# Botticelli - January 2025 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [January 1, 2025, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2025/1012448 "2025-01-01T18:09:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2025, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2025/1012448/81 "2025-01-10T07:00:52Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > 1. Did you write about The People? > 2. Do you write, among other books, the series **The Case Files of Henri Davenforth**? > 3. Did you play Beverly Katz on the TV series **Hannibal**? Correct, Honor Raconteur, Hettienne Park. IQs: 1. Are you married to John McClane? 2. Did Lea Michele play you on **Scream Queens**? 3. Were you Robert Vaughn’s character on **The A-Team**? 2 DQs reserved ---
**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 10, 2025, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2025/1012448/82 "2025-01-10T13:24:23Z")
**DQs:** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name begins with H 4. Deceased ---
**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 10, 2025, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2025/1012448/83 "2025-01-10T13:26:34Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you first become a father at the ago of 49, with a daughter three years later? > 2. Were you assigned to cover the Hells Angels in California in 1965? > 3. Did you found a chain of restaurants, and later hotels? 1. Take a DQ. 2. I am not Hunter S. Thompson. 3. I am not Conrad Hilton. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the first person mentioned in “We Didn’t Start the Fire”? > 2. Do you play “Your Co-Worker who is Extremely Busy Doing Seemingly Nothing” and other roles on _Saturday Night Live_? > 3. Is this the face that launched a thousand ships, > And burnt the topless towers of Ilium? 1. I am not Harry Truman. 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not Helen of Troy. > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Is your wife’s niece considered to be the unattractive member of the family? > IQ2: Were you a Canadian singer known for “I’ve Been Everywhere” and “I’m Movin’ On”? > IQ3: Were you Gaunt’s son, born at Bolingbroke? Take 3 DQs. > [@kitap](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you married to John McClane? > 2. Did Lea Michele play you on **Scream Queens**? > 3. Were you Robert Vaughn’s character on **The A-Team**? 1. I am not Helen McClane (??). Take 2 DQs. ---
**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:** [January 10, 2025, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2025/1012448/84 "2025-01-10T13:29:39Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Harry Truman. > 2. Take a DQ. > 3. I am not Helen of Troy. 2 was Heidi Gardner. DQ: American? ---
**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:** [January 10, 2025, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2025/1012448/85 "2025-01-10T13:36:03Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > IQ1: Is your wife’s niece considered to be the unattractive member of the family? > > IQ2: Were you a Canadian singer known for “I’ve Been Everywhere” and “I’m Movin’ On”? > > IQ3: Were you Gaunt’s son, born at Bolingbroke? > > Take 3 DQs. Herman Munster Hank Snow Henry IV DQ1 : Known for the Arts? DQ2: Died after 1950? One DQ reserved. ---
**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 10, 2025, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2025/1012448/86 "2025-01-10T13:36:12Z")
**DQs:** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name begins with H 4. Deceased 5. Not American 6. Not known for the Arts 7. Died after 1950 ---
**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:** [January 10, 2025, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2025/1012448/87 "2025-01-10T13:50:35Z")
IQs: 1. In _Ed Wood_, does Orson Welles grumble that the studio wants to cast you as a Mexican? 2. Were you the first criminal caught by radio? 3. Were you originally voiced by Arleen Sorkin? ---
**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:** [January 10, 2025, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2025/1012448/88 "2025-01-10T14:26:53Z")
IQ1: Were you Geli Raubal’s uncle? IQ2: Were you a former fighter ace who became head of the German air force? IQ3: Were you the target of Operation ANTHROPOID? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2025, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2025/1012448/89 "2025-01-10T14:40:32Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Did you first become a father at the ago of 49, with a daughter three years later? > > 2. Were you assigned to cover the Hells Angels in California in 1965? > > 3. Did you found a chain of restaurants, and later hotels? > > 1. Take a DQ. > 2. I am not Hunter S. Thompson. > 3. I am not Conrad Hilton. 1. Humphrey Bogart 2. correct 3. Howard Deering Johnson, founder of the Howard Johnson chain of restaurants, and then hotels (Hilton also founded a hotel chain, but not restaurants.) 2 DQs reserved ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2025, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2025/1012448/90 "2025-01-10T15:19:08Z")
