# 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:** 12
**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, 2021, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/221 "2021-10-23T19:28:55Z")
IQs: 1. Was your alter ego short, ugly and completely ill-mannered? 2. Did Rip van Winkle say that thunder was you and your men playing at ninepins? 3. Did you hear a Who? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2021, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/222 "2021-10-23T20:08:01Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > Congrats! > > 1. Were you a cryptid taken in by the Henderson family? > 2. Did Michael Ironside play you on **V**? > 3. Do you write, among others, a series of books called **The Case Files of Henri Davenforth**? Correct, Ham Tyler, Honor Raconteur DQs: 1. Appears in more than one book? 2. Adapted to TV or film? ---
**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 23, 2021, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/223 "2021-10-23T23:10:08Z")
**H** 1. Fictional 2. Not originally from film or TV 3. Horror or Halloween related 4. Protagonist 5. From prose 6. Male 7. First name begins with H 8. Created before 1950 9. Created by an American or Americans 10. Does not appear in more than one book by the original author, although quasi-sequels and pastiches exist. 11. Adapted to TV or film ---
**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 23, 2021, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/224 "2021-10-23T23:12:57Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > 1. In the original novel, did you wear a pink motorcycle jacket? > 2. Were you obsessed with Dolores Haze? > 3. Were you created by an author using the pseudonym Ellis Bell? Take a DQ Not Humbert Humbert Not Heathcliff > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Was your alter ego short, ugly and completely ill-mannered? > 2. Did Rip van Winkle say that thunder was you and your men playing at ninepins? > 3. Did you hear a Who? Not Henry Jekyll Take a DQ Not Horton ---
**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 23, 2021, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/225 "2021-10-23T23:15:09Z")
IQs: 1. Did you star in _Ecstasy_ (_not_ a spoof western) and have a patent for frequency hopping with George Antheil? 2. Did you have a comedic double act with an emu puppet? 3. According to the promo copy for a revamped 2018 comics series, “HORROR HAS A NAME. You’d never notice the man. He doesn’t like to be noticed. He’s quiet. Calm. Never complains. If someone were to walk up and shoot him in the head… all he’d do is die. Until night falls. And someone else gets up again. The man’s name is [redacted]. The horror is” you? ---
**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 24, 2021, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/226 "2021-10-24T00:06:24Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > Take a DQ > Not Humbert Humbert > Not Heathcliff Henry Bowers from _It_ DQ Created after 1900? ---
**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 24, 2021, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/227 "2021-10-24T06:50:28Z")
**H** 1. Fictional 2. Not originally from film or TV 3. Horror or Halloween related 4. Protagonist 5. From prose 6. Male 7. First name begins with H 8. Created before 1950 9. Created by an American or Americans 10. Does not appear in more than one book by the original author, although quasi-sequels and pastiches exist. 11. Adapted to TV or film 12. Created after 1900 ---
**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 24, 2021, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/228 "2021-10-24T06:51:21Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. Did you star in _Ecstasy_ ( _not_ a spoof western) and have a patent for frequency hopping with George Antheil? > 2. Did you have a comedic double act with an emu puppet? > 3. According to the promo copy for a revamped 2018 comics series, “HORROR HAS A NAME. You’d never notice the man. He doesn’t like to be noticed. He’s quiet. Calm. Never complains. If someone were to walk up and shoot him in the head… all he’d do is die. Until night falls. And someone else gets up again. The man’s name is [redacted]. The horror is” you? Not Hedy Lamarr Take 2 DQs ---
**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, 2021, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/229 "2021-10-24T13:45:53Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > 1. Was your alter ego short, ugly and completely ill-mannered? > > > > > 1. Did Rip van Winkle say that thunder was you and your men playing at ninepins? > > > 2. Did you hear a Who? > > Not Henry Jekyll > Take a DQ > Not Horton Correct, Henry Hudson, Correct. DQ: Common first name? ---
**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, 2021, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/230 "2021-10-24T13:51:13Z")
IQs: 1. Did Christopher Lee play you opposite Peter Cushing’s Sherlock Holmes? 2. Did you costar with Peter Scolari in _Bosom Buddies_? 3. Did you write _Theogony_? ---
