# Botticelli - Sept. 2024 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [September 6, 2024, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2024/1006843 "2024-09-06T03:00:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**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 13, 2024, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2024/1006843/61 "2024-09-13T20:09:06Z")
Thanks, all. _Gatsby_’s been on my mind lately. I re-read the novel not long ago, and over the summer saw the (pretty good) musical in NYC. I hope that poking around wasn’t while the game was underway, though, **knoodler**. Botticelli is not a game of Google skills. Our next letter will be # G ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2024, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2024/1006843/62 "2024-09-13T21:57:22Z")
IQs: 1. Did you command the Pennsylvania Reserves at the Battle of South Mountain? 2. Were you the TV father of Batgirl? 3. Did you win an Oscar for _An Officer and a Gentleman_? ---
**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 13, 2024, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2024/1006843/63 "2024-09-13T22:09:19Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the villain incarnate of most of the episodes of the highly esteemed, vertically challenged, snow-capped 1950’s BBC radio series _The Goon Show_? 2. Are you the father of Pantagruel? 3. Are you Kite Man’s love interest in the current cartoon series _Harley Quinn_? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2024, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2024/1006843/64 "2024-09-13T22:25:20Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > I hope that poking around wasn’t while the game was underway, though, **knoodler**. Botticelli is not a game of Google skills. Sorry for giving that impression; what I meant was that I’d pretty much given up guessing the correct name. If by chance either names were correct, I’d have taken a pass. Back to the game: IQs: 1. Did you make your fortune in the early oil exploration boom? 2. Were you a fun-loving surf-crazy teeny bopper in the 60s? 3. Do you love lasagna? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2024, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2024/1006843/65 "2024-09-14T01:25:35Z")
IQs: 1. Were you the narrator and heroine of Mary Stewart’s book **Wildfire at Midnight**? 2. Are you the housekeeper in the Nancy Drew books? 3. Are you the eponymous main character played by Joshua Sasse for two seasons on TV? ---
**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 14, 2024, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2024/1006843/66 "2024-09-14T20:27:26Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you command the Pennsylvania Reserves at the Battle of South Mountain? > 2. Were you the TV father of Batgirl? > 3. Did you win an Oscar for _An Officer and a Gentleman_? Not George G. Meade, dunno and not Louis Gossett Jr. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the villain incarnate of most of the episodes of the highly esteemed, vertically challenged, snow-capped 1950’s BBC radio series _The Goon Show_? > 2. Are you the father of Pantagruel? > 3. Are you Kite Man’s love interest in the current cartoon series _Harley Quinn_? Not Mr. Goon, dunno and dunno. > [@knoodler](#): > > … > IQs: > > 1. Did you make your fortune in the early oil exploration boom? > 2. Were you a fun-loving surf-crazy teeny bopper in the 60s? > 3. Do you love lasagna? Not George H.W. Bush, Gidget or Garfield (either the POTUS or the pussycat). > [@kitap](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the narrator and heroine of Mary Stewart’s book **Wildfire at Midnight**? > 2. Are you the housekeeper in the Nancy Drew books? > 3. Are you the eponymous main character played by Joshua Sasse for two seasons on TV? Dunno x3. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2024, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2024/1006843/67 "2024-09-14T21:37:32Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Did you command the Pennsylvania Reserves at the Battle of South Mountain? > > 2. Were you the TV father of Batgirl? > > 3. Did you win an Oscar for _An Officer and a Gentleman_? > > Not George G. Meade, dunno and not Louis Gossett Jr. Correct on 1 & 3. #2 was Police Commissioner James Gordon. DQ: Real? IQs: 1. Did you play an astronaut revived after 504 years in space who helped protect Earth against Ardala and the Draconians? 2. Did you play the love interest of the astronaut in #1? 3. Did you write the comic book _The Umbrella Academy_? ---
**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 14, 2024, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2024/1006843/68 "2024-09-14T21:39:24Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Are you the villain incarnate of most of the episodes of the highly esteemed, vertically challenged, snow-capped 1950’s BBC radio series _The Goon Show_? > > 2. Are you the father of Pantagruel? > > 3. Are you Kite Man’s love interest in the current cartoon series _Harley Quinn_? > > Not Mr. Goon, dunno and dunno. #1 was the sinister Hercules Grytpype-Thynne. #2 was Gargantua, from the books by Rabelais. #3 is Golden Glider. DQs: 1. Male? 2. Last name starts with G? 1 DQ reserved. