# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2025, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2025/1024476/61 "2025-11-09T05:44:21Z")
DQs: 1. Known for religion? 2. Died before 1800? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2025, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2025/1024476/62 "2025-11-09T15:05:10Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the narrator of _Goodfellas_? 2. Did you form in 1963 in Manchester, UK? 3. Were you a number one hit by them? ---
**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, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2025/1024476/63 "2025-11-09T16:04:14Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > (ETA:) DQ: From the British Isles? @Elendil_s_Heir : Sorry, should have redone this as its own post ---
**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 9, 2025, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2025/1024476/64 "2025-11-09T22:24:45Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@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. Engelbert Humperdinck correct correct 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 10, 2025, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2025/1024476/65 "2025-11-10T17:12:48Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the narrator of _Goodfellas_? > 2. Did you form in 1963 in Manchester, UK? > 3. Were you a number one hit by them? Not Hill. As to the other two, those don’t sound like the answers would be individual people, as expected under Botticelli rules. If they are, take two DQs. 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 12. not known for politics/military 13. from the British Isles 14. not known for religion 15. died before 1800 ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2025, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2025/1024476/66 "2025-11-10T19:04:36Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Hill. As to the other two, those don’t sound like the answers would be individual people, as expected under Botticelli rules. If they are, take two DQs. You are correct. And I forgot the rule. Both questions are withdrawn. 2 DQs still reserved. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2025, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2025/1024476/67 "2025-11-10T19:15:48Z")
DQ: Known for prose? (If prose is not included in The Arts.) 1 DQ reserved, pending question. ---
**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 10, 2025, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2025/1024476/68 "2025-11-10T19:21:54Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@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. Correct on #1. #2 is Prince Humperdinck. #3 was Hoggle, in _Labyrinth_. DQs: 1. Royalty? 2. Died before 1600? ---
**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 11, 2025, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2025/1024476/69 "2025-11-11T03:14:05Z")
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 12. not known for politics/military 13. from the British Isles 14. not known for religion 15. died before 1800 16. not royalty 17. died after 1600 17a. not known for prose Prose is included in the Arts, I believe, so I won’t ding you for that answer. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2025, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2025/1024476/70 "2025-11-11T03:22:15Z")
Thanks, but I’ll retract it. I figured prose/literature fell under The Arts, but needed clarification. 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 11, 2025, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2025/1024476/71 "2025-11-11T03:49:54Z")
IQs: 1. Despite this object’s recurring appearances over the years, were you the first to accurately predict its return? 2. Were you the prince, named after your father, who’s brother poisoned him and then married your mother? 3. Were you referred to as that person’s friend? ---
**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 11, 2025, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2025/1024476/72 "2025-11-11T17:14:14Z")
IQs 1. Are you William S. Portrt’s pen name? 2. Are you the title character of one of Bruce Willis’s more self-indulgent films? 3. Did you say, “Give me liberty or give me death”? ---
**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 11, 2025, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2025/1024476/73 "2025-11-11T20:10:26Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Despite this object’s recurring appearances over the years, were you the first to accurately predict its return? > 2. Were you the prince, named after your father, whose brother poisoned him and then married your mother? > 3. Were you referred to as that person’s friend? Not Halley (or his comet); not Hamlet or Horatio. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs > > 1. Are you William S. Portrt’s pen name? > 2. Are you the title character of one of Bruce Willis’s more self-indulgent films? > 3. Did you say, “Give me liberty or give me death”? Don’t know who William S. Portrt was, but someone with a very similar name used the pen name of O. Henry. 😉 Dunno as to the second, and I’m not Patrick Henry. I think we now have more than earned 20 DQs, so no more IQs, please. ---
**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 11, 2025, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2025/1024476/74 "2025-11-11T20:44:38Z")
Correct. 2 was Hudson Hawk. 3 is correct. DQ: Explorer? ---
**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 11, 2025, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2025/1024476/75 "2025-11-11T21:46:53Z")
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 12. not known for politics/military 13. from the British Isles 14. not known for religion 15. died before 1800 16. not royalty 17. died after 1600 17a. not known for prose 18. not an explorer ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2025, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2025/1024476/76 "2025-11-12T05:08:47Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > 1. Despite this object’s recurring appearances over the years, were you the first to accurately predict its return? > > 2. Were you the prince, named after your father, whose brother poisoned him and then married your mother? > > 3. Were you referred to as that person’s friend? > > Not Halley (or his comet); not Hamlet or Horatio. Swept x3! ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2025, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2025/1024476/77 "2025-11-12T05:09:47Z")
Last DQ: Are you an inventor? ---
**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 12, 2025, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2025/1024476/78 "2025-11-12T20:12:33Z")
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 12. not known for politics/military 13. from the British Isles 14. not known for religion 15. died before 1800 16. not royalty 17. died after 1600 17a. not known for prose 18. not an explorer 19. not an inventor Please ask all earned DQs by noon EST tomorrow. ---
**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 13, 2025, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2025/1024476/79 "2025-11-13T01:43:31Z")
DQ: Engliah? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2025, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2025/1024476/80 "2025-11-13T17:41:51Z")
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