# Botticelli - October 2021 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [October 4, 2021, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843 "2021-10-04T01:12:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2021, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/1 "2021-10-04T01:12:33Z")
New month, new person ## I am C ---
**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 4, 2021, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/2 "2021-10-04T03:11:32Z")
IQs: 1. Did you travel in a transformed pumpkin? 2. Were you Marsh’s dinosaur-bone-hunting rival? 3. Aside from your acting career, did you write _Delusions of Grandma_ and other novels (set in contemporary times, on this planet)? ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2021, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/3 "2021-10-04T03:20:54Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you travel in a transformed pumpkin? > 2. Were you Marsh’s dinosaur-bone-hunting rival? > 3. Aside from your acting career, did you write _Delusions of Grandma_ and other novels (set in contemporary times, on this planet)? I am not Cinderella, DQ, I am not Carrie Fisher ---
**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 4, 2021, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/4 "2021-10-04T13:15:08Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a French Neo-Classical painter whose numerous landscapes influenced the Impressionists? 2. Did you say, in Latin, “Big book, big evil”? 3. Were you a member of Top Cat’s gang? ---
**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 4, 2021, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/5 "2021-10-04T14:08:07Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > I am not Cinderella, DQ, I am not Carrie Fisher 2 was Edward Drinker Cope; 1 and 3 were correct. DQ: real? IQs: 1. Did you create Bombie the Zombie? 2. Did you play Tracy, the title character of _How I Met Your Mother_ (besides Ted)? 3. Did you represent John Scopes? ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2021, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/6 "2021-10-04T14:17:08Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > - Were you a French Neo-Classical painter whose numerous landscapes influenced the Impressionists? > - Did you say, in Latin, “Big book, big evil”? > - Were you a member of Top Cat’s gang? I am not Corot, DQ, DQ > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. Did you create Bombie the Zombie? > 2. Did you play Tracy, the title character of _How I Met Your Mother_ (besides Ted)? > 3. Did you represent John Scopes? DQ, DQ, I am not Clarence Darrow ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2021, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/7 "2021-10-04T14:17:36Z")
## I am C 1. Real ---
**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 4, 2021, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/8 "2021-10-04T15:40:39Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > - Were you a French Neo-Classical painter whose numerous landscapes influenced the Impressionists? > > > > > - Did you say, in Latin, “Big book, big evil”? > > > - Were you a member of Top Cat’s gang? > > I am not Corot, DQ, DQ Corot is correct. #2 was Callimachus. #3 was Choo-Choo. DQs: 1. Male? 2. Last name starts with C? ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2021, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/9 "2021-10-04T16:11:00Z")
## I am C 1. Real 2. Male 3. First name begins with C ---
**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 4, 2021, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/10 "2021-10-04T16:37:11Z")
IQs: 1. Did you play the Governor in _The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas_? 2. Did you team with Dudley Moore for one of Britain’s great comedy acts? 3. Did you create the character “Father Brown”? ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2021, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/11 "2021-10-04T17:17:36Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > - Did you play the Governor in _The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas_ ? > - Did you team with Dudley Moore for one of Britain’s great comedy acts? > - Did you create the character “Father Brown”? DQ, I am not Peter Cook, I am not GK Chesterton ---
**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 4, 2021, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/12 "2021-10-04T17:32:10Z")
#1 was Charles Durning. Correct on the others. DQ: Living? ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2021, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/13 "2021-10-04T19:07:02Z")
## I am C 1. Real 2. Male 3. First name begins with C 4. Deceased ---
**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 4, 2021, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/14 "2021-10-04T23:38:54Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Did you create Bombie the Zombie? > 2. Did you play Tracy, the title character of _How I Met Your Mother_ (besides Ted)? > 3. Did you represent John Scopes? > [@MissTake](#): > > DQ, DQ, I am not Clarence Darrow 1 was Carl Barks; 2 was Cristin Milioti. 3 is correct. DQs: 1. known from the arts? 2. American? ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2021, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/15 "2021-10-05T00:34:42Z")
## I am C 1. Real 2. Male 3. First name begins with C 4. Deceased 5. Known from the Arts 6. Not American ---
**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 5, 2021, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/16 "2021-10-05T06:23:40Z")
IQ1: Was your only film directing credit the source of the famous L-O-V-E/H-A-T-E finger tattoos trope? IQ2: Was your grave marker defaced to indicate you burn in hell? IQ3: Were you the singer for Soundgarden and Audioslave? ---
**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, 2021, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/17 "2021-10-05T13:56:29Z")
IQs: 1. Are you remembered as “The Arch-Impressionist”? 2. Did you write _Pinocchio_? 3. Did you write _Pirate Latitudes_ and _Micro_? ---
**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 5, 2021, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/18 "2021-10-05T14:29:43Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the most prominent vampire in children’s educational television? 2. Were you a Victorian landscaper? 3. Did you cover a 1979 song by Robert Hazard for your debut album four years later? (And, because I keep forgetting: belated congrats, Miss Take!) ---
**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 5, 2021, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/19 "2021-10-05T14:35:21Z")
Yes, congrats. Here’s a link to last month’s thread: [Botticelli - Sept. 2021](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097) C it is. IQs: Were you a master blackmailer taken on by Sherlock Holmes? Are you the monarch by the end of Jeffrey Archer’s political novel _First Among Equals_? Did you record “letters” to your spinster sister back in Boston? ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2021, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/20 "2021-10-05T14:42:46Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Was your only film directing credit the source of the famous L-O-V-E/H-A-T-E finger tattoos trope? > IQ2: Was your grave marker defaced to indicate you burn in hell? > IQ3: Were you the singer for Soundgarden and Audioslave? DQ, DQ, I am not Chris Cornell > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > - Are you remembered as “The Arch-Impressionist”? > - Did you write _Pinocchio_ ? > - Did you write _Pirate Latitudes_ and _Micro_ ? I am not Claude Monet, DQ, I am not Michael Crichton > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. Are you the most prominent vampire in children’s educational television? > 2. Were you a Victorian landscaper? > 3. Did you cover a 1979 song by Robert Hazard for your debut album four years later? I am not Sesame Street’s Count von Count, DQ, I am not Cyndi Lauper (and thank you!) > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Were you a master blackmailer taken on by Sherlock Holmes? > Are you the monarch by the end of Jeffrey Archer’s political novel _First Among Equals_ ? > Did you record “letters” to your spinster sister back in Boston? I am not Charles Milverton, DQ, DQ [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843.md?page=2)