# 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:** 15
**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 23, 2022, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/281 "2022-10-23T15:35:56Z")
Here’s hoping all goes well with you, **kitap**! ---
**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 23, 2022, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/282 "2022-10-23T23:41:34Z")
Most definitely. C’mon, someone, take a guess…! ---
**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 24, 2022, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/283 "2022-10-24T00:09:38Z")
Oh, **DLR** has already guessed. ---
**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 24, 2022, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/284 "2022-10-24T01:23:22Z")
This has dragged on for too long, so let’s make it explicit: are you the one and only Benjamin “Scatman” Crothers? ---
**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 24, 2022, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/285 "2022-10-24T18:34:30Z")
Took ya long enough! ---
**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 24, 2022, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/286 "2022-10-24T20:56:19Z")
At last! Yes, I am indeed the one, the only # Scatman Crothers Known for lots of stuff, but around here probably mostly for _The Shining_. For more: [Scatman Crothers - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scatman_Crothers) Good job, **DLR**! Please start our next round. ---
**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 24, 2022, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/287 "2022-10-24T21:17:41Z")
Good choice, EH! I remember him mostly from _Hong Kong Phooey_ myself. Good play, DLR! ---
**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 24, 2022, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/288 "2022-10-24T21:57:45Z")
OK: 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 24, 2022, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/289 "2022-10-24T22:02:23Z")
IQs: 1. Were you born Erik Weisz? 2. Does Doper Exapno Mapcase base his name on yours? 3. Did a crowd of “witches and wizards” gather outside Hogwarts this month at sunset and raised their wands in tribute to you? ---
**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 24, 2022, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/290 "2022-10-24T23:58:41Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you born Erik Weisz? > 2. Does Doper Exapno Mapcase base his name on yours? > 3. Did a crowd of “witches and wizards” gather outside Hogwarts this month at sunset and raised their wands in tribute to you? 1. I am not Harry Houdini. 2. I am not Harpo Marx. 3. I am not Hagrid? If not Hagrid, take a DQ. ---
**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 25, 2022, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/291 "2022-10-25T00:50:02Z")
Swept me! IQs: 1. Is your print _The Wave_ considered one of the best-known examples of ukiyo-e? 2. Did you write _The Height of the Ridiculous_? 3. Were you a 20th Century playwright known for your pauses? ---
**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 25, 2022, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/292 "2022-10-25T00:59:35Z")
IQ1: Do you and your family live at 1313 Mockingbird Lane? IQ2: Did you describe the Dunwich Horror? IQ3: Did you write the future history _Shape of Things to Come_? ---
**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 25, 2022, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/293 "2022-10-25T01:01:07Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Is your print _The Wave_ considered one of the best-known examples of ukiyo-e? > 2. Did you write _The Height of the Ridiculous_? > 3. Were you a 20th Century playwright known for your pauses? 1. Take a DQ. 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not Harold Pinter? > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Do you and your family live at 1313 Mockingbird Lane? > IQ2: Did you describe the Dunwich Horror? > IQ3: Did you write the future history _Shape of Things to Come_? IQ1: I am not Herman Munster. IQ2: I am not H.P. Lovecraft. IQ3: I am not H.G. Wells. ---
**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 25, 2022, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/294 "2022-10-25T12:49:11Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Is your print _The Wave_ considered one of the best-known examples of ukiyo-e? > > 2. Did you write _The Height of the Ridiculous_? > > 3. Were you a 20th Century playwright known for your pauses? > > 1. Take a DQ. > 2. Take a DQ. > 3. I am not Harold Pinter? #1 is Hokusai. #2 was Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Correct on Pinter. DQs: 1. Real? 2. Male? ---
**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 25, 2022, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/295 "2022-10-25T12:51:16Z")
IQs: 1. Did you make life hard for Katnip? 2. Are you a golden age comic book character who was the inspiration for Marvel’s Man-Thing? 3. Are you the title character of a play by Ibsen? ---
**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 25, 2022, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/296 "2022-10-25T12:54:18Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you make life hard for Katnip? > 2. Are you a golden age comic book character who was the inspiration for Marvel’s Man-Thing? > 3. Are you the title character of a play by Ibsen? 1. I am not Herman. 2. I am not the Heap. 3. I am not Hedda Gabler. DQs: 1. fictional 2. male ---
**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 25, 2022, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/297 "2022-10-25T13:01:02Z")
Swept me again! IQs: 1. Did you write the hymn **Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty**? 2. Did you play Inspector Clouseau’s boss in the Pink Panther movies? 3. Are you the Duke of Sussex? ---
**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 25, 2022, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/298 "2022-10-25T13:03:10Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write the hymn **Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty**? > 2. Did you play Inspector Clouseau’s boss in the Pink Panther movies? > 3. Are you the Duke of Sussex? 1. Take a DQ. 2. I am not Herbert Lom. 3. I am not Prince Harry. ---
**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 25, 2022, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/299 "2022-10-25T15:00:59Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Did you write the hymn **Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty**? > > 2. Did you play Inspector Clouseau’s boss in the Pink Panther movies? > > 3. Are you the Duke of Sussex? > > 1. Take a DQ. > 2. I am not Herbert Lom. > 3. I am not Prince Harry. #1 was Reginald Heber. DQ: Last name starts with H? ---
**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 25, 2022, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/300 "2022-10-25T15:03:57Z")
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