# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2024, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2024/1003634/41 "2024-07-07T20:33:56Z")
Congrats! 1. Did you write, among other books, **Half-Magic**? 2. Did you write, among other books, **The Four-Story Mistake**? 3. Is your most famous work most probably the short story _The Specialty of the House_? ---
**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 7, 2024, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2024/1003634/42 "2024-07-07T20:45:14Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you star in _The Babadook_? > 2. Is a mathematical constant named after you (well, after your last initial)? > 3. Did you paint “The Gross Clinic”? 1. Take a DQ. 2. I am not Leonard Euler. 3. I am not Thomas Eakins. > [@kitap](#): > > - Did you write, among other books, **Half-Magic**? > - Did you write, among other books, **The Four-Story Mistake**? > - Is your most famous work most probably the short story _The Specialty of the House_? Take 3 DQs. ---
**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 7, 2024, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2024/1003634/43 "2024-07-07T21:37:46Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Take a DQ. > 2. I am not Leonard Euler. > 3. I am not Thomas Eakins. 1 was Essie Davis. DQ: real? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2024, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2024/1003634/44 "2024-07-07T22:02:35Z")
Great guess, **Prof**! IQs: 1. Did you always have compliments for Mrs. Cleaver? 2. Did Lieutenant Hurwitz think he was you in a flashback scene in _Airplane!_? 3. Did you live upstairs from “The Honeymooners”? ---
**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 7, 2024, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2024/1003634/45 "2024-07-07T22:28:45Z")
IQs: 1. Is your sitcom notable for “The Puppy Episode”? 2. Were you in love with Narcissus? issus, issus, issus… 4. Did you wear the uniform number 1/8 and pinch-hit for the St. Louis Browns, becoming the shortest player in major-league baseball history? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2024, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2024/1003634/46 "2024-07-07T23:16:46Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > Congrats! > > 1. Did you write, among other books, **Half-Magic**? > 2. Did you write, among other books, **The Four-Story Mistake**? > 3. Is your most famous work most probably the short story _The Specialty of the House_? Edward Eager, Elizabeth Enright, Stanley Ellin. DQ: 1. Female? 2 DQs 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 8, 2024, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2024/1003634/47 "2024-07-08T01:00:32Z")
DQs: 1, Real 2. Female ---
**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 8, 2024, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2024/1003634/48 "2024-07-08T01:01:31Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you always have compliments for Mrs. Cleaver? > 2. Did Lieutenant Hurwitz think he was you in a flashback scene in _Airplane!_? > 3. Did you live upstairs from “The Honeymooners”? 1. I am not Eddie Haskell. 2. I am not Ethel Merman. 3. I am not Ed Norton. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Is your sitcom notable for “The Puppy Episode”? > 2. Were you in love with Narcissus? issus, issus, issus… > 3. Did you wear the uniform number 1/8 and pinch-hit for the St. Louis Browns, becoming the shortest player in major-league baseball history? 1. I am not Echo. Take 2 DQs for the others. ---
**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 8, 2024, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2024/1003634/49 "2024-07-08T01:05:49Z")
Congrats, **Prof. P.**! My previous IQs: Were you fond of ketchup on your cottage cheese? - Richard NIxon Were you that person’s spouse? - Pat Nixon Were you that person’s eldest child? - Tricia Nixon On to E. IQs: Did you die in the same battle as Gil-galad? Were you Arwen’s husband? Were you Arwen’s only son? ---
**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 8, 2024, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2024/1003634/50 "2024-07-08T02:06:27Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Is your sitcom notable for “The Puppy Episode”? > 2. Were you in love with Narcissus? issus, issus, issus… > 3. Did you wear the uniform number 1/8 and pinch-hit for the St. Louis Browns, becoming the shortest player in major-league baseball history? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Echo. Take 2 DQs for the others. 1 was Ellen DeGeneres (it’s the episode in which her character comes out as a lesbian); 3 was Eddie Gaedel. DQs: 1. living? 2. first name begins with E? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2024, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2024/1003634/51 "2024-07-08T03:54:36Z")
Ah, swept me! IQs: 1. Did you win a Nobel Prize for your explanation of the photoelectric effect? 2. Did you avoid changing your name by marrying your fifth cousin once removed? 3. Did you own a famous eponymous restaurant in New York City that featured in a Billy Joel song? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2024, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2024/1003634/52 "2024-07-08T04:34:08Z")
