# 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:** 4
**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 8, 2020, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/61 "2020-09-08T14:03:52Z")
IQ: 1. Were you a Democratic VP from Minnesota? 2. Were you a silversmith, known for your (incredible) flutes? 3. Do you sell propane and propane accessories? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2020, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/62 "2020-09-08T14:17:32Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Pound sign, space, asterisk, asterisk,Tim Russert,asterisk, asterisk > > # **H** > > it is. > > IQs: > > Did your future husband forget his name when he met you in a library? > Were you FDR’s cadaverous aide during WWII? > Were you “the Happy Warrior”? Take 3 DQs > [@MissTake](#): > > IQ: > > 1. Were you a Democratic VP from Minnesota? > 2. Were you a silversmith, known for your (incredible) flutes? > 3. Do you sell propane and propane accessories? 1. I am not Hubert Humphrey Take 2 DQs. ---
**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 8, 2020, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/63 "2020-09-08T14:21:37Z")
Previous IQs: Did your future husband forget his name when he met you in a library? - Hillary Clinton Were you FDR’s cadaverous aide during WWII? - Harry Hopkins Were you “the Happy Warrior”? - This was Hubert Humphrey, too. I asked it before **MissTake** did; should I take a DQ? DQs: Real? Male? One DQ (maybe) reserved. IQs: Were you nicknamed “Tippecanoe”? Were you his grandson? Did you write _The Stainless Steel Rat_? ---
**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 8, 2020, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/64 "2020-09-08T14:50:34Z")
Good job, kitap! I don’t remember that guy at all. IQs: 1. Did you compose _The Planets_? 2. Were you a silent clown in a world of talking movies? 3. Did you write _A Doll’s House_? ---
**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 8, 2020, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/65 "2020-09-08T15:12:29Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > Q: > > 1. Were you a Democratic VP from Minnesota? > 2. Were you a silversmith, known for your (incredible) flutes? > 3. Do you sell propane and propane accessories? 1. Correct 2. William Haynes (played a few of their flutes - _sublime_) 3. Hank Hill (King of the Hill) Holding two DQs. Congrats @kitap! ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2020, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/66 "2020-09-09T06:15:22Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Previous IQs: > > Did your future husband forget his name when he met you in a library? - Hillary Clinton > Were you FDR’s cadaverous aide during WWII? - Harry Hopkins > Were you “the Happy Warrior”? - This was Hubert Humphrey, too. I asked it before **MissTake** did; should I take a DQ? > > DQs: > > Real? > Male? > > One DQ (maybe) reserved. > > IQs: > > Were you nicknamed “Tippecanoe”? > Were you his grandson? > Did you write _The Stainless Steel Rat_? Take an extra DQ; I never would have guessed who the Happy Warrior was. 1. I am not William Harrison 2. I am not Benjamin Harrison 3. I am not Harry Harrison. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Good job, kitap! I don’t remember that guy at all. > > IQs: > > 1. Did you compose _The Planets_? > 2. Were you a silent clown in a world of talking movies? > 3. Did you write _A Doll’s House_? 1. Take a DQ 2. Take a DQ 3. I am not Henrik Ibsen. I am H 1. Fictional 2. Male. ---
**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 9, 2020, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/67 "2020-09-09T12:34:27Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > > 1. Did you compose _The Planets_ ? > > > 2. Were you a silent clown in a world of talking movies? > > > 3. Did you write _A Doll’s House_ ? > > 1. Take a DQ > 2. Take a DQ > 3. I am not Henrik Ibsen. #1 was Gustav Holst. #2 was Harpo Marx. Correct on Ibsen. DQs: 1. Originally from a work of prose fiction? 2. Created by an American or Americans? ---
**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 9, 2020, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/68 "2020-09-09T12:37:11Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the emperor of the Kree/Skrull alliance? 2. Did you write _Theogony_? 3. Were you a cow-horned Egyptian goddess? ---
**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 9, 2020, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/69 "2020-09-09T13:00:45Z")
Thanks, yes, you got Harrison x3 correctly. DQ: American? IQs: Were you an artillery officer in France in WWI before going on to greater things? Were you a noted Scottish entertainer before 1970? Did your wife become arguably the most loathed woman in NYC? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2020, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/70 "2020-09-09T13:12:55Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the emperor of the Kree/Skrull alliance? > 2. Did you write _Theogony_? > 3. Were you a cow-horned Egyptian goddess? 1. Take a DQ 2. Take a DQ 3. Not Hathor > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Thanks, yes, you got Harrison x3 correctly. > > DQ: > > American? > > IQs: > > Were you an artillery officer in France in WWI before going on to greater things? > Were you a noted Scottish entertainer before 1970? > Did your wife become arguably the most loathed woman in NYC? 1. Not Maginot. Or Take a DQ 2. Not Benny Hill? Or take a DQ. 3. Not Robert (?) Helmsley I am H: 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Not originally from prose fiction 4. Created by American or Americans 5. Not born in America but may have (I don’t think it was ever definitively said) taken American citizenship. Should I name the country of citizenship for this one? ---
