# Botticelli - October 2013 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [October 5, 2013, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411 "2013-10-05T01:50:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![guylevesque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6de8d8/32.png) [@guylevesque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guylevesque)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2013, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/1 "2013-10-05T01:50:28Z")
Previous thread: [Botticelli - Sep 2013 - Thread Games - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=701275) New month, new round! Your letter is **H** ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2013, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/2 "2013-10-05T02:06:19Z")
IQ1: Are you one of Iceland’s best known authors? 😉 IQ2: Are you a jazz singer and film actor? IQ3: Are you an experienced guitarist? ---
**Author:** ![guylevesque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6de8d8/32.png) [@guylevesque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guylevesque)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2013, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/3 "2013-10-05T03:03:11Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > IQ1: Are you one of Iceland’s best known authors? 😉 > IQ2: Are you a jazz singer and film actor? > IQ3: Are you an experienced guitarist? I’m definitely not Harry Connick, Jr. or Jimi Hendrix. For the first one, I’m not Halldor Laxness?? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2013, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/4 "2013-10-05T04:36:00Z")
IQ1: Did you write the 1st code of law? IQ2: Were you FDR’s aide at Yalta? IQ3: Did you start out as Midwest DJ, later becoming a substitute history teacher in NYC? ---
**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 5, 2013, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/5 "2013-10-05T11:16:45Z")
IQ1: Were you an artillery officer who later rose to a top job? IQ2: Are you also known as Showa? IQ3: Have you gotten married to the widow next door? ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2013, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/6 "2013-10-05T11:47:15Z")
IQ1: Is your name used to mean once per second? IQ2: Did you die shortly after trying to demonstrate how well you could take a punch? IQ3: Did you voice the love interest of Moe Syzlak? ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2013, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/7 "2013-10-05T13:42:00Z")
> [@guylevesque](#): > > I’m definitely not Harry Connick, Jr. or Jimi Hendrix. For the first one, I’m not Halldor Laxness?? 😕 Correct on all three. I’d only just heard of Halldor Laxness yesterday… 🙂 ---
**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 5, 2013, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/8 "2013-10-05T13:51:33Z")
IQs: 1. Did your face launch a thousand ships? 2. Did an angry red-headed mama kill a recent character of yours? 3. Did Chicago sing about how much America needs you? ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2013, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/9 "2013-10-05T15:13:06Z")
IQ1: Were you a two-faced district attorney? IQ2: Did your famous country singer dad nickname you ‘Bocephus’? IQ3: Come to that, are you the famous country singer dad mentioned above? ---
**Author:** ![guylevesque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6de8d8/32.png) [@guylevesque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guylevesque)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2013, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/10 "2013-10-05T15:28:51Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ1: Did you write the 1st code of law? > IQ2: Were you FDR’s aide at Yalta? > IQ3: Did you start out as Midwest DJ, later becoming a substitute history teacher in NYC? I’m not Hammurabi or William Averell Harriman. Take a DQ for IQ3. > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you an artillery officer who later rose to a top job? > IQ2: Are you also known as Showa? > IQ3: Have you gotten married to the widow next door? I’m not Rudolf Hess, Emperor Hirohito or Henry VIII. > [@fanganga](#): > > IQ1: Is your name used to mean once per second? > IQ2: Did you die shortly after trying to demonstrate how well you could take a punch? > IQ3: Did you voice the love interest of Moe Syzlak? I’m not Hank Azaria. Have 2 DQs. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did your face launch a thousand ships? > 2. Did an angry red-headed mama kill a recent character of yours? > 3. Did Chicago sing about how much America needs you? I’m not Helen of Troy or Harry S. Truman. DQ for IQ2. > [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > IQ1: Were you a two-faced district attorney? > IQ2: Did your famous country singer dad nickname you ‘Bocephus’? > IQ3: Come to that, are you the famous country singer dad mentioned above? I’m not Harvey Dent. Have 2 DQs for the last two questions. ---
**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 5, 2013, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/11 "2013-10-05T17:03:27Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally Posted by Prof. Pepperwinkle View Post > IQs: > > 1. Did your face launch a thousand ships? > 2. Did an angry red-headed mama kill a recent character of yours? > 3. Did Chicago sing about how much America needs you? I’m not Helen of Troy or Harry S. Truman. DQ for IQ2. Helena Bonham Carter’s character Bellatrix Lastrange found out she shouldn’t threaten Molly Weasley’s daughter in _Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2_. Oh, wow, first DQ. DQ: Real? