# Botticelli (Part Whatever)
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-part-whatever/622653
**Category:** Thread Games
**Created:** [May 21, 2012, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-part-whatever/622653 "2012-05-21T21:04:41Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 5
### Author:  [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2012, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-part-whatever/622653/81 "2012-05-24T17:22:54Z")
> [@MissTake](#):
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> IQ1: Papa?
Um… yes? Maybe? No? In other words, take a DQ!
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### Author:  [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2012, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-part-whatever/622653/82 "2012-05-24T17:37:10Z")
I think MissTake is refering to Hemingway.
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### Author:  [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2012, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-part-whatever/622653/83 "2012-05-24T17:37:54Z")
Doh! :smack:
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### Author:  [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2012, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-part-whatever/622653/84 "2012-05-24T17:38:16Z")
> [@etv78](#):
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> I think MissTake is refering to Hemingway.
Exactamundo… Are you Ernest Hemingway?
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### Author:  [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2012, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-part-whatever/622653/85 "2012-05-24T17:40:32Z")
No. Want another DQ?
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### Author:  [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2012, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-part-whatever/622653/86 "2012-05-24T17:42:09Z")
Sure
DQ: Are your writings usually tied to a specific area in the United States?
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### Author:  [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2012, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-part-whatever/622653/87 "2012-05-24T17:44:33Z")
If me mentioning Hemingway was out of line, my apologies. :o
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### Author:  [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2012, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-part-whatever/622653/88 "2012-05-24T17:48:07Z")
DQs:
1. I am real.
2. I am male.
3. I am not currently living.
4. I am known for my contributions to the arts.
5. I am American.
6. I am noted more for authorship (writing, painting, composition, etc.) than for performance.
7. I was not born after 1900.
8. I am not noted for my creation of motion pictures or television.
9. My last name does not start with E (and my first name does begin with E).
10. I died before May 23, 1962.
11. I did write prose.
12. I was a novelist.
13. I was born after 1800.
14. My writings are not usually tied to a specific area in the United States.
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### Author:  [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2012, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-part-whatever/622653/89 "2012-05-24T18:51:35Z")
> [@etv78](#):
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> If me mentioning Hemingway was out of line, my apologies. :o
It’s all good, **etv78**
IQ1: Did you write about the lives and deaths of people in a fictional town?
IQ2: Have you ever pondered, weak and weary?
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### Author:  [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2012, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-part-whatever/622653/90 "2012-05-24T19:03:37Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> IQs:
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> Does a Detroit church include a memorial to a ship named after you?
> Were you the first commodore of the Continental Navy?
> Did Guy Pearce play you in a recent award-winning movie?
Yes, the _Edmund Fitzgerald_, named after an industrialist/tycoon, I think.
This was the undeservedly obscure Esek Hopkins.
Yes, Edward VIII in _The King’s Speech_.
Thank you for the offer of another DQ, given your clarification as to first name. I gladly accept. So:
DQs:
Usually considered a Southerner?
Best known for a single book?
IQs:
Did you write about a quarrelsome couple with presidential names?
Did you speak longer than Lincoln at Gettysburg?
Were you a White House plumber with an unusual name?
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### Author:  [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2012, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-part-whatever/622653/91 "2012-05-24T19:03:40Z")
I’m not Edgar Allen Poe, but you get a life-and-death DQ for #1.
Upon edit: This is directed to **MissTake**.
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### Author:  [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2012, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-part-whatever/622653/92 "2012-05-24T19:16:51Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Usually considered a Southerner?
> Best known for a single book?
No to both.
DQs:
1. I am real.
2. I am male.
3. I am not currently living.
4. I am known for my contributions to the arts.
5. I am American.
6. I am noted more for authorship (writing, painting, composition, etc.) than for performance.
7. I was not born after 1900.
8. I am not noted for my creation of motion pictures or television.
9. My last name does not start with E (and my first name does begin with E).
10. I died before May 23, 1962.
11. I did write prose.
12. I was a novelist.
13. I was born after 1800.
14. My writings are not usually tied to a specific area in the United States.
15. I am not usually considered a southerner (nor should I be).
16. I am not best known for a single book.
> [@](#):
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> Did you write about a quarrelsome couple with presidential names?
> Did you speak longer than Lincoln at Gettysburg?
> Were you a White House plumber with an unusual name?
I’m not Edward Everett or Egil Krogh. Take a DQ for #1.
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### Author:  [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2012, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-part-whatever/622653/93 "2012-05-24T19:22:23Z")
> [@Enginerd](#):
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> I’m not Edgar Allen Poe, but you get a life-and-death DQ for #1.
Edgar Lee Masters, author of _Spoon River Anthology_.
DQ: Have you won awards for your writing?
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### Author:  [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2012, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-part-whatever/622653/94 "2012-05-24T19:29:07Z")
DQs:
1. I am real.
2. I am male.
3. I am not currently living.
4. I am known for my contributions to the arts.
5. I am American.
6. I am noted more for authorship (writing, painting, composition, etc.) than for performance.
7. I was not born after 1900.
8. I am not noted for my creation of motion pictures or television.
9. My last name does not start with E (and my first name does begin with E).
10. I died before May 23, 1962.
11. I did write prose.
12. I was a novelist.
13. I was born after 1800.
14. My writings are not usually tied to a specific area in the United States.
15. I am not usually considered a southerner (nor should I be).
16. I am not best known for a single book.
17. I have not won any significant awards for my writing.
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### Author:  [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2012, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-part-whatever/622653/95 "2012-05-24T20:31:03Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> IQs:
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> Did you write about a quarrelsome couple with presidential names?
> Did you speak longer than Lincoln at Gettysburg?
> Were you a White House plumber with an unusual name?
Edward Albee wrote _Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?_, about the disputatious George and Martha.
Yes to both Edward Everett and Egil Krogh. Well done!
Hmmm. Lemme think about my DQ. For now I’m stumped.
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### Author:  [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2012, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-part-whatever/622653/96 "2012-05-24T23:14:00Z")
Were you named after the most famous witness to the battle of Ft. McHenry?
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### Author:  [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2012, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-part-whatever/622653/97 "2012-05-24T23:40:43Z")
We’re still on E, right? Because the only guy I can think of who meets that criterion is F. Scott Fitzgerald, and I’m not him. Take a DQ if you were thinking of someone else.
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### Author:  [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2012, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-part-whatever/622653/98 "2012-05-24T23:48:15Z")
Once again, I forgot the letter! :smack: I was refering to Fitzgerald.
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### Author:  [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)
#### Post date: [May 25, 2012, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-part-whatever/622653/99 "2012-05-25T05:11:53Z")
I am at a loss and am packing to run away for a long weekend - I will be interested to see who it was when I am back.
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### Author:  [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)
#### Post date: [May 25, 2012, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-part-whatever/622653/100 "2012-05-25T13:34:35Z")
The odd pink boat was referring to _Operation Petticoat_ directed by Blake Edwards - whowas already covered by an IQ _I_ didn’t get. So, I’ll forego any DQ there.
1. Elizabeth Tudor AKA Queen Elizabeth I - she and her sister Queen Mary really didn’t agree on the whole Catholic vs Protestant thing.
2. His folksy style endeared Ernie Pyle to a generation of US servicemen during World War 2.
DQ. Did you die prior to 1900?
DQ. Were you noted your pioneering work in mystery writing?
IQ1. Did your work inspire the name of an NFL team when it moved to your hometown?
IQ2. Is your pen name synonymous with mystery writing?
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