# Botticelli - June 2021 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [June 1, 2021, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330 "2021-06-01T03:59:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**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 10, 2021, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/161 "2021-06-10T15:47:55Z")
**DQs:** 1. Real 2. Male 3. First name starts with H 4. Known for the Arts 5. Dead 6. Died after 1900 7. Not known for film or TV 8. Not American 9. European 10. Not known for the performing arts 11. Died after 1950 ---
**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 10, 2021, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/162 "2021-06-10T15:50:46Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you a small, somewhat disabled French painter who liked dancing girls? > You were a real person. Was your last name said contemptuously in _The Music Man_ ? > Were you known for your scabrous illustrations of Georgian London society? 1. I am not Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. 2. I am not Honore de Balzac. 3. I am not William Hogarth. > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1-2: Are you a conjoined twin from Minnesota? > IQ3: Were you the eponymous main character of a book, the sequel to which was _The Long Secret_ ? Take 3 DQs. ---
**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 10, 2021, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/163 "2021-06-10T16:04:58Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > IQ1-2: Are you a conjoined twin from Minnesota? > > IQ3: Were you the eponymous main character of a book, the sequel to which was _The Long Secret_ ? > > Take 3 DQs. Abigail and Brittany Hensel. Harriet (_Harriet the Spy_). DQ1: Known for the literary arts? DQ2: British? Two 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 10, 2021, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/164 "2021-06-10T16:25:15Z")
[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:161, topic:943330, full:true”] **DQs:** 1. Real 2. Male 3. First name starts with H 4. Known for the Arts 5. Dead 6. Died after 1900 7. Not known for film or TV 8. Not American 9. European 10. Not known for the performing arts 11. Died after 1950 12. Not known for the literary arts, although he did write about his art 13. Not British ---
**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 10, 2021, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/165 "2021-06-10T17:13:24Z")
DQ1: Known for the visual arts? > [@](#): > > [visual arts](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_arts) (including [ceramics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceramic_art), [drawing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drawing), [filmmaking](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filmmaking), [painting](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Painting), [photography](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photography), and [sculpting](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sculpture)), DQ2: Native speaker of a Romance language? ---
**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:** [June 10, 2021, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/166 "2021-06-10T17:45:03Z")
IQs: 1. Did you get your nickname from an _Amos ‘n’ Andy_ character? 2. Do you host _Documentary Now!_ on IFC? 3. Is Al Ewing currently writing a comic series about you for Marvel that focuses on the horror? ---
**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 10, 2021, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/167 "2021-06-10T17:45:57Z")
Swept me! IQs: Were you one of Duke Leto’s most trusted men? Were you a longtime Republican House leader in the 1950s and 1960s? Were you a U.S. Army general known for your absent-minded habit of rubbing your elbows? ---
**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 10, 2021, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/168 "2021-06-10T18:26:09Z")
**DQs:** 1. Real 2. Male 3. First name starts with H 4. Known for the Arts 5. Dead 6. Died after 1900 7. Not known for film or TV 8. Not American 9. European 10. Not known for the performing arts 11. Died after 1950 12. Not known for the literary arts, although he did write about his art 13. Not British 14. Known for the visual arts 15. Native speaker of a Romance language ---
**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 10, 2021, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/169 "2021-06-10T18:27:23Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you get your nickname from an _Amos ‘n’ Andy_ character? > 2. Do you host _Documentary Now!_ on IFC? > 3. Is Al Ewing currently writing a comic series about you for Marvel that focuses on the horror? #3. I am not the Hulk. Take 2 DQs. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you one of Duke Leto’s most trusted men? > Were you a longtime Republican House leader in the 1950s and 1960s? > Were you a U.S. Army general known for your absent-minded habit of rubbing your elbows? 1. I am not Hawat. Take 2 DQs. ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2021, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/170 "2021-06-10T21:34:13Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > > > IQ1: Are you the recently deceased singer and namesake of Digital Underground’s biggest hit? > > > IQ2: When you use a word, does it mean just what you choose it to mean—neither more nor less? > > > IQ3: Do you use your tongue prettier than a twenty-dollar whore? > > 1. Take a DQ. > 2. I am not Humpty Dumpty. > 3. I am not Hedley Lamar. Humpty Hump, correct on the other 2. (I spent way too much time trying to think of a third “Humpty”) DQ: French? ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2021, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/171 "2021-06-10T21:44:07Z")
IQ1: Did you lead an attempted heist in Nakatomi Plaza? IQ2: Did you compose an Easter oratorio that presently gets more exposure at Christmas? IQ3: Did Bart Simpson’s prank call to Moe’s backfire when he asked for you, and you actually were present? ---
