# 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:** 22
**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 28, 2020, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/421 "2020-10-28T23:54:39Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. Were you represented in a legal case against the Devil by Daniel Webster? > 2. Did your husband enjoy steak cut in the shape of Texas? > 3. Are you not bad–you’re just drawn that way? > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > Take a DQ > Not Lady Bird Johnson? - you can probably take another DQ > Not Jessica Rabbit Correct on Claudia “Lady Bird” Johnson. 1 was Jabez Stone. DQs: 1. first name is John, James, Joseph, or a variation of those? 2. work is connected to film? IQs: 1. In _What We Do in the Shadows_, are you the modern-day reincarnation of Nadja’s past lover Gregori? 2. Does your biography on Mental Floss describe you as being on a game show “75 times in a row, so long that your grandma got sick of him”? 3. Did you play Enid’s friend in _Ghost World_? ---
**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 29, 2020, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/422 "2020-10-29T00:08:38Z")
IQ: Did you direct _Animal House_? ---
**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 29, 2020, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/423 "2020-10-29T00:50:57Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. In _What We Do in the Shadows_ , are you the modern-day reincarnation of Nadja’s past lover Gregori? > 2. Does your biography on Mental Floss describe you as being on a game show “75 times in a row, so long that your grandma got sick of him”? > 3. Did you play Enid’s friend in _Ghost World_ ? DQ Not Ken Jennings DQ > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQ: Did you direct _Animal House_ ? Not John Landis DQs: 1. Male 2. Real 3. Last name does not start with J 4. Living 5. Not born after 1950 6. Known for the Arts 7. Caucasian 8. Not an actor 9. American 10. Not known for the Performing Arts 11. Known for the visual arts (painting, sculpture, fashion design, architecture, etc., but not including writing) - I would define the artform as a visual art. 12. Known for writing, although not primarily known for writing 13. First name starts with a J 14. Not an illustrator 15. Have won a prestigious award in my field, although not necessarily what one thinks of when they say “top” award. 16. I would say greatest fame after 1980, although the work that put me on the map, and will most likely be mentioned in the first sentence of my obituary, appeared before 1980. 17. Not a cartoonist 18. Semi-retired. Still infrequently working in the field. 19. Considered a cultural icon within his niche. 20. First name is John, James, Joseph, or a variation of those 21. Work is connected to film ---
**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 29, 2020, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/424 "2020-10-29T01:02:27Z")
IQ: Did you direct _Escape from New York_? ---
**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 29, 2020, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/425 "2020-10-29T05:07:58Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Did you direct _Escape from New York_ ? **Yes!** In honor of Halloween, I am director/screenwriter/composer **John Carpenter!!** Never won an Oscar (top award in field) but was awarded the Golden Coach Award (a lifetime achievement award) at Cannes last year. ---
**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 29, 2020, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/426 "2020-10-29T12:24:32Z")
Thank you! Always nice to wake up to a Botticelli win. Next, I am [https://3dletters.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/3d-letter-e.jpg](https://3dletters.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/3d-letter-e.jpg) ---
**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 29, 2020, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/427 "2020-10-29T13:25:12Z")
Well done, **Prof. P.**! Previous IQs: Did you share one name but all three initials of someone whose high office you later sought? - John Forbes Kerry Were you one of Lincoln’s two top White House aides? - John Nicolay Were you the other, younger one? - John Hay John x3! On to E… IQs: Did you reluctantly agree to “fix the hobo suit”? Is your desk preserved by the historical society of Jefferson County, Ohio? Was Mrs. Keppel among your several mistresses? ---
**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 29, 2020, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/428 "2020-10-29T14:03:46Z")
Congrats, Prof.! Belated IQ wrap-up: 1 (Nadja’s reincarnated past lover) was Jeff (“How can he be a warrior with a name like Jeff?”); 3 (played Enid’s friend in _Ghost World_) was Scarlett Johansson. IQs: 1. Are you the green-hued witchy protagonist of _Wicked_? 2. Did you appear in _The Babadook_ and also play detective Phryne Fisher? 3. Were you a painter born Domenikos Theotokopoulos? ---
