# Botticelli - Sept. 2020 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [September 2, 2020, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574 "2020-09-02T04:51:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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 2, 2020, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/1 "2020-09-02T04:51:05Z")
Last month’s thread: [Botticelli -- Aug 2020](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/) Our next letter will be # **R** ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2020, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/2 "2020-09-02T11:14:33Z")
IQs: 1. Did you kill someone over a penmanship award? 2. Did you write **The Classics Reclassified**? 3. Are you a rock star who visited East Germany, got involved with the Resistance and helped infiltrate the notorious Flurgendorf prison to free your love interest’s father? ---
**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 2, 2020, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/3 "2020-09-02T12:00:03Z")
IQs: 1. Were you killed by a sparrow archer? 2. Did you play _Shaft_ in the 1970’s movie? 3. Have you played a rodeo cowboy, a con artist and an investigative reporter? ---
**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 2, 2020, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/4 "2020-09-02T13:16:36Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you kill someone over a penmanship award? > 2. Did you write **The Classics Reclassified**? > 3. Are you a rock star who visited East Germany, got involved with the Resistance and helped infiltrate the notorious Flurgendorf prison to free your love interest’s father? Dunno, dunno, and not the guy from _Top Secret!_, although I don’t know his name. Take three DQs. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you killed by a sparrow archer? > 2. Did you play _Shaft_ in the 1970’s movie? > 3. Have you played a rodeo cowboy, a con artist and an investigative reporter? Not Richard I Lionheart, Richard Roundtree or Robert Redford (also POTUS in the HBO _Watchmen_ alternative history). ---
**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 2, 2020, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/5 "2020-09-02T13:25:03Z")
IQs: 1. You are not Richard the Lionhearted. Were you also killed by a sparrow archer? 2. Did Frank Sinatra play you in more than one movie? 3. Did you write the poem “Goblin Market”? ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2020, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/6 "2020-09-02T13:28:43Z")
IQ: 1. Were you a kilted pro wrestler? 2. Are you a female wrestler whose nickname is taken from the person referred to in #1? 3. Did Dave Chapelle say he was me? ---
**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 2, 2020, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/7 "2020-09-02T13:30:04Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. You are not Richard the Lionhearted. Were you also killed by a sparrow archer? > 2. Did Frank Sinatra play you in more than one movie? > 3. Did you write the poem “Goblin Market”? Dunno, not Richard Ocean, and not Robert Frost. > [@MissTake](#): > > IQ: > > 1. Were you a kilted pro wrestler? > 2. Are you a female wrestler whose nickname is taken from the person referred to in #1? > 3. Did Dave Chapelle say he was me? Dunno, dunno, and still not Robert Frost. ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2020, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/8 "2020-09-02T13:33:08Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@MissTake](#): > > > > IQ: > > > > > 1. Were you a kilted pro wrestler? > > > 2. Are you a female wrestler whose nickname is taken from the person referred to in #1? > > > 3. Did Dave Chapelle say he was me? > > Dunno, dunno, and still not Robert Frost. 1. Roddy Piper 2. Rhona Rousey 3. Rick James DQ: 1. Male? 2. Living? 3. Known for the Arts? ---
**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 2, 2020, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/9 "2020-09-02T13:35:27Z")
R. 1. male 2. deceased 3. not known for the Arts ---
**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 2, 2020, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/10 "2020-09-02T13:56:23Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > > 1. You are not Richard the Lionhearted. Were you also killed by a sparrow archer? > > > 2. Did Frank Sinatra play you in more than one movie? > > > 3. Did you write the poem “Goblin Market”? > > Dunno, not Richard Ocean, and not Robert Frost. #1 was Cock Robin. “I,” said the sparrow, “with my bow and arrow, I killed Cock Robin.” #2 was Tony Rome. I think he only played Ocean once. #3 was Christina Rossetti. DQs: 1. Real? 2. Last name starts with R? 1 DQ reserved. ---
**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 2, 2020, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/11 "2020-09-02T13:57:17Z")
And, besides, that was Danny Ocean. ---
**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 2, 2020, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/12 "2020-09-02T13:58:34Z")
Thanks. I was guessing. R. 1. male 2. deceased 3. not known for the Arts 4. real 5. last name started with R ---
**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 2, 2020, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/13 "2020-09-02T13:58:54Z")
DQ: 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 2, 2020, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/14 "2020-09-02T14:00:36Z")
IQs: 1. Did you host _The Match Game_? 2. Have you played Bruce Banner in the latest round of Marvel movies? 3. Were you a theoretical physicist and a prankster? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2020, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/15 "2020-09-02T14:07:48Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you kill someone over a penmanship award? > 2. Did you write **The Classics Reclassified**? > 3. Are you a rock star who visited East Germany, got involved with the Resistance and helped infiltrate the notorious Flurgendorf prison to free your love interest’s father? 1. Rhoda Penmark in The Bad Seed 2. Richard Armour 3.NIck Rivers in, yep Top Secret 3 DQs reserved ---
**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 2, 2020, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/16 "2020-09-02T14:09:26Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you host _The Match Game_? > 2. Have you played Bruce Banner in the latest round of Marvel movies? > 3. Were you a theoretical physicist and a prankster? Dunno, not Mark Ruffalo and not Richard Feynman (sp?). R. 1. male 2. deceased 3. not known for the Arts 4. real 5. last name started with R 6. 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 2, 2020, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/17 "2020-09-02T14:59:30Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > > 1. Did you host _The Match Game_ ? > > > 2. Have you played Bruce Banner in the latest round of Marvel movies? > > > 3. Were you a theoretical physicist and a prankster? > > Dunno, not Mark Ruffalo and not Richard Feynman (sp?). #1 was Gene Rayburn. Correct on the others. DQ: Died after 1950? ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2020, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/18 "2020-09-02T16:17:58Z")
IQ: 1. Did you break the color barrier in the well known ballpark game? 2. Did you have a propensity for playing gangsters? 3. Were you a Russian composer who died in California? ---
**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 2, 2020, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/19 "2020-09-02T16:56:26Z")
IQs: 1. Did you create the best known thesaurus? 2. Are you the actual author of the Cormoran Strike series of mysteries? 3. Are you the nom de plume #2 uses in writing those stories? ---
**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 2, 2020, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/20 "2020-09-02T16:59:02Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > IQ: > > 1. Did you break the color barrier in the well known ballpark game? > 2. Did you have a propensity for playing gangsters? > 3. Were you a Russian composer who died in California? Not the great Jackie Robinson, Edward G. Robinson or Sergei Rachmaninoff. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you create the best known thesaurus? > 2. Are you the actual author of the Cormoran Strike series of mysteries? > 3. Are you the nom de plume #2 uses in writing those stories? Not Mr. Roget, J.K. Rowling or… Richard Thornton? R. 1. male 2. deceased 3. not known for the Arts 4. real 5. last name started with R 6. American 7. died after 1950 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574.md?page=2)