# Botticelli - Oct. 2020 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [October 5, 2020, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262 "2020-10-05T13:57:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 14
**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:** [October 21, 2020, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/261 "2020-10-21T22:05:09Z")
Well done, **MissTake**! Previous IQs: Were you Lincoln’s first SECWAR? - Yes, Simon Cameron Were you his first SECTREAS? - Yes, Salmon P. Chase Were you Nelson’s #2 at Trafalgar? - Adm. Cuthbert Collingwood On to S… IQs: Did you marry the former King Edward VIII? Was your middle name Kooi? Have you won an Emmy, served as an astronaut and ruined a gubernatorial campaign? ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2020, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/262 "2020-10-21T23:03:28Z")
**My letter is S** 1. Real 2. Last name begins with S ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2020, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/263 "2020-10-21T23:05:15Z")
IQs: 1. Were you played by Elsa Lanchester in _The Bride of Frankenstein_, in a little prologue before the story? 2. Did you write _The Hunger Games_? 3. Oh [you], don’t you cry for me? ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2020, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/264 "2020-10-21T23:09:21Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you the “Pumpkin King” of Halloween Town? > IQ2: Did you provide the speaking voice for IQ1? > IQ3: Are you IQ1’s love interest? I’m not Jack Skellington, Chris Sarandon or Sally > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did you marry the former King Edward VIII? > Was your middle name Kooi? > Have you won an Emmy, served as an astronaut and ruined a gubernatorial campaign? I’m still not Wallis Simpson No idea No idea ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2020, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/265 "2020-10-21T23:14:35Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. Were you played by Elsa Lanchester in _The Bride of Frankenstein_ , in a little prologue before the story? Not the way I figured it would go, but **Yes, I am Mary Shelley** Nice! ---
**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:** [October 21, 2020, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/266 "2020-10-21T23:37:20Z")
Whoa! Great guess, DLR! ---
**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:** [October 21, 2020, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/267 "2020-10-21T23:45:18Z")
Yes, indeedy! Well done, **DLR**. Previous IQs: Did you marry the former King Edward VIII? - Yes, Wallis Simpson Was your middle name Kooi? - U.S. Sen. Alan Simpson Have you won an Emmy, served as an astronaut and ruined a gubernatorial campaign? - Homer J. Simpson Simpson x3! ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/268 "2020-10-22T00:24:18Z")
Well, THAT was fast. I was going to go with Stephen King as my first answer, then I thought I might as well get the question related to MissTake’s Bride of Frankenstein avatar out of the way first. And here we are! I am H. ---
**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:** [October 22, 2020, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/269 "2020-10-22T00:39:28Z")
IQs: 1. Did you write _The 51st Dragon_? 2. Did you recently battle hand-to-hand with Punchline? 3. Were you an Israeli prophet of doom? ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/270 "2020-10-22T00:54:10Z")
IQs 1. Were you obsessed with a young girl whose given name was Dolly? 2. Was a doomed domed stadium named after you? 3. Are you the source of the HeLa cell line? ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/271 "2020-10-22T11:12:33Z")
IQ1: Have Ron Perlman and David Harbour played you in film? IQ2: Did Jeffrey Combs play you in the Re-Animator movies? IQ3: Have you been played by Anthony Hopkins and Mads Mikkelsen? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/272 "2020-10-22T13:41:00Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write _The 51st Dragon_ ? > 2. Did you recently battle hand-to-hand with Punchline? > 3. Were you an Israeli prophet of doom? 1. I am not Heywood Broun. 2. I am not Harley Quinn. 3. I am not Habbakuk? If not Habbakuk, take a DQ. > [@MissTake](#): > > IQs > > 1. Were you obsessed with a young girl whose given name was Dolly? > 2. Was a doomed domed stadium named after you? > 3. Are you the source of the HeLa cell line? 1. I am not Humbert Humbert. 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not Henrietta Lacks. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Have Ron Perlman and David Harbour played you in film? > IQ2: Did Jeffrey Combs play you in the Re-Animator movies? > IQ3: Have you been played by Anthony Hopkins and Mads Mikkelsen? IQ1: I am not Hellboy. IQ2: I am not Herbert “It wasn’t fresh enough” West. IQ3: I am not Hannibal Lecter. ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/273 "2020-10-22T13:43:34Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. I am not Humbert Humbert. > 2. Take a DQ. > 3. I am not Henrietta Lacks. yes, Hubert H Humphrey, yes DQ: Male? ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/274 "2020-10-22T13:48:17Z")
IQs 1. Were you a slightly cross-eyed comedian with a speech impediment? 2. Did you have to drop out of a film due to aluminum dust? 3. Did music die when you died? ---
**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:** [October 22, 2020, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/275 "2020-10-22T15:49:48Z")
I think guessing the person after just two DQs had been answered might be a record. Does anyone remember a faster round? H it is. IQs: Were you forced from office after the loss of the USS _Discovery_? Were you “the Unspeakable” in the Lovecraft Mythos? Did you “build a wall” in Europe long before 2016? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/276 "2020-10-22T16:41:48Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > IQs > > 1. Were you a slightly cross-eyed comedian with a speech impediment? > 2. Did you have to drop out of a film due to aluminum dust? > 3. Did music die when you died? 1. Take a DQ. 2. Are you thinking of Jack Haley? He was actually in _The Wizard of Oz_; it was Buddy Ebsen who originally had the role of the Tin Man, but had to leave because of health issues relating to the tin makeup. 3. I am not Buddy Holly (oh boy). > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you forced from office after the loss of the USS _Discovery_ ? > Were you “the Unspeakable” in the Lovecraft Mythos? > Did you “build a wall” in Europe long before 2016? Respectively: I am not HAL 9000. I am not Hastur. I am not Hadrian. ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/277 "2020-10-22T16:46:26Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > . Take a DQ. > 2. Are you thinking of Jack Haley? He was actually in _The Wizard of Oz_ ; it was Buddy Ebsen who originally had the role of the Tin Man, but had to leave because of health issues relating to the tin makeup. > 3. I am not Buddy Holly (oh boy) GAH - my dumb self got stuck on my trios - and yeah, got stuck on Buddy Ebsen _completely_ forgetting H 1. Was Buddy Hackett DQ 1. (from above) Male? 2. Alive? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/278 "2020-10-22T16:48:55Z")
Forgot the DQs. Argh. DQs: 1. male 2. real ---
**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:** [October 22, 2020, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/279 "2020-10-22T17:01:48Z")
Previous IQs: Were you forced from office after the loss of the USS _Discovery_? HAL 9000 was not “in office,” as such. This was Dr. Heywood Floyd, head of the U.S. Astronautics Agency. Were you “the Unspeakable” in the Lovecraft Mythos? - Yes, Hastur Did you “build a wall” in Europe long before 2016? - Yes, the Roman Emperor Hadrian DQ: Alive? IQs: Did you hope to lead the Continental Army but did not object to Washington doing so? Were you called “the Superb” during the American Civil War? Were you shot along with Breaker Morant? ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/280 "2020-10-22T17:42:29Z")
Wow. One day away for a training class and I miss an entire letter! IQs: Are you considered the father of history? Did you briefly legally change your name to Max Power? Did you allegedly attempt to bribe both LBJ and Nixon into halting nuclear testing in Nevada? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262.md?page=15)