# Botticelli - Sept. 2021 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [September 4, 2021, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097 "2021-09-04T14:42:53Z")\ **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 4, 2021, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/1 "2021-09-04T14:42:54Z")
Last month’s thread: [Botticelli - Aug. 2021](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881) Updated: [Botticelli - the letters we've used so far - #85 by Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-the-letters-weve-used-so-far/619048/85) Our next letter is # G ---
**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 4, 2021, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/2 "2021-09-04T14:52:09Z")
IQs 1. Were you originally called The Hairy One? 2. Did you release a different version of “Take Five”, called “Soulful Strut”? 3. Were you Percy’s best friend? ---
**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 4, 2021, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/3 "2021-09-04T14:59:34Z")
Not Grover on _Sesame Street_, not Grover Washington Jr., and not Grover. ---
**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 4, 2021, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/4 "2021-09-04T15:00:43Z")
Yes, yes, Grover Underwood DQ 1. Real? ---
**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 4, 2021, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/5 "2021-09-04T15:01:43Z")
I correctly guessed the “G” name you had in mind. I don’t think you get a DQ, do you? ---
**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 4, 2021, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/6 "2021-09-04T16:58:09Z")
Since Grover Underwood is almost always called just “Grover”, I agree with EH. IQs: 1. Were you Foulfellow’s associate in _Pinocchio_? 2. Did you originally play the lead in _The Unsinkable Molly Brown_? 3. Did Lord Farquaad remove your legs and mock you with them? ---
**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 4, 2021, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/7 "2021-09-04T18:31:18Z")
Just looked once again at EH’s helpful list. We’re doin’ a great job of not letting anything go fallow. Only “I” hasn’t been used since June. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2021, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/8 "2021-09-04T19:38:15Z")
1. Does your theme song urge you to watch out for that tree? 2. Were you one of John Dickson Carr’s detectives? 3. Did Chester Tate guess he was you after waking up from brain surgery on **Soap**? ---
**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 5, 2021, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/9 "2021-09-05T02:49:12Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > … > IQs: > > 1. Were you Foulfellow’s associate in _Pinocchio_? > 2. Did you originally play the lead in _The Unsinkable Molly Brown_? > 3. Did Lord Farquaad remove your legs and mock you with them? Dunno, not Ethel Gmerman or Doris Gday, and not Gingerbread Man. > [@kitap](#): > > 1. Does your theme song urge you to watch out for that tree? > 2. Were you one of John Dickson Carr’s detectives? > 3. Did Chester Tate guess he was you after waking up from brain surgery on **Soap**? Not George of the Jungle, not G. Lestrade and dunno. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2021, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/10 "2021-09-05T03:30:01Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > 1. Does your theme song urge you to watch out for that tree? > 2. Were you one of John Dickson Carr’s detectives? > 3. Did Chester Tate guess he was you after waking up from brain surgery on **Soap**? Correct, Dr. Gideon Fell, Gunga Din (or Gloria Swanson; he wasn’t quite sure what to make of his head bandage). DQs: 1. Real? 2. Female? IQs: 1. Did you marry Jared Padalecki? 2. Did Sterling K. Brown play you on **Supernatural**? 3. Did Leslie Odom, Jr. play you on **Supernatural**? ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2021, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/11 "2021-09-05T04:33:36Z")
IQ1: Do you hate Mondays and love lasagna? IQ2: Did you play Peter Parker in yet another incarnation of Spider-man? IQ3: Are you the only sitting US congressman to be elected President of the USA? ---
**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 5, 2021, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/12 "2021-09-05T13:45:16Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > > 1. Were you Foulfellow’s associate in _Pinocchio_ ? > > > 2. Did you originally play the lead in _The Unsinkable Molly Brown_ ? > > > 3. Did Lord Farquaad remove your legs and mock you with them? > > Dunno, not Ethel Gmerman or Doris Gday, and not Gingerbread Man. #1 was Gideon. #2 was Tammy Grimes. Correct on Gingie. 2 DQs 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 6, 2021, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/13 "2021-09-06T00:17:46Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the title character(s) in an Ed Wood film? 2. Did you write _I, Claudius_? 3. Did you write the Kinsey Milhone Alphabet Mystery Series? ---
**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, 2021, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/14 "2021-09-06T02:36:27Z")
Carr wrote some Sherlock Holmes pastiches that almost certainly featured Lestrade, **kitap** , but I’m not certain that the Scotland Yard detective appeared. > [@kitap](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you marry Jared Padalecki? > 2. Did Sterling K. Brown play you on **Supernatural**? > 3. Did Leslie Odom, Jr. play you on **Supernatural**? Dunno, not Gideon, and also not Gideon. > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Do you hate Mondays and love lasagna? > IQ2: Did you play Peter Parker in yet another incarnation of Spider-man? > IQ3: Are you the only sitting US congressman to be elected President of the USA? Not Garfield the cat, not Andrew Garfield, and not James A. Garfield. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the title character(s) in an Ed Wood film? > 2. Did you write _I, Claudius_? > 3. Did you write the Kinsey Milhone Alphabet Mystery Series? Not Glenn (or Glenda), not Graves and I should know this but I forget. G. 1. real 2. female ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2021, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/15 "2021-09-06T03:22:53Z")
Swept me. IQ1: Did you lay waste to New York City after being summoned by Vinz and Zuul? IQ2: Did you lay waste to London attempting to find your child? IQ3: Did Din Djarin attempt to return you to your people? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2021, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/16 "2021-09-06T03:27:38Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > > [@kitap](#): > > > > 1. Does your theme song urge you to watch out for that tree? > > 2. Were you one of John Dickson Carr’s detectives? > > 3. Did Chester Tate guess he was you after waking up from brain surgery on **Soap**? > > Correct, Dr. Gideon Fell, Gunga Din (or Gloria Swanson; he wasn’t quite sure what to make of his head bandage). > > DQs: > > 1. Real? > 2. Female? > > IQs: > > 1. Did you marry Jared Padalecki? > 2. Did Sterling K. Brown play you on **Supernatural**? > 3. Did Leslie Odom, Jr. play you on **Supernatural**? Genevieve Cortese, Gordon Walker, Guy. I wouldn’t consider Lestrade to be one of Carr’s detectives, but rather Conan Doyle’s. DQs: 1. Still alive? 2. American? 3. 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 6, 2021, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/17 "2021-09-06T12:20:58Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > > 1. Are you the title character(s) in an Ed Wood film? > > > 2. Did you write _I, Claudius_ ? > > > 3. Did you write the Kinsey Milhone Alphabet Mystery Series? > > Not Glenn (or Glenda), not Graves and I should know this but I forget. Correct, Correct, and Sue Grafton. 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 6, 2021, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/18 "2021-09-06T16:49:07Z")
Sue Grafton, of course! 🤦‍♂️ > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Did you lay waste to New York City after being summoned by Vinz and Zuul? > IQ2: Did you lay waste to London attempting to find your child? > IQ3: Did Din Djarin attempt to return you to your people? Not Gozer the Gozerian, not Godzilla and dunno. G. 1. real 2. female 3. alive 4. American 5. 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 6, 2021, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/19 "2021-09-06T17:04:29Z")
DQs: 1. Last name starts with G? 2. Known for the performing arts? 3. Born after 1979? ---
**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, 2021, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097/20 "2021-09-06T17:06:58Z")
IQs: 1. Were you arguably Rita Hayworth’s best known role? 2. Were you assassinated by your bodyguards in 1984? 3. Are you the title character of a Laura Branigan song? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097.md?page=2)