**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:** [June 10, 2021, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/172 "2021-06-10T22:04:33Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > #3. I am not the Hulk. > Take 2 DQs. 1 (got nickname from _Amos ‘n’ Andy_ character) was Huey Long; 2 (hosts _Documentary Now!_) was Helen Mirren. DQs: 1. died before 1980? 2. known for painting? IQs: 1. Are you the more cheerful, confident son of a washed-up super-scientist? 2. In a cheese-tastic 1988 post-apocalyptic SF film, do you come to Frogtown? 3. Is this you in the center (standing), pictured with your fellow members of the Algonquin Roundtable (not wearing your usual getup)? [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cb/Algonquin_Round_Table.gif) ](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cb/Algonquin_Round_Table.gif) ---
**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 10, 2021, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/173 "2021-06-10T22:33:30Z")
Previous IQs: Were you one of Duke Leto’s most trusted men? - Hawat works, although I was thinking of Gurney Halleck; since the trend will soon become clear, I won’t rephrase Were you a longtime Republican House leader in the 1950s and 1960s? - Charlie Halleck Were you a U.S. Army general known for your absent-minded habit of rubbing your elbows? - Henry Halleck, during the Civil War Halleck x3! Two DQs reserved. IQs: Did you play a top cop on TV? Did you often play Mark Twain on stage? Were you a TV producer whose boss purposefully mangled your last name? ---
**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 10, 2021, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/174 "2021-06-10T22:33:41Z")
**DQs:** 1. Real 2. Male 3. First name starts with H 4. Known for the Arts 5. Dead 6. Died after 1900 7. Not known for film or TV 8. Not American 9. European 10. Not known for the performing arts 11. Died after 1950 12. Not known for the literary arts, although he did write about his art 13. Not British 14. Known for the visual arts 15. Native speaker of a Romance language 16. French 17. Died before 1980 18. Known for painting (and prints and sculpture) ---
**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 10, 2021, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/175 "2021-06-10T22:37:20Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Did you lead an attempted heist in Nakatomi Plaza? > IQ2: Did you compose an Easter oratorio that presently gets more exposure at Christmas? > IQ3: Did Bart Simpson’s prank call to Moe’s backfire when he asked for you, and you actually were present? 1. I am not Hans Gruber. 2. I am not Handel. 3. Take a DQ. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the more cheerful, confident son of a washed-up super-scientist? > 2. In a cheese-tastic 1988 post-apocalyptic SF film, do you come to Frogtown? > 3. Is this you in the center (standing), pictured with your fellow members of the Algonquin Roundtable (not wearing your usual getup)? 1. Take a DQ. 2. I am not Hell. 3. I am not Harpo Marx. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you play a top cop on TV? > Did you often play Mark Twain on stage? > Were you a TV producer whose boss purposefully mangled your last name? 1. I am not Hal Lindsey. 2. I am not Hal Holbrook. 3. Take a DQ. **No more IQs, please, since these put us well over the base 20.** ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2021, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/176 "2021-06-10T22:47:54Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > > > IQ1: Did you lead an attempted heist in Nakatomi Plaza? > > > IQ2: Did you compose an Easter oratorio that presently gets more exposure at Christmas? > > > IQ3: Did Bart Simpson’s prank call to Moe’s backfire when he asked for you, and you actually were present? > > 1. I am not Hans Gruber. > 2. I am not Handel. > 3. Take a DQ. Correct, correct, Hugh Jass Holding a DQ ---
**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 10, 2021, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/177 "2021-06-10T22:53:14Z")
Previous IQs: Did you play a top cop on TV? - Hal Linden, not Hal Lindsey, on _Barney Miller,_ but close enough Did you often play Mark Twain on stage? - Yes, Hal Holbrook Were you a TV producer whose boss purposefully mangled your last name? - Hal Gurney, on _Late Night with David Letterman_; it was a running gag Hal x3! DQ: An Impressionist? ---
**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 10, 2021, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/178 "2021-06-10T23:14:22Z")
**DQs:** 1. Real 2. Male 3. First name starts with H 4. Known for the Arts 5. Dead 6. Died after 1900 7. Not known for film or TV 8. Not American 9. European 10. Not known for the performing arts 11. Died after 1950 12. Not known for the literary arts, although he did write about his art 13. Not British 14. Known for the visual arts 15. Native speaker of a Romance language 16. French 17. Died before 1980 18. Known for painting (and prints and sculpture) 19. Not an Impressionist ---
**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:** [June 11, 2021, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/179 "2021-06-11T01:13:20Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Take a DQ. > 2. I am not Hell. > 3. I am not Harpo Marx. 1 (son of washed-up super-scientist) was Hank Venture, on _The Venture Bros._. Final DQ: died before 1960? ---
**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 11, 2021, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330/180 "2021-06-11T01:36:28Z")
[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:178, topic:943330, full:true”] **DQs:** 1. Real 2. Male 3. First name starts with H 4. Known for the Arts 5. Dead 6. Died after 1900 7. Not known for film or TV 8. Not American 9. European 10. Not known for the performing arts 11. Died after 1950 12. Not known for the literary arts, although he did write about his art 13. Not British 14. Known for the visual arts 15. Native speaker of a Romance language 16. French 17. Died before 1980 18. Known for painting (and prints and sculpture) 19. Not an Impressionist 20. Died before 1960 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2021/943330.md?page=10)