# 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:** 19
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2024, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/361 "2024-11-30T17:51:30Z")
I thought it might be Ms McCoo! I should’ve WAG’d it. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you “dead to begin with, dead as a doornail”? > 2. Did you write _The Vampire: Its Kith and Kin_? > 3. Are you a girl friend of Dennis the Menace? 1. I know this one! But take a DQ 2. Take a DQ 3. I am not Margaret something… ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2024, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/362 "2024-11-30T17:52:02Z")
DQs 1. Real 2. Male ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2024, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/363 "2024-11-30T19:35:36Z")
Good call, **knoodler**! I was starting to circle around her but wasn’t ready to pull the trigger. IQs: 1. Have you played a jury foreman, a private detective, and an admiral? 2. Did you finally attain a rank befitting your name in _Catch-22_? 3. Did you run your own enterprise in the same novel? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2024, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/364 "2024-11-30T21:18:00Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Have you played a jury foreman, a private detective, and an admiral? > 2. Did you finally attain a rank befitting your name in _Catch-22_? > 3. Did you run your own enterprise in the same novel? 1. Take a DQ 2. I am not Maj. Major Major 3. Take a DQ ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2024, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/365 "2024-12-01T00:03:59Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > 1. Have you played a jury foreman, a private detective, and an admiral? > > 2. Did you finally attain a rank befitting your name in _Catch-22_? > > 3. Did you run your own enterprise in the same novel? > > 1. Take a DQ > 2. I am not Maj. Major Major > 3. Take a DQ #1 was Martin Balsam. Correct on #2. #3 was Milo Minderbinder, head of M&M Enterprises. DQs: First name begins with M? Living? ---
**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 1, 2024, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/366 "2024-12-01T00:11:02Z")
Swept me! Martin Balsam was also the first person cast to [provide HAL 9000’s voice.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-met-keir-dullea-tonight/589324) IQs: Were you a Governor of Arizona who was impeached and removed from office in the Eighties? Have you written about Jackson and Lincoln? Are you in the running to become DNC chair? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2024, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/367 "2024-12-01T03:54:59Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you a Governor of Arizona who was impeached and removed from office in the Eighties? > Have you written about Jackson and Lincoln? > Are you in the running to become DNC chair? 1. Take a DQ 2. I am not… James Mitchener? 3. 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:** [December 1, 2024, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/368 "2024-12-01T03:56:06Z")
DQs 1. Real 2. Male 3. First name begins with M 4. Living ---
**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 1, 2024, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/369 "2024-12-01T16:30:07Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Were you “dead to begin with, dead as a doornail”? > > 2. Did you write _The Vampire: Its Kith and Kin_? > > 3. Are you a girl friend of Dennis the Menace? > > 1. I know this one! But take a DQ > 2. Take a DQ > 3. I am not Margaret something… #1 was Jacob Marley. #2 was Montague Summers. #3 is correct. DQs: 1. American? 2. Known for the Arts? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2024, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/370 "2024-12-01T18:46:00Z")
DQs 1. Real 2. Male 3. First name begins with M 4. Living 5. American 6. Not known for arts ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2024, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/371 "2024-12-01T23:51:24Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a fashion editor turned liberal female Republican representative from New Jersey? 2. Are you the eponymous character of a comic strip which included a character much like #1? 3. Were you shot while playing pool two months after participating in a famous gunfight? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2024, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/372 "2024-12-02T02:41:38Z")
1. Take a DQ 2. I am not Milo Bloom 3. 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:** [December 2, 2024, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/373 "2024-12-02T03:44:58Z")
Previous IQs: Were you a Governor of Arizona who was impeached and removed from office in the Eighties? - [Evan Mecham](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evan_Mecham#Impeachment) Have you written about Jackson and Lincoln? - Not James Michener, but Jon Meacham (_American Lion_ and _And There Was Light_) Are you in the running to become DNC chair? - Former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley DQs: Born since 1950? Political/military? One DQ reserved. IQs: Are you a world leader who married your teacher? Were you a co-star of _Adam-12_? Were you AKA Tharkun? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2024, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/374 "2024-12-02T04:59:01Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Are you a world leader who married your teacher? > Were you a co-star of _Adam-12_? > Were you AKA Tharkun? 1. Take a DQ 2. I am not Martin Milner 3. 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:** [December 2, 2024, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/375 "2024-12-02T05:00:00Z")
DQs 1. Real 2. Male 3. First name begins with M 4. Living 5. American 6. Not known for arts 7. Born since 1950 8. Not political/military ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2024, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/376 "2024-12-02T05:17:12Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > 1. Were you a fashion editor turned liberal female Republican representative from New Jersey? > 2. Are you the eponymous character of a comic strip which included a character much like #1? > 3. Were you shot while playing pool two months after participating in a famous gunfight? > [@knoodler](#): > > - Take a DQ > - I am not Milo Bloom > - Take a DQ #1 was Millicent Fenwick. #2 was Mike Doonesbury (the Fenwick-like character was Lacey Davenport) #3 was Morgan Earp. 3 DQs reserved. ---
**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 2, 2024, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/377 "2024-12-02T16:17:32Z")
IQs: 1. Are you one of the most famed citizens of Frostbite Falls, MN? 2. Did you have a balloon in this year’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade? 3. Are you also known as Shilo Norman? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2024, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/378 "2024-12-02T17:30:30Z")
DQ: Known for business or science/technology? 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:** [December 2, 2024, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/379 "2024-12-02T19:34:06Z")
Previous IQs: Are you a world leader who married your teacher? - French President Emmanuel Macron married Brigitte Auziere, his former high school teacher, almost 25 years his senior Were you a co-star of _Adam-12_? - Yes, Martin Milner Were you AKA Tharkun? - Mithrandir AKA Gandalf, in Tolkien’s legendarium DQ: Caucasian? Two DQs reserved. IQs: Were you a top Clinton White House aide who worked most notably on healthcare reform? Did you command The Citadel after WWII? Were you the jittery, driven young producer of _FYI_? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2024, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/380 "2024-12-03T02:13:10Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you one of the most famed citizens of Frostbite Falls, MN? > 2. Did you have a balloon in this year’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade? > 3. Are you also known as Shilo Norman? Take 3 DQs. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you a top Clinton White House aide who worked most notably on healthcare reform? > Did you command The Citadel after WWII? > Were you the jittery, driven young producer of _FYI_? Take 3 DQs [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446.md?page=18) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446.md?page=20)