# 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:** 25
**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 30, 2020, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/481 "2020-10-30T17:47:42Z")
_ **The Letter is G** _ 1. Fictional 2. My last name does not begin with G 3. Male 4. Originally appeared in prose fiction 5. I guess you could maybe place this character in the fantasy / SF realm, but very tenuously. > [@SCAdian](#): > > DQ: Were you a very dear friend of Emmylou who performed with the Byrds and the Flying Burrito Brothers? Take a DQ ---
**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 30, 2020, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/482 "2020-10-30T18:08:39Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > > > IQ1: Are you a resident of Arlen, Texas who is prone to believing wild conspiracy theories? > > > IQ2: Did you compose incidental music for a play, including such pieces as “In The Hall of the Mountain King” and “Morning Mood”? > > > IQ3: Are you the title character of the play in IQ2? > > I am not Dale Gribble > I am not Edvard Grieg (I visited his burial site in Norway - literally in the side of a mountain) > Take a DQ Correct, Correct, Peer Gynt. DQ: First appeared before 1950? ---
**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:** [October 30, 2020, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/483 "2020-10-30T18:28:15Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > DQ: Were you a very dear friend of Emmylou who performed with the Byrds and the Flying Burrito Brothers? > > Take a DQ Gram Parsons. DQ1: American creator(s)? DQ2: First appeared after 1900? ---
**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 30, 2020, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/484 "2020-10-30T19:33:01Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > 1. Were you the Sheriff of Nottingham? > 2. Did you have a little round button on top? > 3. Were you married to Steve Lawrence? > > He had a name? Sir Guy was his assistant > Take a DQ > I’m not Edie Gorme (sp?) #1. In some versions Sir Guy was the Sheriff. Correct. #2 was the Grand Panjandrum himself. #3 is correct, Eydie Gorme. 1 DQ reserved. ---
**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 30, 2020, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/485 "2020-10-30T19:47:59Z")
_ **The Letter is G** _ 1. Fictional 2. My last name does not begin with G 3. Male 4. Originally appeared in prose fiction 5. I guess you could maybe place this character in the fantasy / SF realm, but very tenuously. 6. Appeared before 1950 7. Non-American creator 8. First appeared before 1900 ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/486 "2020-10-30T19:57:13Z")
1. Were you the narrator of the book _My Side of the Mountain_? 2. Did you write a book titled _How to Live With a Calculating Cat_? 3. Were you the pursuer of Richard Kimble? ---
**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 30, 2020, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/487 "2020-10-30T20:01:29Z")
DQ: First appeared before 1800? ---
**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 30, 2020, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/488 "2020-10-30T20:44:02Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > - Were you the narrator of the book _My Side of the Mountain_ ? > - Did you write a book titled _How to Live With a Calculating Cat_ ? > - Were you the pursuer of Richard Kimble? Take 3 DQs _ **The Letter is G** _ 1. Fictional 2. My last name does not begin with G 3. Male 4. Originally appeared in prose fiction 5. I guess you could maybe place this character in the fantasy / SF realm, but very tenuously. 6. Appeared before 1950 7. Non-American creator 8. First appeared before 1900 9. Appeared after 1800 ---
**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 30, 2020, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/489 "2020-10-30T21:16:37Z")
IQs: 1. Did you famously battle the Green Knight? 2. Were you a 15th century serial killer of children? 3. Did you paint _The Kiss_? ---
**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 30, 2020, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/490 "2020-10-30T21:29:31Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > - Did you famously battle the Green Knight? > - Were you a 15th century serial killer of children? > - Did you paint _The Kiss_ ? I am not Gawain Take a DQ I am not Gustav Klimt ---
**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 30, 2020, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/491 "2020-10-30T21:36:51Z")
IQ1: Did Burt Lancaster play you in a film about a con man who takes up with an evangelist troupe? IQ2: Did you sing “Ode to Billie Joe”? IQ3: Are you a frumpy teacher at Riverdale High? ---
