# Botticelli October 2023 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [October 2, 2023, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2023/990977 "2023-10-02T01:34:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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 2, 2023, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2023/990977/1 "2023-10-02T01:34:04Z")
Good evening, boys and _ghouls_. Welcome to the October 2023 Botticelli thread, with me, your host W. De La Rue. [Here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2023/989596) is the previous month’s thread, [here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875) is an explanation of the rules from a thread earlier this year, and [here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-general-questions/844223) is a thread for questions about the game. I am V. [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/InicialV.svg/750px-InicialV.svg.png?20081009075253) ](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/InicialV.svg/750px-InicialV.svg.png?20081009075253) ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2023, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2023/990977/2 "2023-10-02T02:53:32Z")
IQs: 1. Did we ever find out who’s afraid of you? 2. Are you an infant who gave her name to a county in eastern North Carolina? 3. Did you have an addiction to chewing gum that ultimately made you very blue? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2023, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2023/990977/3 "2023-10-02T03:48:46Z")
1. Did you end up marrying Beldin at the end of The Mallorean quintet? 2. Were you Kolchak’s editor? 3. Were you Mike Hammer’s secretary? ---
**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 2, 2023, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2023/990977/4 "2023-10-02T03:50:51Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did we ever find out who’s afraid of you? > 2. Are you an infant who gave her name to a county in eastern North Carolina? > 3. Did you have an addiction to chewing gum that ultimately made you very blue? 1. I am not Virginia Woolf. 2. I am not Virginia Dare? 3. I am not Violet Beauregard. > [@kitap](#): > > 1. Did you end up marrying Beldin at the end of The Mallorean quintet? > 2. Were you Kolchak’s editor? > 3. Were you Mike Hammer’s secretary? 1. Take a DQ. 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not Vera? ---
**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 2, 2023, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2023/990977/5 "2023-10-02T20:57:44Z")
IQ1: Were you a penny-dreadful precursor to and inspiration for Bram Stoker’s most famous work? IQ2: Were you a real-life inspiration for Bram Stoker’s most famous work? IQ3: Did you guest appear on one of Michael Jackson’s most famous album title tracks? ---
**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 2, 2023, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2023/990977/6 "2023-10-02T21:15:10Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Were you a penny-dreadful precursor to and inspiration for Bram Stoker’s most famous work? > IQ2: Were you a real-life inspiration for Bram Stoker’s most famous work? > IQ3: Did you guest appear on one of Michael Jackson’s most famous album title tracks? I am not Varney the Vampire or Vincent Price, but I am indeed Vlad III Dracula, the Impaler! (Thus the blood-red V.) Next game goes to Chock. ---
**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 3, 2023, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2023/990977/7 "2023-10-03T07:02:28Z")
Well, that went quicker than I expected… Next up I am **J** [![](https://t3.ftcdn.net/jpg/01/01/60/66/360_F_101606688_2StB72uAKNWxM5KQEgQ2kSHIpThRe5DW.jpg) ](https://t3.ftcdn.net/jpg/01/01/60/66/360_F_101606688_2StB72uAKNWxM5KQEgQ2kSHIpThRe5DW.jpg) ---
**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 3, 2023, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2023/990977/8 "2023-10-03T19:21:17Z")
IQs: 1. Were you defenestrated by your eunuchs from your royal tower, trampled by horses and your flesh eaten by stray dogs, as was prophesied? 2. Was your corpse disinterred, burned, smashed to small pieces, burned again, and the ashen remains thrown ceremoniously into the river while a proclamation was read damning your soul to eternal torment? 3. Did you have a hit with _Who Will Save Your Soul?_ ---
**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 3, 2023, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2023/990977/9 "2023-10-03T19:25:08Z")
IQs: 1. Do you currently write and draw _Nancy_? 2. Were you prime minister of the United Kingdom after Margaret Thatcher but before Tony Blair? 3. Did you record “Werewolf Bar Mitzvah”? ---
