# Botticelli - July 2022 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [July 5, 2022, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465 "2022-07-05T17:40:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**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:** [July 29, 2022, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/221 "2022-07-29T17:34:21Z")
L 1. Not real 2. First name begins with L ---
**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:** [July 29, 2022, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/222 "2022-07-29T18:12:15Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > - Are you “the Beloved Physician”? > > - Are you a sweet cookie of a title character in a work by Richard Blackmore? > > - Did you originally host _Kids Say The Darnedest Things_? > > 1. Not the apostle Luke. > 2. DQ. > 3. Not Art Linkletter. Correct, Lorna Doone, Correct. 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:** [July 29, 2022, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/223 "2022-07-29T18:26:18Z")
Previous IQs: Was your hand cut off but you kept on being a warrior? - I was thinking of Jaime Lannister from _Game of Thrones_, but sure, Luke Skywalker works, too Did you get killed while you were in the privy? - Tywin Lannister, Jaime’s father Did you kill him? - Tyrion Lannister, his brother Lannister x3! DQs: American? Would be alive today, if real? IQs: Did you once predict “hailstones the size of canned hams”? Were you arguably the foremost battlefield physician of the American Civil War? Did you correct a detective’s description of your dining room decor? ---
**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:** [July 29, 2022, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/224 "2022-07-29T18:31:59Z")
IQs: 1. Did you write many Doc Savage novels under the name Kenneth Robeson? 2. Did you create the comic strip hero The Phantom? 3. Are you the pseudonymous author of the Bobbsey Twins books? ---
**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:** [July 29, 2022, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/225 "2022-07-29T18:49:55Z")
IQs: 1. Were you the prime minister of Cambodia aidobmaC fo retsinim emirp eht uoy erew? 2. Hair toss, check your nails–girl, are you feelin’ Good as Hell? 3. Are you the Nazi officer in _Inglourious Basterds_, played by Christoph Waltz? ---
**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:** [July 30, 2022, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/226 "2022-07-30T01:36:42Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did you once predict “hailstones the size of canned hams”? > Were you arguably the foremost battlefield physician of the American Civil War? > Did you correct a detective’s description of your dining room decor? Three DQs. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write many Doc Savage novels under the name Kenneth Robeson? > 2. Did you create the comic strip hero The Phantom? > 3. Are you the pseudonymous author of the Bobbsey Twins books? 1. Not Lester Dent. 2. DQ. 3. Not Laura Lee Hope. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the prime minister of Cambodia aidobmaC fo retsinim emirp eht uoy erew? > 2. Hair toss, check your nails–girl, are you feelin’ Good as Hell? > 3. Are you the Nazi officer in _Inglourious Basterds_, played by Christoph Waltz? 1. Not Lon Nol 2. DQ. 3. DQ. **L** 1, Real 2. First name begins with L 3. Male 4. American 5. Would not be alive today, if real ---
**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:** [July 30, 2022, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/227 "2022-07-30T01:40:19Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. Were you the prime minister of Cambodia aidobmaC fo retsinim emirp eht uoy erew? Well said! ---
**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:** [July 30, 2022, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/228 "2022-07-30T02:03:59Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Did you write many Doc Savage novels under the name Kenneth Robeson? > > 2. Did you create the comic strip hero The Phantom? > > 3. Are you the pseudonymous author of the Bobbsey Twins books? > > 1. Not Lester Dent. > 2. DQ. > 3. Not Laura Lee Hope. Correct. Lee Falk. Correct. Hmmm. First you say he’s Not Real. Then you say he’s Real. I’m assuming a “Not” was left off the second round. 1 DQ reserved. ---
**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:** [July 30, 2022, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/229 "2022-07-30T02:26:25Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. Were you the prime minister of Cambodia aidobmaC fo retsinim emirp eht uoy erew? > 2. Hair toss, check your nails–girl, are you feelin’ Good as Hell? > 3. Are you the Nazi officer in _Inglourious Basterds_, played by Christoph Waltz? > [@SCAdian](#): > > 1. Not Lon Nol > 2. DQ. > 3. DQ. 2 was Lizzo (in her song “Good as Hell”); 3 was Hans Landa. DQs: 1. main character? 2. originally from prose? (I’m presuming the person is fictional here.) ---
**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:** [July 30, 2022, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/230 "2022-07-30T02:38:25Z")
**L** 1, **Not** real 2. First name begins with L 3. Male 4. American 5. Would not be alive today, if real 6. Main character 7. Originally from prose I think what happened was I accidentally copy-and-pasted the Prof’s post asking the DQs, instead of my post answering them – I had to delete the question marks again. ---
**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:** [July 30, 2022, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/231 "2022-07-30T14:50:44Z")
**DQ: Created before 1950?** IQs: 1. Did you usually travel with Bob Hope on USO Tours as his back-up band? 2. Are you the protagonist in _Stop The World, I Want To Get Off_? 3. Were you a noted Greek scholar whose daughter was famous for falling down a rabbit-hole? ---
**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:** [July 30, 2022, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/232 "2022-07-30T15:14:43Z")
IQs: 1. Do you play yourself, getting into awkward situations on _Curb your Enthusiasm_? 2. Were you a US senator with a “wide stance”, which is why you got in trouble in a Minneapolis airport in 2007? 3. Was your name your name, were you a showgirl? ---
