# Botticelli, Nov. 2022 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [October 31, 2022, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093 "2022-10-31T20:23:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 13
**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 23, 2022, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/241 "2022-11-23T19:41:06Z")
Right, then. I am, in fact, # Candido Jacuzzi an Italian-American inventor and businessman who co-invented a submersible pump to help his ailing son, and then helped expand his family’s company to capitalize on it: [Jacuzzi - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacuzzi) Next letter coming soon. ---
**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 23, 2022, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/242 "2022-11-23T20:03:40Z")
Good one!! Never realized Jacuzzi started as an airplane company. Sort of like how Nintendo started in the 1800s making playing cards. ---
**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:** [November 23, 2022, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/243 "2022-11-23T21:04:23Z")
Very nice choice indeed. ---
**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:** [November 23, 2022, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/244 "2022-11-23T22:45:06Z")
Never heard of him. ---
**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 24, 2022, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/245 "2022-11-24T04:07:24Z")
Ah, well. Our next letter is # F ---
**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:** [November 24, 2022, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/246 "2022-11-24T04:36:49Z")
IQ1: Were you Sophie Chotek’s husband? IQ2: Were you the eponymous hero of a book by Munro Leaf? IQ3: Were you the hero of a series of kids’ books by Walter Brooks? ---
**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:** [November 24, 2022, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/247 "2022-11-24T15:33:15Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a famed castrato nicknamed after cereal? 2. Did you produce a series of encyclopedias with Mr. Wagnall? 3. Were you married to Lee Majors? ---
**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 24, 2022, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/248 "2022-11-24T18:34:11Z")
IQ1: Do gamers try to survive 5 nights in your restaurant? IQ2: Did you declare “Dope will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no dope”? (I’m sure he really meant this message board) IQ3: According to schoolyard-altered lyrics, was your family started when you farted? ---
**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 24, 2022, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/249 "2022-11-24T18:52:50Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you Sophie Chotek’s husband? > IQ2: Were you the eponymous hero of a book by Munro Leaf? > IQ3: Were you the hero of a series of kids’ books by Walter Brooks? Dunno, not Ferdinand and not Artemis Fowl. ---
**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 24, 2022, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/250 "2022-11-24T18:53:48Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a famed castrato nicknamed after cereal? > 2. Did you produce a series of encyclopedias with Mr. Wagnall? > 3. Were you married to Lee Majors? Not Frank N. Barry, not Mr. Funk and not Farrah Fawcett. ---
**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 24, 2022, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/251 "2022-11-24T18:56:05Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Do gamers try to survive 5 nights in your restaurant? > IQ2: Did you declare “Dope will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no dope”? (I’m sure he really meant this message board) > IQ3: According to schoolyard-altered lyrics, was your family started when you farted? Dunno x3. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2022, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/252 "2022-11-24T23:07:51Z")
1. Did Michael Emerson play you on **Person of Interest**? 2. Are you the mother of Peter, Paige and Jason and the husband of Roger in a long-running comic strip? 3. Were you known as “The Lost Sister of the Wyoming”? ---
**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:** [November 24, 2022, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/253 "2022-11-24T23:21:45Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Were you a famed castrato nicknamed after cereal? > > 2. Did you produce a series of encyclopedias with Mr. Wagnall? > > 3. Were you married to Lee Majors? > > Not Frank N. Barry, not Mr. Funk and not Farrah Fawcett. #1 was Farinelli. Correct on the others. DQ: Real? Welcome back, **kitap!** How are you feeling? ---
**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 24, 2022, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/254 "2022-11-24T23:45:05Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > > IQ1: Do gamers try to survive 5 nights in your restaurant? > > IQ2: Did you declare “Dope will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no dope”? (I’m sure he really meant this message board) > > IQ3: According to schoolyard-altered lyrics, was your family started when you farted? > > Dunno x3. Freddy Fazbear, one of the villains in the video game _Five Nights at Freddy’s_ Freewheelin’ Franklin - from the _Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers_ comix. Uncle Fester - first grade flashback “♪The Addams family started/when Uncle Fester farted/they all became {slur that 70s kids threw about freely deleted}/ The Addams Family♪” DQ: Male? DQ First name starts with F? Holding one 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:** [November 25, 2022, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/255 "2022-11-25T00:28:47Z")
IQs: 1. Were you in love with Dudley Do-right’s Horse? 2. Are you the title character of a decades-long comic strip that is being retired? 3. Did you write _A Coney Island of the Mind_? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2022, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/256 "2022-11-25T01:05:22Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Welcome back, **kitap!** How are you feeling? Pretty good, thanks! I had a head and neck CAT scan (and suffered through huge amounts of paperwork first) to see if the cancer had reached my neck and head. Big fat **nope**!!! Good news before starting my second round of chemo! And wait…he was named after **cereal**??? ---
**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:** [November 25, 2022, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/257 "2022-11-25T01:32:53Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > IQ1: Were you Sophie Chotek’s husband? > > IQ2: Were you the eponymous hero of a book by Munro Leaf? > > IQ3: Were you the hero of a series of kids’ books by Walter Brooks? > > Dunno, not Ferdinand and not Artemis Fowl. Archduke Franz Ferdinand correct Freddy the Pig DQ: Real? Two DQs reserved. IQ1: Were you a black member of Our Gang? IQ2: Were you a white member of Our Gang? IQ3: Were you burned alive by the parents of children you’d killed? ---
**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:** [November 25, 2022, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/258 "2022-11-25T01:36:09Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > And wait…he was named after **cereal**??? There are worse fates, I suppose. ---
**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 25, 2022, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/259 "2022-11-25T04:35:29Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > 1. Did Michael Emerson play you on **Person of Interest**? > 2. Are you the mother of Peter, Paige and Jason and the husband of Roger in a long-running comic strip? > 3. Were you known as “The Lost Sister of the Wyoming”? Not Finch or the other Finch; dunno the third. Welcome back, **kitap**! ---
**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 25, 2022, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093/260 "2022-11-25T04:36:31Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you in love with Dudley Do-right’s Horse? > 2. Are you the title character of a decades-long comic strip that is being retired? > 3. Did you write _A Coney Island of the Mind_? Dunno, not Forth and dunno. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093.md?page=14)