# 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:** 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 24, 2023, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2023/990977/221 "2023-10-24T23:14:02Z")
[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:217, topic:990977, full:true”] # DQs: 1. Real 2. Last name starts with G 3. Living 4. American 5. Female 6. Known for the Arts 7. Known for Acting ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2023, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2023/990977/222 "2023-10-25T02:00:41Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > 1. Did you play Nick Stokes on **CSI**? > 2. Did you marry Jared Padalecki? > 3. Did Sterling K. Brown play you in four episodes of **Supernatural**? George Eads, Genevieve Cortese, Gordon Walker. DQs: 1. Caucasian? 2. Born in or before 1960? One,DQ reserved. ---
**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, 2023, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2023/990977/223 "2023-10-25T02:04:52Z")
IQs: 1. Did you sculpt the trophy formerly used for the World Fantasy Award, a bust of H.P. Lovecraft? 2. Did you write the humor column _You’ll All Be Sorry!_ for the website Comic Book Resources, before writing comics professionally like _Deadpool_ and _Welcome to Tranquility_? 3. Did you survive a nasty brain injury with a tamping iron? ---
**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, 2023, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2023/990977/224 "2023-10-25T03:04:04Z")
IQs: Did you complain that New Englanders were, as a rule, slovenly and fractious? Were you “the Sledge of Nashville”? Was your middle name Catlett? ---
**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 25, 2023, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2023/990977/225 "2023-10-25T13:36:46Z")
# DQs: 1. Real 2. Last name starts with G 3. Living 4. American 5. Female 6. Known for the Arts 7. Known for Acting 8. Caucasian 9. Born in or before 1960 ---
**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 25, 2023, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2023/990977/226 "2023-10-25T13:37:19Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you sculpt the trophy formerly used for the World Fantasy Award, a bust of H.P. Lovecraft? > 2. Did you write the humor column _You’ll All Be Sorry!_ for the website Comic Book Resources, before writing comics professionally like _Deadpool_ and _Welcome to Tranquility_? > 3. Did you survive a nasty brain injury with a tamping iron? Take 3 DQs. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did you complain that New Englanders were, as a rule, slovenly and fractious? > Were you “the Sledge of Nashville”? > Was your middle name Catlett? Take 3 DQs. ---
**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, 2023, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2023/990977/227 "2023-10-25T13:48:58Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Take 3 DQs. 1 was Gahan Wilson; 2 was Gail Simone; 3 was Phineas Gage. DQs: 1. born after 1940? 2. first name begins from A-M? 3. known for leading roles? ---
**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 25, 2023, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2023/990977/228 "2023-10-25T13:59:55Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a journalist and mystery writer, known for paradoxes, like your statement “Anything worth doing is worth doing badly”? 2. In 1991, did you release “Coming Out Of The Dark”, a song inspired by your year-long recovery from a severe bus crash that required you to have two titanium columns implanted in your spine? 3. Were you the first of your royal house to speak the your country’s language natively, and whose interest in agriculture led your subjects to nickname you “Farmer [your 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 25, 2023, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2023/990977/229 "2023-10-25T15:48:56Z")
# DQs: 1. Real 2. Last name starts with G 3. Living 4. American 5. Female 6. Known for the Arts 7. Known for Acting 8. Caucasian 9. Born in or before 1960 10. Born after 1940 11. First name begins with N-Z 12. Has had leading roles, usually known for supporting roles ---
**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 25, 2023, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2023/990977/230 "2023-10-25T15:49:31Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a journalist and mystery writer, known for paradoxes, like your statement “Anything worth doing is worth doing badly”? > 2. In 1991, did you release “Coming Out Of The Dark”, a song inspired by your year-long recovery from a severe bus crash that required you to have two titanium columns implanted in your spine? > 3. Were you the first of your royal house to speak the your country’s language natively, and whose interest in agriculture led your subjects to nickname you “Farmer [your name]?” 1. Take a DQ. 2. I am not Gloria Estefan. 3. I am not George II (??). ---
**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, 2023, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2023/990977/231 "2023-10-25T16:12:02Z")
Previous IQs: Did you complain that New Englanders were, as a rule, slovenly and fractious? - George Washington, when first named to command the Continental Army Were you “the Sledge of Nashville”? - George H. Thomas, a Virginian who remained loyal to the Union and virtually destroyed a Confederate army in that battle Was your middle name Catlett? - George C. Marshall, CJCS, SECSTATE and SECDEF Just came across a reference to two separate incidents in which US Army superiors of Marshall, evaluating his performance as a junior officer, said they wanted to serve under him! George x3! DQs: Best known for film work? Considered a beauty? Still has an active career? IQs: Were you editor of _The Liberator_? Were you said to be able, as a party trick, to write simultaneously in Greek and Latin? Were you a noted Swedish warrior-king after whom an American college is named? ---