**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:** [July 30, 2022, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/233 "2022-07-30T20:44:11Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you usually travel with Bob Hope on USO Tours as his back-up band? > 2. Are you the protagonist in _Stop The World, I Want To Get Off_? > 3. Were you a noted Greek scholar whose daughter was famous for falling down a rabbit-hole? 1. Not … Dorothy Lamour? 2. DQ. 3. Not Mr Liddell. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. Do you play yourself, getting into awkward situations on _Curb your Enthusiasm_? > 2. Were you a US senator with a “wide stance”, which is why you got in trouble in a Minneapolis airport in 2007? > 3. Was your name your name, were you a showgirl? 3 DQs **L** 1, Not real 2. First name begins with L 3. Male 4. American 5. Would not be alive today, if real 6. Main character 7. Originally from prose 8. Not created before 1950 ---
**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:** [July 30, 2022, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/234 "2022-07-30T20:52:24Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Did you usually travel with Bob Hope on USO Tours as his back-up band? > > 2. Are you the protagonist in _Stop The World, I Want To Get Off_? > > 3. Were you a noted Greek scholar whose daughter was famous for falling down a rabbit-hole? > > 1. Not … Dorothy Lamour? > 2. DQ. > 3. Not Mr Liddell. #1 was Les Brown and His Band of Renown. #2 is Littlechap. #3 was, indeed, Henry George Liddell, correct. 2 DQs reserved. ---
**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:** [July 30, 2022, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/235 "2022-07-30T20:53:09Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. Do you play yourself, getting into awkward situations on _Curb your Enthusiasm_? > 2. Were you a US senator with a “wide stance”, which is why you got in trouble in a Minneapolis airport in 2007? > 3. Was your name your name, were you a showgirl? > [@SCAdian](#): > > 3 DQs 1 was Larry David; 2 was Larry Craig; 3 was Lola, in “Copacabana”. DQs: 1. created by an American or Americans? 2. created before 1980? 3. adapted into film/TV? ---
**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:** [July 31, 2022, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/236 "2022-07-31T02:31:55Z")
All right, another “Copacabana” reference! Previous IQs: Did you once predict “hailstones the size of canned hams”? - David Letterman, when he was an Indiana weatherman Were you arguably the foremost battlefield physician of the American Civil War? - Dr. Jonathan Letterman Did you correct a detective’s description of your dining room decor? - Lionel Twain in _Murder by Death,_ who told the Charlie Chan-esque character that it was a stuffed moose and not a cow hanging on the wall DQs: Good guy? From genre fiction (sf, fantasy, Western, detective, etc.)? One DQ reserved. IQs: Did you have an owl louse named after you? Did you create the original _Battlestar Galactica_? Was your first tattoo “client” a trussed-up bad guy? ---
**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:** [July 31, 2022, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/237 "2022-07-31T02:49:35Z")
IQs: 1. Did you create and star in _Girls_? 2. Is your autobiography _Amazing Fantastic Incredible: A Marvelous Memoir_ (all adjectives associated with your work)? 3. Were you a cyclist charged with doping and stripped of your seven Tour de France titles? ---
**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:** [July 31, 2022, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/238 "2022-07-31T12:31:29Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you have an owl louse named after you? > Did you create the original _Battlestar Galactica_? > Was your first tattoo “client” a trussed-up bad guy? 1. Not … Gary Larson? 2. DQ. 3. DQ. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you create and star in _Girls_? > 2. Is your autobiography _Amazing Fantastic Incredible: A Marvelous Memoir_ (all adjectives associated with your work)? > 3. Were you a cyclist charged with doping and stripped of your seven Tour de France titles? 1. DQ. 2. Not … Stan Lee? 3. Not Lance Armstrong. **L** 1, Not real 2. First name begins with L 3. Male 4. American 5. Would not be alive today, if real 6. Main character 7. Originally from prose 8. Not created before 1950 9. Created by an American or Americans 10. Created before 1980 11. Adapted into film/TV 12. Good guy 13. From genre fiction (sf, fantasy, Western, detective, etc.) ---
**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:** [July 31, 2022, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/239 "2022-07-31T12:55:52Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > 1. DQ. > 2. Not … Stan Lee? > 3. Not Lance Armstrong. 1 was Lena Dunham; 2 was correct; 3 was correct. DQ: from SF/fantasy? ---
**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:** [July 31, 2022, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/240 "2022-07-31T16:07:54Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > **L** > 1, Not real > 2. First name begins with L > 3. Male > 4. American > 5. Would not be alive today, if real > 6. Main character > 7. Originally from prose > 8. Not created before 1950 > 9. Created by an American or Americans > 10. Created before 1980 > 11. Adapted into film/TV > 12. Good guy > 13. From genre fiction (sf, fantasy, Western, detective, etc.) DQs: 1. Adult character? 2. Created before 1970? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465.md?page=13)