# Botticelli, July 2023 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [July 1, 2023, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407 "2023-07-01T15:38:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 17
**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 20, 2023, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/321 "2023-07-20T21:32:55Z")
Aha! Good guess, **SMV**. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2023, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/322 "2023-07-21T03:50:54Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > In fact, I’m going to jump straight to my Firstname-Lastname guess: are you George Weasley? Drat for a slow moving vehicle you move pretty fast. I was leaning in that direction but I wanted to see if my Harry Potter DQ came back positive before making the plunge. Alas he who hesitates is lost. Good Job SMV. ---
**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:** [July 21, 2023, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/323 "2023-07-21T11:25:32Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > > In fact, I’m going to jump straight to my Firstname-Lastname guess: are you George Weasley? > > Drat for a slow moving vehicle you move pretty fast. I was leaning in that direction but I wanted to see if my Harry Potter DQ came back positive before making the plunge. Alas he who hesitates is lost. Good Job SMV I know, I feel a little guilty, as I was thinking it was Gaspode, from the Discworld novels, until you got me thinking about the Potterverse. I kinda stole this one out from under you. Okay, I’ll start the next round in a couple of hours. Got to look at **EH** ’s list of letters and come up with a name. I promise, this next one won’t be quite so obscure as Ani DiFranco apparently was. ---
**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:** [July 21, 2023, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/324 "2023-07-21T14:14:17Z")
Okay, here we go. I am: [![](https://media.istockphoto.com/id/1354262587/vector/letter-c-in-the-gothic-style-vector-alphabet-the-symbol-is-isolated-on-a-white-background.jpg?s=2048x2048&w=is&k=20&c=7gk0opSpDqJ5ixXsyhSctFRrm_qgV7TFTFGTVkcIoQg=) ](https://media.istockphoto.com/id/1354262587/vector/letter-c-in-the-gothic-style-vector-alphabet-the-symbol-is-isolated-on-a-white-background.jpg?s=2048x2048&w=is&k=20&c=7gk0opSpDqJ5ixXsyhSctFRrm_qgV7TFTFGTVkcIoQg=) Yay, it worked! That’s a “ **C** ”, just for the record. Also, I have quoted and updated @Elendil_s_Heir’s list of used letters as of July 21. Fire away! ---
**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 21, 2023, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/325 "2023-07-21T14:18:54Z")
Thanks, **SMV**. IQs: Do you have arguably the silliest alternative name of anyone in Middle-earth? Were you the Finches’ cook and housekeeper? Did Malcolm McDowell play you in a big-budget skin flick? ---
**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 21, 2023, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/326 "2023-07-21T15:10:55Z")
IQs: 1. Does Jean LaFoote regularly attempt to steal your goods? 2. Do you court the vivacious Minnie Bannister on the highly acclaimed shallot-eating 1950’s BBC radio series _The Goon Show_? 3. Were you one of the Mamas and the Papas? ---
**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:** [July 21, 2023, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/327 "2023-07-21T15:54:10Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Thanks, **SMV** > > IQs: > > Do you have arguably the silliest alternative name of anyone in Middle-earth? > Were you the Finches’ cook and housekeeper? > Did Malcolm McDowell play you in a big-budget skin flick? 1. I am not…hmm, Celeborn? Not an especially silly name, but I can’t think of any other _LOTR_ character with a “C”-name, except for What’s-’is-name the Shipwright, the dude at the Grey Havens. I’m sure I’m going to face-palm when you tell me the answer. 2. I am not Calpurnia. 3. I am not Gaius Caesar Augustus Germanicus Caligula. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > - Does Jean LaFoote regularly attempt to steal your goods? > - Do you court the vivacious Minnie Bannister on the highly acclaimed shallot-eating 1950’s BBC radio series _The Goon Show_? > - Were you one of the Mamas and the Papas? 1. DQ. 2. DQ. 3. I am not Mama Cass Elliot. ---
**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 21, 2023, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/328 "2023-07-21T15:57:58Z")
Congrats, Vehicle! IQs: 1. Did you defend John Scopes? 2. Did you play Jackie on _Doctor Who_? 3. Did you create _Dick Tracy_? ---
**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 21, 2023, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/329 "2023-07-21T16:04:10Z")
Swept me. Celeborn’s alternative name is Teleporno. IQs: Were you the only bearded Elf we know of in Middle-earth? Were you “the little drummer-boy of Shiloh”? Were you the first to fly across America, crash by crash? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2023, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/330 "2023-07-21T16:20:04Z")
Congrats! 1. Were you writer Thorne Smith’s most famous character? 2. Are you the main character in Patricia Wrede’s book **Dealing with Dragons**? 3. Are you Judy Davis’s character in the movie **The Ref**? ---
