# Botticelli March 2024 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [February 26, 2024, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124 "2024-02-26T22:47:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**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 4, 2024, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124/61 "2024-03-04T23:44:18Z")
IQ1: Were you the best-known member of the Barca family? IQ2: Were you the best-known member of the Cocles family? IQ3: Did you kill the Nemean lion? ---
**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:** [March 5, 2024, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124/62 "2024-03-05T15:21:30Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Did you have an inappropriate desire for a girl named Delores? > > 2. Were you a mob informant whose wife once hid a gun in her underwear? > > 3. Are you a “a scoundrel, a liar, a cheat, a thief, a coward—and, oh yes, a toady” who nonetheless managed to cheat and lie your way to the highest level of the British Army? > > Not H Jerry Seinfeld, not Henry Hill and not Harry Flashman. 1 was Humbert Humbert, who had an inappropriate list for his landlady’s daughter Delores, known by her Hispanic nickname “Lolita”. Correct on 2 and 3. DQ: Known for the arts? IQs: 1. Were you the leader of the original “band of brothers”? 2. Did you play a character who liked to go to a jewelry store to eat breakfast? 3. Were you that character? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2024, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124/63 "2024-03-05T16:33:24Z")
IQs: 1. Did you play a cetacean biologist in a Star Trek movie? 2. Were you in charge of the New Deal-era Public Works Administration? 3. Did you oversee the New Deal-era _Civil_ Works Administration ( and feud some with #2 as a result?) ---
**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 5, 2024, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124/64 "2024-03-05T19:01:10Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you the best-known member of the Barca family? > IQ2: Were you the best-known member of the Cocles family? > IQ3: Did you kill the Nemean lion? Not Hannibal, Hermione or Hercules. > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > … > IQs: > > 1. Were you the leader of the original “band of brothers”? > > 2. Did you play a character who liked to go to a jewelry store to eat breakfast? > > 3. Were you that character? Not King Henry V at Agincourt, Audrey Heburn (le sigh) or Holly Golightly. > [@SunUp](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play a cetacean biologist in a Star Trek movie? > > 2. Were you in charge of the New Deal-era Public Works Administration? > > 3. Did you oversee the New Deal-era _Civil_ Works Administration ( and feud some with #2 as a result?) Not Hope Whatsherlastname, Harry Hopkins or Harry Hopkins (probably one or 'tother). H. 1. real 2. male 3. American 4. born before 1950 5. born before 1900 6. not best known for politics or military 7. last name starts with H 8. not known for the arts ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2024, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124/65 "2024-03-05T19:10:11Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Did you play a cetacean biologist in a Star Trek movie? > > 2. Were you in charge of the New Deal-era Public Works Administration? > > 3. Did you oversee the New Deal-era _Civil_ Works Administration ( and feud some with #2 as a result?) > > Not Hope Whatsherlastname, Harry Hopkins or Harry Hopkins (probably one or 'tother). Catherine Hicks, Harold Ickes, and (correctly) Harry Hopkins. DQ: Known for business? 2 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:** [March 5, 2024, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124/66 "2024-03-05T19:21:08Z")
H. 1. real 2. male 3. American 4. born before 1950 5. born before 1900 6. not best known for politics or military 7. last name starts with H 8. not known for the arts 9. not best known for business ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2024, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124/67 "2024-03-05T19:23:39Z")
DQ: Best known for science/technology? 1 DQ reserved. ---
**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 5, 2024, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124/68 "2024-03-05T19:31:15Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > IQ1: Were you the best-known member of the Barca family? > > IQ2: Were you the best-known member of the Cocles family? > > IQ3: Did you kill the Nemean lion? > > Not Hannibal, Hermione or Hercules. correct Horatius (he of the famous bridge) correct DQ1: Born before 1800? DQ2: Caucasian? One DQ reserved. IQ1: Did you live with Nokomis? IQ2: Were you the original main character in a series that was taken over by two girls? IQ3: Did you divorce your first and fourth wives? ---
**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 5, 2024, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124/69 "2024-03-05T19:52:56Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > … > IQ1: Did you live with Nokomis? > IQ2: Were you the original main character in a series that was taken over by two girls? > IQ3: Did you divorce your first and fourth wives? Dunno, dunno and not Henry VIII. H. 1. real 2. male 3. American 4. born before 1950 5. born before 1900 6. not best known for politics or military 7. last name starts with H 8. not known for the arts 9. not best known for business 10. not best known for science/technology 11. born after 1800 12. Caucasian ---
**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:** [March 5, 2024, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124/70 "2024-03-05T20:14:15Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Were you the leader of the original “band of brothers”? > > 2. Did you play a character who liked to go to a jewelry store to eat breakfast? > > 3. Were you that character? > > Not King Henry V at Agincourt, Audrey Heburn (le sigh) or Holly Golightly. A clean sweep! IQs: 1. Did you play Mister Greenjeans on _Captain Kangaroo_? 2. Before returning to your native country to lead a revolution, did you travel the world, working as a cook and cook’s helper, both on ships and in the United States, Great Britain, and France? 3. Were you a housewife who convinced the Honolulu Advertiser to publish a column of useful domestic tips, that eventually became syndicated in over 600 newspapers? ---
**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 5, 2024, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124/71 "2024-03-05T20:28:30Z")
Dunno, not Ho Chi Minh and not Heloise. ---
