# 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:** 18
**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 26, 2022, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/341 "2022-10-26T19:05:51Z")
IQs: 1. Did you introduce notation (your initial) for a certain mathematical constant? 2. Were you sued by Maila Nurmi, who said that you were infringing her character’s persona–and then later on you yourself claimed the _Sabrina the Teenage Witch_ show was a ripoff of your sitcom pilot, with its two witches and their niece and a talking cat? 3. “In sleep he saaaang to meeee/In dreams he caaaame/That voice which caaaalls to meeee/And speaks my naaaame/And do I dream agaaaain/For noooow I fiiiiiiind”/your better-known epithet “is theeeere/Inside my miiiind”? ---
**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 26, 2022, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/342 "2022-10-26T20:10:49Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Dead 3. Female 4. American 5. Died since 1900 6. Died after 1950 7. Known for the arts 8. Not considered a beauty 9. White 10. Last name begins with E 11. Not known for the performing arts 12. Not known for politics/military 13. Won top awards in her field 14. Known mainly for writing, but not exclusively 15. Died after 2000 16. Not known for genre fiction 17. Greatest fame after 1970 18. Not a TV personality 19. Not noted for social activism ---
**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 26, 2022, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/343 "2022-10-26T20:14:28Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you the outspoken wife of a 2004 VP candidate? > Did you play a very nice teacher in _Matilda_? > Did you rant about things that you hadn’t heard very clearly in the first place? #1. Take a DQ. All I’m comin’ up with is Tipper Gore, but that was 2000. #2. Take a DQ. #3. I am not Emily Litella. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > Qs: > > 1. Did you introduce notation (your initial) for a certain mathematical constant? > 2. Were you sued by Maila Nurmi, who said that you were infringing her character’s persona–and then later on you yourself claimed the _Sabrina the Teenage Witch_ show was a ripoff of your sitcom pilot, with its two witches and their niece and a talking cat? > 3. “In sleep he saaaang to meeee/In dreams he caaaame/That voice which caaaalls to meeee/And speaks my naaaame/And do I dream agaaaain/For noooow I fiiiiiiind”/your better-known epithet “is theeeere/Inside my miiiind”? #1. Take a DQ. #2. I am not Elvira, Mistress of the Dark (??) #3. I am not Erik, the Phantom of the Opera. ---
**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 26, 2022, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/344 "2022-10-26T20:19:53Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > #1. Take a DQ. > #2. I am not Elvira, Mistress of the Dark (??) > #3. I am not Erik, the Phantom of the Opera. 1 was Leonhard Euler, with _e_; 2 was correct; 3 was correct. DQ: known for writing fiction prose? ---
**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 26, 2022, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/345 "2022-10-26T20:22:06Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Dead 3. Female 4. American 5. Died since 1900 6. Died after 1950 7. Known for the arts 8. Not considered a beauty 9. White 10. Last name begins with E 11. Not known for the performing arts 12. Not known for politics/military 13. Won top awards in her field 14. Known mainly for writing, but not exclusively 15. Died after 2000 16. Not known for genre fiction 17. Greatest fame after 1970 18. Not a TV personality 19. Not noted for social activism 20. Known for writing fiction, but not prose No more IQs please. Please ask all remaining DQs by noon tomorrow EDT. ---
**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 27, 2022, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/346 "2022-10-27T13:33:52Z")
Previous IQs: Were you the outspoken wife of a 2004 VP candidate? - John Edwards’s wife Elizabeth Did you play a very nice teacher in _Matilda_? - The lovely and talented Embeth Davidtz Did you rant about things that you hadn’t heard very clearly in the first place? - Yes, Emily Litella on _SNL_ DQs: Won a Pulitzer Prize? Best known for novels? Famous husband? ---
**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 27, 2022, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/347 "2022-10-27T15:57:57Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Dead 3. Female 4. American 5. Died since 1900 6. Died after 1950 7. Known for the arts 8. Not considered a beauty 9. White 10. Last name begins with E 11. Not known for the performing arts 12. Not known for politics/military 13. Won top awards in her field 14. Known mainly for writing, but not exclusively 15. Died after 2000 16. Not known for genre fiction 17. Greatest fame after 1970 18. Not a TV personality 19. Not noted for social activism 20. Known for writing fiction, but not prose 21. Didn’t win a Pulitzer 22. Known for plays 23. Did have a famous husband ---
**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 27, 2022, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/348 "2022-10-27T16:06:50Z")
Please give your final guesses by noon tomorrow, EDT. ---