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2024, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2024/1006843/69 "2024-09-14T23:59:10Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the narrator and heroine of Mary Stewart’s book **Wildfire at Midnight**? > 2. Are you the housekeeper in the Nancy Drew books? > 3. Are you the eponymous main character played by Joshua Sasse for two seasons on TV? Gianetta Brooke, Hannah Gruen, Galavant. 3 DQs reserved ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2024, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2024/1006843/70 "2024-09-15T15:10:33Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Did you make your fortune in the early oil exploration boom? > > 2. Were you a fun-loving surf-crazy teeny bopper in the 60s? > > 3. Do you love lasagna? > > Not George H.W. Bush, Gidget or Garfield (either the POTUS or the pussycat). 1. John P Getty, Sr (the Bush clan made their money through investment banking) 2. correct 3. correct 1 DQ 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 15, 2024, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2024/1006843/71 "2024-09-15T15:39:42Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > … > IQs: > > 1. Did you play an astronaut revived after 504 years in space who helped protect Earth against Ardala and the Draconians? > 2. Did you play the love interest of the astronaut in #1? > 3. Did you write the comic book _The Umbrella Academy_? Not Gil Gerard, not Erin Gray (on whom I had a huge crush back in the day) and dunno. G. 1. fictional 2. male 3. first name starts with G ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2024, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2024/1006843/72 "2024-09-15T15:52:35Z")
IQs: 1. Are you affiliated with the Man with the Yellow Hat? 2. Do you own a maid named Rosey? 3. Were you also known as Dippy Dawg? ---
**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 15, 2024, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2024/1006843/73 "2024-09-15T16:12:19Z")
I am not Curious George, George Jetson or George Washington Weimaraner. George x3! ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2024, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2024/1006843/74 "2024-09-15T16:17:56Z")
Almost: #3 is Goofy! DQs: 1. Are you human? 2. Last name begin with G? ---
**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 15, 2024, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2024/1006843/75 "2024-09-15T16:19:16Z")
DQ: Created after 1950? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2024, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2024/1006843/76 "2024-09-15T18:54:26Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Gil Gerard, not Erin Gray (on whom I had a huge crush back in the day) and dunno. Who didn’t? DQ: From a work of prose fiction? IQs: 1. Were you recently sacked as coach of the U.S. men’s national soccer team? 2. Did the actor who played you once go on a date with his on-screen mother? 3. Were you a member of the first two Super Bowl-winning teams as an offensive tackle? ---
**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 15, 2024, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2024/1006843/77 "2024-09-15T20:54:31Z")
IQs: 1. Did you play Francis on _Car 54, Where Are You_? 2. Are you a British historian known for your extensive biography of Winston Churchill? 3. Are you Ariadne’s cursed brother on _KAOS_? ---
**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 16, 2024, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2024/1006843/78 "2024-09-16T20:14:59Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > … > IQs: > > 1. Were you recently sacked as coach of the U.S. men’s national soccer team? > 2. Did the actor who played you once go on a date with his on-screen mother? > 3. Were you a member of the first two Super Bowl-winning teams as an offensive tackle? Dunno, not Greg Brady (I know they were actors, but still, ewwww!) and dunno. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play Francis on _Car 54, Where Are You_? > 2. Are you a British historian known for your extensive biography of Winston Churchill? > 3. Are you Ariadne’s cursed brother on _KAOS_? Not Fred Gwynne, dunno (not Manchester or Jenkins; those aren’t Gs) and not Goliath. Ask another DQ, please, **knoodler** , as the name starting with his initial has already been established. G. 1. fictional 2. male 3. first name starts with G 4. human 5. created after 1950 6. not from a work of prose fiction ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2024, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2024/1006843/79 "2024-09-16T20:42:52Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Were you recently sacked as coach of the U.S. men’s national soccer team? > > 2. Did the actor who played you once go on a date with his on-screen mother? > > 3. Were you a member of the first two Super Bowl-winning teams as an offensive tackle? > > Dunno, not Greg Brady (I know they were actors, but still, ewwww!) and dunno. #1 was Gregg Berhalter. Correct on #2. #3 was Forrest Gregg. Greg(g) x 3! DQs: Created by an American? From TV or movies? ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2024, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2024/1006843/80 "2024-09-16T22:02:20Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > Wildfire at Midnight IQs: 1. Were you the last of the original Mercury astronauts to fly in space? 2. Were you a fictional DJ in Cincinnati? 3. Are you a Canadian singer well-known for singing about a shipwreck? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2024/1006843.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2024/1006843.md?page=5)