**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 29, 2020, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/429 "2020-10-29T14:14:02Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you reluctantly agree to “fix the hobo suit”? > Is your desk preserved by the historical society of Jefferson County, Ohio? > Was Mrs. Keppel among your several mistresses? #1. I am not Emmett Kelly (??) #2. Take a DQ. #3. I am not Edward VII. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the green-hued witchy protagonist of _Wicked_ ? > 2. Did you appear in _The Babadook_ and also play detective Phryne Fisher? > 3. Were you a painter born Domenikos Theotokopoulos? #1. Been too long since I’ve read it. Take a DQ. #2. I am not Essie Davis. #3. I am not El Greco. ---
**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 29, 2020, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/430 "2020-10-29T14:22:17Z")
Previous IQs: Did you reluctantly agree to “fix the hobo suit”? - Edna Mode: [Edna Says No Capes! - THE INCREDIBLES Movie Clip (2004) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSfG3slODnM) Is your desk preserved by the historical society of Jefferson County, Ohio? - Edwin Stanton, Lincoln’s first SECWAR Was Mrs. Keppel among your several mistresses? - Yes, King Edward VII DQs: Male? Real? IQs: Were you the first County Executive of Cuyahoga County, Ohio? Did you play Capt. Picard’s sister-in-law? Did your mother insist that you have an open casket to show how badly your killers beat you? ---
**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 29, 2020, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/431 "2020-10-29T14:35:38Z")
DQs: 1. Male 2. Fictional ---
**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 29, 2020, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/432 "2020-10-29T14:36:02Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you the first County Executive of Cuyahoga County, Ohio? > Did you play Capt. Picard’s sister-in-law? > Did your mother insist that you have an open casket to show how badly your killers beat you? Take 3 DQs. ---
**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 29, 2020, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/433 "2020-10-29T15:14:30Z")
Previous IQs: Were you the first County Executive of Cuyahoga County, Ohio? - Edward FitzGerald (later a candidate for Governor of Ohio) Did you play Capt. Picard’s sister-in-law? - Samantha Eggar Did your mother insist that you have an open casket to show how badly your killers beat you? - Emmett Till DQs: Last name start with E? American? Would be alive today, if real? IQs: Did you play a character whose husband plotted to break you out of a Pittsburgh jail? Has Cate Blanchett played you twice, and hopes to again? Was your husband born on Corfu? ---
**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 29, 2020, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/434 "2020-10-29T15:17:14Z")
Congrats Prof!! IQs: 1. Were you a snippy snippy science experiment? 2. Were you a farmer taken over by an alien? 3. Were you the Starks butler? ---
**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 29, 2020, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/435 "2020-10-29T15:24:52Z")
DQs: 1. Male 2. Fictional 3. Only name starts with E 4. Not American 5. Would not be alive today, if real ---
**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 29, 2020, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/436 "2020-10-29T15:26:31Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you play a character whose husband plotted to break you out of a Pittsburgh jail? > Has Cate Blanchett played you twice, and hopes to again? > Was your husband born on Corfu? #2. I am not Elizabeth I. (??) Take 2 or 3 DQs. > [@MissTake](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a snippy snippy science experiment? > 2. Were you a farmer taken over by an alien? > 3. Were you the Starks butler? 1. Take a DQ. 2. I am not Edgar from Men In Black. 3. I am not Edwin Jarvis. ---
**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 29, 2020, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/437 "2020-10-29T15:30:47Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Take a DQ. > 2. I am not Edgar from Men In Black. > 3. I am not Edwin Jarvis. Edward Scissorhands DQ: Are you a character from a film? ---
**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 29, 2020, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/438 "2020-10-29T15:33:32Z")
DQs: 1. Male 2. Fictional 3. Only name starts with E 4. Not American 5. Would not be alive today, if real 6. Not originally from film, but has appeared in a number of films 7. Created before 1960 ---
**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 29, 2020, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/439 "2020-10-29T15:33:44Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > #1. Been too long since I’ve read it. Take a DQ. > #2. I am not Essie Davis. > #3. I am not El Greco. 1 was Elphaba. DQ: created after 1960? IQs: 1. Are you a credited as a writer of the first _Simpsons_ Halloween special, given that the third segment is based on one of your poems? 2. Do you appear in _Freaks_, using your hands to walk? 3. Did you write an alternate universe _Twilight_ fanfic under the name Snowqueen’s Icedragon, then change the character names and publish it as an original novel (which then got several sequels and a film adaption)? ---
**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 29, 2020, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/440 "2020-10-29T15:35:14Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you a credited as a writer of the first _Simpsons_ Halloween special, given that the third segment is based on one of your poems? > 2. Do you appear in _Freaks_ , using your hands to walk? > 3. Did you write an alternate universe _Twilight_ fanfiction under the name Snowqueen’s Icedragon, then change the character names and publish it as an original novel? 1. I am not Edgar Allan Poe. 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not E. L. James. (??) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262.md?page=21) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262.md?page=23)