# Botticelli - Sep 2013 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [September 3, 2013, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928 "2013-09-03T22:04:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2013, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/1 "2013-09-03T22:04:58Z")
(Check the “More August Botticelli” thread for final comments on the previous game.) I am D! ---
**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:** [September 3, 2013, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/2 "2013-09-03T22:12:30Z")
That very thread: [More August Botticelli - Thread Games - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=698686) IQs: Did you say, “Churchill would skin his own mother to make a drum with which to beat his own praises?” Did you have a very nutritious food item named after you in the past 20 years? Did your plans for a seaside Scottish resort run into fierce local opposition? ---
**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:** [September 3, 2013, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/3 "2013-09-03T23:17:57Z")
IQs: 1. Did you kill yourself a b’ar when you were only three? 2. Did you discover chlorine and iodine? 3. Did you “sing” for Spike Jones? ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2013, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/4 "2013-09-03T23:45:58Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you say, “Churchill would skin his own mother to make a drum with which to beat his own praises?” > Did you have a very nutritious food item named after you in the past 20 years? > Did your plans for a seaside Scottish resort run into fierce local opposition? Here we go again… Take three. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you kill yourself a b’ar when you were only three? > 2. Did you discover chlorine and iodine? > 3. Did you “sing” for Spike Jones? Neither Davy Crockett nor Doodles Weaver. DQ for the chemist (for whom I know I will kick myself)… ---
**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:** [September 3, 2013, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/5 "2013-09-03T23:56:51Z")
The kicker’s Sir Humphrey Davy. DQ: Real? IQs: 1. Were you the first Queen of Carthage? 2. Were you a Venetian beauty slain by a wrongfully jealous spouse? 3. Are you a tragic heroine of Irish myths? ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2013, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/6 "2013-09-04T00:30:44Z")
IQ1: Are you an oracle for hire, and the eponymous character in a much-maligned webcomic? IQ2: Are you a presenter of TV antiques programmes with the catchphrase “cheap as chips”? IQ3: Are you a British political commentator with an alliterative name? ---
**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:** [September 4, 2013, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/7 "2013-09-04T02:04:13Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you say, “Churchill would skin his own mother to make a drum with which to beat his own praises?” > Did you have a very nutritious food item named after you in the past 20 years? > Did your plans for a seaside Scottish resort run into fierce local opposition? > [@SCAdian](#): > > Here we go again… Take three… British Prime Minister David Lloyd George Dilbert: [Dilbert's Assault On The Food Aisles Scott Adams's latest creation: the Dilberito, a vitamin-packed burrito for vegetarians - May 1, 2001](http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2001/05/01/302507/) Donald Trump: [You've Been Trumped (2011) - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1943873/?ref_=sr_1) DQs: Male? Last name start with D? American? IQs: Were you a fictional character whose name was much later taken by a man in a very different line of work? Were you the creator of that fictional character? Were you and your colleagues given a set of commemorative cups that will, after a point, no longer ever be used? ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2013, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/8 "2013-09-04T03:10:39Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the first Queen of Carthage? > 2. Were you a Venetian beauty slain by a wrongfully jealous spouse? > 3. Are you a tragic heroine of Irish myths? Not Dido or … Danaan? Take one or two DQs, as appropriate. > [@fanganga](#): > > IQ1: Are you an oracle for hire, and the eponymous character in a much-maligned webcomic? > IQ2: Are you a presenter of TV antiques programmes with the catchphrase “cheap as chips”? > IQ3: Are you a British political commentator with an alliterative name? Take three. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you a fictional character whose name was much later taken by a man in a very different line of work? > Were you the creator of that fictional character? > Were you and your colleagues given a set of commemorative cups that will, after a point, no longer ever be used? Fine, be that way. Take three more. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2013, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/9 "2013-09-04T03:12:56Z")
D 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Last name does not start with D 4. American ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2013, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/10 "2013-09-04T06:39:31Z")
