# Botticelli June 2015 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [June 2, 2015, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445 "2015-06-02T15:53:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 24
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2015, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/461 "2015-06-27T21:58:01Z")
IQ1) Did Gene Kelly play a fictionalized version of you in the movie _ **Inherit the Wind** _? IQ2) Are you a world famous gynecologist who married his research partner? IQ3) Was your best known book’s title inspired by the time you and your brothers got drunk and lost the urn holding your dead mother’s remains? ---
**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, 2015, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/462 "2015-06-27T22:12:40Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you regarded as one of the three Magi who gave gifts to Christ at his birth? > IQ2: Were you a right fielder for the NY Giants for 21 seasons and the first NL player to top 500 home runs? > IQ3: Were you Alice Hyatt’s boss in Alice? > > I am not Melchior. > Take a DQ for 2. > > I am not Mel. Mel Ott DQ: Poet? holding 2 DQs ---
**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 28, 2015, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/463 "2015-06-28T01:33:45Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > IQ1) Did Gene Kelly play a fictionalized version of you in the movie _ **Inherit the Wind** _? > > IQ2) Are you a world famous gynecologist who married his research partner? > > IQ3) Was your best known book’s title inspired by the time you and your brothers got drunk and lost the urn holding your dead mother’s remains? I am not H. L. Mencken. I am not Masters. Take a DQ for 3 ---
**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 28, 2015, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/464 "2015-06-28T01:34:46Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. First name does not start with M 4. American 5. Dead 6. Best known for the arts 7. Born before 1900 8. Died before 1950 9. Born east of the Mississippi 10. Writer of various sorts, among other things 11. Born after 1800 12. Best known for his writing, though not literature 13. Not a poet ---
**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 28, 2015, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/465 "2015-06-28T01:53:01Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you write about a cockroach and a cat? > IQ2: Did you write _Spoon River Anthology_? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > I am neither Don Marquis nor Edgar Lee Masters. Correct on both. ---
**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 28, 2015, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/466 "2015-06-28T04:07:34Z")
Previous IQs: Did a journalist spoof letters from your husband to a friend of your husband’s? - Margaret Thatcher: [Dear Bill - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dear_Bill). Were you hurt by fire in an on-set sfx accident? - I’ll rephrase. Did you fall in love with an RAF vet but marry a photographer? - Yes, Princess Margaret. DQ: Best known as a songwriter? IQs: You are not Jacko. Were you hurt by fire in a pre-1970 on-set sfx accident? Did Alex Kingston’s early career get a big boost by playing you? Is your tomb only a block away from your birthplace? ---
**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 28, 2015, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/467 "2015-06-28T12:40:53Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > You are not Jacko. Were you hurt by fire in a pre-1970 on-set sfx accident? > Did Alex Kingston’s early career get a big boost by playing you? > Is your tomb only a block away from your birthplace? Take 3 DQs. ---
**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 28, 2015, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/468 "2015-06-28T12:41:55Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. First name does not start with M 4. American 5. Dead 6. Best known for the arts 7. Born before 1900 8. Died before 1950 9. Born east of the Mississippi 10. Writer of various sorts, among other things 11. Born after 1800 12. Best known for his writing, though not literature 13. Not a poet 14. Not a songwriter, nor known for music in any way ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2015, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/469 "2015-06-28T16:08:28Z")
DQ: Best known for writing plays or screenplays? 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:** [June 28, 2015, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/470 "2015-06-28T16:45:55Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. First name does not start with M 4. American 5. Dead 6. Best known for the arts 7. Born before 1900 8. Died before 1950 9. Born east of the Mississippi 10. Writer of various sorts, among other things 11. Born after 1800 12. Best known for his writing, though not literature 13. Not a poet 14. Not a songwriter, nor known for music in any way 15. Not known for writing plays or screenplays ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2015, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/471 "2015-06-28T16:48:47Z")
DQ) Known as an essayist or critic? ---
**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 28, 2015, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/472 "2015-06-28T16:56:48Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. First name does not start with M 4. American 5. Dead 6. Best known for the arts 7. Born before 1900 8. Died before 1950 9. Born east of the Mississippi 10. Writer of various sorts, among other things 11. Born after 1800 12. Best known for his writing, though not literature 13. Not a poet 14. Not a songwriter, nor known for music in any way 15. Not known for writing plays or screenplays 16. Not known as an essayist or critic ---
**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 28, 2015, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/473 "2015-06-28T18:47:46Z")
DC: Known for news/journalism? 1 DQ left ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2015, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/474 "2015-06-28T18:51:53Z")
IQ1: Did you disable the Miracle Machine? IQ2: Were you born with the name Wrynn? IQ3: Did you betray your team, and did your much younger temporal duplicate have to deal with the ramifications of that? ---
**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 28, 2015, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/475 "2015-06-28T19:51:57Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. First name does not start with M 4. American 5. Dead 6. Best known for the arts 7. Born before 1900 8. Died before 1950 9. Born east of the Mississippi 10. Writer of various sorts, among other things 11. Born after 1800 12. Best known for his writing, though not literature 13. Not a poet 14. Not a songwriter, nor known for music in any way 15. Not known for writing plays or screenplays 16. Not known as an essayist or critic 17. Not known for news or journalism ---
**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 28, 2015, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/476 "2015-06-28T19:55:32Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > IQ1: Did you disable the Miracle Machine? > IQ2: Were you born with the name Wrynn? > IQ3: Did you betray your team, and did your much younger temporal duplicate have to deal with the ramifications of that? Take DQs for 1 and 2. Congratulations on the level of obscurity reached. #3: I am not Marvel Girl (Jean Gray). Of course, you may have had someone else in mind; in that case, rephrase and ask again. ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2015, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/477 "2015-06-28T20:27:59Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > IQ1: Did you disable the Miracle Machine? > IQ2: Were you born with the name Wrynn? > IQ3: Did you betray your team, and did your much younger temporal duplicate have to deal with the ramifications of that? All LSH trivia - 1 was Matter-Eater Lad, who defeated Omega by eating the otherwise absolutely invulnerable Miracle Machine that was powering him. (It did drive him insane, though.) 2 is better known as Mordru. I’ll let 3 go, I had intended the answer to be Dirk Morgna (formerly Sun Boy) during the Five Year Gap, and his ‘temporal duplicate’ in the SW6 versions. Your answer is a good one too, though, with Marvel’s rehash of the SW6 plot. ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2015, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/478 "2015-06-28T20:42:33Z")
DQ: Are you known for a journal or diary or an account of a witnessed event? 2 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:** [June 28, 2015, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/479 "2015-06-28T21:43:15Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. First name does not start with M 4. American 5. Dead 6. Best known for the arts 7. Born before 1900 8. Died before 1950 9. Born east of the Mississippi 10. Writer of various sorts, among other things 11. Born after 1800 12. Best known for his writing, though not literature 13. Not a poet 14. Not a songwriter, nor known for music in any way 15. Not known for writing plays or screenplays 16. Not known as an essayist or critic 17. Not known for news or journalism 18. Not known as a diarist of a witnessed event Hint: He’s most famous for the creation of one fictional character. ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2015, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445/480 "2015-06-28T22:06:40Z")
Anyone more familiar than I am with early radio shows? It occurs to me that scripts for those haven’t been excluded. Also maybe a golden age comic book author who died quickly, or someone with a comic strip. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445.md?page=23) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2015/721445.md?page=25)