IQs: 1. Are you Pete’s Dragon? 2. Did you design the Gateway Arch? 3. Are you #2’s father? 2 DQs 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 8, 2024, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2024/1003634/53 "2024-07-08T13:09:47Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Living 4. First name begins with E ---
**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 8, 2024, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2024/1003634/54 "2024-07-08T13:11:52Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you die in the same battle as Gil-galad? > Were you Arwen’s husband? > Were you Arwen’s only son? #1. Take a DQ. #2. I am not Elendil’s Heir. #3. I am not Eldarion. > [@SunUp](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you win a Nobel Prize for your explanation of the photoelectric effect? > 2. Did you avoid changing your name by marrying your fifth cousin once removed? > 3. Did you own a famous eponymous restaurant in New York City that featured in a Billy Joel song? 1. I am not Thomas Edison (??) 2. I am not Eleanor Roosevelt. 3. Take a DQ. > [@kitap](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you Pete’s Dragon? > 2. Did you design the Gateway Arch? > 3. Are you #2’s father? 1. I am not Elliott. Take 2 DQs. ---
**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 8, 2024, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2024/1003634/55 "2024-07-08T13:22:26Z")
Previous IQs: Did you die in the same battle as Gil-galad? - This was Elendil himself Were you Arwen’s husband? - I’ll rephrase Were you Arwen’s only son? - Yes, Eldarion DQ: Best known for the Arts? IQs: You are Aragorn. As a kid you had what other name? You are Aragorn, married to Arwen. As King you took what name? Were you the second actress to play Marty McFly’s girlfriend? ---
**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 8, 2024, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2024/1003634/56 "2024-07-08T13:27:07Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Living 4. First name begins with E 5. Known for the Arts **EH** , take 3 DQs. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2024, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2024/1003634/57 "2024-07-08T13:54:43Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Thomas Edison (??) > 2. I am not Eleanor Roosevelt. > 3. Take a DQ. Correct on #2. #1 was Albert Einstein (he did _not_ win a Nobel for his more famous theory of relativity) #3 was Elaine Kaufman. DQ: Known for literature? DQ: Born since 1980? ---
**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 8, 2024, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2024/1003634/58 "2024-07-08T15:05:47Z")
IQs: 1. Were you the most famous role of Kevin Clash? 2. According to a Straight Dope column about how you answered the phone, when someone’s cell went off in your presence, did you dryly note “You’d better answer that–it might be someone important”? 3. did you write onetwothreefourfive poemsjustlikethis Jesus ---
**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 8, 2024, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2024/1003634/59 "2024-07-08T15:18:50Z")
Previous IQs: You are Aragorn. As a kid you had what other name? - Estel (“Hope” in Sindarin) You are Aragorn, married to Arwen. As King you took what name? - Elessar Were you the second actress to play Marty McFly’s girlfriend? - Elisabeth Shue Three DQs reserved. IQs: Did you reportedly say, “I do not seek windows into men’s souls”? Have you played, among other roles, a network exec’s girlfriend, a newspaper publisher’s secretary and an amateur porn actress? Are you credited in some circles with the extra horizontal brake light on American cars? ---
**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 8, 2024, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2024/1003634/60 "2024-07-08T15:38:44Z")
[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:56, topic:1003634”] DQs: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Living 4. First name begins with E 5. Known for the Arts 6. Not known for literature 7. Born before 1980 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2024/1003634.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2024/1003634.md?page=4)