**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 28, 2022, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/349 "2022-10-28T02:00:25Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Dead 3. Female 4. American 5. Died since 1900 6. Died after 1950 7. Known for the arts 8. Not considered a beauty 9. White 10. Last name begins with E 11. Not known for the performing arts 12. Not known for politics/military 13. Won top awards in her field 14. Known mainly for writing, but not exclusively 15. Died after 2000 16. Not known for genre fiction 17. Greatest fame after 1970 18. Not a TV personality 19. Not noted for social activism 20. Known for writing fiction, but not prose 21. Didn’t win a Pulitzer 22. Best known for plays, but also a journalist and novelist 23. Did have a famous husband ---
**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 28, 2022, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/350 "2022-10-28T13:51:09Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Dead 3. Female 4. American 5. Died since 1900 6. Died after 1950 7. Known for the arts 8. Not considered a beauty 9. White 10. Last name begins with E 11. Not known for the performing arts 12. Not known for politics/military 13. Won top awards in her field 14. Known mainly for writing, but not exclusively 15. Died after 2000 16. Not known for genre fiction 17. Greatest fame after 1970 18. Not a TV personality 19. Not noted for social activism 20. Known for writing fiction, but not prose 21. Didn’t win a Pulitzer 22. Best known for screenplays, but also a journalist and novelist 23. Did have a famous husband ---
**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 28, 2022, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/351 "2022-10-28T15:25:33Z")
I won’t be on at noon. Extending the deadline to 6 pm EDT today. ---
**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 28, 2022, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/352 "2022-10-28T20:05:29Z")
I’m stumped. ---
**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 28, 2022, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/353 "2022-10-28T22:35:41Z")
And I am the author and filmmaker of _Sleepless In Seattle_, _Julie & Julia_, _You’ve Got Mail_ and _When Harry Met Sally_. # Nora Ephron. > **[Nora Ephron](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nora_Ephron)** > > Nora Ephron (/ˈɛfrən/ EF-rən; May 19, 1941 – June 26, 2012) was an American writer, playwright, journalist, and filmmaker. Known for writing and directing romantic comedy films, she received numerous accolades including a BAFTA Award as well as nominations for three Academy Awards, a Tony Award, a Golden Globe Award, and three Writers Guild of America Awards. > Ephron started her career writing the screenplays for Silkwood (1983), Heartburn (1986), and When Harry Met Sally... (1989), the last of... ---
**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 28, 2022, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/354 "2022-10-28T23:42:26Z")
Where’s that headsmack emoji when you need it? I was racking my brain thinking of playwrights with an E last-name, and even the screenplay hint didn’t help. Of course, I also forgot she had died, but that probably wouldn’t have helped. Good one, Prof! ---
**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, 2022, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/355 "2022-10-29T00:16:18Z")
Thanks! Onward to… [![](https://www.publicdomainpictures.net/pictures/50000/velka/letter-c.jpg) ](https://www.publicdomainpictures.net/pictures/50000/velka/letter-c.jpg) ---
**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, 2022, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/356 "2022-10-29T04:39:34Z")
IQ1: Were you the man of 1000 faces? IQ2: Did you direct Kurt Russell in _Escape From New York_ and _Escape From LA?_ IQ3: Did you direct 4 installments of a meta-slasher movie franchise? ---
**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, 2022, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/357 "2022-10-29T22:31:25Z")
“Known for writing fiction, but not prose” threw me off. IQs: 1. Were you a baseball player nicknamed the “Georgia Peach”, belying your allegedly mean playing style? 2. Did you write _Delusions of Grandma_? 3. Did you create Bombie the Zombie, relentless pursuer-turned-gameshow contestant? ---
**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, 2022, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/358 "2022-10-29T23:29:02Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Were you the man of 1000 faces? > IQ2: Did you direct Kurt Russell in _Escape From New York_ and _Escape From LA?_ > IQ3: Did you direct 4 installments of a meta-slasher movie franchise? 1. I am not Lon Chaney, Sr. 2. I am not John Carpenter. 3. I am not Wes Craven (??) > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a baseball player nicknamed the “Georgia Peach”, belying your allegedly mean playing style? > 2. Did you write _Delusions of Grandma_? > 3. Did you create Bombie the Zombie, relentless pursuer-turned-gameshow contestant? 1. I am not Ty Cobb. Take 2 DQs. ---
**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, 2022, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/359 "2022-10-29T23:30:07Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Ty Cobb. > Take 2 DQs. 2 was Carrie Fisher; 3 was Carl Barks. DQs: 1. real? 2. female? ---
**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, 2022, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/360 "2022-10-29T23:31:46Z")
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