# Botticelli - November 2024 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [October 30, 2024, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446 "2024-10-30T12:25:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 14
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2024, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/261 "2024-11-17T04:50:32Z")
Congrats! 1. Are you the author of **Half Magic** , among other books? 2. Are you the author of **Gone-Away Lake** , among other books? 3. Are you the author of **Ginger Pye** , among other books? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2024, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/262 "2024-11-17T14:58:33Z")
IQs: 1. Were you played by Octavia Spencer on a special two-part _Harry Potter_ parody episode of _Wizards of Waverly Place_? 2. Did you “almost deserve” your name, according to the first sentence of _Voyage of the Dawn Treader_? 3. Were you a fellow traveller of #2 who told him “You were only an ass, but I was a traitor”? ---
**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 17, 2024, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/263 "2024-11-17T15:38:02Z")
IQ1: Was your husband the mayor of River City? IQ2: Were you a food chemist known for writing SF? IQ3: Were you the founder of Cheapass Games? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2024, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/264 "2024-11-17T17:33:30Z")
Wow. You guys are bringing the heat! > [@kitap](#): > > Congrats! > > 1. Are you the author of **Half Magic** , among other books? > 2. Are you the author of **Gone-Away Lake** , among other books? > 3. Are you the author of **Ginger Pye** , among other books? Take 3 DQs > [@SunUp](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you played by Octavia Spencer on a special two-part _Harry Potter_ parody episode of _Wizards of Waverly Place_? > 2. Did you “almost deserve” your name, according to the first sentence of _Voyage of the Dawn Treader_? > 3. Were you a fellow traveller of #2 who told him “You were only an ass, but I was a traitor”? Take 3 DQs > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Was your husband the mayor of River City? > IQ2: Were you a food chemist known for writing SF? > IQ3: Were you the founder of Cheapass Games? Take 3 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, 2024, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/265 "2024-11-17T18:00:00Z")
IQs: 1. Were you Edgar Bergan’s female puppet? 2. Did you have a hit with _Orinoco Flow_? 3. Were you the biggest idiot on the highly esteemed, bagpipe-propelled, sawdust-scented, miracle of the 1950s airwaves, the BBC radio series _The Goon Show_? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2024, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/266 "2024-11-17T19:13:13Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > 1. Are you the author of **Half Magic** , among other books? > 2. Are you the author of **Gone-Away Lake** , among other books? > 3. Are you the author of **Ginger Pye** , among other books? Edward Eager, Elizabeth Enright, Eleanor Estes. DQs: 1. Real 2. Female? One DQ reserved. IQs: 1. Are you the author of **The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles**? 2. Were you played by Samantha Ferris on **Supernatural**? 3. Did you play Barnaby Jones on TV? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2024, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/267 "2024-11-17T19:27:08Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you Edgar Bergan’s female puppet? > 2. Did you have a hit with _Orinoco Flow_? > 3. Were you the biggest idiot on the highly esteemed, bagpipe-propelled, sawdust-scented, miracle of the 1950s airwaves, the BBC radio series _The Goon Show_? 1. Take a DQ 2. I am not Enya 3. Take a DQ > [@kitap](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the author of **The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles**? > 2. Were you played by Samantha Ferris on **Supernatural**? > 3. Did you play Barnaby Jones on TV? 1. Take a DQ 2. I am not Ellen… something 3. I am not Buddy Ebsen ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2024, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/268 "2024-11-17T19:27:47Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male ---
