# Botticelli March 2016 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [February 29, 2016, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512 "2016-02-29T16:12:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**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:** [March 15, 2016, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/201 "2016-03-15T00:33:55Z")
IQ1: Were you Frank and Joe’s dad? IQ2: Are you the star of a military SF series by David Drake? IQ3: Are you the star of a detective series by Mickey Spillane? ---
**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:** [March 15, 2016, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/202 "2016-03-15T01:37:45Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Last name starts with H 4. Originally from prose fiction 5. Author is deceased ---
**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:** [March 15, 2016, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/203 "2016-03-15T01:38:50Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you the chief of the New Gods of New Genesis? > IQ2: Have Rex, Rick, and Matthew Tyler all been you? > IQ3: Have Fred Venable and Christopher Chance been you in the comics, and Rick Springfield and Mark Valley been you on TV? I am not Highfather. I am not Hourman. I am not the Human Target. ---
**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:** [March 15, 2016, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/204 "2016-03-15T01:40:04Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you Frank and Joe’s dad? > IQ2: Are you the star of a military SF series by David Drake? > IQ3: Are you the star of a detective series by Mickey Spillane? #3. I am not Mike Hammer. Take 2 DQs for the others. ---
**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:** [March 15, 2016, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/205 "2016-03-15T02:40:24Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you Frank and Joe’s dad? > IQ2: Are you the star of a military SF series by David Drake? > IQ3: Are you the star of a detective series by Mickey Spillane? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > #3. I am not Mike Hammer. Take 2 DQs for the others. Fenton Hardy. Col Alois Hammer (Hammer’s Slammers). Correct. DQ1: American author? DQ2: Appeared in more than one book? ---
**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:** [March 15, 2016, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/206 "2016-03-15T02:55:12Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Last name starts with H 4. Originally from prose fiction 5. Author is deceased 6. American author 7. Appeared in only one book, though mentioned in the sequel ---
**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:** [March 15, 2016, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/207 "2016-03-15T04:04:20Z")
Previous IQs: Have you been played by three different men in advertisements in the past few years? - Col. Harland Sanders: [http://www.eater.com/2016/2/8/10936914/jim-gaffigan-kfc-colonel-sanders-norm-macdonald](http://www.eater.com/2016/2/8/10936914/jim-gaffigan-kfc-colonel-sanders-norm-macdonald) Have you played a doctor, a writer, a bookshop manager and a butler? - Anthony Hopkins, in _The Elephant Man, Shadowlands, 84 Charing Cross Road_ and _The Remains of the Day_. Were you Stonewall Jackson’s cartographer? - Jedediah Hotchkiss. DQs: Would be alive today, if real? Book appeared since 1980? Lead character of the book? IQs: Were you T.R.'s first SECSTATE? Is your house called Spiegel Grove? Were you McKinley’s kingmaker? ---
**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:** [March 15, 2016, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/208 "2016-03-15T13:21:38Z")
IQ1: Are you a knight of Oz who rides a steed called the Comfortable Camel? IQ2: Did you reveal to Aravis that you could actually talk and she should ride you to Narnia? IQ3: Are you the half-giant Keeper of Keys and Grounds of Hogwarts? ---
**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:** [March 15, 2016, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/209 "2016-03-15T13:57:13Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Last name starts with H 4. Originally from prose fiction 5. Author is deceased 6. American author 7. Appeared in only one book, though mentioned in the sequel 8. Dies in the book, so would not be alive today 9. Book appeared since 1980 10. Not the lead character of the book ---
**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:** [March 15, 2016, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/210 "2016-03-15T13:58:14Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you T.R.'s first SECSTATE? > Is your house called Spiegel Grove? > Were you McKinley’s kingmaker? Take 3 more DQs. ---
**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:** [March 15, 2016, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/211 "2016-03-15T13:59:41Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you a knight of Oz who rides a steed called the Comfortable Camel? > IQ2: Did you reveal to Aravis that you could actually talk and she should ride you to Narnia? > IQ3: Are you the half-giant Keeper of Keys and Grounds of Hogwarts? #1. That must be one of the Ruth Plumbly Thompson’s I never read. Take a DQ. #2. I read Narnia in college, and this bit I don’t recall. Take a DQ. #3. I am not Hagrid. ---
**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:** [March 15, 2016, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/212 "2016-03-15T15:05:00Z")
Previous IQs: Were you T.R.'s first SECSTATE? - John Hay Is your house called Spiegel Grove? - Rutherford B. Hayes - beautifully restored, and worth a visit: [Spiegel Grove - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiegel_Grove) Were you McKinley’s kingmaker? - Marcus Hanna DQs: Character is American? Is a “good guy”? Was killed or murdered? IQs: Did H.P. Lovecraft say you were “unspeakable”? Were you the popular longtime coach of the Cleveland Indians? Did your Army instructor encourage you to attack him with fruit? ---
