# Botticelli - June 2018 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [June 11, 2018, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899 "2018-06-11T17:53:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**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 15, 2018, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/61 "2018-06-15T18:45:04Z")
> [@MonkeyMensch](#): > > If H has been done lately I’m open to suggestions… You can always check here: [Botticelli - the letters we've used so far - Thread Games - Straight Dope Message Board](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=648663) H it is. IQs: Did you write the anti-union novel _The Bread-Winners_, but are better remembered for something else? Were you a member of the Maine militia, but are better remembered for something else? Were you AKA Vulcan? ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2018, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/62 "2018-06-15T19:08:50Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: On SNL, did you used to have vignettes called “Deep Thoughts”? **I’m not Jack Handy.** > IQ2: Are you a disgraced Hollywood personality who inspired the #MeToo movement? **I’m not Harvey Weinstein.** > IQ3: Did you call the Frazier/Ali fight the “Thrilla in Manilla”? **I’m not Howard Cossell.** No DQs, I think… ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2018, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/63 "2018-06-15T19:12:39Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > You can always check here: [Botticelli - the letters we've used so far - Thread Games - Straight Dope Message Board](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=648663) > > IQs: > > Did you write the anti-union novel _The Bread-Winners_, but are better remembered for something else? **Dunno: DQ**. > Were you a member of the Maine militia, but are better remembered for something else? **Dunno DQ**. > Were you AKA Vulcan? **Dunno: DQ** Nicely done… 3 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:** [June 15, 2018, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/64 "2018-06-15T20:40:34Z")
Previous IQs: Did you write the anti-union novel _The Bread-Winners_, but are better remembered for something else? - John Hay, Lincoln’s aide and McKinley’s and Roosevelt’s SECSTATE Were you a member of the Maine militia, but are better remembered for something else? - Hannibal Hamlin, Lincoln’s first Vice President, the only man to serve simultaneously in the military and as VP Were you AKA Vulcan? - Haphaestus, blacksmith of the gods DQs: Male? Living? Last name start with H? IQs: Did you appoint Fred Vinson Chief Justice of the United States? Did you play a handsome young lawyer on _L.A. Law_? Does your wife have an unprecedented title? ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2018, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/65 "2018-06-15T21:04:49Z")
DQs so far: -\*\* Real\*\* **- Male** **- Dead** \*\*-Last name starts with H \*\* ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2018, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/66 "2018-06-15T21:08:53Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you appoint Fred Vinson Chief Justice of the United States?Dunno: **DQ** > Did you play a handsome young lawyer on _L.A. Law_?I’m not Harry Hamlin > Does your wife have an unprecedented title? Dunno:\*\* DQ\*\* Two 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 15, 2018, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/67 "2018-06-15T22:27:52Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. In Lewis Carroll’s _Through the Looking-Glass_ are you one of the White King’s messengers? > 2. Are you the other of the White King’s messengers? > 3. Did you compose _Cantaloupe Island_ and _Watermelon Man_? #1 and #2 are Hatta and Haigha (one to go and one to come, distortions of Hatter and Hare from the first book). #3 is Herbie Hancock. DQs: 1. Died before 1900? 2. Known for the Arts? 1 DQ reserved. ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2018, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/68 "2018-06-15T22:55:05Z")
DQs so far: -\*\* Real\*\* **- Male** **- Dead** **-Last name starts with H** **-Died after 1900** \*\* - Known for the Arts\*\* ---
**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 16, 2018, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/69 "2018-06-16T00:42:13Z")
IQ1: Did you portray Professor Charles W. Kingsfield in the film _The Paper Chase_? IQ2: Are you considered the Father of Dynamation? IQ3: Are you a comic strip viking drawn by Dik Browne? ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2018, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/70 "2018-06-16T02:07:07Z")
