# 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:** 12
**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, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/221 "2016-03-15T17:08:35Z")
Previous IQs: Did you have very short hair and sing in one movie, although you’re known for neither? - Anne Hathaway, in _Les Miserables_. Were you mentioned but never seen in a movie set in England before 1700? - The other Anne Hathaway, the Bard’s wife, in _Shakespeare in Love_. Did your wife refuse to let your Jewish business partner enter your house? - Harry Truman’s wife Bess was unfortunately anti-Semitic. Hmmm. Let’s discuss. What should I ask next? ---
**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, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/222 "2016-03-15T19:00:13Z")
> [@](#): > > 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. Webster Hubbell I’m guessing prose fiction means “like real life.” I don’t read much of that genre. DQ: Book appeared since 2000? ---
**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, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/223 "2016-03-15T19:19:13Z")
Wikipedia says “prose fiction” includes all novels, novellas and short stories. That’s how I have interpreted it. This includes all the genres, and not just real life. ---
**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, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/224 "2016-03-15T20:54:37Z")
IQ1: Were you a John Wayne character whose name was very similar to the name of the site of the US Navy’s worst peacetime disaster? IQ2: Did you shoot first? IQ3: Did you write three novels about Jason dinAlt? ---
**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, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/225 "2016-03-15T20:57:42Z")
Take a DQ for #1. I am not Han Solo. I am not Harry Harrison. ---
**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, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/226 "2016-03-15T21:09:11Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you a John Wayne character whose name was very similar to the name of the site of the US Navy’s worst peacetime disaster? > IQ2: Did you shoot first? > IQ3: Did you write three novels about Jason dinAlt? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Take a DQ for #1. > I am not Han Solo. > I am not Harry Harrison. Hondo ([Honda Point](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_Point_disaster)). Correct. Correct. DQ: Book has been turned into a film, graphic novel, or other medium? Did you miss KO’s last DQ? ---
**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, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/227 "2016-03-15T21:19:38Z")
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 16. Book has been turned into a very, very successful movie (franchise, even) and videogames. Also comic books, amusement park rides, and a cancelled cartoon series. 17. Book appeared before 2000. ---
**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 16, 2016, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/228 "2016-03-16T04:09:06Z")
Hmm. Can’t figure out who this guy is. You’re welcome to my three earned DQs, one per customer. ---
**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 16, 2016, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/229 "2016-03-16T12:28:15Z")
I’m drawing a blank too. Of course, the answer’s going to be blatantly obvious when it’s revealed… IQ1: Are you a bellicose science fiction author who wrote the Star Trek episode _City on the Edge of Forever_? IQ2: Are you the writer of the Stainless Steel Rat books? IQ3: Are some of your characters born from selective breeding pools known as Howard families? ---
**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 16, 2016, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/230 "2016-03-16T12:42:33Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > I’m drawing a blank too. Of course, the answer’s going to be blatantly obvious when it’s revealed… > > IQ1: Are you a bellicose science fiction author who wrote the Star Trek episode _City on the Edge of Forever_? > IQ2: Are you the writer of the Stainless Steel Rat books? > IQ3: Are some of your characters born from selective breeding pools known as Howard families? I am not Harlan Ellison. I am still not Harry Harrison. I am not Robert Heinlein. ---
**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 16, 2016, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/231 "2016-03-16T13:55:07Z")
DQ: Science fiction character? ---
**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 16, 2016, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/232 "2016-03-16T15:19:57Z")
IQ1: Are you an author whose pen name is Lemony Snicket? IQ2: Are you the author of _Catch-22_? IQ3: Were you a stand-up comic who upon knowing he would eventually die of pancreatic cancer in 1994, made his material considerably darker? ---
**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 16, 2016, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/233 "2016-03-16T16:43:05Z")
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; he was more of a “good guy” in the movies 13. Was killed in the book 14. Not a crime/mystery book 15. Not set in a big city 16. Book has been turned into a very, very successful movie (franchise, even) and videogames. Also comic books, amusement park rides, and a cancelled cartoon series. 17. Book appeared before 2000. 18. From a work of science fiction ---
**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 16, 2016, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/234 "2016-03-16T16:44:07Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you an author whose pen name is Lemony Snicket? > IQ2: Are you the author of _Catch-22_? > IQ3: Were you a stand-up comic who upon knowing he would eventually die of pancreatic cancer in 1994, made his material considerably darker? 1. Take a DQ. 2. I am not Joseph Heller. 3. Take a DQ. ---
**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 16, 2016, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/235 "2016-03-16T21:57:04Z")
IQ: Did you build an amusement park centred around re-created prehistoric animals? ---
**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 16, 2016, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/236 "2016-03-16T22:49:06Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ: Did you build an amusement park centred around re-created prehistoric animals? Why, yes, I am indeed John Hammond from _Jurassic Park_ by Michael Crichton. In the book, Hammond is not portrayed as the loveable grandfather he is the movie, but a ruthless businessman who cares more about his dinosaurs than about the people. Good job, SCAdian! ---
**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 17, 2016, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/237 "2016-03-17T01:22:13Z")
Good! I was starting to get a headache from all the thinking this round required. 😃 I am **I**. ---
**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 17, 2016, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/238 "2016-03-17T03:54:57Z")
Good job, **SCAdian**. I was a long way from guessing anyone from _Jurassic Park_. IQs: Were you a priest with a major American college named after you? Were you an eccentric Nawlins resident? Was your vacation home called Goldeneye? ---
**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 17, 2016, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/239 "2016-03-17T10:04:43Z")
IQs: 1. Did you throw bricks at Krazy Kat? 2. Were you a terrible Russian czar? 3. Did you write the play _The Bald Soprano_? ---
**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 17, 2016, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512/240 "2016-03-17T11:00:53Z")
IQ1: Are you an Australian rapper and model whose real name is Amethyst Amelia Kelly? IQ2: Are you an American punk rock artist whose real name is James Newell Osterberg, Jr.? IQ3: Are you a Guns N’ Roses guitarist whose real name is Jeffrey Dean Isbell? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2016/747512.md?page=13)