**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:** [July 21, 2023, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/331 "2023-07-21T17:25:41Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > Congrats, Vehicle! > > IQs: > > 1. Did you defend John Scopes? > 2. Did you play Jackie on _Doctor Who_? > 3. Did you create _Dick Tracy_? 1. I am not Clarence Darrow. 2. Damn, I can picture her face, but I’ve never known the actress’ name. DQ. 3. I am not … Chester Gould? Take a DQ if I’m wrong. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Swept me. Celeborn’s alternative name is Teleporno. _Snerk._ “Teleporno”, eh? Didn’t realize Lothlórien had the internet. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Were you the only bearded Elf we know of in Middle-earth? > Were you “the little drummer-boy of Shiloh”? > Were you the first to fly across America, crash by crash? You’ve returned the favor. 3 DQs. > [@kitap](#): > > - Were you writer Thorne Smith’s most famous character? > - Are you the main character in Patricia Wrede’s book **Dealing with Dragons**? > - Are you Judy Davis’s character in the movie **The Ref**? 1. I am not…Thomas Covenant? 2. DQ. 3. DQ. ---
**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 21, 2023, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/332 "2023-07-21T17:43:17Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > 1. I am not Clarence Darrow. > 2. Damn, I can picture her face, but I’ve never known the actress’ name. DQ. > 3. I am not … Chester Gould? Take a DQ if I’m wrong. 1 was correct; 2 was Camille Codhuri; 3 was correct. DQ: real? ---
**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 21, 2023, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/333 "2023-07-21T18:43:38Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > - Does Jean LaFoote regularly attempt to steal your goods? > > - Do you court the vivacious Minnie Bannister on the highly acclaimed shallot-eating 1950’s BBC radio series _The Goon Show_? > > - Were you one of the Mamas and the Papas? > > 1. DQ. > 2. DQ. > 3. I am not Mama Cass Elliot. #1 was Cap’n Crunch. #2 is Henry Crum! #3 is correct. DQs: 1. Male? 2. Last name starts with C? ---
**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 21, 2023, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/334 "2023-07-21T18:46:32Z")
IQs: 1. Are you a rooster who appears in tales of Reynard the Fox? 2. Did you say “Big book, big evil”? 3. Did you play Coco in the movie _Fame_? ---
**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 21, 2023, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/335 "2023-07-21T18:48:28Z")
Previous IQs: Were you the only bearded Elf we know of in Middle-earth? - Cirdan the Shipwright, to whom you alluded earlier Were you “the little drummer-boy of Shiloh”? - Johnny Clem: [John Clem - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Clem) Were you the first to fly across America, crash by crash? - The great Cal Rodgers: [Calbraith Perry Rodgers - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calbraith_Perry_Rodgers) DQs: American? Two DQs reserved. IQs: Are you Mrs. Harrison Ford? Were you elected President in 1940 in _The Plot Against America_? Did the Mount Rushmore locals stock a lake for you to fish in? ---
**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 21, 2023, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/336 "2023-07-21T19:08:20Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a script doctor and author of _Delusions of Grandma_, and also acted? 2. Do you wear red-and-white striped headgear, gloves, a bowtie, and nothing else? 3. Were you a paleontologist and competitor of Othniel Marsh in the Bone Wars? ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2023, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/337 "2023-07-21T19:56:05Z")
IQ 1. DId you start as a character in an 80’s computer game designed to teach kids geography but ended up getting your own tv show? 2. Are you the main character in a move franchise that started with “Child’s Play”? 3. Did you prophesy the fall of Troy? ---
**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:** [July 21, 2023, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/338 "2023-07-21T20:14:15Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you a rooster who appears in tales of Reynard the Fox? > 2. Did you say “Big book, big evil”? > 3. Did you play Coco in the movie _Fame_? 1. I am not Chaunticleer. 2. DQ. 3. DQ. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Were you the only bearded Elf we know of in Middle-earth? - Cirdan the Shipwright, to whom you alluded earlier I kinda suspected, after I posted my reply. The only other “C”-name I could think of was Celebrimbor, and I’m not even certain who exactly that is. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Are you Mrs. Harrison Ford? > Were you elected President in 1940 in _The Plot Against America_? > Did the Mount Rushmore locals stock a lake for you to fish in? 1. I am not Callista Flockhart. 2. DQ. 3. I am not…Crazy Horse? Probably not… > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > Were you a script doctor and author of _Delusions of Grandma_, and also acted? > 2. Do you wear red-and-white striped headgear, gloves, a bowtie, and nothing else? > 3. Were you a paleontologist and competitor of Othniel Marsh in the Bone Wars? 1. DQ. 2. I am not the Cat in the Hat. 3. I am not Henry Drinker Cope (whose war with O.C. Marsh I first read about here on the Dope). > [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > 1. DId you start as a character in an 80’s computer game designed to teach kids geography but ended up getting your own tv show? > 2. Are you the main character in a move franchise that started with “Child’s Play”? > 3. Did you prophesy the fall of Troy? 1. I am not Carmen San Diego, nor do I know where in the world she is. 2. I am not Chucky. 3. I am not Cassandra. ---
**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:** [July 21, 2023, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/339 "2023-07-21T20:16:02Z")
DQs: 1. Real. 2. Not male. 3. Surname begins with _C._ 4. American. ---
**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 21, 2023, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/340 "2023-07-21T20:32:11Z")
Previous IQs: Are you Mrs. Harrison Ford? - Yes, Callista Flockhart Were you elected President in 1940 in _The Plot Against America_? - Charles Lindbergh Did the Mount Rushmore locals stock a lake for you to fish in? - President Calvin Coolidge DQs: Living? Best known for politics/military? IQs: Did you say you forgot your own name when you met your future spouse? Were you that spouse? Are you their best-known child? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407.md?page=16) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407.md?page=18)