**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, 2021, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/231 "2021-10-24T13:51:37Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > Not Hedy Lamarr > Take 2 DQs 2 was Rod Hull; 3 was the Immortal Hulk. DQs: 1. created after 1930? 2. adapted to film? ---
**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 24, 2021, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/232 "2021-10-24T21:19:05Z")
**H** 1. Fictional 2. Not originally from film or TV 3. Horror or Halloween related 4. Protagonist 5. From prose 6. Male 7. First name begins with H 8. Created before 1950 9. Created by an American or Americans 10. Does not appear in more than one book by the original author, although quasi-sequels and pastiches exist. 11. Adapted to TV or film 12. Created after 1900 13. Common first name 14. Created before 1930 15. Adapted to film ---
**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 24, 2021, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/233 "2021-10-24T21:19:29Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > - Did Christopher Lee play you opposite Peter Cushing’s Sherlock Holmes? > - Did you costar with Peter Scolari in _Bosom Buddies_ ? > - Did you write _Theogony_ ? Take a DQ Not Tom Hanks Take a DQ ---
**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 24, 2021, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/234 "2021-10-24T23:14:23Z")
IQs 1. Did “Jumping the shark” begin with your character? 2. Did you collaborate with Blake Edwards on many films? 3. Were you the head librarian at Miskatonic University? ---
**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, 2021, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/235 "2021-10-24T23:34:36Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > - Did Christopher Lee play you opposite Peter Cushing’s Sherlock Holmes? > > > > > - Did you costar with Peter Scolari in _Bosom Buddies_ ? > > > - Did you write _Theogony_ ? > > Take a DQ > Not Tom Hanks > Take a DQ #1 was Henry Baskerville. Correct on Tom. #3 was Hesiod. 2 DQs reserved. ---
**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, 2021, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/236 "2021-10-25T02:00:45Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > 1. Did “Jumping the shark” begin with your character? > 2. Did you collaborate with Blake Edwards on many films? > 3. Were you the head librarian at Miskatonic University? Not Henry Winkler Not Henry Mancini Not Henry Armitage ---
**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 25, 2021, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/237 "2021-10-25T15:57:13Z")
Right, then! H it is. IQs: Did U.S. Grant succeed you as top general of U.S. forces? Did you love your dog Ribsy? Did Rex Harrison famously play 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 25, 2021, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/238 "2021-10-25T16:19:50Z")
IQs: 1. Did you dress as The Bat every year for Halloween, regardless of the themed group costume your father, twin brother, and family bodyguard went with? 2. Speaking of holidays involving costumes, during Purim is your name traditionally drowned out with groggers in the telling of the _spiel_? 3. Did the airing of a movie about you make a lot of Jets and especially Raiders fans _very_ angry in 1968? ---
**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, 2021, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/239 "2021-10-25T16:26:54Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did U.S. Grant succeed you as top general of U.S. forces? > Did you love your dog Ribsy? > Did Rex Harrison famously play you? Take a DQ Not Henry Huggins Not Henry Higgins > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. Did you dress as The Bat every year for Halloween, regardless of the themed group costume your father, twin brother, and family bodyguard went with? > 2. Speaking of holidays involving costumes, during Purim is your name traditionally drowned out with groggers in the telling of the _spiel_ ? > 3. Did the airing of a movie about you make a lot of Jets and especially Raiders fans _very_ angry in 1968? Take a DQ Not Haman Not Heidi ---
**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 25, 2021, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/240 "2021-10-25T16:44:07Z")
Previous IQs: Did U.S. Grant succeed you as top general of U.S. forces? - Henry Halleck Did you love your dog Ribsy? - Yes, Henry Huggins Did Rex Harrison famously play you? - Yes, Prof. Henry Higgins Henry x3! DQ: American character? IQs: Did you give the longest-ever speech for that particular recurring occasion? Did an editorial cartoon show you trying to wear the much-too-big hat of your grandfather? Did you learn how to defend yourself against a man attacking you with a banana? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843.md?page=13)