# 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:** 19
**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, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/361 "2023-07-22T21:18:38Z")
You are very good, sir. My other previous IQs: Were you a female American painter known for her still-life works and landscapes of the Southwest? - I had a mental glitch; I was thinking of Georgia O’Keefe, who of course wasn’t a “C” Were you one of the two men who would be king, in Kipling’s tale? - Peachey Carnehan Our next letter will be # S ---
**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, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/362 "2023-07-22T21:36:12Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Were you a female American painter known for her still-life works and landscapes of the Southwest? - I had a mental glitch; I was thinking of Georgia O’Keefe, who of course wasn’t a “C” I wondered; O’Keefe was the obvious answer, but as you note, not a _C_. IQs: 1. Did you make a video for your ex-boyfriend called “I’m Fucking Matt Damon” (_with_ Matt Damon)? 2. While you were at war with his forces, did you, out of courtesy, send gifts of snow and fruit to the enemy king, when he was ill? 3. Were you a monk who tried to purge your city of “immoral” art, but who eventually ran afoul of the Vatican and was burned at the stake? ---
**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 22, 2023, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/363 "2023-07-22T22:01:26Z")
IQs: 1. Did you write _The Bullfighter Checks Her Makeup_? 2. Did you play the above person? 3. Did you use to greet people by saying “Welcome to the house of Sin”? ---
**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 23, 2023, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/364 "2023-07-23T01:19:44Z")
Good job HE, I’d heard of her but didn’t know much about what she did and wouldn’t have guess her. On to S. 1. Did a riot break out at the premiere of your ballet. 2. Although a fictional character are you the subject of a “Great Game” to work out everything they can about your life as though you were a real person? 3. Are you a stand-up comedian who recently published a book from the perspective of the mind of a 3rd grader? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2023, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/365 "2023-07-23T01:33:35Z")
1. Are you and your husband Rohan the main characters of Melanie Rawn’s Dragon Prince trilogy? 2. Are you the main character of Andre Norton’s book **Witch World**? 3. Did you write **The Hundred and One Dalmatians**? ---
**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 23, 2023, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/366 "2023-07-23T02:46:28Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you make a video for your ex-boyfriend called “I’m Fucking Matt Damon” (_with_ Matt Damon)? > 2. While you were at war with his forces, did you, out of courtesy, send gifts of snow and fruit to the enemy king, when he was ill? > 3. Were you a monk who tried to purge your city of “immoral” art, but who eventually ran afoul of the Vatican and was burned at the stake? I’m not Taylor Swift, Saladin or Savanarola. ---
**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 23, 2023, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/367 "2023-07-23T02:47:31Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Did you write _The Bullfighter Checks Her Makeup_? > 2. Did you play the above person? > 3. Did you use to greet people by saying “Welcome to the house of Sin”? Dunno, dunno and not Jaime Cardinal Sin. ---
**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 23, 2023, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/368 "2023-07-23T02:48:46Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > 1. Did a riot break out at the premiere of your ballet. > 2. Although a fictional character are you the subject of a “Great Game” to work out everything they can about your life as though you were a real person? > 3. Are you a stand-up comedian who recently published a book from the perspective of the mind of a 3rd grader? Not Stravinsky, not Sherlock Holmes and dunno. ---
**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 23, 2023, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/369 "2023-07-23T02:49:16Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > 1. Are you and your husband Rohan the main characters of Melanie Rawn’s Dragon Prince trilogy? > 2. Are you the main character of Andre Norton’s book **Witch World**? > 3. Did you write **The Hundred and One Dalmatians**? Dunno x3. ---
**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 23, 2023, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/370 "2023-07-23T02:50:34Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno, dunno and not Jaime Cardinal Sin. 1 was Susan Orlean; 2 was Meryl Streep. DQs: 1. real? 2. first name begins with S? ---
**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 23, 2023, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/371 "2023-07-23T03:31:43Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Did you make a video for your ex-boyfriend called “I’m Fucking Matt Damon” (_with_ Matt Damon)? > > 2. While you were at war with his forces, did you, out of courtesy, send gifts of snow and fruit to the enemy king, when he was ill? > > 3. Were you a monk who tried to purge your city of “immoral” art, but who eventually ran afoul of the Vatican and was burned at the stake? > > I’m not Taylor Swift, Saladin or Savanarola Close. Last two are correct, but the first one is Sarah Silverman. DQ: Alive? ---
**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 23, 2023, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/372 "2023-07-23T12:12:24Z")
IQs: 1. Did you have a hit with _Anticipation_? 2. Did you star in _Swashbuckler_? 3. Are you the best known person from Hameenlinna, Finland? ---
**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 23, 2023, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/373 "2023-07-23T13:59:53Z")
IQs: 1. Do you have a long list of ex-lovers, who’ll say that you’re insane? 2. Were you the first US presidential candidate to be assassinated? 3. Did you hang out with Ian, Barbara, and your grandfather? ---
**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 23, 2023, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/374 "2023-07-23T17:37:19Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you have a hit with _Anticipation_? > 2. Did you star in _Swashbuckler_? > 3. Are you the best known person from Hameenlinna, Finland? Dunno, dunno and not Sibelius. ---
**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 23, 2023, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/375 "2023-07-23T17:39:12Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Do you have a long list of ex-lovers, who’ll say that you’re insane? > 2. Were you the first US presidential candidate to be assassinated? > 3. Did you hang out with Ian, Barbara, and your grandfather? Not Paul Simon, dunno and dunno. ---
**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 23, 2023, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/376 "2023-07-23T17:42:35Z")
S. 1. fictional 2. last name begins with S 3. probably dead now ---
**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 23, 2023, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/377 "2023-07-23T17:48:10Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Paul Simon, dunno and dunno. 1 was Taylor Swift, as she says in “Blank Space”; 2 was Joseph Smith; 3 was Susan, in _Doctor Who_. DQs: 1. male? 2. main character? 3. originally from prose? ---
**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 23, 2023, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/378 "2023-07-23T18:28:13Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Did you have a hit with _Anticipation_? > > 2. Did you star in _Swashbuckler_? > > 3. Are you the best known person from Hameenlinna, Finland? > > Dunno, dunno and not Sibelius. #1 was Carly Simon. #2 was Robert Shaw. #3 I can’t believe you knew Sibelius, but correct. 2 DQs reserved. ---
**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 23, 2023, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/379 "2023-07-23T18:31:05Z")
Don’t be too impressed. Sibelius is practically the only Finnish person I know! S. 1. fictional 2. last name begins with S 3. probably dead now 4. male 5. not the main character 6. not originally from prose ---
**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 23, 2023, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2023/986407/380 "2023-07-23T18:51:47Z")
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