# Botticelli - November 2015 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [November 2, 2015, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440 "2015-11-02T17:55:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**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:** [November 16, 2015, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/201 "2015-11-16T19:02:32Z")
DQ: Known for children’s books? 1 DQ left ---
**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 16, 2015, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/202 "2015-11-16T21:43:13Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Dead 3. Female 4. American 5. Last name starts with H 6. Born before 1950 7. Known for the arts 8. Born of American parents outside the U.S.A. 9. Not known for the performing arts 10. Known for the visual arts 11. Born before 1900 12. Did not win a top award in her field, though she received much recognition 13. Not a painter 14. Not married to a famous man 15. Did not create things that would be found in an art gallery 16. Known for writing, and not comic books 17. Not known for children’s books ---
**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 16, 2015, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/203 "2015-11-16T21:55:14Z")
I wouldn’t include writing under the heading Visual Arts, but I suppose YMMV… IQ: Did you write “The Battle Hymn of the Republic”? ---
**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 16, 2015, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/204 "2015-11-16T22:05:25Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > I wouldn’t include writing under the heading Visual Arts, but I suppose YMMV… > IQ: Did you write “The Battle Hymn of the Republic”? I am not Julia Ward Howe. ---
**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:** [November 16, 2015, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/205 "2015-11-16T22:13:28Z")
Could be known for calligraphy, or designs billboards, or a skywriter. Maybe she paints with words. IQ1: Were you Egon in _Ghostbusters_? IQ2: Were you the archetypical bespectacled character in many silent films? IQ3: Were you a British playwright whose masterwork is considered to be _The Homecoming_ (1965)? ---
**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 16, 2015, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/206 "2015-11-16T22:33:14Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Could be known for calligraphy, or designs billboards, or a skywriter. Maybe she paints with words. > > IQ1: Were you Egon in _Ghostbusters_? > IQ2: Were you the archetypical bespectacled character in many silent films? > IQ3: Were you a British playwright whose masterwork is considered to be _The Homecoming_ (1965)? I am not Harold Ramis. I am not Harold Lloyd. I am not Harold [pause] Pinter. No, she’s known as an author. ---
**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 17, 2015, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/207 "2015-11-17T05:44:33Z")
I’m drawing a blank. I release my earned DQs to other players, 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:** [November 17, 2015, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/208 "2015-11-17T15:43:48Z")
IQ1: Did you campaign to make Thanksgiving an American holiday? ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2015, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/209 "2015-11-17T16:11:30Z")
It’s also possible she had two distinct artistic achievement sets, one in writing and one in visual arts. I’m also out of ideas, if anyone wants my two 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:** [November 17, 2015, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/210 "2015-11-17T19:07:21Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did you campaign to make Thanksgiving an American holiday? Take a 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 17, 2015, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/211 "2015-11-17T19:08:22Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > It’s also possible she had two distinct artistic achievement sets, one in writing and one in visual arts. > > I’m also out of ideas, if anyone wants my two DQs. No, just writing. I consider writing a visual art. ---
**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:** [November 17, 2015, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/212 "2015-11-17T20:50:06Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Did you campaign to make Thanksgiving an American holiday? > > Take a DQ. Sarah Josepha Hale Damn, I thought I had it. Fits with the upcoming holiday and all that. I think your interpreting writing as a visual art threw the rest of us off. Granted you usually have to see to read, but [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_arts)sez: “The visual arts are art forms such as ceramics, drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking, design, crafts, photography, video, filmmaking and architecture.” Writing is not included in that description. ---
**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 17, 2015, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/213 "2015-11-17T22:05:13Z")
Okay, let’s do it this way: **DQs:** 1. Real 2. Dead 3. Female 4. American 5. Last name starts with H 6. Born before 1950 7. Known for the arts 8. Born of American parents outside the U.S.A. 9. Not known for the performing arts 10. Author 11. Born before 1900 12. Did not win a top award in her field, though she received much recognition 13. Not married to a famous man 14. Not known for children’s books So, the quarry is a dead female American author whose last name starts with H and who was born before 1900 ---
**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:** [November 18, 2015, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/214 "2015-11-18T00:51:50Z")
one last gasp IQ: Are you a gossip columnist who once got kicked in the ass by Spencer Tracy? ---
**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 18, 2015, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/215 "2015-11-18T01:57:35Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > one last gasp > > IQ: Are you a gossip columnist who once got kicked in the ass by Spencer Tracy? If that’s not it, then I’m ready for the reveal… ---
**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 18, 2015, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/216 "2015-11-18T02:43:00Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > one last gasp > > IQ: Are you a gossip columnist who once got kicked in the ass by Spencer Tracy? I am not Hedda Hopper. If that’s not it, take 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:** [November 18, 2015, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/217 "2015-11-18T05:13:56Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > …I think your interpreting writing as a visual art threw the rest of us off. Granted you usually have to see to read, but [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_arts)sez: “The visual arts are art forms such as ceramics, drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking, design, crafts, photography, video, filmmaking and architecture.” Writing is not included in that description. Yeah, we’ve never treated writing as a visual art before in Botticelli that I remember. ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2015, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/218 "2015-11-18T06:57:30Z")
If it can be presented in braille without any loss of content, I wouldn’t classify it as a visual art. ---
**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 18, 2015, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/219 "2015-11-18T12:34:45Z")
Okay, I won’t consider writing a visual art again in the game. ---
**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:** [November 18, 2015, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440/220 "2015-11-18T13:53:08Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > I am not Hedda Hopper. If that’s not it, take a DQ. Correct. DQ: Born before 1800? 1 DQ left [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2015/736440.md?page=12)