnets/blue/21/K-400.png) ---
**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 15, 2021, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/124 "2021-02-15T16:34:39Z")
IQ1: Did you have an airbourne delivery service? IQ2: Were you a tailor whose promotion caused officials to quit their jobs? IQ3: Were you an English chef with a Canadian show? ---
**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, 2021, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/125 "2021-02-15T17:17:56Z")
#1 I am not Kiki. #2 I am not Ko-ko. #3 I am not Graham Kerr. ---
**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 15, 2021, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/126 "2021-02-15T18:03:54Z")
Congrats, Prof.! The best I could come up with was Ham, from the Doc Savage series (though Ham is not a common name and he first appeared after 1920). IQs: 1. Did you direct _Dr. Strangelove_? 2. Has it been claimed you inspired the character of Dr. Strangelove, although you probably didn’t given that when the movie was made you were a mere Harvard professor and not a US National Security Advisor or Secretary of State yet? 3. Did you write _On Thermonuclear War_ (and are a likelier inspiration for Strangelove)? ---
**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, 2021, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/127 "2021-02-15T18:19:30Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you direct _Dr. Strangelove_ ? > 2. Has it been claimed you inspired the character of Dr. Strangelove, although you probably didn’t given that when the movie was made you were a mere Harvard professor and not a US National Security Advisor or Secretary of State yet? > 3. Did you write _On Thermonuclear War_ (and are a likelier inspiration for Strangelove)? #1. I am not Stanley Kubrick. #2. I am not Henry Kissinger. #3. Take a DQ. ---
**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, 2021, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/128 "2021-02-15T18:36:38Z")
IQs: Did your daughter serve as US ambassador to Japan? Did yours, too? A relative of theirs, did you make a cameo appearance as Murphy Brown’s latest secretary? ---
**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, 2021, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/129 "2021-02-15T19:04:48Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Qs: > > Did your daughter serve as US ambassador to Japan? > Did yours, too? > A relative of theirs, did you make a cameo appearance as Murphy Brown’s latest secretary? #1. I am not Robert Kennedy (??) #2. I am not Ted Kennedy (??) #3. I am not John F. Kennedy, Jr. ---
**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 15, 2021, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/130 "2021-02-15T20:23:28Z")
IQ1: Were you killed, not by the airplanes, but by beauty? IQ2: Did you create Bat-man? IQ3: Did you create the Fantastic Four? ---
**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, 2021, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/131 "2021-02-15T21:12:48Z")
1. I am not King Kong. 2. I am not Bob Kane. 3. I am not Jack Kirby. ---
**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 15, 2021, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/132 "2021-02-15T22:11:10Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > #1. I am not Stanley Kubrick. > #2. I am not Henry Kissinger. > #3. Take a DQ. 3 was Herman Kahn. Correct on 2 and 3. DQ: real? ---
**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 15, 2021, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/133 "2021-02-15T22:58:14Z")
Clean sweep! IQ1: Does your milkshake bring all the boys to the yard? IQ2: Did you run for US President on the platform of abortions for some, miniature American flags for others? IQ3: Were you IQ2’s opponent in the same presidential election? ---
**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, 2021, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/134 "2021-02-15T23:07:11Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Does your milkshake bring all the boys to the yard? > IQ2: Did you run for US President on the platform of abortions for some, miniature American flags for others? > IQ3: Were you IQ2’s opponent in the same presidential election? Take 3 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:** [February 15, 2021, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/135 "2021-02-15T23:07:30Z")
DQs: 1. Real ---
**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 16, 2021, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/136 "2021-02-16T00:06:36Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > > > IQ1: Does your milkshake bring all the boys to the yard? > > > IQ2: Did you run for US President on the platform of abortions for some, miniature American flags for others? > > > IQ3: Were you IQ2’s opponent in the same presidential election? > > Take 3 DQs. Kelis - singer of “Milkshake” Kang and Kodos, space aliens from _The Simpsons_ - specifically the 1996 Halloween episode DQ1: Male? DQ2: Alive? Holding the third DQ ---
**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 16, 2021, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/137 "2021-02-16T01:40:14Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Dead ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2021, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/138 "2021-02-16T02:35:38Z")
I kept think H must be an Edgar Rice Burroughs character, so… IQs: 1. Did you marry Loyse of Verlaine in the book **Witch World**? 2. Did you play the main protagonist in 1956’s **Invasion of the Body Snatchers**? 3. Are you the dragon who employed Cimorene in the book **Dealing with Dragons**? ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2021, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/139 "2021-02-16T03:06:27Z")
IQs 1. Did your name supposedly loosely translate to “I should worry?” 2. Did you play Mrs. White in a movie, now considered a cult classic? 3. Have people created conspiracy theories tying your death to a very famous actress/ icon and a political dynasty? ---
**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 16, 2021, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224/140 "2021-02-16T03:37:35Z")
Previous IQs: Did your daughter serve as US ambassador to Japan? - JFK (Caroline) Did yours, too? - Jackie Kennedy A relative of theirs, did you make a cameo appearance as Murphy Brown’s latest secretary? - Yes, JFK Jr. DQs: American? Last name begin with K? IQs: Were you a widely-loathed cavalry general during the Civil War? Were you a Latin American specialist in the Kennedy Administration? Did you joke that if the United Nations left NYC and sailed away, you’d be down on the docks, waving a not-so-fond farewell? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2021/932224.md?page=8)