# Botticelli- November 2025 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [November 1, 2025, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2025/1024476 "2025-11-01T13:31:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**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 5, 2025, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2025/1024476/41 "2025-11-05T20:07:07Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > IQ1: Did you write _The Pursuit of the Pankera_? > > IQ2: Did you write about Arrakis? > > IQ3: Did you write about the June Rebellion? > > Dunno, not Frank Herbert and dunno. Robert A Heinlein correct Victor Hugo (_Les Miserables_) Two DQs reserved. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2025, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2025/1024476/42 "2025-11-06T04:48:17Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you **The Ship Who Sang**? > 2. Did you star in **Safety Last!** and other movies? > 3. Did you coin the phrase _the banality of evil_? Helva, correct, correct. IQs: 1. Did you write **The House on the Borderland** among other books? 2. Are you perhaps Rosalind Russell’s most famous role? 3. Was you most famous role Jonathan Quayle Higgins? One DQ 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:** [November 6, 2025, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2025/1024476/43 "2025-11-06T05:00:59Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the Greek writer of _Histories_? > 2. Were you the Greek writer of _Theogony_? > 3. Were you the Japanese founder of the company that made the Odyssey? Not Herodotus, also not Herodotus and dunno. > [@knoodler](#): > > 1. Holly Hunter (_The Piano_) – where did you get the H. Marlee Matlin? It was a dumb joke, but I was thinking of _Children of a Lesser God._ > [@kitap](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write **The House on the Borderland** among other books? > 2. Are you perhaps Rosalind Russell’s most famous role? > 3. Was you most famous role Jonathan Quayle Higgins? Dunno, not His Girl Friday and dunno (from _Magnum P.I_.?) H. 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 6, 2025, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2025/1024476/44 "2025-11-06T13:55:10Z")
DQ1: American? DQ2: 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:** [November 6, 2025, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2025/1024476/45 "2025-11-06T16:17:38Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > 1. Holly Hunter (_The Piano_) – where did you get the H. Marlee Matlin? > > It was a dumb joke, but I was thinking of _Children of a Lesser God._ It was a good guess, as she’s also a Best Actress winner (but deaf, not mute). Coincidentally her mother’s maiden name begins with H. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2025, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2025/1024476/46 "2025-11-06T16:18:34Z")
DQ: Living? 2 DQs reserved ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2025, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2025/1024476/47 "2025-11-06T16:30:28Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Were you the Greek writer of _Histories_? > > 2. Were you the Greek writer of _Theogony_? > > 3. Were you the Japanese founder of the company that made the Odyssey? > > Not Herodotus, also not Herodotus and dunno. Correct on _Histories_. The writer of _Theogony_ was Hesiod. Soichiro Honda founded his eponymous car company, which manufactures the Odyssey. DQ: Last name begins with H? 1 DQ reserved. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2025, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2025/1024476/48 "2025-11-07T03:05:16Z")
[quote="kitap, post:42, topic:1024476, full:true] IQs: 1. Did you write **The House on the Borderland** among other books? 2. Are you perhaps Rosalind Russell’s most famous role? 3. Was you most famous role Jonathan Quayle Higgins? [/quote] William Hope Hodgson, Hildy from **His Girl Friday** and John Hillerman on, yes, **Magnum, P.I.**. 3 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:** [November 7, 2025, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2025/1024476/49 "2025-11-07T05:14:47Z")
H. 1. real 2. male 3. not American 4. not known for the Arts 5. deceased 6. last name begins with H ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2025, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2025/1024476/50 "2025-11-07T05:51:42Z")
DQ: European? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2025, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2025/1024476/51 "2025-11-07T06:13:05Z")
IQs: 1. Was your character pursued by your wife’s cousin? 2. Was your character fired for saying “booger” on the air? 3. Are you the archenemy of Doctor Bong? ---
**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, 2025, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2025/1024476/52 "2025-11-07T15:48:48Z")
IQs: 1. Did you write _The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table_? 2. Did Chris Sarandon play you in _The Princess Bride_? 3. Did the Goblin King send you to misguide Sarah? ---
**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, 2025, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2025/1024476/53 "2025-11-08T05:14:25Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Was your character pursued by your wife’s cousin? > 2. Was your character fired for saying “booger” on the air? > 3. Are you the archenemy of Doctor Bong? Dunno x3. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write _The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table_? > 2. Did Chris Sarandon play you in _The Princess Bride_? > 3. Did the Goblin King send you to misguide Sarah? Not Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., dunno and dunno. H. 1. real 2. male 3. not American 4. not known for the Arts 5. deceased 6. last name begins with H 7. European ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2025, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2025/1024476/54 "2025-11-08T05:24:51Z")
IQs: 1. Are you an American faith healer with a dubious “Anointing”? 2. Are you most famous for a show that used “Yakety Sax” for certain comic routines? 3. Were you the eponymous owner of an off-limits yet popular tavern located near West Point? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2025, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2025/1024476/55 "2025-11-08T10:43:46Z")
DQ: Known for science ? 2 DQs reserved ---
**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 8, 2025, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2025/1024476/56 "2025-11-08T13:48:06Z")
IQ1: Are you a British singer known for a recording of “Please Release Me”? IQ2: Were you a German composer whose name was borrowed as the stage name of an English singer? IQ3: Did you sell clarinets to the kids in the town? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2025, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2025/1024476/57 "2025-11-08T16:22:37Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > 1. Was your character pursued by your wife’s cousin? > > 2. Was your character fired for saying “booger” on the air? > > 3. Are you the archenemy of Doctor Bong? > > Dunno x3. Leslie Howard (_Gone With the Wind_) Howard Hessman (Dr Johnny Fever, _WKRP_) Howard the Duck Howard x3! DQs: Died before 1900? Born north of Vienna? Born west of Vienna? 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:** [November 9, 2025, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2025/1024476/58 "2025-11-09T04:13:01Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you an American faith healer with a dubious “Anointing”? > 2. Are you most famous for a show that used “Yakety Sax” for certain comic routines? > 3. Were you the eponymous owner of an off-limits yet popular tavern located near West Point? Dunno, not Benny Hill, and Hairy Harry. > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Are you a British singer known for a recording of “Please Release Me”? > IQ2: Were you a German composer whose name was borrowed as the stage name of an English singer? > IQ3: Did you sell clarinets to the kids in the town? Dunno, not Engelbert Humperdinck and not Prof. Harold Hill. H. 1. real 2. male 3. not American 4. not known for the Arts 5. deceased 6. last name begins with H 7. European 8. not known for science 9. died before 1900 10. born north of Vienna 11. born west of Vienna ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2025, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2025/1024476/59 "2025-11-09T04:59:43Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Are you an American faith healer with a dubious “Anointing”? > > 2. Are you most famous for a show that used “Yakety Sax” for certain comic routines? > > 3. Were you the eponymous owner of an off-limits yet popular tavern located near West Point? > > Dunno, not Benny Hill, and Hairy Harry. #1 was Benny Hinn. Correct on #2. #3 was Benny Havens. Benny x3! DQ: Known for politics/military? (ETA:) DQ: From the British Isles? ---
**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 9, 2025, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2025/1024476/60 "2025-11-09T05:01:08Z")
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