**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 25, 2023, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2023/990977/232 "2023-10-25T16:14:59Z")
# DQs: 1. Real 2. Last name starts with G 3. Living 4. American 5. Female 6. Known for the Arts 7. Known for Acting 8. Caucasian 9. Born in or before 1960 10. Born after 1940 11. First name begins with N-Z 12. Has had leading roles, usually known for supporting roles 13. Best known for film work 14. Considered a beauty 15. Retired from acting at the present ---
**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 25, 2023, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2023/990977/233 "2023-10-25T16:15:27Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Were you editor of _The Liberator_? > Were you said to be able, as a party trick, to write simultaneously in Greek and Latin? > Were you a noted Swedish warrior-king after whom an American college is named? 1. Take a DQ. 2. I am not James A. Garfield. 3. Take a DQ. ---
**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 25, 2023, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2023/990977/234 "2023-10-25T18:00:46Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Were you a journalist and mystery writer, known for paradoxes, like your statement “Anything worth doing is worth doing badly”? > > 2. In 1991, did you release “Coming Out Of The Dark”, a song inspired by your year-long recovery from a severe bus crash that required you to have two titanium columns implanted in your spine? > > 3. Were you the first of your royal house to speak the your country’s language natively, and whose interest in agriculture led your subjects to nickname you “Farmer [your name]?” > > 1. Take a DQ. > 2. I am not Gloria Estefan. > 3. I am not George II (??) #1. is G.(ilbert) K.(eith) Chesterton, creator of Father Brown and a number of lesser-remembered characters. Correct on #2. #3. was actually George III, the addressee of the Declaration of Independence. Still, close enough. DQ: known for comic roles? ---
**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, 2023, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2023/990977/235 "2023-10-25T18:11:50Z")
IQs: 1. Were you the first female prime minister of Israel? 2. Are you a four-armed Mortal Kombatant? 3. Did you say the ambiguous vampire movie _Martin_ was your favorite of all your films? ---
**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, 2023, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2023/990977/236 "2023-10-25T18:20:48Z")
The Declaration of Independence had a lot to say about George III (none of it good), but he’s not actually the addressee. Previous IQs: Were you editor of _The Liberator_? - Firebreathing abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison Were you said to be able, as a party trick, to write simultaneously in Greek and Latin? - Yes, James A. Garfield Were you a noted Swedish warrior-king after whom an American college is named? - Gustavus Adolphus DQs: Has won an Oscar? One DQ reserved. IQs: Did an expy of you appear in _Gone Girl_? Were you, in some tellings of Arthurian legend, the sickly but powerful son of Sir Launcelot? Did you joke that you knew only two songs - one was “Yankee Doodle,” and the other wasn’t? ---
**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, 2023, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2023/990977/237 "2023-10-25T18:21:35Z")
An update: [Botticelli - the letters we've used so far - #112 by Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-the-letters-weve-used-so-far/619048/112) ---
**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 25, 2023, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2023/990977/238 "2023-10-25T19:07:55Z")
[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:232, topic:990977, full:true”] # DQs: 1. Real 2. Last name starts with G 3. Living 4. American 5. Female 6. Known for the Arts 7. Known for Acting 8. Caucasian 9. Born in or before 1960 10. Born after 1940 11. First name begins with N-Z 12. Has had leading roles, usually known for supporting roles 13. Best known for film work 14. Considered a beauty 15. Retired from acting at the present 16. Known for comedy roles 17. Oscar-nominated, but not an Oscar-winner ---
**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 25, 2023, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2023/990977/239 "2023-10-25T19:09:11Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the first female prime minister of Israel? > 2. Are you a four-armed Mortal Kombatant? > 3. Did you say the ambiguous vampire movie _Martin_ was your favorite of all your films? 1. I am not Golda Meir. Take 2 DQs. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did an expy of you appear in _Gone Girl_? > Were you, in some tellings of Arthurian legend, the sickly but powerful son of Sir Launcelot? > Did you joke that you knew only two songs - one was “Yankee Doodle,” and the other wasn’t? 1. Take a DQ. 2. I am not Sir Galahad. (??) 3. I am not Ulysses S. Grant (??) ---
**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, 2023, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2023/990977/240 "2023-10-25T19:36:28Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Golda Meir. > Take 2 DQs. 2 was Goro; 3 was George Romero. 2 DQs reserved. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2023/990977.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2023/990977.md?page=13)