**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 17, 2024, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/269 "2024-11-17T21:06:09Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > IQ1: Was your husband the mayor of River City? > > IQ2: Were you a food chemist known for writing SF? > > IQ3: Were you the founder of Cheapass Games? > > Take 3 DQs Eulalie Mackechnie Shinn E E “Doc” Smith James Ernest DQ1: Living? DQ2: Known for the Arts? One DQ reserved. IQ1: Are you really Arnold Dorsey? IQ2: Are you a German composer with the same name? IQ3: Did a character in one of your books quote extensively from a poem by H H Knibbs? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2024, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/270 "2024-11-17T22:44:07Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > 1. Were you played by Octavia Spencer on a special two-part _Harry Potter_ parody episode of _Wizards of Waverly Place_? > > 2. Did you “almost deserve” your name, according to the first sentence of _Voyage of the Dawn Treader_? > > 3. Were you a fellow traveller of #2 who told him “You were only an ass, but I was a traitor”? > > Take 3 DQs Dr. Evilini. Eustace Scrubb. Edmnund Pevensie, aka King Edmund the Just. DQ: First name begins with E? 2 DQs reserved. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2024, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/271 "2024-11-17T22:52:41Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Deceased 4. Known for the arts 5. First name begins with E ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2024, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/272 "2024-11-17T22:53:38Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Are you really Arnold Dorsey? > IQ2: Are you a German composer with the same name? > IQ3: Did a character in one of your books quote extensively from a poem by H H Knibbs? Take 3 DQs ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2024, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/273 "2024-11-18T00:44:15Z")
DQs: American? Died before 1900? IQs: 1. Were you the frontman of the Raspberries? 2. Were you a bluegrass musician who revolutionized the banjo? 3. Did you make a phantom tag on the Reds’ Bernie Carbo in Game 1 of the 1970 World Series? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2024, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/274 "2024-11-18T01:05:36Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the frontman of the Raspberries? > 2. Were you a bluegrass musician who revolutionized the banjo? > 3. Did you make a phantom tag on the Reds’ Bernie Carbo in Game 1 of the 1970 World Series? 1. I am not Eric Carmen 2. I am not Earl Scruggs? 3. The beginning of The Big Red Machine? Take a DQ. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2024, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/275 "2024-11-18T01:06:13Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Deceased 4. Known for the arts 5. First name begins with E 6. American 7. Died after 1900 8. Died after 1960 ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2024, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/276 "2024-11-18T01:09:13Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > 1. Were you the frontman of the Raspberries? > > 2. Were you a bluegrass musician who revolutionized the banjo? > > 3. Did you make a phantom tag on the Reds’ Bernie Carbo in Game 1 of the 1970 World Series? > > 1. I am not Eric Carmen > 2. I am not Earl Scruggs? > 3. The beginning of The Big Red Machine? Take a DQ. Correct on 1 and 2. #3 was Elrod Hendricks, Orioles catcher. DQ: Died before 1960? ---
**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, 2024, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/277 "2024-11-18T03:55:34Z")
IQs: Did your son take something as weregild that he really shouldn’t have? Was your brother the first High King of Numenor? Did your ship become what we know as Venus? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2024, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/278 "2024-11-18T08:20:01Z")
[quote=“kitap, post:266, topic:1009446, full:true”] > [@kitap](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the author of **The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles**? > 2. Were you played by Samantha Ferris on **Supernatural**? > 3. Did you play Barnaby Jones on TV? Julie Andrews Edwards (yes, **that** Julie Andrews), correct - Ellen Harvelle, correct. 2 DQs reserved. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2024, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/279 "2024-11-18T15:04:21Z")
IQs: (From Elendil\_s\_Heir) Did your son take something as weregild that he really shouldn’t have? Was your brother the first High King of Numenor? Did your ship become what we know as Venus? [/quote] 1. Take a DQ 2. I am not… Elrond? Just a WAG 3. Take a DQ > [@kitap](#): > > Julie Andrews Edwards (yes, **that** Julie Andrews) I wasn’t aware she took her husband’s name. ---
**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, 2024, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/280 "2024-11-18T19:43:44Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > IQ1: Are you really Arnold Dorsey? > > IQ2: Are you a German composer with the same name? > > IQ3: Did a character in one of your books quote extensively from a poem by H H Knibbs? > > Take 3 DQs Engelbert Humperdinck Engelbert Humperdinck Edgar Rice Burroughs IQ: Known for the [performing arts](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Performing_arts#Types)? Two DQs reserved. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446.md?page=15)