**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:** [March 15, 2016, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/213 "2016-03-15T15:19:39Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Last name starts with H 4. Originally from prose fiction 5. Author is deceased 6. American author 7. Appeared in only one book, though mentioned in the sequel 8. Dies in the book, so would not be alive today 9. Book appeared since 1980 10. Not the lead character of the book 11. American 12. Not a “good guy” in the book 13. Was killed in the book ---
**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:** [March 15, 2016, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/214 "2016-03-15T15:22:24Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did H.P. Lovecraft say you were “unspeakable”? > Were you the popular longtime coach of the Cleveland Indians? > Did your Army instructor encourage you to attack him with fruit? I am not Hastur. Take a DQ for #2. I am not Eric Hidle. I don’t remember the character name, though. Take a DQ. ---
**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:** [March 15, 2016, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/215 "2016-03-15T15:50:10Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you a knight of Oz who rides a steed called the Comfortable Camel? > IQ2: Did you reveal to Aravis that you could actually talk and she should ride you to Narnia? > IQ3: Are you the half-giant Keeper of Keys and Grounds of Hogwarts? > > #1. That must be one of the Ruth Plumbly Thompson’s I never read. Take a DQ. > #2. I read Narnia in college, and this bit I don’t recall. Take a DQ. > #3. I am not Hagrid. Sir Hokus of Pokes, Hwin, correct DQ: Crime/mystery genre? 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:** [March 15, 2016, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/216 "2016-03-15T15:51:42Z")
IQs: Did H.P. Lovecraft say you were “unspeakable”? - Yes, Hastur. Were you the popular longtime coach of the Cleveland Indians? - Mike Hargroves. Did your Army instructor encourage you to attack him with fruit? - Mr. Apricot, er, Harrison: [Monty Python - And Now For Something Completely Different - Fruit Sketch - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JgbOkLdRaE) DQs: Book set in a big city? Character was a criminal? IQs: Did you have very short hair and sing in one movie, although you’re known for neither? Were you mentioned but never seen in a movie set in England before 1700? Did your wife refuse to let your Jewish business partner enter your house? ---
**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:** [March 15, 2016, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/217 "2016-03-15T16:00:19Z")
DQs: 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Last name starts with H 4. Originally from prose fiction 5. Author is deceased 6. American author 7. Appeared in only one book, though mentioned in the sequel 8. Dies in the book, so would not be alive today 9. Book appeared since 1980 10. Not the lead character of the book 11. American 12. Not a “good guy” in the book, though not actually criminal 13. Was killed in the book 14. Not a crime/mystery book 15. Not set in a big city N.B. the change to #12, which may have been misleading. ---
**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:** [March 15, 2016, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/218 "2016-03-15T16:01:53Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you have very short hair and sing in one movie, although you’re known for neither? > Were you mentioned but never seen in a movie set in England before 1700? > Did your wife refuse to let your Jewish business partner enter your house? …take 3 DQs. ---
**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:** [March 15, 2016, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/219 "2016-03-15T16:04:53Z")
IQ1: Were you President Nixon’s White House Chief of Staff and indicted in the Watergate scandal? IQ2: Did you and G. Gordon Liddy engineer the Watergate burglaries and undercover operations? IQ3: Were you President Clinton’s associate attorney general and indicted for overbilling during the Whitewater controversy? ---
**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:** [March 15, 2016, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/220 "2016-03-15T16:32:22Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Were you President Nixon’s White House Chief of Staff and indicted in the Watergate scandal? > IQ2: Did you and G. Gordon Liddy engineer the Watergate burglaries and undercover operations? > IQ3: Were you President Clinton’s associate attorney general and indicted for overbilling during the Whitewater controversy? I am not H. R. Haldeman. I am not E. Howard Hunt. Take a DQ for #3. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512.md?page=12)