Botticelli- November 2025

Robert A Heinlein
correct
Victor Hugo (Les Miserables)


Two DQs reserved.

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.

Not Herodotus, also not Herodotus and dunno.

It was a dumb joke, but I was thinking of Children of a Lesser God.

Dunno, not His Girl Friday and dunno (from Magnum P.I.?)

H.

  1. real
  2. male

DQ1: American?
DQ2: Known for the Arts?

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.

DQ: Living?

2 DQs reserved

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.

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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?

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William Hope Hodgson, Hildy from His Girl Friday and John Hillerman on, yes, Magnum, P.I..

3 DQs reserved

H.

  1. real
  2. male
  3. not American
  4. not known for the Arts
  5. deceased
  6. last name begins with H

DQ: European?

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?

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?

Dunno x3.

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

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?

DQ:

Known for science ?

2 DQs reserved

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?

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

Dunno, not Benny Hill, and Hairy Harry.

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

#1 was Benny Hinn. Correct on #2. #3 was Benny Havens.

Benny x3!

DQ: Known for politics/military?
(ETA:) DQ: From the British Isles?

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