# Botticelli - June 2019 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [June 1, 2019, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880 "2019-06-01T15:59:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**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 7, 2019, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/61 "2019-06-07T15:14:49Z")
DQ: 'Nonymous Writer? ---
**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 7, 2019, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/62 "2019-06-07T15:37:48Z")
Huh. I really did not expect this to go into endgame… ---
**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 7, 2019, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/63 "2019-06-07T16:58:15Z")
Time’s up! I am aeronautical engineer and novelist Nevil Shute Norway, better known as **N** evil Shute, author of _On the Beach_, _A Town Like Alice_, and over twenty other books. I used the pseudonym to protect my engineering career from any negative publicity which might result from my novels. Wiki: [Nevil Shute - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevil_Shute) ---
**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 7, 2019, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/64 "2019-06-07T17:02:09Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Regarding DQ#3: I’m guessing the guy’s pseudonym has an N for the first name, but his actual name has N for the last. Good guess! ---
**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 7, 2019, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/65 "2019-06-07T17:17:06Z")
Ah, yes. Of course I know Nevil Shute. I’ve read _On the Beach._ Just couldn’t think of him. Good job. ---
**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:** [June 7, 2019, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/66 "2019-06-07T17:40:10Z")
Well, I don’t feel so :smack:-y after all. I would never have gotten that. Anyway, on to the big O! ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2019, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/67 "2019-06-07T17:45:26Z")
I’ve read **On the Beach**. I know of Nevil Shute. A good round. ---
**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 7, 2019, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/68 "2019-06-07T18:45:45Z")
> [@divemaster](#): > > I’ve read **On the Beach**. I know of Nevil Shute. A good round. Agreed on all counts! O it is. IQs: Did you help teach Cal Rodgers the skill that would take him to an important “first” and national fame? Did you head the Freedmen Bureau during Reconstruction? Did you scheme to collect sperm from famous men of the early 1900s? ---
**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 7, 2019, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/69 "2019-06-07T18:56:36Z")
O it isn’t – I’ve thought of a good name to use, so I’m going to jump forward a bit. I am S. ---
**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 7, 2019, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/70 "2019-06-07T19:21:41Z")
IQs: 1. Were you Underdog’s archenemy? 2. Did you have a hit with \*Graceland \*? 3. Were you Barney Google’s racehorse? ---
**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 7, 2019, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/71 "2019-06-07T19:57:13Z")
S, eh? Hmm. A little sorry we won’t finish this alphabetical run. IQs: Were you Lincoln’s first SECWAR? Were you his second? Were you his SECSTATE? ---
**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 7, 2019, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/72 "2019-06-07T20:34:55Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you Underdog’s archenemy? > 2. Did you have a hit with \*Graceland \*? > 3. Were you Barney Google’s racehorse? Not Simon Bar Sinister. DQ. DQ. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you Lincoln’s first SECWAR? > Were you his second? > Were you his SECSTATE? I know Stanton was one of the first two. A coin flip says… DQ. Not Stanton. Not … Seward? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > S, eh? Hmm. A little sorry we won’t finish this alphabetical run. Whoever wins can backtrack to O, and we can continue from there, skipping S. I just didn’t want to have to wait a few months until another chance came around. 🙂 ---
**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 7, 2019, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/73 "2019-06-07T21:36:15Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you Underdog’s archenemy? > 2. Did you have a hit with Graceland ? > 3. Were you Barney Google’s racehorse? > Not Simon Bar Sinister. > DQ. > DQ. #1 is correct. #2 was Paul Simon. #3 was Spark Plug. 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 7, 2019, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/74 "2019-06-07T21:38:05Z")
IQs: 1. Did you write _On The Beach_? 2. Were you one of a pair who heckled the Muppets? 3. Did you create the detective Philo Vance? ---
**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 7, 2019, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/75 "2019-06-07T22:52:02Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write _On The Beach_? > 2. Were you one of a pair who heckled the Muppets? > 3. Did you create the detective Philo Vance? Not Nevil Shute. 😃 Not Statler. DQ. S. 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:** [June 7, 2019, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/76 "2019-06-07T22:55:11Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write On The Beach? > 2. Were you one of a pair who heckled the Muppets? > 3. Did you create the detective Philo Vance? > Not Nevil Shute. > Not Statler. > DQ. Correct, correct, and S. S. Van Dine. DQ: Last name starts with S? ---
**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 8, 2019, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/77 "2019-06-08T01:34:15Z")
Previous IQs: Were you Lincoln’s first SECWAR? - Simon Cameron Were you his second? - Yes, Edwin Stanton Were you his SECSTATE? - Yes, William Seward DQ: Living? IQs: Do you have the large stone head of an Olmec war god in your basement? Do you work for the man who gave that stone carving? Are you the favorite bartender of the first person? ---
**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 8, 2019, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/78 "2019-06-08T01:57:21Z")
IQs: 1. Are you a bad ol’ puddy tat? 2. Were you the author of the Baby Ballads? 3. Were you Tom Hanks’s best friend on his first TV Series? ---
**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 8, 2019, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/79 "2019-06-08T03:30:54Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Do you have the large stone head of an Olmec war god in your basement? > Do you work for the man who gave that stone carving? > Are you the favorite bartender of the first person? Three DQs. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you a bad ol’ puddy tat? > 2. Were you the author of the Baby Ballads? > 3. Were you Tom Hanks’s best friend on his first TV Series? Not Sylvester. Assuming you mean the Bab Ballads, I am not W S Gilbert. If not, DQ. DQ. (Tom Hanks had a TV series? More than one??) **S**. 1. Real 2. Female 3. Last name does not start with S 4. Living ---
**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 9, 2019, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880/80 "2019-06-09T00:53:13Z")
IQ1: Are you a female black woman who ran for US President in 1972? IQ2: Is a drink made with ginger ale and a splash of grenadine, garnished with a maraschino cherry named after you? IQ3: Did you provide the voice in the soundtrack to _Goldfinger_? (bah-wah-wah-wahhhh) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2019/834880.md?page=5)