# 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:** 4
**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 6, 2013, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/61 "2013-09-06T00:24:02Z")
I didn’t want to host it again after running the game for three rounds, and I figured our European players (at least) could use a clue. Congratulations to EH! ---
**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 6, 2013, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/62 "2013-09-06T04:23:25Z")
Thanks! I’ll start the next round on Sat., I think. ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/63 "2013-09-06T12:07:22Z")
Congrats again, Prof P! ---
**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 6, 2013, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/64 "2013-09-06T12:15:23Z")
Thanks, Draelin, but Elendil’s Heir’s the one who won. ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/65 "2013-09-06T12:25:25Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Thanks, Draelin, but Elendil’s Heir’s the one who won. Note to self: Drink coffee, _then_ post. _sigh_ Dammit. Congrats to Elendil’s Heir, then. 🙂 ---
**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 7, 2013, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/66 "2013-09-07T01:27:54Z")
OK, I’m ready. The letter is M. ---
**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 7, 2013, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/67 "2013-09-07T02:07:51Z")
IQs: 1. Did Elton John write a song about you and then rewrite it about someone else? 2. Do you hold the record for most World Series home runs? 3. Was your beloved father slain by a man with six fingers on one hand? ---
**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 7, 2013, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/68 "2013-09-07T02:54:35Z")
IQ1: Are you a brilliant scientist who normally goes into action barefooted? IQ2: Are you a chemist whose nickname comes from his simian appearance? IQ3: Did you get your nickname after being framed for the theft of a truckload of meat? ---
**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:** [September 7, 2013, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/69 "2013-09-07T03:22:27Z")
IQ1: Are you ‘only pawn in game of life’? IQ2: Are you a former Canadian Prime Minister? IQ3: Are you member of The Band? ---
**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 7, 2013, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/70 "2013-09-07T04:41:44Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did Elton John write a song about you and then rewrite it about someone else? > 2. Do you hold the record for most World Series home runs? > 3. Was your beloved father slain by a man with six fingers on one hand? I’m not Marilyn Monroe, Mickey Mantle or… I should know the last guy but don’t. > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Are you a brilliant scientist who normally goes into action barefooted? > IQ2: Are you a chemist whose nickname comes from his simian appearance? > IQ3: Did you get your nickname after being framed for the theft of a truckload of meat? Dunno any of these. Take three DQs. > [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > IQ1: Are you ‘only pawn in game of life’? > IQ2: Are you a former Canadian Prime Minister? > IQ3: Are you member of The Band? Heh. Not Mongo, Paul Martin or, um, dunno the third one here, either. ---
**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 7, 2013, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/71 "2013-09-07T11:20:52Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Are you a brilliant scientist who normally goes into action barefooted? > IQ2: Are you a chemist whose nickname comes from his simian appearance? > IQ3: Did you get your nickname after being framed for the theft of a truckload of meat? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno any of these. Take three DQs. Hank McCoy, the Beast (X-Men). Lt Col Andrew Blodgett “Monk” Mayfair (Doc Savage). Brig Gen Theodore Marley “Ham” Brooks (Doc Savage). DQ1: Real? DQ2: Male? DQ3: American? ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2013, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/72 "2013-09-07T12:03:33Z")
IQ1: Are you strongly associated with the phrase “I’ve started, so I’ll finish?” IQ2: Did you write “Stupid White Men”? IQ3: Did you play a superpowered criminal casino owner? ---
**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 7, 2013, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/73 "2013-09-07T15:15:45Z")
> [@fanganga](#): > > IQ1: Are you strongly associated with the phrase “I’ve started, so I’ll finish?” > IQ2: Did you write “Stupid White Men”? > IQ3: Did you play a superpowered criminal casino owner? Dunno any of these, either. M. 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. American ---
**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 7, 2013, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/74 "2013-09-07T15:37:01Z")
1. Was your beloved father slain by a man with six fingers on one hand? Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father, prepare to die. DQ: Created after 1950? ---
**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:** [September 7, 2013, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/75 "2013-09-07T15:40:48Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > IQ1: Are you ‘only pawn in game of life’? > IQ2: Are you a former Canadian Prime Minister? > IQ3: Are you member of The Band? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Heh. Not Mongo, Paul Martin or, um, dunno the third one here, either. Mungo and Paul Martin, indeed. **Richard Manuel** was a singer, piano player and drummer with The Hawks and then The Band. DQ: Did you originally appear in a work of literature? ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2013, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/76 "2013-09-07T16:04:18Z")
> [@fanganga](#): > > IQ1: Are you strongly associated with the phrase “I’ve started, so I’ll finish?” Magnus Magnusson, host of Mastermind who would allow a contestant to answer a question if time ran out while he was asking it, and would use those exact words when doing so. > [@fanganga](#): > > IQ2: Did you write “Stupid White Men”? Michael Moore > [@fanganga](#): > > IQ3: Did you play a superpowered criminal casino owner? Malcolm McDowell who played the casino owner and crime boss in Heroes, whose character name I have forgotten ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2013, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/77 "2013-09-07T16:09:37Z")
DQ1: Is your creator American? DQ2: Have you appeared in multiple works? DQ3: Does the work or works in which you appear belong to the Science Fiction, Fantasy or paranormal genre? ---
**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:** [September 7, 2013, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/78 "2013-09-07T17:45:44Z")
IQ1: Are you a composer whose best known work was premiered in a concentration camp? IQ2: Are you an Alberta-born singer-songwriter? IQ3: Are you a jazz bassist who collaborated with the above-mentioned Albertan? ---
**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 7, 2013, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/79 "2013-09-07T20:54:28Z")
IQ1: Did your father warn you not to get cider in your ear? IQ2: Did you write _A Musical Joke_? IQ3: Are you the angel who visited Joseph Smith? ---
**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 7, 2013, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928/80 "2013-09-07T21:28:26Z")
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