# 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:** 19
**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 30, 2013, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/361 "2013-09-30T04:31:45Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did a bookshop owner in a movie not know who you were? > Was a fort in Pennsylvania named after you? > Were you noted for your skills at makeup and disguise? > [@guylevesque](#): > > …I am not Lachlan McIntosh. 2 DQs for #1 and #3… The bookshop owner played by Hugh Grant in _Notting Hill_ didn’t know who Leonard di Caprio was. Hmm. Hadn’t known about McIntosh. I’ll rephrase. Lon Chaney. DQs: Best known as a novelist? Won a major award in your field? IQs: Was a fort that still exists in Pennsylvania named after you? Did you have a thing for cows and women with beehive hairdos? Did a very young Mike Wallace interview you when you were quite old? ---
**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 30, 2013, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/362 "2013-09-30T12:33:16Z")
IQs: 1. Did you write _Pippi Longstocking_? 2. Did you write _The Witch and the Archeologist_? 3. Did you write _The Song of Hiawatha_? ---
**Author:** ![guylevesque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6de8d8/32.png) [@guylevesque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guylevesque)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2013, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/363 "2013-09-30T21:08:33Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > T > DQs: > > Best known as a novelist? > Won a major award in your field? > > IQs: > > Was a fort that still exists in Pennsylvania named after you? > Did you have a thing for cows and women with beehive hairdos? > Did a very young Mike Wallace interview you when you were quite old? I wrote novels, but not only that and I won a major award in my field. I’m not John Ligonier. Have 2 DQs. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write _Pippi Longstocking_? > 2. Did you write _The Witch and the Archeologist_? > 3. Did you write _The Song of Hiawatha_? I’m not Astrid Lindgren or Henry Longfellow. I have never heard of the second book so have a DQ. L. 1. Male 2. Dead 3. Not American 4. Born North of the Mason-Dixon Line 5. European 6. Last name starts with L 7. Died after 1900 8. Known for the arts 9. Not a native speaker of a Romance language 10. Native language is not English 11. Not British 12. Died after 1950 13. Not known for composing or performing music 14. Native speaker of a Germanic language 15. Known for his writing 16. Name is two syllables long 17. Not a native speaker of German 18. Wrote novels but not only that 19. Won a major award in his field ---
**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 30, 2013, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/364 "2013-09-30T22:27:13Z")
_The Witch and the Archeologist_ is by Dutch author Hubert Lamp. I’m presently pretty stumped. ---
**Author:** ![guylevesque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6de8d8/32.png) [@guylevesque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guylevesque)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2013, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/365 "2013-09-30T22:44:18Z")
Do I have to reveal the answer once 20 DQs have been asked and no right answer? And who is Hubert Lamp? I can’t even find him on Wikipedia ---
**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 30, 2013, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/366 "2013-09-30T22:52:48Z")
Sorry, typo, Hubert Lampo. And, no. When we reach 20 Questions everyone who has earned a DQ this round gets one final question in the form of: “Are you Firstname Lastname?” If no one guesses it in a reasonable period of time, THEN comes your big reveal. ---
**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 30, 2013, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/367 "2013-09-30T22:55:48Z")
The normal routine is that after 20 DQs have been answered, each person who was awarded a DQ during the present game can ask one more DQ, phrased as “Are you [insert name here]?” If none of them are successful, you reveal the answer and then start the next game. Ninja’d… ---
**Author:** ![guylevesque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6de8d8/32.png) [@guylevesque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guylevesque)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2013, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/368 "2013-09-30T23:56:49Z")
OK. Thank you! There’s not many possibilities left so you will probably guess it before I reveal it ---
**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 1, 2013, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/369 "2013-10-01T01:45:03Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Was a fort that still exists in Pennsylvania named after you? > Did you have a thing for cows and women with beehive hairdos? > Did a very young Mike Wallace interview you when you were quite old? > [@guylevesque](#): > > …I’m not John Ligonier. Have 2 DQs… Yes, Gen. Ligonier. Gary Larson, cartoonist of _The Far Side_. Frank Lloyd Wright (his middle name is invariably used, so I think this is fair play). I yield my DQ (to bring us to 20) to whoever would like to ask it. Can’t think of who this guy is. ---
**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 1, 2013, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/370 "2013-10-01T23:22:09Z")
I’m still blank. ---
**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 2, 2013, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/371 "2013-10-02T01:29:34Z")
Hmm. European male, last name starts with L, died since 1950, native speaker of a Germanic language, not a native speaker of German, wrote novels but not only that, and won a major award in his field. Think think think. ---
**Author:** ![guylevesque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6de8d8/32.png) [@guylevesque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guylevesque)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2013, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/372 "2013-10-02T02:08:27Z")
You still have one DQ. If used wisely, it should narrow it to maybe 2-3 possibilities… 😉 ---
**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:** [October 2, 2013, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/373 "2013-10-02T11:17:57Z")
> [@guylevesque](#): > > You still have one DQ. If used wisely, it should narrow it to maybe 2-3 possibilities… 😉 Since I can think of exactly zero candidates, that would be expanding, not narrowing… ---
**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:** [October 2, 2013, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/374 "2013-10-02T11:27:32Z")
A Germanic language, with English and German already ruled out. Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, Icelandic, Faroese, Dutch, Afrikaans… ---
**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 2, 2013, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/375 "2013-10-02T12:48:18Z")
…Yiddish… ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2013, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/376 "2013-10-02T14:48:00Z")
Nope, I’m stumped. ---
**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 2, 2013, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/377 "2013-10-02T14:51:52Z")
DQ: Was a movie made from any of your works? ---
**Author:** ![guylevesque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6de8d8/32.png) [@guylevesque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guylevesque)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2013, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/378 "2013-10-02T21:13:24Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > DQ: Was a movie made from any of your works? I don’t think there was a movie made but there were a couple of TV movies, not necessarily famous. L. 1. Male 2. Dead 3. Not American 4. Born North of the Mason-Dixon Line 5. European 6. Last name starts with L 7. Died after 1900 8. Known for the arts 9. Not a native speaker of a Romance language 10. Native language is not English 11. Not British 12. Died after 1950 13. Not known for composing or performing music 14. Native speaker of a Germanic language 15. Known for his writing 16. Name is two syllables long 17. Not a native speaker of German 18. Wrote novels but not only that 19. Won a major award in his field 20. TV movies were made from his works ---
**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, 2013, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/379 "2013-10-03T00:01:22Z")
Still nothing. I’m done. ---
**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:** [October 3, 2013, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/380 "2013-10-03T00:52:29Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > A Germanic language, with English and German already ruled out. Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, Icelandic, Faroese, Dutch, Afrikaans… > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > …Yiddish… …Scots… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928.md?page=18) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928.md?page=20)