# Botticelli - June, 2014 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [June 1, 2014, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766 "2014-06-01T13:20:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 13
**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:** [June 25, 2014, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/241 "2014-06-25T19:30:45Z")
On we go. The new letter is 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:** [June 25, 2014, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/242 "2014-06-25T19:36:35Z")
IQs: 1. Did your husband frequently tell you to stifle yourself? 2. Did you write “Except to heaven, she is nought”? 3. Did you recently play Charades on _The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon_? ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2014, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/243 "2014-06-25T22:12:29Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Well, I’ve seen the movie. I remember the character, but would never have come up with his name. Was that the one with the dump trucks and the bank robbery? I saw a few minutes of it. IQ1: Are you known in connexion with a sticky substance? IQ2: Were you the mascot for Borden Dairy? IQ3: Were you a 19th-century London businessman? ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2014, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/244 "2014-06-26T02:05:50Z")
IQ1: Did you and your brother drive 106 miles to Chicago, with only half a pack of cigarettes? IQ2: Is one of your nicknames “Mr. Cub”? IQ3: Do you hunt a wascally wabbit? ---
**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:** [June 26, 2014, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/245 "2014-06-26T03:19:06Z")
Yes to the dump trucks and bank robbery. ---
**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:** [June 26, 2014, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/246 "2014-06-26T03:37:43Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did your husband frequently tell you to stifle yourself? > 2. Did you write “Except to heaven, she is nought”? > 3. Did you recently play Charades on _The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon_? Not Edith Bunker, dunno, and not… Ed Norton? > [@SCAdian](#): > > …IQ1: Are you known in connexion with a sticky substance? > IQ2: Were you the mascot for Borden Dairy? > IQ3: Were you a 19th-century London businessman? Dunno, not Effie the Cow, and not Ebenezer Scrooge. > [@Spoons](#): > > IQ1: Did you and your brother drive 106 miles to Chicago, with only half a pack of cigarettes? > IQ2: Is one of your nicknames “Mr. Cub”? > IQ3: Do you hunt a wascally wabbit? Not Elwood Blues, dunno, and not Elmer Fudd. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2014, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/247 "2014-06-26T12:20:12Z")
IQ1: Did you host _The Newlywed Game_ before Paul Rodriguez? IQ2: Did you win a Pulitzer in 1944 for your reporting from the WWII front lines? IQ3: Did you star in _Lords of Dogtown_ and _Alpha Dog_? ---
**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:** [June 26, 2014, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/248 "2014-06-26T13:40:17Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did your husband frequently tell you to stifle yourself? > 2. Did you write “Except to heaven, she is nought”? > 3. Did you recently play Charades on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon? > > Not Edith Bunker, dunno, and not… Ed Norton? Correct on Edith. #2 is Emily Dickinson. #3 is Emma Thompson. DQs: 1. Real? 2. Male? ---
**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:** [June 26, 2014, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/249 "2014-06-26T13:42:23Z")
IQs: 1. Did you remark: “In this world you have to be oh-so-smart or oh-so-nice. I’ve been both. I recommend nice.”? 2. Did you write _Soul On Ice_? 3. Are you Romain de Tirtoff’s better known pseudonym? ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2014, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/250 "2014-06-26T13:46:55Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Are you known in connexion with a sticky substance? > IQ2: Were you the mascot for Borden Dairy? > IQ3: Were you a 19th-century London businessman? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno, not Effie the Cow, and not Ebenezer Scrooge. Elmer the bull, as in Elmer’s Glue. Close - it was Elsie. Correct on Ebenezer Scrooge. DQ1: Real? DQ2: Male? IQ1: Are you the earl of Wessex? IQ2: Were you the top-scoring American ace in WW I? IQ3: Did you lose a big acting role because of an allergy? ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2014, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/251 "2014-06-26T15:12:43Z")
The Prof ninja’ed you, SCAdian. Ask those DQs again. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2014, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/252 "2014-06-26T15:26:02Z")
Two DQs reserved pending the answers to Prof P’s. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/253 "2014-06-27T05:57:19Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Elwood Blues, dunno, and not Elmer Fudd. Correct on Elwood and Elmer. “Mr. Cub” was baseball player Ernie Banks. DQ reserved for now. ---
**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:** [June 27, 2014, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/254 "2014-06-27T19:29:18Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did you host _The Newlywed Game_ before Paul Rodriguez? > IQ2: Did you win a Pulitzer in 1944 for your reporting from the WWII front lines? > IQ3: Did you star in _Lords of Dogtown_ and _Alpha Dog_? Dunno, not Ernie Pyle, and dunno. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you remark: “In this world you have to be oh-so-smart or oh-so-nice. I’ve been both. I recommend nice.”? > 2. Did you write _Soul On Ice_? > 3. Are you Romain de Tirtoff’s better known pseudonym? Dunno, not Ralph Ellison, and dunno. > [@SCAdian](#): > > … > IQ1: Are you the earl of Wessex? > IQ2: Were you the top-scoring American ace in WW I? > IQ3: Did you lose a big acting role because of an allergy? Not Prince Edward of Great Britain, Eddie Rickenbacker or Buddy Ebsen, the first Tin Man in _Wizard of Oz_. E. 1. real 2. male ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/255 "2014-06-27T19:54:44Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno, not Ernie Pyle, and dunno. Bob Eubanks, correct, Emile Hirsch DQ1: First name start with E? DQ2: Politician? ---
**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:** [June 27, 2014, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/256 "2014-06-27T20:37:32Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you remark: “In this world you have to be oh-so-smart or oh-so-nice. I’ve been both. I recommend nice.”? > 2. Did you write Soul On Ice? > 3. Are you Romain de Tirtoff’s better known pseudonym? > > Dunno, not Ralph Ellison, and dunno. #1 is Elwood P. Dowd from the play _Harvey_. #2 is Eldridge Cleaver. #3 is the artist Erte. DQ: Living? 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:** [June 27, 2014, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/257 "2014-06-27T20:39:56Z")
IQs: 1. Did you introduce the song _Santa Claus Is Coming To Town_ on your radio broadcast? 2. Were you The Perfect Fool? 3. Did you slap George Kaufman’s face after attending the debut of his play _The Royal Family_? ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/258 "2014-06-27T22:07:10Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > DQ reserved for now. I’ll bring this one forward. DQ: American? ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/259 "2014-06-27T22:10:50Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Are you the earl of Wessex? > IQ2: Were you the top-scoring American ace in WW I? > IQ3: Did you lose a big acting role because of an allergy? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Prince Edward of Great Britain, Eddie Rickenbacker or Buddy Ebsen, the first Tin Man in _Wizard of Oz_. Correct on all three. DQ1: American? DQ2: Born after 1975? IQ1: Did you demand surrender in the name of the great Jehovah and the Continental Congress? IQ2: Did you command the Marine Raiders? IQ3: Did you take Vashti’s place after she was sent away? ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766/260 "2014-06-27T22:36:49Z")
IQ1: Were you visited by four ghosts on a particular night? IQ2: Did you play a character who was taught commodities trading by the Duke brothers? IQ3: Once upon a midnight dreary, did you ponder, weak and weary, over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2014/689766.md?page=14)