# Botticelli - Late Nov. 2012 round **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [November 23, 2012, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-late-nov-2012-round/641872 "2012-11-23T04:45:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2012, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-late-nov-2012-round/641872/21 "2012-11-26T03:24:35Z")
IQ: Are you a poker player with the ironic nickname 'Action Dan"? ---
**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:** [November 26, 2012, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-late-nov-2012-round/641872/22 "2012-11-26T14:36:23Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > **EH** -No idea what that means, but it made me LOL! 😃 FDR’s aide Harry Hopkins was very gaunt but the President greatly relied upon him; here they are at Yalta: [File:Harry Hopkins meets President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.jpg - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Harry_Hopkins_meets_President_Franklin_Delano_Roosevelt.jpg) > [@Enginerd](#): > > IQ1: Did you and your colleagues take over Nakatomi Plaza in an unsuccessful heist? > IQ2: Are you also known as “Papa Bear?” > IQ3: Did you turn pro when the going got weird? Not Hans Gruber from _Die Hard_; dunno the other two. > [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Are you a poker player with the ironic nickname 'Action Dan"? Dunno this one either. ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2012, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-late-nov-2012-round/641872/23 "2012-11-26T16:00:20Z")
> [@Enginerd](#): > > IQ2: Are you also known as “Papa Bear?” > IQ3: Did you turn pro when the going got weird? George “Papa Bear” Halas and Hunter Thompson, who used the tagline “when the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.” DQ: American? DQ: Did you die before 1950? ---
**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:** [November 26, 2012, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-late-nov-2012-round/641872/24 "2012-11-26T17:52:18Z")
H. 1. Real 2. Male 3. Deceased 4. Alive at some time in the 20th century 5. American 6. Died before 1950 ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2012, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-late-nov-2012-round/641872/25 "2012-11-26T19:49:28Z")
Saw something where it mentioned that Stalin was the healthies Yalta participitant. My IQ was Dan Harrington (a notoriously tight player who uses that image to his advantage) DQ: Were you a Nazi? ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2012, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-late-nov-2012-round/641872/26 "2012-11-26T20:34:45Z")
IQ1: Do you refer to your wife as ‘She Who Must Be Obeyed’? IQ2: Come to that, are you ‘She Who Must Be Obeyed’? IQ3: Are you the writer of the Dalziel and Pascoe series of mysteries? ---
**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:** [November 26, 2012, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-late-nov-2012-round/641872/27 "2012-11-26T21:54:59Z")
IQ1: Were you obliquely referenced in the Police hit _Don’t Stand So Close To Me_? IQ2: Are you known for your deep thoughts? IQ3: Did you regret having only one life to give for your country? ---
**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:** [November 27, 2012, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-late-nov-2012-round/641872/28 "2012-11-27T05:12:31Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > IQ1: Do you refer to your wife as ‘She Who Must Be Obeyed’? > > IQ2: Come to that, are you ‘She Who Must Be Obeyed’? > > IQ3: Are you the writer of the Dalziel and Pascoe series of mysteries? Not Horace Rumpole, his wife Hilda, or… dunno the last. > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Were you obliquely referenced in the Police hit _Don’t Stand So Close To Me_? > > IQ2: Are you known for your deep thoughts? > > IQ3: Did you regret having only one life to give for your country? Not Homer, Jack Handey or Nathan Hale. H. 1. Real 2. Male 3. Deceased 4. Alive at some time in the 20th century 5. American 6. Died before 1950 7. Not a Nazi Not too many prominent American Nazis. I can’t even think of one. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-late-nov-2012-round/641872/29 "2012-11-27T07:27:00Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not too many prominent American Nazis. I can’t even think of one. Weren’t they prominent in Illinois? I seem to recall a guy named Elwood Blues saying that he hated Illinois Nazis. 😉 Some IQs: IQ1: Were you an escape artist? IQ2: Did you ride a raft down the Mississippi with your friend Jim? IQ3: Were you the Music Man to River City, Iowa? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-late-nov-2012-round/641872/30 "2012-11-27T10:47:15Z")
IQ: Did you die on Halloween while performing a magic trcik gone wrong? ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-late-nov-2012-round/641872/31 "2012-11-27T15:07:58Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > IQ1: Do you refer to your wife as ‘She Who Must Be Obeyed’? > > IQ2: Come to that, are you ‘She Who Must Be Obeyed’? > > IQ3: Are you the writer of the Dalziel and Pascoe series of mysteries? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Horace Rumpole, his wife Hilda, or… dunno the last. Quite right on Hilda and Horace Rumpole. **Reginald Hill** is the author of many great mysteries, the Dalziel and Pascoe series being the best known. DQ: Are you renowned for your contributions to The Arts, in the all-encompassing definition we often use here? ---
**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:** [November 27, 2012, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-late-nov-2012-round/641872/32 "2012-11-27T20:31:16Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > …Some IQs: > > IQ1: Were you an escape artist? > > IQ2: Did you ride a raft down the Mississippi with your friend Jim? > > IQ3: Were you the Music Man to River City, Iowa? Yes, congrats! I am Harry Houdini! I’m not Huck Finn or Prof. Harold Hill. > [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Did you die on Halloween while performing a magic trcik gone wrong? Houdini did die on Oct. 31, 1926, but of a ruptured appendix (he’d been suffering from appendicitis even before he was sucker-punched, apparently). > **[Harry Houdini](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Houdini)** > > Erik Weisz (March 24, 1874 – October 31, 1926), known professionally as Harry Houdini (/huːˈdiːni/ hoo-DEE-nee), was a Hungarian-American escapologist, illusionist, and stunt performer noted for his escape acts. > Houdini first attracted notice in vaudeville in the United States and then as Harry "Handcuff" Houdini on a tour of Europe, where he challenged police forces to keep him locked up. Soon he extended his repertoire to include chains, ropes slung from skyscrapers, straitjackets under wate... **Spoons** gets to start our next round. Our letters so far (scroll down): [Botticelli - the letters we've used so far - Thread Games - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=648663) ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-late-nov-2012-round/641872/33 "2012-11-27T20:43:40Z")
Hooray for **Spoons**!!! ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-late-nov-2012-round/641872/34 "2012-11-28T04:45:07Z")
Woo-hoo! I’ll have another letter in a day or two. ---
**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:** [November 28, 2012, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-late-nov-2012-round/641872/35 "2012-11-28T14:34:20Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > Woo-hoo! > > I’ll have another letter in a day or two. If you just want to wait until Saturday, you could start a December Botticelli thread then. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2012, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-late-nov-2012-round/641872/36 "2012-11-29T05:20:45Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > If you just want to wait until Saturday, you could start a December Botticelli thread then. I jumped the gun, as we’ll likely go into December anyway. See here: > **[Botticelli: Early December 2012](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=673834)** > > Your letter is: T. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-late-nov-2012-round/641872.md?page=1)