**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 9, 2020, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/71 "2020-09-09T13:33:00Z")
No, I’d say you answered the question to the extent you had to. Previous IQs: Were you an artillery officer in France in WWI before going on to greater things? - Harry Truman Were you a noted Scottish entertainer before 1970? - Harry Lauder Did your wife become arguably the most loathed woman in NYC? - Harry Helmsley, not Robert, but you got the last “H” name right. Harry x3! DQs: Main character? First appeared in a TV show or movie? IQs: Were you shot by a firing squad in Pretoria in 1902? Were you, too? Were you one of two bad guys in a movie about them? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2020, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/72 "2020-09-09T13:46:26Z")
1. Not Breaker Morant? Or take a DQ 2. Take a DQ 3. Take a DQ I am H 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Not originally from prose fiction 4. Created by American or Americans 5. Not born in America but may have (I don’t think it was ever definitively said) taken American citizenship. 6. Not the main character. 7. First appeared in a TV show or movie. ---
**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 9, 2020, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/73 "2020-09-09T13:59:32Z")
Previous IQs: Were you shot by a firing squad in Pretoria in 1902? - Yes, Harry “Breaker” Morant Were you, too? - Peter Handcock Were you one of two bad guys in a movie about them? - Col. Sir Ian Hamilton, who (at least according to the movie) perjured himself in Morant and Handcock’s court-martial DQs: First appeared before 1980? Good guy? IQs: Were you Samwise’s dad? Were you sorry to see your pet leave when it got too big and dangerous? Were you an Elf of Lothlorien? ---
**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 9, 2020, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/74 "2020-09-09T16:04:49Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > Holding two DQs. DQs: 1. Character in a drama? 2. Is he a foil to the main character? IQ 1. Did your three day voyage last years? 2. Was the diagnosis never lupus, until it was? 3. Were you played by Bumbersnatch Cucumber (or any variation)? ---
**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 9, 2020, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/75 "2020-09-09T16:23:00Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > > 1. Are you the emperor of the Kree/Skrull alliance? > > > 2. Did you write _Theogony_ ? > > > 3. Were you a cow-horned Egyptian goddess? > > 1. Take a DQ > 2. Take a DQ > 3. Not Hathor #1 is Hulkling in the pages of Marvel comics. #2 was Hesiod. Correct on Hathor. DQ: Last name starts with H? 1 DQ reserved. ---
**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 9, 2020, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/76 "2020-09-09T19:47:57Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > - Did your three **hour** voyage last years? > - Was the diagnosis never lupus, until it was? > - Were you played by Bumbersnatch Cucumber (or any variation)? SOOOO I messed up IQ1. Fixed here. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2020, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/77 "2020-09-10T06:24:44Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you Samwise’s dad? > Were you sorry to see your pet leave when it got too big and dangerous? > Were you an Elf of Lothlorien? 1. Take a DQ 2. I am not Hagrid 3. Take a DQ > [@MissTake](#): > > DQs: > > 1. Character in a drama? > 2. Is he a foil to the main character? > > IQ > > 1. Did your three day voyage last years? > 2. Was the diagnosis never lupus, until it was? > 3. Were you played by Bumbersnatch Cucumber (or any variation)? 1 I am not the Professor (Roy Hinckley? Hinkle?), Thurston Howell III or Lovey Howell 2. I am not House 3. I am not Sherlock Holmes I am H 1. Fictional 2. Male 3. Not originally from prose fiction 4. Created by American or Americans 5. Not born in America but may have (I don’t think it was ever definitively said) taken American citizenship. 6. Not the main character. 7. First appeared in a TV show or movie. 8. First appeared in 1980 9. A good guy 10. Was in a genre 11. Occasional foil to the main character 12. Last name starts with H. ---
**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 10, 2020, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/78 "2020-09-10T12:34:05Z")
DQ: First appeared in a TV show? ---
**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 10, 2020, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/79 "2020-09-10T12:41:42Z")
IQs: 1. Did John Hillerman play you on _Magnum, P.I._? 2. Did Lee Hazelwood play you, a Texas oilman/private eye? 3. Were you a millionaire amateur detective (played by Robert Wagner) who solved crimes with his beautiful wife? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2020, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/80 "2020-09-10T12:52:50Z")
Yes!! I am Jonathan Quayle Higgins!! WEll done, Prof. Pepperwinkle!!! For number two, did you mean Lee Horsley as Matt Houston? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574.md?page=5)