# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2023, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2023/990977/21 "2023-10-04T17:10:09Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > 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? Jaenelle, Jellia Jamb, Jinjur. 3 DQs held. ---
**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 4, 2023, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2023/990977/22 "2023-10-04T17:59:44Z")
**J** 1. Real 2. First name begins with J 3. Dead 4. Male 5. Not American 6. 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 4, 2023, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2023/990977/23 "2023-10-04T18:32:59Z")
IQs: 1. On the highly acclaimed titanium-enameled 1950’s BBC radio series _The Goon Show_, was your catchphrase “He’s fallen in the wa-ter.”? 2. Were you a Pittsburgh steelworker who’s a hero of American fakelore [sic]? 3. Would your husband, if alive, be really enthused to learn that Moscow had a snowless winter last year? ---
**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 4, 2023, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2023/990977/24 "2023-10-04T20:26:39Z")
J it is. IQs: Did you write, “Send not to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee”? Did you joke about making a big announcement late at night on an empty street? Were you that person’s second child? ---
**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 4, 2023, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2023/990977/25 "2023-10-04T20:33:21Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. On the highly acclaimed titanium-enameled 1950’s BBC radio series _The Goon Show_, was your catchphrase “He’s fallen in the wa-ter.”? > 2. Were you a Pittsburgh steelworker who’s a hero of American fakelore [sic]? > 3. Would your husband, if alive, be really enthused to learn that Moscow had a snowless winter last year? DQ Not John Henry DQ > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did you write, “Send not to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee”? > Did you joke about making a big announcement late at night on an empty street? > Were you that person’s second child? Not John Dunne 2 DQs ---
**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 4, 2023, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2023/990977/26 "2023-10-04T20:37:26Z")
Previous IQs: Did you write, “Send not to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee”? - Close enough; it was John Donne Did you joke about making a big announcement late at night on an empty street? - JFK, saying that’s how he’d announce, peeking out his front door to be sure no reporters were around, that he’d decided to appoint RFK as Attorney General Were you that person’s second child? - JFK Jr. John x3! DQs: From the British Isles? Died in or since 1900? IQs: Were you a politician who dated Linda Rondstadt? Did you jump into a river from a helicopter for a TV show? Did a music duo use your name to represent one half of the group, early in their career? ---
**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, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2023/990977/27 "2023-10-04T20:39:30Z")
Slow Moving Vehicle and I have unanswered questions, above. ---
**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 4, 2023, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2023/990977/28 "2023-10-04T22:27:10Z")
Sorry I missed these > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 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? Not John F Kennedy Take 2 DQs > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > 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? Not N.K. Jemisin Not Jeremiah Take a DQ > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Were you a politician who dated Linda Rondstadt? > Did you jump into a river from a helicopter for a TV show? > Did a music duo use your name to represent one half of the group, early in their career? Not California governor Jerry Brown DQ Not Jerry as in Tom & Jerry AKA Simon and Garfunkel I hope I got everybody ---
**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 4, 2023, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2023/990977/29 "2023-10-04T22:28:02Z")
**J** 1. Real 2. First name begins with J 3. Dead 4. Male 5. Not American 6. European 7. From the British Isles 8. Died in or since 1900 ---
**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, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2023/990977/30 "2023-10-04T22:31:22Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > Not John F Kennedy > Take 2 DQs 2 was Joe Lansdale; 3 was Jane Krakowski. DQs: 1. died after 1960? 2. known from the arts? ---
**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 4, 2023, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2023/990977/31 "2023-10-04T22:51:33Z")
**J** 1. Real 2. First name begins with J 3. Dead 4. Male 5. Not American 6. European 7. From the British Isles 8. Died in or since 1900 9. Died before 1960 10. Known from the arts ---
**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 5, 2023, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2023/990977/32 "2023-10-05T00:11:27Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > > 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? > > Not N.K. Jemisin > Not Jeremiah > Take a DQ Correct on the first two. No. 3 was that living embodiment of the proverb “Fools rush on where angels fear to tread”, Lee-roooooooyy _Jenk_-ins. DQ: Known for the literary arts? ---
**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, 2023, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2023/990977/33 "2023-10-05T00:19:58Z")
**J** 1. Real 2. First name begins with J 3. Dead 4. Male 5. Not American 6. European 7. From the British Isles 8. Died in or since 1900 9. Died before 1960 10. Known from the arts 11. Not known for the literary arts ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2023, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2023/990977/34 "2023-10-05T02:59:44Z")
DQs: Known for the performing arts? ---
**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, 2023, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2023/990977/35 "2023-10-05T03:22:25Z")
IQs: 1. Did you and your family revolt against Antiochus? 2. Have you _also_ written about Cormoran Strike? 3. Were you a GE executive and Liz’s boss on _30 Rock_? and played by an actor from _Beetlejuice_? ---
**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, 2023, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2023/990977/36 "2023-10-05T04:27:40Z")
**J** 1. Real 2. First name begins with J 3. Dead 4. Male 5. Not American 6. European 7. From the British Isles 8. Died in or since 1900 9. Died before 1960 10. Known from the arts 11. Not known for the literary arts 12. Known in part for the performing arts, but not as a performer ---
**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, 2023, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2023/990977/37 "2023-10-05T04:28:51Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. Did you and your family revolt against Antiochus? > 2. Have you _also_ written about Cormoran Strike? > 3. Were you a GE executive and Liz’s boss on _30 Rock_? > and played by an actor from _Beetlejuice_? DQ Not Robert Galbraith AKA J.K. Rowling 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 5, 2023, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2023/990977/38 "2023-10-05T11:23:03Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a jazz pianist whose real name was Ferdinand La Mothe? 2. According to Dante, is your soul in Hell, being chewed by on of Satan’s mouths? 3. Were you a psychologist who developed ideas around introversion/extraversion and individuation? ---
**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, 2023, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2023/990977/39 "2023-10-05T14:13:11Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > 1. On the highly acclaimed titanium-enameled 1950’s BBC radio series _The Goon Show_, was your catchphrase “He’s fallen in the wa-ter.”? > > 2. Were you a Pittsburgh steelworker who’s a hero of American fakelore [sic]? > > 3. Would your husband, if alive, be really enthused to learn that Moscow had a snowless winter last year? > > DQ > Not John Henry > DQ #1 is Little Jim. #2 was not the railroader John Henry, but Joe Magarac, man of steel. #3 was the Empress Josephine. Napoleon would have said, let’s go, boys! DQs: 1. Died since 1940? 2. Known for music? 1 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 5, 2023, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2023/990977/40 "2023-10-05T14:21:31Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Did you and your family revolt against Antiochus? > 2. Have you _also_ written about Cormoran Strike? > 3. Were you a GE executive and Liz’s boss on _30 Rock_? > and played by an actor from _Beetlejuice_? > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > DQ > Not Robert Galbraith AKA J.K. Rowling > DQ 1 was Judah Maccabee; 3 was Jack Donaghy. 2 DQs reserved. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2023/990977.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-october-2023/990977.md?page=3)