**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 30, 2020, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/492 "2020-10-30T21:37:16Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. While we’ve brought up Ed Gein, in _Silence of the Lambs_ are you the real identity of Buffalo Bill? > 2. Were you college roommates with Tommy Lee Jones? > 3. Is a picture of you in _Leatherheads_ on the cover of my 2011 _Time Out_ film guide? > [@MissTake](#): > > Take a DQ > I am not Al Gore > Take a DQ 1 was Jame Gumb; 3 was George Clooney. DQs: 1. created by a person from the European continent? 2. created after 1850? IQs: 1. Are you a hulking, chalk-white zombified DC villain who was “born on a Monday”? 2. Do you play Murray the investigative journalist on _Stranger Things_? 3. Is the below picture from the macabre alphabet book you wrote and illustrated? [![](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2127/7033/products/35207_large.jpg?v=1597010883) ](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2127/7033/products/35207_large.jpg?v=1597010883) ---
**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 30, 2020, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/493 "2020-10-30T21:51:47Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did Burt Lancaster play you in a film about a con man who takes up with an evangelist troupe? > IQ2: Did you sing “Ode to Billie Joe”? > IQ3: Are you a frumpy teacher at Riverdale High? I am not Elmer Gantry I am not Bobby Gentry Take a DQ > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. Are you a hulking, chalk-white zombified DC villain who was “born on a Monday”? > 2. Do you play Murray the investigative journalist on _Stranger Things_ ? > 3. Is the below picture from the macabre alphabet book you wrote and illustrated? I am not Solomon Grundy, born on a Monday Take a DQ I am not the wonderfully creepy Edward Gorey _ **The Letter is G** _ 1. Fictional 2. My last name does not begin with G 3. Male 4. Originally appeared in prose fiction 5. I guess you could maybe place this character in the fantasy / SF realm, but very tenuously. 6. Appeared before 1950 7. Non-American creator 8. First appeared before 1900 9. Appeared after 1800 10. Created by a person from Europe 11. Created after 1850 - Clarification of #5: When this character was released, it did fall within Fantasy / SF genre. As time went on, it shifted to a different genre. I will even go so far as to say the creator is known specifically for fantasy / SF. ---
**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 30, 2020, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/494 "2020-10-30T22:05:53Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > - Did you famously battle the Green Knight? > > > > > - Were you a 15th century serial killer of children? > > > - Did you paint _The Kiss_ ? > > I am not Gawain > Take a DQ > I am not Gustav Klimt Correct on 1 and 3. #2 was Gilles de Rais. **DQ: Story is British or Irish in origin?** ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/496 "2020-10-30T22:08:30Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > 1. Were you the narrator of the book _My Side of the Mountain_? > 2. Did you write a book titled _How to Live With a Calculating Cat_? > 3. Were you the pursuer of Richard Kimble? 1. Sam Gribble 2. Eric Gurney 3. Detective Gerard. DQs: 1. Created by an English writer? 2. Created by a male? 3. Protagonist? ---
**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 30, 2020, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/497 "2020-10-30T22:21:26Z")
Deleted prior post 'cause I had an idea. IQ: Are you the title character of H. G. Wells’s _The Invisible Man_? ---
**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 30, 2020, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/498 "2020-10-30T22:39:37Z")
Previous IQs: Did you have a dog named Sweetlips? - Yes, George Washington Were you “the Rock of Chickamauga”? - Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas, during the Civil War Do you appear in just one scene in _Saving Private Ryan_? - Gen. George C. Marshall George x3 (and all great American generals, too)! Two DQs reserved. IQs: Were you Ted Baxter’s girlfriend and later wife? Were you any of the founding family behind _National Geographic_? Were you the Lady of Lothlorien? ---
**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 30, 2020, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/499 "2020-10-30T22:51:15Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQ: Are you the title character of H. G. Wells’s _The Invisible Man_ ? Ding Ding Ding We have a winnah! I am Griffin, aka The Invisible Man! ---
**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 30, 2020, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/500 "2020-10-30T23:21:16Z")
The continuation of the Halloween theme was the giveaway. I am… [![](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/e5/09/5c/e5095c9290f3716d9e751c80916b148f.jpg) ](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/e5/09/5c/e5095c9290f3716d9e751c80916b148f.jpg) ---
**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 30, 2020, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262/501 "2020-10-30T23:30:22Z")
It’s my favorite holiday, what can I say? IQs 1. Are you a martial artist/ Russian envoy? 2. Was your first directing gig on _Night Gallery_, causing Joan Crawford to become snippy? 3. Were you replaced by Sandi Toksvig on a British game show? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262.md?page=24) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2020/922262.md?page=26)