# 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:** 7
**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 7, 2024, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/121 "2024-11-07T16:15:59Z")
An excellent choice, **knoodler**! ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2024, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/122 "2024-11-07T17:06:19Z")
Good one, **knoodler**! ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2024, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/123 "2024-11-07T18:30:21Z")
Thanks all! Let’s try someone whom everyone should know: [![](https://e7.pngegg.com/pngimages/687/441/png-clipart-letter-c-art-logo-c-letter-letter-c-blue-angle-thumbnail.png) ](https://e7.pngegg.com/pngimages/687/441/png-clipart-letter-c-art-logo-c-letter-letter-c-blue-angle-thumbnail.png) ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2024, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/124 "2024-11-07T21:20:47Z")
IQs: 1. Were you married to John Lloyd? 2. Are you the namesake villain of an educational video game franchise? 3. Were you Frank Hardy’s steady gal? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2024, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/125 "2024-11-07T23:10:46Z")
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 8, 2024, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/126 "2024-11-08T02:07:28Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > 1. Were you married to John Lloyd? > 2. Are you the namesake villain of an educational video game franchise? > 3. Were you Frank Hardy’s steady gal? Tennis star Chris Evert, Carmen Sandiego, and Callie Shaw, respectively. DQs: 1. Real? 2. Male? 3. First name begins with C? ---
**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 8, 2024, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/127 "2024-11-08T04:45:43Z")
Good one, **knoodler**. I’ve certainly heard of Euell Gibbons, but only know him as the healthy-cereal TV pitchman. On to C! IQs: Were you the only known bearded Elf in all of Tolkien’s writings? Was your other name (giggle) Teleporno? Were you a giant evil dog in the Middle-earth legendarium? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/128 "2024-11-08T04:58:13Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you the only known bearded Elf in all of Tolkien’s writings? > Was your other name (giggle) Teleporno? > Were you a giant evil dog in the Middle-earth legendarium? I feel I should one of these, but… Take 3 DQs ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/129 "2024-11-08T04:59:02Z")
DQ: 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. First name begins with C ---
**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 8, 2024, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/130 "2024-11-08T17:14:44Z")
IQs: 1. Did you come into ownership of a chocolate factory? 2. Did you help a small girl from Kansas find her way home? 3. Are you frequently in the company of the jazz-dancin’ honey, Minnie Bannister, on the high-esteemed, perpetually bewildering, moss-covered, orthopaedic 1950’s BBC radio series _The Goon Show_? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/131 "2024-11-08T18:33:54Z")
1. I am not Charlie Bucket 2. I am not… the Wizard? Take a DQ 3. 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 8, 2024, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/132 "2024-11-08T18:35:19Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you come into ownership of a chocolate factory? > 2. Did you help a small girl from Kansas find her way home? > 3. Are you frequently in the company of the jazz-dancin’ honey, Minnie Bannister, on the high-esteemed, perpetually bewildering, moss-covered, orthopaedic 1950’s BBC radio series _The Goon Show_? > [@knoodler](#): > > - I am not Charlie Bucket > - I am not… the Wizard? Take a DQ > - Take a DQ Correct on Charlie. #2 was the Cowardly Lion. #3 is Henry “You can’t get the wood any more” Crun. DQs: 1. American creator(s)? 2. Created after 1950? ---
**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 8, 2024, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/133 "2024-11-08T18:38:29Z")
IQs: 1. Did you wear herring boxes as sandals? 2. Did you write _My Horizontal Life: A Collection Of One Night Stands_? 3. Are you Pacha’s wife in _The Emperor’s New Groove_? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/134 "2024-11-08T18:43:50Z")
1. Take a DQ 2. Take a DQ 3. I am not Chica ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/135 "2024-11-08T18:44:56Z")
DQ: 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. First name begins with C 4. American creator 5. Created after 1950 6. Created before 1990 7. Not best known from TV or movies ---
**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 8, 2024, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/136 "2024-11-08T18:45:34Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you wear herring boxes as sandals? > 2. Did you write _My Horizontal Life: A Collection Of One Night Stands_? > 3. Are you Pacha’s wife in _The Emperor’s New Groove_? > [@knoodler](#): > > - Take a DQ > - Take a DQ > - I am not Chica #1 was My Darling Clementine. #2 is Chelsea Handler. #3. Correct on Chicha. DQs: 1. Created after 1990? 2( Best known from TV or movies? ---
**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 8, 2024, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/137 "2024-11-08T22:07:22Z")
Previous IQs: Were you the only known bearded Elf in all of Tolkien’s writings? - Cirdan the Shipwright Was your other name (giggle) Teleporno? - Celeborn, Galadriel’s husband Were you a giant evil dog in the Middle-earth legendarium? - Carcharoth DQs: American character? Considered a good guy? From genre fiction (sf, fantasy, Western, detective, spy, horror, etc.)? IQs: Were you mentioned in the title of Col. Sherman Potter’s favorite movie? Were you the first to fly across America, and did so “crash by crash”? Did you create Dirk Pitt and Al Giordino? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/138 "2024-11-08T22:50:44Z")
**E\_H** : Take 3 DQs and call me in the morning DQ: 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. First name begins with C 4. American creator 5. Created after 1950 6. Created before 1990 7. Not best known from TV or movies 8. American character 9. Considered a good guy 10. Not from genre fiction ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2024, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/139 "2024-11-09T04:18:19Z")
I actually read at least one ( **Stalking the Wild Asparagus** for sure) of Gibbons’s books. I enjoyed it/them. IQs: 1.Are you the author of The Parasol Protectorate series of books? 2. Were you the title character of Thorne Smith’s most famous book? 3. Did you play Mary Campbell on **Soap**? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2024, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446/140 "2024-11-09T06:39:32Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > IQs: > 1.Are you the author of The Parasol Protectorate series of books? > 2. Were you the title character of Thorne Smith’s most famous book? > 3. Did you play Mary Campbell on **Soap**? Take 3 DQs. I’m kicking myself for not knowing #3 – I’m a big fan of the show. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446.md?page=8)