# Botticelli, June 2025 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [June 2, 2025, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118 "2025-06-02T19:30:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2025, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/21 "2025-06-04T23:31:39Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > 1. Did you command the amphibious forces of the US Pacific Fleet during World War II? > > 2. Were you a bushranger played in a modern-day update by Yahoo Serious? > > 3. Did you design several planes at Lockheed’s famous “Skunk Works”? > > Not Gen. Krueger, dunno and dunno. Krueger was a good guess, and he did command amphibious troops in SWPA, so I’ll give it to you, but I was looking for Adm. Richmond Kelly Turner. Ned Kelly. Kelly Johnson. Kelly x3! DQ: Known for politics/military? 1 DQ reserved. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2025, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/22 "2025-06-04T23:37:13Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Did you create Joey, Gina, and Ruff? > > 2. Do heavy metal fans consider you “god”? > > 3. Did you remark to the Minister of Magic that Hogwarts’ headmaster “has style”? > > Dunno x3. 1. Hank Ketcham (Dennis the Menace) 2. Lemmy Kilmeister (of Motörhead) 3. Kingsley Shacklebolt (referring to Dumbledore’s escape) 3 DQs reserved ---
**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 5, 2025, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/23 "2025-06-05T02:07:51Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > … > > IQ1: Am I waiting impatiently for you to write the third Christopher Snow book? > IQ2: Did you create Billy, Jeffy and Thel? > IQ3: Did you play a civil engineer, an island police chief and the father of twins? Dunno, not Keane, and not Kevin Kline. K. 1. real 2. male 3. first name begins with K 4. living 5. not known for the arts 6. born before 1970 7. American 8. not known for science 9. not born before 1950 10. known for politics/military ---
**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 5, 2025, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/24 "2025-06-05T02:47:48Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > IQ1: Am I waiting impatiently for you to write the third Christopher Snow book? > > IQ2: Did you create Billy, Jeffy and Thel? > > IQ3: Did you play a civil engineer, an island police chief and the father of twins? > > Dunno, not Keane, and not Kevin Kline. Dean Koontz correct Brian Keith (_Family Affair_, _The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!_ and The Parent Trap\*) DQ: Known specifically for military? One DQ reserved. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2025, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/25 "2025-06-05T02:53:55Z")
DQs: Last name begins A - M? Still active in field/career? 1 DQ reserved ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2025, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/26 "2025-06-05T03:33:13Z")
IQs: 1. Early in your career as an actress, did you portray a tech version of Frankenstein’s monster or d’jinn (genie)? 2. Did Bill Watterson include you as a primary influence for his creation “Calvin and Hobbes”? 3. Are you one of a set of twin astronauts not to enter politics? ---
**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 5, 2025, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/27 "2025-06-05T15:49:14Z")
IQs: 1. Do you have a Kollege of Musical Knowledge? 2. Did you write _On First Looking Into Chapman’s Home_? 3. Were you a founder of the Vienna Secession art movement? ---
**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2025, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/28 "2025-06-05T16:28:33Z")
DQ: Did you ever hold elected office? 1. Are you the great-great-great-great grandfather of Alex Haley? 2. Are you a Holocaust denier who ran for President in 2020? 3. Were you a Russian aristocrat who became a revolutionary and wrote _Mutual Aid_ as a rebuttal to the doctrines of Social Darwinism? ---
**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 6, 2025, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/29 "2025-06-06T01:53:51Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Early in your career as an actress, did you portray a tech version of Frankenstein’s monster or d’jinn (genie)? > 2. Did Bill Watterson include you as a primary influence for his creation “Calvin and Hobbes”? > 3. Are you one of a set of twin astronauts not to enter politics? Not Carol Kane, not Krazy Kat and not non-U.S. Sen. Kelly. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Do you have a Kollege of Musical Knowledge? > 2. Did you write _On First Looking Into Chapman’s Home_? > 3. Were you a founder of the Vienna Secession art movement? Not Krusty the Klown, not Kitchener and not Klimt. > [@Thing.Fish](#): > > … > > 1. Are you the great-great-great-great grandfather of Alex Haley? > 2. Are you a Holocaust denier who ran for President in 2020? > 3. Were you a Russian aristocrat who became a revolutionary and wrote _Mutual Aid_ as a rebuttal to the doctrines of Social Darwinism? Not Kunta Kinte, not Kanye West and not Kelbrun. K. 1. real 2. male 3. first name begins with K 4. living 5. not known for the arts 6. born before 1970 7. American 8. not known for science 9. not born before 1950 10. known for politics/military 11. not known specifically for military 12. last name doesn’t begin A - M 13. kinda sorta still active in field/career 14. never held elected office This should put us over 20 DQs, so no more IQs, please. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2025, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/30 "2025-06-06T05:00:15Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Early in your career as an actress, did you portray a tech version of Frankenstein’s monster or d’jinn (genie)? > > 2. Did Bill Watterson include you as a primary influence for his creation “Calvin and Hobbes”? > > 3. Are you one of a set of twin astronauts not to enter politics? > > Not Carol Kane, not Krazy Kat and not non-U.S. Sen. Kelly. 1. Kelly Brock (_Weird Science_) 2. Walt Kelly (_Pogo_) 3. Correct, Scott Kelly Kelly x3! 2 DQs reserved ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2025, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/31 "2025-06-06T05:07:04Z")
DQs: 1. Caucasian? 2. First name begins with Ka - Kl? ---
**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2025, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/32 "2025-06-06T05:36:19Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Thing.Fish](#): > > > > 1. Are you the great-great-great-great grandfather of Alex Haley? > > 2. Are you a Holocaust denier who ran for President in 2020? > > 3. Were you a Russian aristocrat who became a revolutionary and wrote _Mutual Aid_ as a rebuttal to the doctrines of Social Darwinism? > > Not Kunta Kinte, not Kanye West and not Kelbrun. First 2 are correct, #3 was Prince Peter Kropotkin. DQ reserved. ---
**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2025, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/33 "2025-06-06T05:39:49Z")
per Wikipedia: [Bill Watterson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Watterson) of _[Calvin and Hobbes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvin_and_Hobbes)_ fame named _Krazy Kat_ among his three major influences (along with _[Peanuts](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peanuts)_ and \*[Pogo] ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2025, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/34 "2025-06-06T21:35:22Z")
The documentary _Dear Mr. Watterson_ mentions _Pogo_ as being a big influence on Watterson’s work. ---
**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 6, 2025, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/35 "2025-06-06T21:38:53Z")
> [@Thing.Fish](#): > > [Bill Watterson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Watterson) of _[Calvin and Hobbes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvin_and_Hobbes)_ fame named _Krazy Kat_ among his three major influences (along with _[Peanuts](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peanuts)_ and \*[Pogo] So those are both valid answers, then? > [@knoodler](#): > > The documentary _Dear Mr. Watterson_ mentions _Pogo_ as being a big influence on Watterson’s work. Dis it say “ **P** ogo” or “Walt **K** elly”? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2025, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/36 "2025-06-06T21:49:45Z")
It could’ve been either, I’m not clear on specifics. ---
**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 6, 2025, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/37 "2025-06-06T22:59:21Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Do you have a Kollege of Musical Knowledge? > > 2. Did you write _On First Looking Into Chapman’s Home_? > > 3. Were you a founder of the Vienna Secession art movement? > > Not Krusty the Klown, not Kitchener and not Klimt. 1 was Kay Kyser. 2 was John Keats. 3 is correct. DQs: 1. Known from the federal government? 2. Democrat? ---
**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, 2025, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/38 "2025-06-07T02:52:08Z")
Thanks, **Thing.Fish**. I _thought_ I remembered Krazy Kat as being one of Watterson’s inspirations, so I will not grant a DQ for that question. K. 1. real 2. male 3. first name begins with K 4. living 5. not known for the arts 6. born before 1970 7. American 8. not known for science 9. not born before 1950 10. known for politics/military 11. not known specifically for military 12. last name doesn’t begin A - M 13. kinda sorta still active in field/career 14. never held elected office 15. Caucasian 16. first name begins with Ka - Kl 17. mostly known from the federal government 18. not a Democrat Please ask all remaining earned IQs by noon EST Sunday. ---
**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 9, 2025, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/39 "2025-06-09T02:08:47Z")
OK, please ask all earned “Are you Firstname Lastname?” questions by 7pm EST tomorrow. ---
**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 9, 2025, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2025/1019118/40 "2025-06-09T02:57:04Z")
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