# 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:** 18
**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, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/341 "2023-07-21T20:32:44Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > 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). 1 was Carrie Fisher; 2 was correct; close enough on Edward Drinker Cope. 1 DQ reserved. IQs: 1. Are you the Hellblazer? 2. Did you write _The House on Mango Street_? 3. Were you the first criminal caught by radio? ---
**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, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/342 "2023-07-21T20:47:18Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > - I am not Carmen San Diego, nor do I know where in the world she is. > - I am not Chucky. > - I am not Cassandra. Swept me. IQ: 1. Are you a nightmare who has teeth where his eyes should be. 2. Do you wield a large club that can produce a surprisingly large number of gadgets despite your extremely primitive appearance. 3. Is your proportional hazards model one of the primary tools in survival analysis. ---
**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, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/343 "2023-07-21T21:23:15Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > [@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. #1 is correct. #2 was the ancient librarian Callimachus. #3 was Irene Cara. 2 DQs reserved. ---
**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, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/344 "2023-07-21T21:30:51Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did you say you forgot your own name when you met your future spouse? > Were you that spouse? > Are you their best-known child? 3 DQs. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the Hellblazer? > 2. Did you write _The House on Mango Street_? > 3. Were you the first criminal caught by radio? IQs: 1. I am not John Constantine. 2. I am not Sandra Cisneros (although you just got major cred for mentioning one of my favorite poets). 3. DQ. > [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > 1. Are you a nightmare who has teeth where his eyes should be. > 2. Do you wield a large club that can produce a surprisingly large number of gadgets despite your extremely primitive appearance. > 3. Is your proportional hazards model one of the primary tools in survival analysis. 1. I am not the Corinthian. 2. I am not…Conan the Barbarian? 3. Not even a guess. DQ. ---
**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, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/345 "2023-07-21T21:34:15Z")
DQs: 1. Real. 2. Not male. 3. Surname begins with _C._ 4. American. 5. Dead. 6. Not best known for politics/military. ---
**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, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/346 "2023-07-21T21:35:16Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. I am not John Constantine. > 2. I am not Sandra Cisneros (although you just got major cred for mentioning one of my favorite poets). > 3. DQ. 3 was Hawley Crippen. DQs: 1. known for the arts? 2. died before 1900? ---
**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, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/347 "2023-07-21T21:39:09Z")
DQs: 1. Real. 2. Not male. 3. Surname begins with _C._ 4. American. 5. Dead. 6. Not best known for politics/military. 7. Known for the arts. 8. Died after 1900. ---
**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, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/348 "2023-07-21T21:47:46Z")
DQs: 1. Known for the performing arts? 2. Died after 1980? ---
**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, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/349 "2023-07-21T21:49:56Z")
IQs: 1. Did you originate the lead role in _Hello, Dolly!_ on Broadway? 2. Did you have a hit record singing a duet with your father who’d been dead for a number of years? 3. Did you and your brother have a hit with _Superstar_? ---
**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, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/350 "2023-07-21T21:53:54Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > - Did you originate the lead role in _Hello, Dolly!_ on Broadway? > - Did you have a hit record singing a duet with your father who’d been dead for a number of years? > - Did you and your brother have a hit with _Superstar_? IQs: 1. I am not Carol Channing. 2. I am not Natalie Cole (and thanks for the earworm!) 3. I am not Karen Carpenter. (a much better earworm.) DQs: 1. Real. 2. Not male. 3. Surname begins with _C._ 4. American. 5. Dead. 6. Not best known for politics/military. 7. Known for the arts. 8. Died after 1900. 9. Not known for the performing arts. 10. Died before 1980. ---
**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, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/351 "2023-07-21T22:07:50Z")
Swept me! IQs: 1. Are you a living American feminist painter who renamed herself after a city? 2. Did you write _Silent Spring_? 3. Were you the turtle character in _Pogo_? ---
**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, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/352 "2023-07-21T22:13:55Z")
1. I am not…Chicago? 2. I am not Rachel Carson. 3. I am not Churchy LaFemme. ---
**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, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/353 "2023-07-21T22:26:24Z")
Correct on all three. The first one’s Judy Chicago. Swept again! ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2023, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/354 "2023-07-22T01:31:37Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > 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**? Cosmo Topper, Cimorene, Caroline Chausseur DQ: 1. Known for painting? Two DQs reserved. ---
**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 22, 2023, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/355 "2023-07-22T01:40:40Z")
DQs: 1. Real. 2. Not male. 3. Surname begins with _C._ 4. American. 5. Dead. 6. Not best known for politics/military. 7. Known for the arts. 8. Died after 1900. 9. Not known for the performing arts. 10. Died before 1980. 11. Known for painting. ---
**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 22, 2023, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/356 "2023-07-22T05:20:30Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > > > 1. Are you a nightmare who has teeth where his eyes should be. > > 2. Do you wield a large club that can produce a surprisingly large number of gadgets despite your extremely primitive appearance. > > 3. Is your proportional hazards model one of the primary tools in survival analysis. > > 1. I am not the Corinthian. > 2. I am not…Conan the Barbarian? > 3. Not even a guess. DQ. 1. Correct 2. [CAPTAIN CAAAAAVEMAN!](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=video&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjpu5XUxqGAAxUfjIkEHe0tD7oQtwJ6BAgREAI&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DtRelGsyvbgA&usg=AOvVaw0SjWH15IwTq5PPax7-Ps--&opi=89978449) 3. Sir David Cox. (not knowing a lot of actors or authors I have to get my DQs where I can 😆) DQ: 1. Known primarily for fine art. (e.g. not like Norman Rockwell) 2. Known for realist paintings. ---
**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 22, 2023, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/357 "2023-07-22T10:52:47Z")
DQs: 1. Real. 2. Not male. 3. Surname begins with _C._ 4. American. 5. Dead. 6. Not best known for politics/military. 7. Known for the arts. 8. Died after 1900. 9. Not known for the performing arts. 10. Died before 1980. 11. Known for painting 12. Known for fine art. 13. Known for realistic paintings, but in the sense of being figurative rather than abstract. ---
**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 22, 2023, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/358 "2023-07-22T14:16:26Z")
Previous IQs: Did you say you forgot your own name when you met your future spouse? - Bill Clinton, when introduced to her in the Yale Law Library Were you that spouse? - Hillary, natch Are you their best-known child? - Chelsea Clinton DQs: Best known for oil paintings? Two DQs reserved. IQs: Were you a female American painter who studied in Paris and was known for her paintings of mothers and children? Were you a female American painter known for her still-life works and landscapes of the Southwest? Were you one of the two men who would be king, in Kipling’s tale? ---
**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 22, 2023, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/359 "2023-07-22T15:38:02Z")
IQs: 1. Did you write _The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody_? 2. Did you voice the March Hare in Disney’s animated _Alice In Wonderland_? 3. Was your name misspelled in that movie? ---
**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 22, 2023, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/360 "2023-07-22T16:37:19Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Were you a female American painter who studied in Paris and was known for her paintings of mothers and children? Woop! Woop! Woop! @Elendil_s_Heir bears the bell away! Yes, I am **Mary Cassatt** , 1844 - 1926, an American painter who lived and worked in France, one of only two women whose paintings hang in the Impressionist wing of the Musee d’Orsay. Congratulations, **EH**! The bottle stands by you, sir! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407.md?page=17) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407.md?page=19)