# 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:** 19\ **Page:** 18
**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, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/341 "2021-10-31T02:52:35Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > I am not Ernie > I am not Ego Nwodim > I am not ‘Eisenhowler’/ Eisenhower? A clean sweep! (Including, yes, General Eisenhowler.) IQs: 1. Did you play Hutch in _Rosemary’s Baby_ (though you’re probably better known for your role in another 1968 movie, this one science fiction)? 2. Did you claim to be working on a device for speaking with the dead? 3. In Greek mythology, did you fall in love with Narcissus, Narcissus? ---
**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, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/342 "2021-10-31T03:16:10Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play Hutch in _Rosemary’s Baby_ (though you’re probably better known for your role in another 1968 movie, this one science fiction)? > 2. Did you claim to be working on a device for speaking with the dead? > 3. In Greek mythology, did you fall in love with Narcissus, Narcissus? DQ DQ I am not Echo ---
**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, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/343 "2021-10-31T16:04:04Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > DQ > DQ > I am not Echo 1 was Maurice “Dr. Zaius” Evans; 2 was Thomas Edison (he was later quoted secondhand as saying he was joking). DQs: 1. European? 2. first name begins with E? (just to confirm it) ---
**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, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/344 "2021-10-31T16:22:00Z")
## 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 7. Born before 1859 8. Not known for The Sciences 9. Caucasian 10. First name begins with E 11. European ---
**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, 2021, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/345 "2021-10-31T18:48:37Z")
IQs: 1. Were you the first movie Tarzan? 2. Are you a stand-up comic with a wandering falsetto sort of voice? 3. Are you the Muse of erotic poetry? ---
**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, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/346 "2021-10-31T19:26:21Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > - Were you the first movie Tarzan? > - Are you a stand-up comic with a wandering falsetto sort of voice? > - Are you the Muse of erotic poetry? DQ I am not Emo Phillips I am not Erato ---
**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, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/347 "2021-10-31T19:41:53Z")
IQs: IQ1. Are you the host of _[your] Snifter of Blood_, an anthology comics series of tales inspired by your short stories and poems (and do you often appear in some form on its covers)? IQ2. Did you write about the Trick or Treat for UNICEF program in your “My Day” column, in October 1957? IQ3. Are you the main character of…OOOOooooooOOOooooooh…_Ghost World_? ---
**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, 2021, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/348 "2021-10-31T20:03:35Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > - Were you the first movie Tarzan? > > > > > - Are you a stand-up comic with a wandering falsetto sort of voice? > > > - Are you the Muse of erotic poetry? > > DQ > I am not Emo Phillips > I am not Erato #1 was Elmo Lincoln. Correct on the others. DQ: Known for government? ---
**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, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/349 "2021-10-31T20:16:22Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQ1. Are you the host of _[your] Snifter of Blood_ , an anthology comics series of tales inspired by your short stories and poems (and do you often appear in some form on its covers)? > IQ2. Did you write about the Trick or Treat for UNICEF program in your “My Day” column, in October 1957? > IQ3. Are you the main character of…OOOOooooooOOOooooooh… _Ghost World_ ? I am not Edgar Allen Poe I am not Erma Bombeck? 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 31, 2021, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/350 "2021-10-31T20:20:34Z")
## 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 7. Born before 1859 8. Not known for The Sciences 9. Caucasian 10. First name begins with E 11. European 12. Indirectly related to politics; however, not her claim to fame ---
**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, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/351 "2021-10-31T21:46:16Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > IQ1. Are you the host of _[your] Snifter of Blood_, an anthology comics series of tales inspired by your short stories and poems (and do you often appear in some form on its covers)? > IQ2. Did you write about the Trick or Treat for UNICEF program in your “My Day” column, in October 1957? > IQ3. Are you the main character of…OOOOooooooOOOooooooh… _Ghost World_? > [@MissTake](#): > > I am not Edgar Allen Poe > I am not Erma Bombeck? > DQ 1 was correct; 2 was Eleanor Roosevelt (but good guess); 3 was Enid Coleslaw. DQs: 1. from the British Isles (including Ireland?) 2. born before 1600? ---
**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, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/352 "2021-10-31T21:50:32Z")
## 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 7. Born before 1859 8. Not known for The Sciences 9. Caucasian 10. First name begins with E 11. European 12. Indirectly related to politics; however, not her claim to fame 13. Not from the British Isles 14. Born before 1600 ---
**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, 2021, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/353 "2021-10-31T22:52:46Z")
IQs: 1. Did you have a minor hit with _Rubber Biscuit_? 2. Were you an expatriate American poet who helped the careers of James Joyce and T. S. Eliot? 3. Are you one of the main witches in the Discworld novels? ---
**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, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/354 "2021-10-31T23:13:51Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > - Did you have a minor hit with _Rubber Biscuit_ ? > - Were you an expatriate American poet who helped the careers of James Joyce and T. S. Eliot? > - Are you one of the main witches in the Discworld novels? DQ I am not Ezra Pound DQ ---
**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, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/355 "2021-10-31T23:17:13Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a female noble woman who got walled up alive for killing virgin girls for their blood so you could bathe in it? 2. Did you write **The Flame Trees of Thika**? 3. Is you good friend a rabbit named Harvey? ---
**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, 2021, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/356 "2021-10-31T23:26:32Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > - Did you have a minor hit with _Rubber Biscuit_ ? > > > > > - Were you an expatriate American poet who helped the careers of James Joyce and T. S. Eliot? > > > - Are you one of the main witches in the Discworld novels? > > DQ > I am not Ezra Pound > DQ #1 was Elwood Blues (Dan Aykroyd). Correct on Ezra. #3 is Mistress Esmerelda Weatherwax. DQ: Native speaker of a Romance language? 1 DQ reserved. ---
**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, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/357 "2021-10-31T23:27:11Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > Were you a female noble woman who got walled up alive for killing virgin girls for their blood so you could bathe in it? ## YES! I am Elizabeth Bathory! Figured squeeze in one more Halloween person before the witching hour arrives… ---
**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, 2021, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/358 "2021-10-31T23:32:29Z")
Very well done, **kitap**! Happy Halloween, all! ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2021, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/359 "2021-11-01T01:36:29Z")
Woot! The other two were Elspeth Huxley and Elwood C. Dowd. I’ve started the November 2021 thread here: [November Botticelli](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2021/953596) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843.md?page=17)