> [@fanganga](#): > > IQ1: Are you an oracle for hire, and the eponymous character in a much-maligned webcomic? Dominic Deegan > [@fanganga](#): > > IQ2: Are you a presenter of TV antiques programmes with the catchphrase “cheap as chips”? David Dickinson > [@fanganga](#): > > IQ3: Are you a British political commentator with an alliterative name? [/QUOTE] David Dimbleby ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2013, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/11 "2013-09-04T06:58:10Z")
DQ1: Are you a character from literature? DQ2: Is your creator American? DQ3: Was the first work in which you appear created after 1950? IQ1: Are you commonly referred to by the same name and appellation (X the Y) as a British character who was created independently of you at roughly the same time? IQ2: Are you and your dog named after people who fought in the Bible? IQ3: Were you killed off by a faked suicide in prison? ---
**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:** [September 4, 2013, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/12 "2013-09-04T12:07:22Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the first Queen of Carthage? > 2. Were you a Venetian beauty slain by a wrongfully jealous spouse? > 3. Are you a tragic heroine of Irish myths? > > Not Dido or … Danaan? Dido, of course. Desdemona was killed by Othello. Deirdre is #3. I’ll hold on to my DQs for now. ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2013, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/13 "2013-09-04T12:28:16Z")
IQ1: Have you been portrayed by George Clooney and Frank Sinatra? IQ2: Would the town be horrified to know you’re little Pearl’s father? IQ3: Did you (and some other people) raise the _Titanic_? ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2013, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/14 "2013-09-04T12:56:05Z")
> [@fanganga](#): > > IQ1: Are you commonly referred to by the same name and appellation (X the Y) as a British character who was created independently of you at roughly the same time? > IQ2: Are you and your dog named after people who fought in the Bible? > IQ3: Were you killed off by a faked suicide in prison? Not Dennis the Menace. Not Davy (or is it Davey?). DQ. > [@Draelin](#): > > IQ1: Have you been portrayed by George Clooney and Frank Sinatra? > IQ2: Would the town be horrified to know you’re little Pearl’s father? > IQ3: Did you (and some other people) raise the _Titanic_? DQ. DQ. Not Dirk Pitt. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2013, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/15 "2013-09-04T12:59:01Z")
**D** 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Last name does not start with D 4. American 5. From literature 6. Creator was American 7. First appearance was not after 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:** [September 4, 2013, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/16 "2013-09-04T13:01:10Z")
DQs: 1. The main character in the story? 2. Is your character an adult? ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2013, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/17 "2013-09-04T13:09:22Z")
> [@Draelin](#): > > IQ1: Have you been portrayed by George Clooney and Frank Sinatra? Danny Ocean, in the two versions of _Ocean’s 11._ > [@](#): > > IQ2: Would the town be horrified to know you’re little Pearl’s father? Arthur Dimmesdale, _The Scarlet Letter_ DQ1: Did you appear in more than one work? DQ2: Were you ever turned into a movie? ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2013, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/18 "2013-09-04T13:10:07Z")
> [@fanganga](#): > > IQ1: Are you commonly referred to by the same name and appellation (X the Y) as a British character who was created independently of you at roughly the same time? > IQ2: Are you and your dog named after people who fought in the Bible? > IQ3: Were you killed off by a faked suicide in prison? 1 was Dennis the Menace, as you said - specifically Dennis Mitchell, the American one. 2 was Davey, of Davey and Goliath, as you said. 3 was - spoilered or anyone who hasn’t seen the Wire and is planning to - D’Angelo Barksdale, commonly referred to in the show as “D” ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2013, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/19 "2013-09-04T13:19:22Z")
**D** 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Last name does not start with D 4. American 5. From literature 6. Creator was American 7. First appearance was not after 1950 8. Main character in my story 9. Adult 10. Appeared in more than one work 11. Was turned into a movie Prof P wants to rule out all the kidlit I read, I see. 😉 ---
**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:** [September 4, 2013, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/20 "2013-09-04T13:24:49Z")
Hey, you’ve trapped me more than once with kid detective questions! 🙂 IQs: 1. Are you the Bumstead family’s dog? 2. Did you play Kinch on _Hogan’s Heroes_? 3. Were you Perry Mason’s detective? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928.md?page=2)