**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 5, 2024, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124/72 "2024-03-05T21:47:12Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > … > > IQ1: Did you live with Nokomis? > > IQ2: Were you the original main character in a series that was taken over by two girls? > > IQ3: Did you divorce your first and fourth wives? > > Dunno, dunno and not Henry VIII. Hiawatha Henry Huggins correct DQ: Known for sports? Two DQs reserved. ---
**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:** [March 5, 2024, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124/73 "2024-03-05T22:19:15Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play Mister Greenjeans on _Captain Kangaroo_? > 2. Before returning to your native country to lead a revolution, did you travel the world, working as a cook and cook’s helper, both on ships and in the United States, Great Britain, and France? > 3. Were you a housewife who convinced the Honolulu Advertiser to publish a column of useful domestic tips, that eventually became syndicated in over 600 newspapers? Damn, it’s hard to get anything past you, dude. Correct on 2 and 3. 1 was Hugh “Lumpy” Brannen. DQ: First name starts N - Z? IQs: 1. Did you say “That which is hateful to yourself, do not do to your fellow; this is the whole Torah. The rest is commentary. Go and learn.”? 2. Are you the hero and protagonist of _Snow Crash_? 3. Were you the second head of an Arab country to sign a peace treaty with Israel? ---
**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 5, 2024, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124/74 "2024-03-05T22:31:06Z")
DQs: 1. Are you that most dangerous of animals, a clever sheep? 2. Did you write _Brightest and best of the sons of the morning_ and over 200 other hymns? 3. Did you play Kid Twist in _The Sting_? ---
**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 6, 2024, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124/75 "2024-03-06T17:03:30Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > … > IQs: > > 1. Did you say “That which is hateful to yourself, do not do to your fellow; this is the whole Torah. The rest is commentary. Go and learn.”? > > 2. Are you the hero and protagonist of _Snow Crash_? > > 3. Were you the second head of an Arab country to sign a peace treaty with Israel? Not Haimonides, Hiro Protagonist or King Hussein of Jordan. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > DQs: > > 1. Are you that most dangerous of animals, a clever sheep? > 2. Did you write _Brightest and best of the sons of the morning_ and over 200 other hymns? > 3. Did you play Kid Twist in _The Sting_? Not Harold from _Monty Python_ (“Notice he does not fly so much as plummet”), dunno and dunno. H. 1. real 2. male 3. American 4. born before 1950 5. born before 1900 6. not best known for politics or military 7. last name starts with H 8. not known for the arts 9. not best known for business 10. not best known for science/technology 11. born after 1800 12. Caucasian 13. not known for sports 14. first name does not start N-Z ---
**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 6, 2024, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124/76 "2024-03-06T18:44:05Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > DQs: > > 1. Are you that most dangerous of animals, a clever sheep? > 2. Did you write _Brightest and best of the sons of the morning_ and over 200 other hymns? > 3. Did you play Kid Twist in _The Sting_? Not Harold from _Monty Python_ (“Notice he does not fly so much as plummet”), dunno and dunno. [/quote] Correct on Harold. #2 was Reginald Heber. #3 was Harold Gould. DQs: 1. Born after 1850? 2. Known for his writing? ---
**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 6, 2024, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124/77 "2024-03-06T21:02:07Z")
IQs: 1. Are you a real Wild West gunman played in movies by both Rock Hudson and Jack Elam? 2. Did your son cross the Alps with elephants? 3. Did you create Dr. Dolittle? ---
**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:** [March 7, 2024, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124/78 "2024-03-07T13:04:43Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > > … > > IQs: > > > > 1. Did you say “That which is hateful to yourself, do not do to your fellow; this is the whole Torah. The rest is commentary. Go and learn.”? > > 2. Are you the hero and protagonist of _Snow Crash_? > > 3. Were you the second head of an Arab country to sign a peace treaty with Israel? > > Not Haimonides, Hiro Protagonist or King Hussein of Jordan. 2-for-3 again. 1 was Rabbi Hillel the Elder, who said that he could teach the whole Torah to a convert while the man stood on one foot. 1 DQ 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:** [March 7, 2024, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124/79 "2024-03-07T18:31:41Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you a real Wild West gunman played in movies by both Rock Hudson and Jack Elam? > 2. Did your son cross the Alps with elephants? > 3. Did you create Dr. Dolittle? Not Wild Bill Hickok, not Hannibal again, and dunno. H. 1. real 2. male 3. American 4. born before 1950 5. born before 1900 6. not best known for politics or military 7. last name starts with H 8. not known for the arts 9. not best known for business 10. not best known for science/technology 11. born after 1800 12. Caucasian 13. not known for sports 14. first name does not start N-Z 15. born after 1850 16. not known for his writing I believe there are four reserved DQs out there at the moment, so no more IQs, please. ---
**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 7, 2024, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124/80 "2024-03-07T18:38:04Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Are you a real Wild West gunman played in movies by both Rock Hudson and Jack Elam? > > 2. Did your son cross the Alps with elephants? > > 3. Did you create Dr. Dolittle? > > Not Wild Bill Hickok, not Hannibal again, and dunno. #1 was John Wesley Hardin. #2 was Hamilcar, father of Hannibal. #3 was Hugh Lofting. DQ: Known for crime? 2 DQs reserved. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124.md?page=5)