# Botticelli - November 2018 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [November 6, 2018, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2018/824104 "2018-11-06T23:35:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2018, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2018/824104/161 "2018-12-04T23:54:34Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you the “action guy” on _FYI_? > Did you command Hill Street Station? > Is your dog buried not far from you? Respectively: I am not Frank something. Take a DQ. Take a DQ. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you invent the steamboat? > 2. Did you take credit for inventing the steamboat even though #1 above beat you to it? > 3. Did you paint Maya clothed and unclothed? 1. I am not John Fitch. 2. I am not Robert Fulton. 3. I am not Francisco Goya. DQs: 1. real 2. male 3. last name begins with F 4. dead 5. American 6. born before 1950 7. partially known for the arts, if the arts include writing 8. not best known for novels 9. greatest fame before 1941 10. not known for literature (short stories, plays, poems, etc.) 11. never won a major award for his writing 12. born before 1900 13. not known for government/politics 14. not known for philosophy 15. not known for military activity 16. born after 1800 17. born east of the Miss. River 18. born north of the Mason-Dixon Line, in Albany ---
**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:** [December 5, 2018, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2018/824104/162 "2018-12-05T02:08:36Z")
Swept me. IQs: 1. Were you Audrey Hepburn’s first husband? 2. Did you write the screenplay for the movie _Popeye_? 3. Were you the founder of Boys’ Town? ---
**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:** [December 5, 2018, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2018/824104/163 "2018-12-05T05:15:19Z")
Previous IQs: Were you the “action guy” on _FYI_? - Frank Fontana Did you command Hill Street Station? - Francis “Frank” Furillo Is your dog buried not far from you? - Franklin D. Roosevelt Frank x3! Can’t figure out who this is. DQ: Best known for screenwriting? I yield my other two DQs to whoever would like to ask them, one per customer. ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2018, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2018/824104/164 "2018-12-05T13:14:42Z")
My boxer was Floyd Mayweather, you got the other two correct. DQ: known for religious activities? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2018, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2018/824104/165 "2018-12-06T00:10:47Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you Audrey Hepburn’s first husband? > 2. Did you write the screenplay for the movie _Popeye_? > 3. Were you the founder of Boys’ Town? 1. Take a DQ. 2. I am not Jules Feiffer. 3. Take a DQ. DQs: 1. real 2. male 3. last name begins with F 4. dead 5. American 6. born before 1950 7. partially known for the arts, if the arts include writing 8. not best known for novels 9. greatest fame before 1941 10. not known for literature (short stories, plays, poems, etc.) 11. never won a major award for his writing 12. born before 1900 13. not known for government/politics 14. not known for philosophy 15. not known for military activity 16. born after 1800 17. born east of the Miss. River 18. born north of the Mason-Dixon Line, in Albany 19. not best known for screenwriting 20. not known for religious activities Well, that’s 20 questions. Get in any final DQs by 8PM EST tomorrow (12/6). ---
**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:** [December 6, 2018, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2018/824104/166 "2018-12-06T06:14:18Z")
I’m stumped. ---
**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:** [December 6, 2018, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2018/824104/167 "2018-12-06T13:46:50Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you Audrey Hepburn’s first husband? > 2. Did you write the screenplay for the movie Popeye? > 3. Were you the founder of Boys’ Town? > 4. Take a DQ. > 5. I am not Jules Feiffer. > 6. Take a DQ. #1 was Mel Ferrer. Correct on Jules Feiffer. #3 was Father Flanagan. DQs: 1. Known for business? 2. Known for science? ---
**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:** [December 6, 2018, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2018/824104/168 "2018-12-06T15:54:01Z")
nm ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2018, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2018/824104/169 "2018-12-06T16:43:53Z")
DQs: 1. real 2. male 3. last name begins with F 4. dead 5. American 6. born before 1950 7. partially known for the arts, if the arts include writing 8. not best known for novels 9. greatest fame before 1941 10. not known for literature (short stories, plays, poems, etc.) 11. never won a major award for his writing 12. born before 1900 13. not known for government/politics 14. not known for philosophy 15. not known for military activity 16. born after 1800 17. born east of the Miss. River 18. born north of the Mason-Dixon Line, in Albany 19. not best known for screenwriting 20. not known for religious activities 21. not known for business 22. known for science (some might say pseudoscience) ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2018, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2018/824104/170 "2018-12-06T19:30:41Z")
(slight clarification to 22: pseudoscience, fringe science, parascience, etc.) ---
**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:** [December 7, 2018, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2018/824104/171 "2018-12-07T02:49:55Z")
Last DQ: Are you Charles Fort? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2018/824104/172 "2018-12-07T03:19:40Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Last DQ: Are you Charles Fort? I am indeed Charles Fort! Who wrote about scientific anomalies in such works as _Lo!_ and _The Book of the Damned_. Next round goes to Prof. Pepperwinkle. ---
**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:** [December 7, 2018, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2018/824104/173 "2018-12-07T04:05:48Z")
I’ll start a December thread with G in the morning. ---
**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:** [December 7, 2018, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2018/824104/174 "2018-12-07T05:45:05Z")
Congrats, **Prof. P.**! I’d heard of Fort but would’ve been unlikely to come up with his name anytime soon. ---
**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:** [December 7, 2018, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2018/824104/175 "2018-12-07T13:01:59Z")
Link to December 2018 thread: [https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=21364795#post21364795](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=21364795#post21364795) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2018/824104.md?page=8)