# Botticelli, Oct. 2022 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [September 30, 2022, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516 "2022-09-30T17:26:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 13
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2022, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/241 "2022-10-17T02:18:37Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > Congrats! > > IQs: > > 1. Were you Ben’s love interest in the book **'Salem’s Lot**? > 2. Were you a fictional character who sometimes used the pseudonym Sebastian Tombs? > 3. Did Markie Post play you on **Night Court**? Correct, Simon Templar, Christine Sullivan. DQs: 1. Born before 1900? 2. Caucasian? ---
**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 17, 2022, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/242 "2022-10-17T12:37:41Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Did you star with Tom Hanks in _Bosom Buddies_? > > 2. Are you a serpent who frequently visits in the comic strip _Pogo_? > > 3. Are you the Duke of Ephesus in _The Comedy of Errors_? > > Not Peter Scolari, not Snakeypoo and dunno. Correct on Peter. #2 is Snavely. #3 is Solinus. DQ: Known for the performing arts? 1 DQ reserved. ---
**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 17, 2022, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/243 "2022-10-17T12:41:00Z")
IQs: 1. Are you a private detective played by both Robert Urich and Mark Wahlberg? 2. Did you write _The Prose Edda_? 3. Are you a Batman villain who has the same code name as a Marvel villain? ---
**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 17, 2022, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/244 "2022-10-17T14:02:16Z")
IQs: 1. Were you an 18th century economist with visible hands? 2. Did you play Enid’s friend in _Ghost World_? 3. …Where are you? We’ve got a job to do now. ---
**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 17, 2022, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/245 "2022-10-17T17:43:41Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you a private detective played by both Robert Urich and Mark Wahlberg? > 2. Did you write _The Prose Edda_? > 3. Are you a Batman villain who has the same code name as a Marvel villain? Not Spenser, not Sibelius and not Captain Sinister. ---
**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 17, 2022, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/246 "2022-10-17T17:44:59Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Were you an 18th century economist with visible hands? > 2. Did you play Enid’s friend in _Ghost World_? > 3. …Where are you? We’ve got a job to do now. Not Adam Smith, not Scarlett Johanssen and not Superman. ---
**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 17, 2022, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/247 "2022-10-17T17:46:06Z")
S. 1. real 2. male 3. dead 4. known for the Arts 5. born after 1900 6. not Caucasian 7. known for the performing arts ---
**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 17, 2022, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/248 "2022-10-17T17:54:43Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Adam Smith, not Scarlett Johanssen and not Superman. 3 was Scooby-Doo. DQs: 1. last name begins with S? 2. died after 2000? (That’s this DQ plus the one from before.) ---
**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 17, 2022, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/249 "2022-10-17T18:15:58Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you a private detective played by both Robert Urich and Mark Wahlberg? > 2. Did you write _The Prose Edda_? > 3. Are you a Batman villain who has the same code name as a Marvel villain? Correct on Spenser. #2 was Snorri Sturluson. #3 is the Scarecrow. DQ: Known for music? 1 DQ reserved. ---
**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 17, 2022, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/250 "2022-10-17T21:41:07Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you write “The Thunderer”? > IQ2: Did you write _The Black Arrow_? > IQ3: Did your associates include Brig Gen Brooks and Col Renwick? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Sousa, dunno and dunno. correct Robert Louis Stevenson Doc Savage DQ: American? One DQ reserved. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2022, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/251 "2022-10-18T02:59:10Z")
IQs: 1. Did you play Ellen Harvelle on **Supernatural**? 2. Are you an author probably best known for the book **Rascal**? 3. Did your boyfriend ask Carrie White to the prom? ---
**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 18, 2022, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/252 "2022-10-18T03:14:29Z")
IQs: 1. Did you create and star in _Faerie Tale Theatre_? 2. Did your planned but unmade films include _The Aryan Papers_ and _Napoleon_? 3. Did one of your novels take inspiration from the John Lennon song “Instant Karma”–specifically, the line “We all shine on”? ---
**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 18, 2022, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/253 "2022-10-18T13:37:35Z")
IQs: 1. Did you star in the movie _Swashbuckler_? 2. Did Billboard call you “The Woman of the Decade” for the 2010’s? 3. Did Ron Perlman play you in _The Name of the Rose_? ---
**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 18, 2022, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/254 "2022-10-18T17:32:09Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play Ellen Harvelle on **Supernatural**? > 2. Are you an author probably best known for the book **Rascal**? > 3. Did your boyfriend ask Carrie White to the prom? Dunno x3 > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Did you create and star in _Faerie Tale Theatre_? > 2. Did your planned but unmade films include _The Aryan Papers_ and _Napoleon_? > 3. Did one of your novels take inspiration from the John Lennon song “Instant Karma”–specifically, the line “We all shine on”? Dunno, not Stanley Kubrick and dunno > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you star in the movie _Swashbuckler_? > 2. Did Billboard call you “The Woman of the Decade” for the 2010’s? > 3. Did Ron Perlman play you in _The Name of the Rose_? Dunno x3 S. 1. real 2. male 3. dead 4. known for the Arts 5. born after 1900 6. not Caucasian 7. known for the performing arts 8. first name begins with S 9. died before 2000 10. known for music, among other things 11. American ---
**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 18, 2022, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/255 "2022-10-18T17:39:17Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno, not Stanley Kubrick and dunno 1 was Shelley Duvall; 3 was Stephen King. DQs: 1. died before 1980? 2. known for acting? ---
**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 18, 2022, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/256 "2022-10-18T17:49:18Z")
S. 1. real 2. male 3. dead 4. known for the Arts 5. born after 1900 6. not Caucasian 7. known for the performing arts 8. first name begins with S 9. died before 2000 10. known for music, among other things 11. American 12. died after 1980 13. known for acting, among other things ---
**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 18, 2022, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/257 "2022-10-18T18:22:04Z")
DQ: Black? IQ: Did you lose your left eye in an accident? ---
**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 18, 2022, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/258 "2022-10-18T18:33:05Z")
I’m not Sandy Duncan. S. 1. real 2. male 3. dead 4. known for the Arts 5. born after 1900 6. not Caucasian 7. known for the performing arts 8. first name begins with S 9. died before 2000 10. known for music, among other things 11. American 12. died after 1980 13. known for acting, among other things 14. black ---
**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 18, 2022, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/259 "2022-10-18T19:49:46Z")
IQ: Were you a black member of the Rat Pack? ---
**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 18, 2022, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/260 "2022-10-18T19:55:21Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Did you star in the movie _Swashbuckler_? > > 2. Did Billboard call you “The Woman of the Decade” for the 2010’s? > > 3. Did Ron Perlman play you in _The Name of the Rose_? > > Dunno x3 #1 was Robert Shaw. #2 was Taylor Swift. #3 was Salvatore. 4 DQs reserved. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516.md?page=14)