**Knowed Out** IQ1: Did you portray Professor Charles W. Kingsfield in the film _The Paper Chase_?I’m not John Houseman. IQ2: Are you considered the Father of Dynamation?Yes, I am Ray Harryhausen! Ding Ding DING!! Winner!! IQ3: Are you a comic strip viking drawn by Dik Browne? ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2018, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/71 "2018-06-16T02:08:26Z")
Boy . That sure felt like it came from left field! Great job! **KnowedOut** ---
**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 16, 2018, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/72 "2018-06-16T03:00:24Z")
Whoa! What a guess, KO! ---
**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 16, 2018, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/73 "2018-06-16T03:47:30Z")
He shoots, he scores! Attaboy, **KO**! Previous IQs: Did you appoint Fred Vinson Chief Justice of the United States? - Harry Truman Did you play a handsome young lawyer on _L.A. Law_? - Yes, Harry Hamlin Does your wife have an unprecedented title? - Prince Harry’s wife Meghan is the first-ever Duchess of Sussex Harry x3! ---
**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 16, 2018, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/74 "2018-06-16T13:43:31Z")
Hee hee… I was going through Harry names in my head, and I remembered _Clash of the Titans_ which starred Harry Hamlin, but a review said the real star was Harryhausen. That alliteration stuck with me for all these years. The next letter is D. ---
**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 16, 2018, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/75 "2018-06-16T14:36:03Z")
IQs: Were you a public figure who loved the nightlife and owned five tuxedos? Were you a plump judge and Lincoln friend who ended up on SCOTUS? Are you either a sweet young woman or a murderous former U.S. Cavalry sergeant? ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2018, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/76 "2018-06-16T15:06:54Z")
IQ Was your first big hit cartoon character going to be Mortimer Mouse, till your wife talked you into a name change? ---
**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 16, 2018, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/77 "2018-06-16T15:59:22Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you a public figure who loved the nightlife and owned five tuxedos? > Were you a plump judge and Lincoln friend who ended up on SCOTUS? > Are you either a sweet young woman or a murderous former U.S. Cavalry sergeant? take 3 DQs unless the first one is Diamond Jim Brady. ---
**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 16, 2018, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/78 "2018-06-16T18:06:05Z")
> [@MonkeyMensch](#): > > IQ > Was your first big hit cartoon character going to be Mortimer Mouse, till your wife talked you into a name change? not Walt Disney ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2018, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/79 "2018-06-16T18:20:38Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > not Walt Disney That’s exactly right! I Qs 1. Were you Richard Dawson’s first wife? 2. Did you play Kinch on _Hogan’s Heroes_? 3. Ever married to Dan Aykroyd? ---
**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 16, 2018, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899/80 "2018-06-16T18:34:47Z")
Ray Harryhausen also got a shoutout in _Monsters Inc._, with a swanky restaurant named after him: [![](https://farm3.static.flickr.com/2285/2221887251_12f02db53e.jpg?v=0) ](https://farm3.static.flickr.com/2285/2221887251_12f02db53e.jpg?v=0) [![](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-YwLRIHw2F6M/T7CT7iPqqxI/AAAAAAAAAoU/SrCjGWgiR6I/s1600/Monsters+Inc+Screen+Shot+22.png) ](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-YwLRIHw2F6M/T7CT7iPqqxI/AAAAAAAAAoU/SrCjGWgiR6I/s1600/Monsters+Inc+Screen+Shot+22.png) Previous IQs: Were you a public figure who loved the nightlife and owned five tuxedos? - Former NYC Mayor David Dinkins Were you a plump judge and Lincoln friend who ended up on SCOTUS? - David Davis Are you either a sweet young woman or a murderous former U.S. Cavalry sergeant? - Dolores Abnernathy AKA Wyatt, on _Westworld_ DQs: Real? Male? Last name start with D? IQs: Did your actress girlfriend appear beaten-up and nude in one of your early movies? Were you running for President in the first season of _24_? Did the planet you ruled want to get a spacecraft in order to have more clout with the Empire? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2018/815899.md?page=5)