# Botticelli June 2023 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [June 1, 2023, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875 "2023-06-01T14:47:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**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 12, 2023, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/101 "2023-06-12T18:40:49Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you an actress whose husband Charles MacArthur, upon meeting you, handed you a bowl of peanuts and said “I wish they were emeralds”; then many years later presented you with an emerald brooch, with the comment, “I wish they were peanuts”? > 2. Does your filmography include both a film that won you an Oscar, and a porno? > 3. Is one of your most famous lines of dialogue the single word “Cow”? #3’s probably from _Twister_. Take 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 12, 2023, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/102 "2023-06-12T20:54:53Z")
Previous IQs: Are you VPOTUS? - Yes, Kamala Harris Were you Florida Secretary of State in 2000? - Katherine Harris, who got a lot of attention during the _Bush v. Gore_ debacle Was your drug-abusing uncle briefly the U.S. ambassador to China? - Yes, Zonker Harris, nephew of Duke, in _Doonesbury_ One DQ reserved. IQs: Are you the current U.S. Secretary of the Interior? Are you the subject of a SDMB thread on why so many people hate you? Did you run for a British House of Commons seat despite so obviously being a foreign former dictator? ---
**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 12, 2023, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/103 "2023-06-12T21:02:24Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Are you the current U.S. Secretary of the Interior? Yes, I am **Deb Haaland** , the first Native American to serve as Secretary of the Interior! Good job, EH! ---
**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 12, 2023, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/104 "2023-06-12T21:11:32Z")
Thanks! Other previous IQs: Are you the subject of a SDMB thread on why so many people hate you? - Anne Hathaway Did you run for a British House of Commons seat despite so obviously being a foreign former dictator? - This guy: [Mr. Hilter and the Minehead by-election - Monty Pythons Flying Circus – S01E12 - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWIyVRNAxCg) Next round to start… tomorrow morning, maybe? Lemme see… Thanks! ---
**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 12, 2023, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/105 "2023-06-12T21:22:25Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Were you an actress whose husband Charles MacArthur, upon meeting you, handed you a bowl of peanuts and said “I wish they were emeralds”; then many years later presented you with an emerald brooch, with the comment, “I wish they were peanuts”? > > 2. Does your filmography include both a film that won you an Oscar, and a porno? > > 3. Is one of your most famous lines of dialogue the single word “Cow”? > > #3’s probably from _Twister_. Take 3 DQs > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > Yes, I am **Deb Haaland** , the first Native American to serve as Secretary of the Interior! > > > > Good job, EH! Dang it, I had her. But I decided to be cute and ask a couple more IQs first, and Arwen’s Boo snuck in and caught me at the finish line! Congratulations, @Elendil_s_Heir! Answers to the DQs, just for the record: No. 1 was Helen Hayes, No. 2 was Helen Mirren (who won an Oscar for _The Queen_, and also played - clothed - Caligula’s wife Caesonia in the Bob Guccione film of the same name). No. 3 was indeed Helen Hunt, of _Twister_ fame. ---
**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 13, 2023, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/106 "2023-06-13T13:07:17Z")
Thanks, **SMV**. Just updated: [Botticelli - the letters we've used so far - #103 by Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-the-letters-weve-used-so-far/619048/103) Our next letter is # L ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2023, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/107 "2023-06-13T14:26:38Z")
Congrats! 1. Were you one of the Dana Girls? 2. Were you a recurring villain on **The Wild, Wild West**? 3. Are you James Asher’s wife in the vampire series by Barbara Hambly? ---
**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 13, 2023, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/108 "2023-06-13T14:37:32Z")
IQs: 1. In _1776_, does John Adams say “Oh, Dear God” (or words to that effect)? 2. Did John Whorfin possess you? 3. Was a skunk named Odie Colognie your most trusted subject? ---
**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 13, 2023, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/109 "2023-06-13T14:40:16Z")
Looking at EH’s useful list it seems we’re doing a very nice job of keeping all the letters fairly current. The oldest unused letters all date from March of this year: A, C, D, E, G, K, O, P, T, X, Z. ---
**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 13, 2023, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/110 "2023-06-13T16:42:51Z")
Ah, good, thanks, **PP**. > [@kitap](#): > > Congrats! > > 1. Were you one of the Dana Girls? > 2. Were you a recurring villain on **The Wild, Wild West**? > 3. Are you James Asher’s wife in the vampire series by Barbara Hambly? Not Lorelei, Dr. Miguelito Loveless or… Lilith? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. In _1776_, does John Adams say “Oh, Dear God” (or words to that effect)? > 2. Did John Whorfin possess you? > 3. Was a skunk named Odie Colognie your most trusted subject? Please rephrase your first question; it doesn’t make sense to me. Not Dr. Emilio “Laugh-a while you can, monkey boy!” Lizardo, and dunno. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2023, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/111 "2023-06-13T17:26:12Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > Congrats! > > 1. Were you one of the Dana Girls? > 2. Were you a recurring villain on **The Wild, Wild West**? > 3. Are you James Asher’s wife in the vampire series by Barbara Hambly? Louise, correct, Lydia. DQs: 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 13, 2023, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/112 "2023-06-13T17:43:37Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. In _1776_, does John Adams say “Oh, Dear God” (or words to that effect) when he first sees you? [Corrected] > > 2. Did John Whorfin possess you? > > 3. Was a skunk named Odie Colognie your most trusted subject? > > Please rephrase your first question; it doesn’t make sense to me. Not Dr. Emilio “Laugh-a while you can, monkey boy!” Lizardo, and dunno. #1 has been corrected. #2 is Correct. #3 was King Leonardo from _King Leonardo and His Tales_, a Saturday morning cartoon. DQ: Real? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2023, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/113 "2023-06-13T17:48:37Z")
Pssst…real already got asked. ---
**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 13, 2023, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/114 "2023-06-13T18:18:51Z")
Quite. **PP** , neither Lee nor Livingston. L. 1. real 2. male ---
**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 13, 2023, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/115 "2023-06-13T20:15:35Z")
IQs; 1. Were you a showgirl, with feathers in your hair and a dress cut down to there? 2. Were you a cynical Goth girl until you met a pair of ghosts haunting your parents’ new house? 3. Were you met in a club down in old Soho, where they drink champagne and it tastes just like cherry cola? ---
**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 13, 2023, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/116 "2023-06-13T21:01:33Z")
Not Lola at the Copa, Copacabana, not the other Lola, and certainly not L-O-L-A Lola. ---
**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 13, 2023, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/117 "2023-06-13T21:31:10Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > **PP** , neither Lee nor Livingston. Correct on Richard Henry Lee. DQ: Last name starts with L? ---
**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 13, 2023, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/118 "2023-06-13T21:33:25Z")
IQs: 1. Did you write about the Sacketts? 2. Did you sing about riding on your pony on your boat? 3. Did you have a hit with _Valotte_? ---
**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 14, 2023, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/119 "2023-06-14T00:34:22Z")
IQ1: Have you played a rancher, a cyborg and a stunt man? IQ2: Were you between Julie Newmar and Eartha Kitt? IQ3: Were you fired from Rolling Stone magazine for writing a negative review of Canned Heat? ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2023, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875/120 "2023-06-14T01:24:34Z")
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