# Botticelli - July 2024 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [July 2, 2024, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2024/1003634 "2024-07-02T14:59:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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 2, 2024, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2024/1003634/1 "2024-07-02T14:59:56Z")
Hello, all, and welcome back to another month of “Lives of the Great Accountants”! Oh, wait, sorry, I meant “welcome to a new month of Botticelli!” I am **N!** [Link to last month’s thread.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2024/1002278) ---
**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 2, 2024, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2024/1003634/2 "2024-07-02T15:16:48Z")
IQs: 1. Were you the bloated Welsh cynosure of the majority of episodes of the highly esteemed, naval-inspected all-helium 1950’s BBC radio series _The Goon Show_? 2. Did Myrna Loy play you in a series of movie mysteries? 3. Are you the official State Hero of Connecticut? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2024, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2024/1003634/3 "2024-07-02T15:59:39Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the wizard patron of Fafhrd? 2. Did you write the Gor series? 3. Are you a teenage sleuth played by both Pamela Sue Martin and Emma Roberts? ---
**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 2, 2024, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2024/1003634/4 "2024-07-02T18:01:13Z")
IQs: 1. In _Futurama_, did Leela discover you on Vergon 6 and keep you as a pet? 2. Did you voice bureaucrat Morgan Proctor on _Futurama_? 3. Speaking of guest voices, are you famously associated with the man who starred as himself in the _Futurama_ episode “Cold Warriors”? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2024, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2024/1003634/5 "2024-07-02T18:19:59Z")
IQs: 1. Did you play Denise on **Scream Queens**? 2. Were you a CSI who got buried alive on **CSI**? 3. Did Rutger Hauer play you in **Ladyhawke**? ---
**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 2, 2024, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2024/1003634/6 "2024-07-02T19:59:39Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the bloated Welsh cynosure of the majority of episodes of the highly esteemed, naval-inspected all-helium 1950s BBC radio series _The Goon Show_? > 2. Did Myrna Loy play you in a series of movie mysteries? > 3. Are you the official State Hero of Connecticut? 1. Take a DQ. 2. I am not Nora Charles, wife of Nick, memorably played by David Niven. 3. I am not Nathan Hale. > [@SunUp](#): > > 1. Are you the wizard patron of Fafhrd? > 2. Did you write the Gor series? > 3. Are you a teenage sleuth played by both Pamela Sue Martin and Emma Roberts? 1. Take a DQ. 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not Nancy Drew. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. In _Futurama_, did Leela discover you on Vergon 6 and keep you as a pet? > 2. Did you voice bureaucrat Morgan Proctor on _Futurama_? > 3. Speaking of guest voices, are you famously associated with the man who starred as himself in the _Futurama_ episode “Cold Warriors”? 1. Take a DQ. 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not … Leonard Nimoy? > [@kitap](#): > > 1. Did you play Denise on **Scream Queens**? > 2. Were you a CSI who got buried alive on **CSI**? > 3. Did Rutger Hauer play you in **Ladyhawke**? Take 3 DQs. ---
**Author:** ![MonkeysBrother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ab097/32.png) [@MonkeysBrother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeysBrother)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2024, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2024/1003634/7 "2024-07-02T21:35:10Z")
(or, even more memorably, by William Powell…) ---
**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 2, 2024, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2024/1003634/8 "2024-07-02T22:48:41Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > 1. Take a DQ. > 2. Take a DQ. > 3. I am not … Leonard Nimoy? 1 was Nibbler; 2 was Nora Dunn; “Cold Warriors” stars Buzz Aldrin, so 3 was Neil Armstrong. DQs: #1. last name begins with N? #2. male? #3. real? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2024, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2024/1003634/9 "2024-07-02T22:54:08Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > 1. Are you the wizard patron of Fafhrd? > > 2. Did you write the Gor series? > > 3. Are you a teenage sleuth played by both Pamela Sue Martin and Emma Roberts? > > 1. Take a DQ. > 2. Take a DQ. > 3. I am not Nancy Drew. Correct on #3, #1 was Ningauble of the Seven Eyes, and #2 was John Norman. 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 3, 2024, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2024/1003634/10 "2024-07-03T02:51:40Z")
> [@MonkeysBrother](#): > > (or, even more memorably, by William Powell…) That’s what I thought - not David Niven. IQs: Did you win a tactical victory at Guilford Court House? Did you win the unwelcome nickname “Commissary” during the Civil War? Were you called “The Wizard of the Saddle,” and by Gen. Sherman, “that devil”? ---