IQs: 1. Did you command the Army of the Potomac at the Battle of Chancellorsville? 2. Did you command a corps on the extreme left wing of that battle? 3. Were you general-in-chief of the Union army at that battle? ---
**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 10, 2025, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2025/1012448/91 "2025-01-10T17:44:56Z")
I saw _Kentucky Fried Movie_ years ago but didn’t remember Cleopatra Schwartz. Funny fake trailer, though! Well played, **Prof. P.** On to H. IQs:: Did you play Tallahassee in the two _Zombieland_ movies? Were you FDR’s first cadaverous aide? Were you FDR’s second cadaverous aide? ---
**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:** [January 10, 2025, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2025/1012448/92 "2025-01-10T18:08:29Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > Did you command the Army of the Potomac at the Battle of Chancellorsville? At first glance that said “Battle of Guadalcanal”… 🙂 ---
**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 10, 2025, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2025/1012448/93 "2025-01-10T19:24:23Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > Qs: > > 1. In _Ed Wood_, does Orson Welles grumble that the studio wants to cast you as a Mexican? > 2. Were you the first criminal caught by radio? > 3. Were you originally voiced by Arleen Sorkin? Take 3 DQs. > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you Geli Raubal’s uncle? > IQ2: Were you a former fighter ace who became head of the German air force? > IQ3: Were you the target of Operation ANTHROPOID? Take 3 DQs. > [@SunUp](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you command the Army of the Potomac at the Battle of Chancellorsville? > 2. Did you command a corps on the extreme left wing of that battle? > 3. Were you general-in-chief of the Union army at that battle? Take 3 DQs. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs:: > > Did you play Tallahassee in the two _Zombieland_ movies? > Were you FDR’s first cadaverous aide? > Were you FDR’s second cadaverous aide? #2. I am not Harry Hopkins. Take 2 DQs. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2025, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2025/1012448/94 "2025-01-10T19:27:19Z")
“Cadaverous” (_snirk_) ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2025, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2025/1012448/95 "2025-01-10T19:29:07Z")
DQ: 1. European? 2. Known for science or medicine? ---
**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 10, 2025, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2025/1012448/96 "2025-01-10T19:29:49Z")
**DQs:** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name begins with H 4. Deceased 5. Not American 6. Not known for the Arts 7. Died after 1950 8. European 9. Known for science or medicine ---
**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:** [January 10, 2025, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2025/1012448/97 "2025-01-10T19:34:06Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. In _Ed Wood_, does Orson Welles grumble that the studio wants to cast you as a Mexican? > 2. Were you the first criminal caught by radio? > 3. Were you originally voiced by Arleen Sorkin? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Take 3 DQs. 1 was Charlton Heston; 2 was Hawley Crippen; 3 was Harley Quinn. DQs: 1. from continental Europe? 2. died after 1990? 3. known for medicine? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2025, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2025/1012448/98 "2025-01-10T19:39:52Z")
IQs: 1. Did you direct Tobey Maguire, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Johnny Depp in several movies in the 1990s? 2. Were you and your brothers comedy legends on film and in person? 3. Are you also known as The Most Powerful Man in the Universe? ---
**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 10, 2025, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2025/1012448/99 "2025-01-10T19:47:30Z")
[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:96, topic:1012448, full:true”] **DQs:** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name begins with H 4. Deceased 5. Not American 6. Not known for the Arts 7. Died after 1950 8. European 9. Known for science or medicine 10. From continental Europe 11. Died before 1990 12. Not known for mediicine ---
**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 10, 2025, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2025/1012448/100 "2025-01-10T19:49:28Z")
> IQs: > > 1. Did you direct Tobey Maguire, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Johnny Depp in several movies in the 1990s? > 2. Were you and your brothers comedy legends on film and in person? > 3. Are you also known as The Most Powerful Man in the Universe? > [/quote] 1. Take a DQ. 2. I am not Harpo Marx. 3. I am not He-Man. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2025/1012448.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2025/1012448.md?page=6)