# Botticelli - January 2024 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [January 2, 2024, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514 "2024-01-02T20:22:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2024, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/41 "2024-01-04T18:35:09Z")
DQ2: Known for mysteries? Are we out of 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:** [January 4, 2024, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/42 "2024-01-04T18:37:57Z")
DQs: 1. Female 2. Real 3. Last name starts with G 4. Known for the Arts 5. Dead 6. Not an actress 7. Died after 2000 8. Not known for music 9. Not known for the performing arts 10. Not considered a beauty 11. Died of natural causes 12. Not known for the visual arts (paintings, drawings, etc.) 13. American 14. Caucasian 15. Best known for literature 16. Best known for fiction 17. Has won top prizes in her genre 18. Best known for novels 19. Not known for speculative fiction, i.e, science fiction/fantasy 20. Known for mysteries That’s 20. Please ask all remaining DQ’s by noon EST tomorrow. ---
**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:** [January 5, 2024, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/43 "2024-01-05T17:18:52Z")
Okay, we have an award-winning American Caucasian female mystery writer, who died after 2000 and whose last name starts with G. Anyone who has won a DQ this round may now ask one (1) question of the sort “Are you FirstName LastName?”. Good luck. Deadline is 6pm EST tomorrow. ---
**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:** [January 5, 2024, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/44 "2024-01-05T18:33:21Z")
Are you Sue Grafton? ---
**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:** [January 5, 2024, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/45 "2024-01-05T18:45:24Z")
Yes. I am # Sue Grafton, author of the wonderfully written Alphabet Murders series starring Kilsey Milhone. I just learned she started writing the series while going through a bitter six-year-long divorce with her ex-husband. During that time she found herself coming up with more and more elaborate ways to kill him off, and decided to write them down. Well done again, **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:** [January 5, 2024, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/46 "2024-01-05T21:09:20Z")
Thank you, **Prof.**! A good Botticelli subject, and a fine way to start the New Year. For more: [Sue Grafton - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sue_Grafton) Our next letter will be # U ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2024, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/47 "2024-01-05T22:35:06Z")
Good one, **Prof!** I’ve heard of her, but mysteries aren’t my cup of tea. I.Q.s 1. Are you an Italian count portrayed by Dante as entombed in ice, in the ring of Hell reserved for betrayers of kin and country, gnawing on the head of your archenemy Archbishop Ruggieri? 2. Were you the author of _The Name of the Rose, Foucault’s Pendulum,_ and _The Island of the Day Before_? 3. Were you a robot voiced by James Spader? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2024, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/48 "2024-01-06T02:50:45Z")
Congrats! I know who she was, but have never read her. 1. Did Robert Wisdom play you on **Supernatural**? 2. Did you play Honey Ryder? 3. Did you write The Earthsea series? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2024, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/49 "2024-01-06T03:40:36Z")
Great subject and great catch. Boy, I’m glad I didn’t use my DQ on “Best known for romance?” 1. Did you appear in H. Rider Haggard’s _Allan Quartermain_? 2. Did you teach acting at the Herbert Berghof Studio? 3. Are you the fussier of _The Odd Couple_? ---
**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:** [January 6, 2024, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/50 "2024-01-06T17:11:25Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a Swiss leader of the Protestant Reformation? 2. Are you a four-time winner of the Indianapolis 500? 3. Were you a long-time quarterback, most often connected with the Baltimore Colts? ---
**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:** [January 6, 2024, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/51 "2024-01-06T21:35:28Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > … > I.Q.s > > 1. Are you an Italian count portrayed by Dante as entombed in ice, in the ring of Hell reserved for betrayers of kin and country, gnawing on the head of your archenemy Archbishop Ruggieri? > > 2. Were you the author of _The Name of the Rose, Foucault’s Pendulum,_ and _The Island of the Day Before_? > > 3. Were you a robot voiced by James Spader? Not Urbino, Umberto Eco or Ultron. ---
**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:** [January 6, 2024, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/52 "2024-01-06T21:36:47Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > … > > 1. Did Robert Wisdom play you on **Supernatural**? > 2. Did you play Honey Ryder? > 3. Did you write The Earthsea series? Dunno, not Ursula Andress and not Ursula K. LeGuin. ---
**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:** [January 6, 2024, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/53 "2024-01-06T21:38:23Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > … > > 1. Did you appear in H. Rider Haggard’s _Allan Quartermain_? > 2. Did you teach acting at the Herbert Berghof Studio? > 3. Are you the fussier of _The Odd Couple_? Dunno, not Uta Hagen (sp?) and not Felix Unger, ---
**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:** [January 6, 2024, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/54 "2024-01-06T21:40:40Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a Swiss leader of the Protestant Reformation? > 2. Are you a four-time winner of the Indianapolis 500? > 3. Were you a long-time quarterback, most often connected with the Baltimore Colts? Dunno, not Al Unser and not Johnny Unitas. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2024, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/55 "2024-01-06T22:00:36Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > > … > > I.Q.s > > > > 1. Are you an Italian count portrayed by Dante as entombed in ice, in the ring of Hell reserved for betrayers of kin and country, gnawing on the head of your archenemy Archbishop Ruggieri? > > > > 2. Were you the author of _The Name of the Rose, Foucault’s Pendulum,_ and _The Island of the Day Before_? > > > > 3. Were you a robot voiced by James Spader? > > Not Urbino, Umberto Eco or Ultron. Correct on 2 and 3. 1 was actually Count Ugolino della Gherardesca. DQ: Real? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2024, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/56 "2024-01-06T22:26:49Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > … > > > > 1. Did you appear in H. Rider Haggard’s _Allan Quartermain_? > > 2. Did you teach acting at the Herbert Berghof Studio? > > 3. Are you the fussier of _The Odd Couple_? > > Dunno, not Uta Hagen (sp?) and not Felix Unger, #1 was Umslopogaas, 2 & 3 are correct. (The play and movie character was Felix Ungar, though that was changed to Unger in the TV series.) DQ: 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:** [January 6, 2024, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/57 "2024-01-06T22:56:35Z")
U. 1. real 2. male ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2024, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/58 "2024-01-07T07:24:44Z")
IQs; 1. Are you a German movie director whose movies are considered sone of the worst ever created? 2. Are you the fictional scheming, villainous protagonist of the original _House of Cards_, who eventually becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom? 3. Are you #2’s counterpart in the American version of the 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:** [January 7, 2024, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/59 "2024-01-07T14:15:07Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Were you a Swiss leader of the Protestant Reformation? > > 2. Are you a four-time winner of the Indianapolis 500? > > 3. Were you a long-time quarterback, most often connected with the Baltimore Colts? > > Dunno, not Al Unser and not Johnny Unitas. #1 was Ulrich Zwingli. Correct on the others. DQ: Last name starts with U? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2024, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2024/995514/60 "2024-01-07T16:09:38Z")
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