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2013, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/12 "2013-10-05T18:27:49Z")
My 2nd was Hopkins, my 3rd was Howard Hessman. DQ: American? DQ: Yank? ---
**Author:** ![guylevesque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6de8d8/32.png) [@guylevesque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guylevesque)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2013, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/13 "2013-10-05T19:05:20Z")
H. 1. Real 2. Not American 3. Not a Yank ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2013, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/14 "2013-10-05T19:08:21Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > IQ1: Were you a two-faced district attorney? > IQ2: Did your famous country singer dad nickname you ‘Bocephus’? > IQ3: Come to that, are you the famous country singer dad mentioned above? > [@guylevesque](#): > > I’m not Harvey Dent. Have 2 DQs for the last two questions. Harvey Dent is correct. #2 and #3 are Hank Williams, Jr. and Sr., respectively. ‘Bocephus’ was Hank Sr.'s mangled pronunciation of Alexander the Great’s horse. DQ1: Are you alive? DQ2: European? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2013, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/15 "2013-10-05T19:32:34Z")
:smack: 2 and 3 are redundant! IQ: Were you the last prisoner at Spandau Prison? ---
**Author:** ![guylevesque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6de8d8/32.png) [@guylevesque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guylevesque)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2013, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/16 "2013-10-05T20:19:22Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > :smack: 2 and 3 are redundant! > > IQ: Were you the last prisoner at Spandau Prison? I would say Rudolf Hess but it has already been said in SCAdian’s question… H. 1. Real 2. Not American 3. Not a Yank 4. Dead 5. European ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2013, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/17 "2013-10-05T20:28:51Z")
IQ: Are you a major German 19th C. philosopher? ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2013, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/18 "2013-10-05T20:34:07Z")
IQ1: Were you going to travel to India to meet Colonel Pickering, when you met him at Covent Garden? IQ2: Are you sometimes called ‘The Father of History’, and sometimes called ‘The Father of Lies’? IQ3: Did you slay Patroclus? ---
**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 5, 2013, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/19 "2013-10-05T21:36:30Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you an artillery officer who later rose to a top job? > IQ2: Are you also known as Showa? > IQ3: Have you gotten married to the widow next door? > [@guylevesque](#): > > I’m not Rudolf Hess, Emperor Hirohito or Henry VIII. I was actually thinking of Harry Truman, but Hess works and Prof P also used Truman. Correct on Hirohito and Henry VIII. IQ1: Did your dog get his name because he was so scrawny when you found him? IQ2: Are you a bald kid in an old newspaper strip? IQ3: Did you want people to join the British army during WW I? ---
**Author:** ![guylevesque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6de8d8/32.png) [@guylevesque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guylevesque)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2013, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411/20 "2013-10-05T22:07:50Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Are you a major German 19th C. philosopher? I’m not Georg Wilhelm Freidrich Hegel > [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > IQ1: Were you going to travel to India to meet Colonel Pickering, when you met him at Covent Garden? > IQ2: Are you sometimes called ‘The Father of History’, and sometimes called ‘The Father of Lies’? > IQ3: Did you slay Patroclus? I’m not Herodotus or Henry Higgins. Have a DQ for question 3. > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did your dog get his name because he was so scrawny when you found him? > IQ2: Are you a bald kid in an old newspaper strip? > IQ3: Did you want people to join the British army during WW I? I am not Lord Herbert Kitchener or Henry. Have a DQ for IQ1 H. 1. Real 2. Not American 3. Not a Yank 4. Dead 5. European [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2013/670411.md?page=2)