# 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:** 17
**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 29, 2021, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/321 "2021-10-29T21:10:00Z")
Sweet! When my daughter was in 1st grade I received a phone call from her teacher, letting me know my wee adorable child was singing “Living Dead Girl”, and didn’t I find that inappropriate? I responded with I supposed it was marginally worse than her singing the chorus of “Tubthumping” during parent pick up in pre-K, but all in all, no. Ok. Moving on. ## I am E ---
**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 30, 2021, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/322 "2021-10-30T02:38:18Z")
Congrats, Miss Take! IQs: 1. Did you write a poem about the object that has a significant role at the end of _Ghostbusters II_? 2. Speaking of _Ghostbusters II_, are you in it? 3. Were you John Kerry’s running mate? ---
**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 30, 2021, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/323 "2021-10-30T03:05:46Z")
IQ1: Were you played by Johnny Depp in a Tim Burton movie about an untalented film director? IQ2: Were you played by Johnny Depp in a Tim Burton movie about an unfinished creation? IQ3: Did you paint _The Scream_? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2021, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/324 "2021-10-30T04:04:02Z")
Congrats! Previous IQs: > [@kitap](#): > > 1. Did you write **A People’s History of the United States**? > 2. Were you a German botanist who had a flower named after his surname? > 3. Were you an American naturalist who founded the Golden Field Guide books? Howard Zinn, Johan Zinn, Herbert Zim IQs: 1. Did you write **Gone-Away Lake**? 2. Did you write children’s books about the fictional Moffat family? 3. Did you write **Half Magic** and **Magic by the Lake** among other books? ---
**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 30, 2021, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/325 "2021-10-30T11:44:11Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. Did you write a poem about the object that has a significant role at the end of _Ghostbusters II_ ? > 2. Speaking of _Ghostbusters II_ , are you in it? > 3. Were you John Kerry’s running mate? DQ I am not Ernie Hudson I am not John Edwards > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Were you played by Johnny Depp in a Tim Burton movie about an untalented film director? > IQ2: Were you played by Johnny Depp in a Tim Burton movie about an unfinished creation? > IQ3: Did you paint _The Scream_ ? I am not Ed Wood I am not Edward Scissorhands I am not Edvard Munch > [@kitap](#): > > - Did you write **Gone-Away Lake**? > - Did you write children’s books about the fictional Moffat family? > - Did you write **Half Magic** and **Magic by the Lake** among other books? Take three 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 30, 2021, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/326 "2021-10-30T12:59:43Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the werewolf Munster? 2. Are you Dr. Jekyll’s alter ego? 3. Did you write _The Population Bomb_? ---
**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 30, 2021, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/327 "2021-10-30T13:04:47Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > DQ > I am not Ernie Hudson > I am not John Edwards 1 (wrote poem about the Statue of Liberty) was Emma Lazarus. DQ: real? ---
**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 30, 2021, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/328 "2021-10-30T13:12:17Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > - Are you the werewolf Munster? > - Are you Dr. Jekyll’s alter ego? > - Did you write _The Population Bomb_ ? DQ I am not Edward Hyde DQ ## I am E 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 30, 2021, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/329 "2021-10-30T15:35:31Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > - Are you the werewolf Munster? > > > > > - Are you Dr. Jekyll’s alter ego? > > > - Did you write _The Population Bomb_ ? > > DQ > I am not Edward Hyde > DQ #1 was Eddie Munster. Correct on Hyde. #3 was Paul Ehrlich. DQs: 1. Male? 2. Last name starts with E? ---
**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 30, 2021, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/330 "2021-10-30T15:48:26Z")
## I am E 1. Real 2. Female 3. Last name does not start with E ---
**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 30, 2021, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/331 "2021-10-30T16:46:32Z")
IQs: 1. Did you play TV’s Phryne Fisher? 2. Did you go as a ghost for your first Halloween–we can definitely say it’s your first, because you’re not from this planet? 3. Did you fight a mummy with JFK; appear as “Bubba”, a now brain-damaged vampire in the Southern Vampire Mysteries/True Blood book series; and get reprimanded by the other immortal celebrities in _Death Becomes Her_ for making occasional public appearances? ---
**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 30, 2021, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/332 "2021-10-30T16:47:56Z")
IQs: 1. Did you play the Bride of Frankenstein? 2. Are you Christopher Paolini’s best known character? 3. Did you play Hermione in the Harry Potter movie series? ---
**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 30, 2021, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/333 "2021-10-30T18:59:00Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. Did you play TV’s Phryne Fisher? > 2. Did you go as a ghost for your first Halloween–we can definitely say it’s your first, because you’re not from this planet? > 3. Did you fight a mummy with JFK; appear as “Bubba”, a now brain-damaged vampire in the Southern Vampire Mysteries/True Blood book series; and get reprimanded by the other immortal celebrities in _Death Becomes Her_ for making occasional public appearances? DQ DQ I am not Elvis Presley > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > - Did you play the Bride of Frankenstein? > - Are you Christopher Paolini’s best known character? > - Did you play Hermione in the Harry Potter movie series? I am not Elsa Lanchester DQ I am not Emma Watson ---
**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 30, 2021, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/334 "2021-10-30T19:30:18Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > - Did you play the Bride of Frankenstein? > > > > > - Are you Christopher Paolini’s best known character? > > > - Did you play Hermione in the Harry Potter movie series? > > I am not Elsa Lanchester > DQ > I am not Emma Watson Correct, Eragon, Correct DQ: Living? ---
**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 30, 2021, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/335 "2021-10-30T19:40:09Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > DQ > DQ > I am not Elvis Presley 1 (played Phryne Fisher) is Essie Davis, in _Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries_; 2 (alien who went as a ghost for Halloween) was E.T. 3 was, of course, 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 30, 2021, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/336 "2021-10-30T21:09:13Z")
## I am E 1. Real 2. Female 3. Last name does not start with E 4. Deceased 5. Not known for The Arts 6. Not American ---
**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, 2021, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/337 "2021-10-31T01:26:24Z")
IQs: 1. Speaking of mummies…Exploring an Egyptian tomb that had a statue resembling you, did you feel scared, until you started singing about your rubber duckie (with the statue joining in)? 2. Are you a comedienne currently in the cast of _Saturday Night Live_? 3. From the Presidential Monsters toyline, is this you (with the rank and military uniform of your prior position)? [![](https://live.staticflickr.com/7375/12699114895_167575ff0e_b.jpg) ](https://live.staticflickr.com/7375/12699114895_167575ff0e_b.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2021, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/338 "2021-10-31T01:44:32Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write **Gone-Away Lake**? > 2. Did you write children’s books about the fictional Moffat family? > 3. Did you write **Half Magic** and **Magic by the Lake** among other books? Elizabeth Enright, Eleanor Estes, Edward Eager DQs: 1. Born after 1859? 2. Known for the sciences? 3. Caucasian? ---
**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 31, 2021, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/339 "2021-10-31T01:49:59Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. Speaking of mummies…Exploring an Egyptian tomb that had a statue resembling you, did you feel scared, until you started singing about your rubber duckie (with the statue joining in)? > 2. Are you a comedienne currently in the cast of _Saturday Night Live_ ? > 3. From the Presidential Monsters toyline, is this you (with the rank and military uniform of your prior position)? I am not Ernie I am not Ego Nwodim I am not ‘Eisenhowler’/ Eisenhower? ---
**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 31, 2021, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/340 "2021-10-31T01:52:02Z")
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