**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 3, 2023, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2023/990977/10 "2023-10-03T19:59:55Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Were you defenestrated by your eunuchs from your royal tower, trampled by horses and your flesh eaten by stray dogs, as was prophesied? > 2. Was your corpse disinterred, burned, smashed to small pieces, burned again, and the ashen remains thrown ceremoniously into the river while a proclamation was read damning your soul to eternal torment? > 3. Did you have a hit with _Who Will Save Your Soul?_ Not Jezebel DQ Not Jewel > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. Do you currently write and draw _Nancy_? > 2. Were you prime minister of the United Kingdom after Margaret Thatcher but before Tony Blair? > 3. Did you record “Werewolf Bar Mitzvah”? DQ Not John Major DQ - but I’m googling that as soon as I hit “reply” ---
**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 3, 2023, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2023/990977/11 "2023-10-03T20:03:26Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > DQ > Not John Major > DQ - but I’m googling that as soon as I hit “reply” 1 was Olivia Jaimes; 3 was Tracy Jordan, on _30 Rock_. DQs: 1. real? 2. first name begins with J? ---
**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 3, 2023, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2023/990977/12 "2023-10-03T20:05:19Z")
**J** 1. Real 2. First name begins with J ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2023, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2023/990977/13 "2023-10-03T20:36:05Z")
Congrats! Previous IQs: > [@kitap](#): > > 1. Did you end up marrying Beldin at the end of The Mallorean quintet? > 2. Were you Kolchak’s editor? > 3. Were you Mike Hammer’s secretary? Vella, Tony Vincenzo, Velda IQs: 1. Are you known as Witch in the Black Jewels books? 2. Are you Ozma’s maid? 3. Are you a female General in the Oz books? ---
**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 3, 2023, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2023/990977/14 "2023-10-03T20:53:36Z")
IQs: 1. Are you a former astronaut and sometimes Man-Wolf? 2. Did you star in _The Rural Juror_? 3. Are you currently preserved as an “auto-icon”? ---
**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 3, 2023, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2023/990977/15 "2023-10-03T23:14:10Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > 1. Are you known as Witch in the Black Jewels books? > 2. Are you Ozma’s maid? > 3. Are you a female General in the Oz books? Take 3 DQs > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. Are you a former astronaut and sometimes Man-Wolf? > 2. Did you star in _The Rural Juror_? > 3. Are you currently preserved as an “auto-icon”? 3 DQs for you as well ---
**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 3, 2023, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2023/990977/16 "2023-10-03T23:36:12Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > 3 DQs for you as well 1 was John Jameson, in Marvel Comics; 2 was Jenna Maroney, in _30 Rock_; 3 was philospher Jeremy Bentham. DQs: 1. living? 2. male? 3. 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 3, 2023, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2023/990977/17 "2023-10-03T23:45:48Z")
**J** 1. Real 2. First name begins with J 3. Dead 4. Male 5. 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 4, 2023, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2023/990977/18 "2023-10-04T13:13:41Z")
IQs: 1. Did you and Elvis Presley fight Bubba Ho-Tep? 2. Did you write _Bubba Ho-Tep_? 3. On _30 Rock_, did you play Jenna Maroney? ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2023, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2023/990977/19 "2023-10-04T14:22:29Z")
Congratulations, **CFOHG**! That was quick! IQs: 1. Were you the first author to win the Hugo for Best Novel three years in a row? 2. Were you a bullfrog who always shared your wine? 3. Are you a video gamer who consoles himself with chicken, after a loss? ---
**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, 2023, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2023/990977/20 "2023-10-04T15:37:35Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > 1. Were you defenestrated by your eunuchs from your royal tower, trampled by horses and your flesh eaten by stray dogs, as was prophesied? > > 2. Was your corpse disinterred, burned, smashed to small pieces, burned again, and the ashen remains thrown ceremoniously into the river while a proclamation was read damning your soul to eternal torment? > > 3. Did you have a hit with _Who Will Save Your Soul?_ > > Not Jezebel > DQ > Not Jewel Correct, John Wycliffe, Correct. DQ: European? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2023/990977.md?page=2)