# 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:** 8\ **Page:** 20
**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 31, 2022, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/381 "2022-10-31T18:27:14Z")
IQ1: Were you Shiera’s husband (and crime-fighting partner)? IQ2: Did you start as an 1880s detective and end as a 1960s secret agent? IQ3: Were you Agent 13’s sister? \ > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Are you AKA Teleporno, one of the most ridiculous names in all of Tolkien’s writings? “One of”?? ---
**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 31, 2022, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/382 "2022-10-31T18:31:02Z")
IQs: 1. Did you play a World War II prisoner of war, a revenge-seeking vigilante, and a mute assistant in _House of Wax_? 2. Were you also in _House of Wax_, prior to the spooooky 60s sitcom role you’re most famous for? 3. Was your comic briefly changed to the horror-focused _[your] Weird Tales_ in 1949, barely featuring you one issue and in the next not at all? ---
**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 31, 2022, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/383 "2022-10-31T18:40:04Z")
IQ1: Was your first major film role Lennie in _Of Mice and Men_? IQ2: Were you an English explorer killed in Hawaii? IQ3: Did you draw a series of New Yorker cartoons depicting a spooky ooky family? ---
**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 31, 2022, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/384 "2022-10-31T18:51:38Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > > Are you AKA Teleporno, one of the most ridiculous names in all of Tolkien’s writings? > > “One of”?? Quiet, 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 31, 2022, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/385 "2022-10-31T19:05:10Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Was your first major film role Lennie in _Of Mice and Men_? “Even a man who is pure in heart, And says his prayers by night, May become a wolf when the wolfbane blooms, And the moon is full and bright.” ― Curt Siodmak # YES! I am Lon Chaney, Jr.! [![](https://th.bing.com/th/id/R.0c0addee4ad472928817c0fcebc90429?rik=K867kbm9Qi74zA&riu=http%3a%2f%2fwww.doctormacro.com%2fImages%2fChaney+Jr.%2c+Lon%2fAnnex%2fAnnex+-+Chaney+Jr.%2c+Lon_01.jpg&ehk=Fxvf9FaJWPiPRRMck7%2f3Y6KFI0tgCTMl5COkHvbzBlw%3d&risl=&pid=ImgRaw&r=0) ](https://th.bing.com/th/id/R.0c0addee4ad472928817c0fcebc90429?rik=K867kbm9Qi74zA&riu=http%3a%2f%2fwww.doctormacro.com%2fImages%2fChaney+Jr.%2c+Lon%2fAnnex%2fAnnex+-+Chaney+Jr.%2c+Lon_01.jpg&ehk=Fxvf9FaJWPiPRRMck7%2f3Y6KFI0tgCTMl5COkHvbzBlw%3d&risl=&pid=ImgRaw&r=0) Good job, **Chock!** Happy Halloween, everyone! ---
**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 31, 2022, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/386 "2022-10-31T19:15:09Z")
Hear, hear! Well done, **CFOHG**. Previous IQs: Are you AKA Saruman? - Curunir Are you AKA Teleporno, one of the most ridiculous names in all of Tolkien’s writings? - Celeborn Did you forge the ring eventually wielded by Gandalf? - Celebrimbor ---
**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 31, 2022, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/387 "2022-10-31T20:06:27Z")
Cool. I’d ruled out Dad early on, but thought I’d better check on Jr. just in case. I’ll start the November thread a day early. ---
**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 31, 2022, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516/388 "2022-10-31T20:24:21Z")
November thread is [here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2022/974093) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2022/972516.md?page=19)