# 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:** 2
**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, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/21 "2021-10-05T14:45:15Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > I am not Sesame Street’s Count von Count, DQ, I am not Cyndi Lauper 1 was correct; 2 was Capability Brown; 3 was correct. DQ: known from acting? (you’re welcome!) ---
**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, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/22 "2021-10-05T14:46:19Z")
## I am C 1. Real 2. Male 3. First name begins with C 4. Deceased 5. Known from the Arts 6. Not American 7. Not known for acting ---
**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, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/23 "2021-10-05T14:58:25Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > - Are you remembered as “The Arch-Impressionist”? > - Did you write _Pinocchio_ ? > - Did you write _Pirate Latitudes_ and _Micro_ ? Correct on Claude Monet. #2 was Carlo Collodi. Correct on Michael Crichton. DQ: Died before 1950? ---
**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, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/24 "2021-10-05T15:01:01Z")
IQs: 1. Were you and your husband a successful dance team in MGM musicals? 2. Were you the inspiration for Pepe le Pew? 3. Were you Agamemnon’s unfaithful wife? ---
**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, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/25 "2021-10-05T15:20:24Z")
IQs: 1. Speaking of vampires, while Nandor, Laszlo, and Nadja are the conventional blood-drinking type, are you an energy vampire on _What We Do in the Shadows_? 2. Did you write _Silent Spring_? 3. Did you write _The House on Mango Street_? ---
**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, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/26 "2021-10-05T15:27:36Z")
## I am C 1. Real 2. Male 3. First name begins with C 4. Deceased 5. Known from the Arts 6. Not American 7. Not known for acting 8. Died before 1950 ---
**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, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/27 "2021-10-05T15:29:48Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > - Were you and your husband a successful dance team in MGM musicals? > - Were you the inspiration for Pepe le Pew? > - Were you Agamemnon’s unfaithful wife? The only C I can think of is Cyd Charisse - if not her, take a DQ, DQ, I am not Clytemnestra > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. Speaking of vampires, while Nandor, Laszlo, and Nadja are the conventional blood-drinking type, are you an energy vampire on _What We Do in the Shadows_ ? > 2. Did you write _Silent Spring_ ? > 3. Did you write _The House on Mango Street_ ? I am not Colin Robinson, DQ, DQ ---
**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, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/28 "2021-10-05T15:36:04Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > I am not Colin Robinson, DQ, DQ 1 was correct; 2 was Rachel Carson; 3 was Sandra Cisneros. DQs: 1. known from writing? 2. 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 5, 2021, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/29 "2021-10-05T16:14:00Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > - Were you and your husband a successful dance team in MGM musicals? > > > > > - Were you the inspiration for Pepe le Pew? > > > - Were you Agamemnon’s unfaithful wife? > > The only C I can think of is Cyd Charisse - if not her, take a DQ, DQ, I am not Clytemnestra #1 was Marge Champion. Her husband was Gower Champion. #2 was Charles (“Come weeth me to zee Casbaah”) Boyer. Correct on Clytemnestra. DQ: Died before 1900? 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 5, 2021, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/30 "2021-10-05T16:31:52Z")
## I am C 1. Real 2. Male 3. First name begins with C 4. Deceased 5. Known from the Arts 6. Not American 7. Not known for acting 8. Died before 1950 9. Not known for writing (ie putting words on paper) 10. European 11. Died 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 5, 2021, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/31 "2021-10-05T16:56:57Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > > [@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 Charles Laughton,director of _Night of the Hunter_ Carrie White, title character of _Carrie_ Correct DQ: Known for visual arts (painting, photography, sculture, etc)? DQ: From the British Isles? ---
**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, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/32 "2021-10-05T17:29:15Z")
## I am C 1. Real 2. Male 3. First name begins with C 4. Deceased 5. Known from the Arts 6. Not American 7. Not known for acting 8. Died before 1950 9. Not known for writing (ie putting words on paper) 10. European 11. Died after 1900 12. Not known for the visual arts 13. Not from the British Isles ---
**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, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/33 "2021-10-05T17:58:32Z")
DQ: Known for music? ---
**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, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/34 "2021-10-05T18:08:36Z")
## I am C 1. Real 2. Male 3. First name begins with C 4. Deceased 5. Known from the Arts 6. Not American 7. Not known for acting 8. Died before 1950 9. Not known for writing (i.e. putting words on paper) 10. European 11. Died after 1900 12. Not known for the visual arts 13. Not from the British Isles 14. Known for music ---
**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, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/35 "2021-10-05T19:21:38Z")
IQ1: Did you write _Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun_ and _Nocturnes_? IQ2: Do you provide the voice for an arthropod restaurant owner? IQ3: Did you play the Invisible Man? Edit: Just noticed Monet was already asked. Replaced IQ2 with a new question. ---
**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, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/36 "2021-10-05T19:31:01Z")
Previous IQs: Were you a master blackmailer taken on by Sherlock Holmes? - Yes, Charles Augustus Milverton Are you the monarch by the end of Jeffrey Archer’s political novel _First Among Equals_? - King Charles III, after his mother’s 1991 abdication Did you record “letters” to your spinster sister back in Boston? - Maj. Charles Emerson Winchester, on _MASH_ Charles x3! DQs: Born in or east of Vienna? Born in or north of Vienna? IQs: Did your Elven spouse have a ridiculous alternative name? Were you the only Elf in Tolkien’s writings known to have a beard? Were you AKA Saruman? ---
**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, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/37 "2021-10-05T20:11:57Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Did you write _Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun_ and _Nocturnes_ ? > IQ2: Do you provide the voice for an arthropod restaurant owner? > IQ3: Did you play the Invisible Man? I am not Claude Debussy, DQ, I am not Claude Rains > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did your Elven spouse have a ridiculous alternative name? > Were you the only Elf in Tolkien’s writings known to have a beard? > Were you AKA Saruman? DQ, DQ, DQ Probably should consider reading LotR at some point… ---
**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, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/38 "2021-10-05T20:14:38Z")
## I am C 1. Real 2. Male 3. First name begins with C 4. Deceased 5. Known from the Arts 6. Not American 7. Not known for acting 8. Died before 1950 9. Not known for writing (i.e. putting words on paper) 10. European 11. Died after 1900 12. Not known for the visual arts 13. Not from the British Isles 14. Known for music 15. Born west of Vienna 16. Born north of Vienna ---
**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, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/39 "2021-10-05T20:20:19Z")
IQs: 1. Did you compose the opera _Giselle_? 2. Did you write or compile a collection of Uncle Remus stories? 3. Did you write _The Rime of the Ancient Mariner_? ---
**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, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843/40 "2021-10-05T20:44:29Z")
Read _LOTR_, **MissTake**? Yes, you should! Most definitely. Previous IQs: Did your Elven spouse have a ridiculous alternative name? - Oops, I got this backwards; I’ll rephrase Were you the only Elf in Tolkien’s writings known to have a beard? - Cirdan the Shipwright Were you AKA Saruman? - Curunir DQs: French? Best known as a singer? IQs: You were Galadriel’s husband; did you have a ridiculous alternative name? Were you Lord Nelson’s #2 guy at Trafalgar? Did Johnny Depp play you in a movie with Eva Green? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2021/951843.md?page=3)