# 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:** 6
**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 11, 2020, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/101 "2020-09-11T01:52:03Z")
Dianne Feinstein DQ Elected position? ---
**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 11, 2020, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/102 "2020-09-11T03:40:10Z")
Previous IQs: Are you a noted intellectual whose work often appears in _The Atlantic_? - James Fallowes Were you shot and killed by FBI agents near East Liverpool, Ohio in the Thirties? - Yes, Pretty Boy Floyd Were you either of a pair of tailors in the Stallone comedy _Oscar_? - The Fanucci Bros. DQs: Best known for Federal politics? Democrat? IQs: Were you Walter Mondale’s running mate in 1984? Did you die in Warm Springs, Ga.? Were you the best-known resident of Passy in 1777? ---
**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 11, 2020, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/103 "2020-09-11T11:28:41Z")
You have it, EH! I’m # **Geraldine Ferraro!** Good job. ---
**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 11, 2020, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/104 "2020-09-11T14:03:28Z")
Thanks, **Prof. P**.! Good one, especially in a presidential year with a woman again on the Democratic ticket. Other previous IQs: Did you die in Warm Springs, Ga.? - Franklin D. Roosevelt Were you the best-known resident of Passy in 1777? - Benjamin Franklin, during his diplomatic mission to the French Crown Our next letter will be # **W** ---
**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 11, 2020, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/105 "2020-09-11T14:03:56Z")
Updated again: [Botticelli - the letters we've used so far - #68 by Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-the-letters-weve-used-so-far/619048/68) ---
**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 11, 2020, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/106 "2020-09-11T15:22:14Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the best known person from Elwood, Indiana? 2. Did you and your brothers sail off in a wooden shoe? 3. Did Goethe write of your sorrows? ---
**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 11, 2020, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/107 "2020-09-11T15:36:56Z")
Dunno x3 ---
**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 11, 2020, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/108 "2020-09-11T15:40:01Z")
Congrats, **EH**! IQs: 1. Speaking of women in politics, were you President when the 19th Amendment was passed? 2. Were you a Walter Lantz bird? 3. Were you an actor who, despite many great roles, was known to many as the guy with the “di-ah-beee-tus” and a love of oatmeal? ---
**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 11, 2020, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/109 "2020-09-11T15:41:20Z")
I am not Woodrow Wilson, dunno and not Wilfred Brimley. ---
**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 11, 2020, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/110 "2020-09-11T15:54:32Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the best known person from Elwood, Indiana? > 2. Did you and your brothers sail off in a wooden shoe? > 3. Did Goethe write of your sorrows? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno x3 #1 was Wendell L. Willkie. #2 was Wynken (of Wynken, Blynken and Nod). #3 was Young Werther. DQs: 1. Real? 2. Male? 3. Last name starts with W? ---
**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 11, 2020, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/111 "2020-09-11T15:57:59Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a ventriloquist whose puppets included Knucklehead Smiff? 2. Did you become the father of a baby girl named Helena once again this year? 3. Are you known as “the Queen of All Media”? ---
**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 11, 2020, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/112 "2020-09-11T15:58:53Z")
Not Waylon Flowers, dunno, and not Oprah Winfrey. W. 1. fictional 2. male 3. first name starts with W ---
**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 11, 2020, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/113 "2020-09-11T16:59:10Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > I am not Woodrow Wilson, dunno and not Wilfred Brimley. Yes, Woody Woodpecker, Yes DQ: 1. Known primarily from visual media (TV / film)? ---
**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 11, 2020, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/114 "2020-09-11T17:00:20Z")
W. 1. fictional 2. male 3. first name starts with W 4. known primarily from visual media (TV / film) ---
**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 11, 2020, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/115 "2020-09-11T17:04:53Z")
IQs 1. Heisenberg? 2. Did you have a Secret Life as written by Thurber? 3. Did you believe Bunny kidnapped herself? ---
**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 11, 2020, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/116 "2020-09-11T17:15:26Z")
Not Walter White, not Walter Mitty and not Walter Sobchak. Walter x3! ---
**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 11, 2020, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/117 "2020-09-11T17:22:08Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the feature character in a series of children’s books who hilariously stars in a new one showing social distancing? 2. Are arguably the best known actor for playing Tarzan in the movies? 3. Are you Casper’s friend who’s a good little witch? ---
**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 11, 2020, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/118 "2020-09-11T17:32:18Z")
Dunno, not Johnny Weismuller, and not… Wanda? ---
**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 11, 2020, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/119 "2020-09-11T17:57:21Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the feature character in a series of children’s books who hilariously stars in a new one showing social distancing? > 2. Are arguably the best known actor for playing Tarzan in the movies? > 3. Are you Casper’s friend who’s a good little witch? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno, not Johnny Weismuller, and not… Wanda? #1. is Waldo of the Where’s Waldo? series of books. The current volume shows vast landscapes, and Waldo is the only person appearing at all. #2 is correct. #3 was Wendy. DQs: 1. Known primarily from TV? 2. Created after 1949? ---
**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 11, 2020, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2020/919574/120 "2020-09-11T18:05:12Z")
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