**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 3, 2024, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2024/1003634/11 "2024-07-03T03:15:46Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > 1. I am not Nora Charles, wife of Nick, memorably played by David Niven. > [@MonkeysBrother](#): > > (or, even more memorably, by William Powell…) > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > That’s what I thought - not David Niven. Wait a minute. Niven was Dick Charleston in _Murder by Death_. ---
**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 3, 2024, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2024/1003634/12 "2024-07-03T13:09:49Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Were you the bloated Welsh cynosure of the majority of episodes of the highly esteemed, naval-inspected all-helium 1950s BBC radio series _The Goon Show_? > > 2. Did Myrna Loy play you in a series of movie mysteries? > > 3. Are you the official State Hero of Connecticut? > > 1. Take a DQ. > 2. I am not Nora Charles, wife of Nick, memorably played by David Niven. > 3. I am not Nathan Hale. #1 was the inestimable Neddy Seagoon! Correct on the others. 1 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:** [July 3, 2024, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2024/1003634/13 "2024-07-03T13:12:12Z")
IQs: 1. Were you the lead singer for Herman’s Hermits? 2. Were you a 16th Century prophet whose writings get hauled out every New Year’s Day? 3. Did Carolyn Keene write about you? and **Welcome MonkeysBrother!** Come and play with us. ---
**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 3, 2024, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2024/1003634/14 "2024-07-03T13:27:37Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the lead singer for Herman’s Hermits? > 2. Were you a 16th Century prophet whose writings get hauled out every New Year’s Day? > 3. Did Carolyn Keene write about you? 1. I am not…Something Noone? 2. I am not Nostradamus, noted peddler of nonsense, and also author of a cookbook of jelly recipes. 3. I am still not Nancy Drew > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > > 1. I am not Nora Charles, wife of Nick, memorably played by David Niven. > > > [@MonkeysBrother](#): > > > > (or, even more memorably, by William Powell…) > > > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > > That’s what I thought - not David Niven. > > Wait a minute. Niven was Dick Charleston in _Murder by Death_. Yes, William Powell is the actor always associated with Myrna Loy. But for some reason, I had David Niven in mind. Maybe because he’s also a “N” name. ---
**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 3, 2024, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2024/1003634/15 "2024-07-03T13:28:13Z")
DQs: 1. Surname begins with “N” 2. Female 3. 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 3, 2024, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2024/1003634/16 "2024-07-03T13:45:49Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Were you the lead singer for Herman’s Hermits? > > 2. Were you a 16th Century prophet whose writings get hauled out every New Year’s Day? > > 3. Did Carolyn Keene write about you? > > 1. I am not…Something Noone? > 2. I am not Nostradamus, noted peddler of nonsense, and also author of a cookbook of jelly recipes. > 3. I am still not Nancy Drew Correct on all. The first was Peter Noone. DQ: American? ---
**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 3, 2024, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2024/1003634/17 "2024-07-03T13:47:23Z")
IQs: 1. Did you play Lois Lane on _The Adventures of Superman_? 2. Were you a recent Speaker of the House? 3. Did you marry a bandleader and go on to have a long-running radio and then TV series? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2024, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2024/1003634/18 "2024-07-03T14:39:11Z")
DQ: Living? DQ: Known for the arts? IQs: 1. Did you record “Say It Right” on your third album? 2. Were you the reckless subject of a comic biopic by Yahoo Serious? 3. Are you a boy detective in an eponymous series of children’s books? ---
**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 3, 2024, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2024/1003634/19 "2024-07-03T15:19:22Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play Lois Lane on _The Adventures of Superman_? > 2. Were you a recent Speaker of the House? > 3. Did you marry a bandleader and go on to have a long-running radio and then TV series? Take 3 DQs > [@SunUp](#): > > 1. Did you record “Say It Right” on your third album? > 2. Were you the reckless subject of a comic biopic by Yahoo Serious? > 3. Are you a boy detective in an eponymous series of children’s books? 1. I am not Nelly Furtado 2. Take a DQ 3. Hmm. All I can think of are the Hardy Boys, Encyclopedia Brown, and Alvin Fernald, Superweasel. Take a 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 3, 2024, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2024/1003634/20 "2024-07-03T15:20:41Z")
DQs: 1. Surname begins with “N” 2. Female 3. Real 4. Hyphenated American 5. Dead 6. Known for the arts [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2024/1003634.md?page=2)