# \[ GAME \] Botticelli - Nov. 2014 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [October 31, 2014, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138 "2014-10-31T16:34:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 17
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2014, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/321 "2014-11-21T11:51:59Z")
My letter is H and: 1: I am\*\* real\*\* 2: My last name starts with H 3: I am **female.** ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2014, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/322 "2014-11-21T12:40:14Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you play the COB of a US submarine in a war movie? > IQ2: Did you discover the circulation of blood? > IQ3: Did you have a dog named Ribsy? > [@fanganga](#): > > 1: I am not … Harrison Ford? > 2: I am not Christian Huygens. > 3: pass Harvey Keitel (_U-571_). William Harvey. (Huygens was an astronomer.) Henry Huggins, in the books by Beverly Cleary. DQ1: American? DQ2: Born after 1970? DQ3: Known for the Arts? IQ1: Did you hold off Lars Porsena’s army singlehandedly? IQ2: Did you claim not to see an order to retreat? IQ3: Are you the hero of a series of spy novels written by a former governor-general of Canada? ---
**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:** [November 21, 2014, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/323 "2014-11-21T13:16:43Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write the hymn Holy, Holy, Holy? > 2. Did you write the hymn I Heard The Voice Of Jesus Say? > 3. Were you romantically linked to Leander? > > 1: Pass > 2: Pass > 3: I am neither Hermia or Helena. 1 was Reginald Heber. 2 was Horatius Bonar. 3. was Hero. 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:** [November 21, 2014, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/324 "2014-11-21T14:07:46Z")
Previous IQs: Did you publish a pamphlet admitting to being an adulterer, but denying that you were a crook? - Alexander Hamilton, after having an affair with a blackmailer’s wife Was your wife Stella, whom you fled to go deeper into space? - Harcourt Fenton Mudd: [Harcourt Fenton Mudd - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FGgHEKko3E) Did Lovecraft say you were “unspeakable”? - Yes, Hastur DQs: Living? Born east of the Miss. River? IQs: Were you Secretary of State of Florida in 2000? Are you the Attorney General of California? Were you the sole black female member of the Congressional committee on Watergate? ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2014, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/325 "2014-11-21T14:13:49Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Did you write a whale of a novel in 1851? > IQ2: Are you the former CEO of Godfather’s Pizza who attempted to get the Republican nomination for president in 2012? > IQ3: Did you write The Caine Mutiny? > > 1: I am not Herman Melville > 2: I am not Herman Cain > 3: Pass correct x2, Herman Wouk 3 Hermans! Nitpick: Hastur is not actually a Lovecraft character. Lovecraft was inspired to use the entity’s name from a Robert Chambers story, who had actually borrowed it from Ambrose Pierce. August Derleth wrote more about Hastur in detail, coining the “unspeakable” moniker. holding a DQ ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2014, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/326 "2014-11-21T14:20:09Z")
IQ1: Were you the editor-in-chief of _Cosmopolitan_ magazine from 1965-1997? IQ2: Are you an actress who co-founded the National Wildflower Research Center with Lady Bird Johnson? IQ3: Are you strong, are you invincible, are you woman? ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2014, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/327 "2014-11-21T14:55:43Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you hold off Lars Porsena’s army singlehandedly? > IQ2: Did you claim not to see an order to retreat? > IQ3: Are you the hero of a series of spy novels written by a former governor-general of Canada? 1: I am not Horatius Cocles 2: I am not Horatio Nelson 3: pass > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Were you Secretary of State of Florida in 2000? > Are you the Attorney General of California? > Were you the sole black female member of the Congressional committee on Watergate? I am not good at this > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Were you the editor-in-chief of _Cosmopolitan_ magazine from 1965-1997? > IQ2: Are you an actress who co-founded the National Wildflower Research Center with Lady Bird Johnson? > IQ3: Are you strong, are you invincible, are you woman? I am not good at this ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2014, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/328 "2014-11-21T15:38:18Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you hold off Lars Porsena’s army singlehandedly? > IQ2: Did you claim not to see an order to retreat? > IQ3: Are you the hero of a series of spy novels written by a former governor-general of Canada? > [@fanganga](#): > > 1: I am not Horatius Cocles > 2: I am not Horatio Nelson > 3: pass Correct. Correct. Richard Hannay, from _The Thirty-Nine Steps_ and its sequels, by John Buchan. One DQ reserved. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2014, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/329 "2014-11-21T16:56:19Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Were you the editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan magazine from 1965-1997? > IQ2: Are you an actress who co-founded the National Wildflower Research Center with Lady Bird Johnson? > IQ3: Are you strong, are you invincible, are you woman? > > I am not good at this hehe, I feel your pain. My usual tactic is to hope everybody loses track of the massive amounts of DQs that quickly pile up when I’m the quizmaster and then go over the limit before they realize they haven’t asked the right questions. Hasn’t worked yet. 🙂 Just chill and have fun. Helen Gurley Brown, Helen Hayes, Helen Reddy \<– Helen x3! holding 3 DQs ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2014, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/330 "2014-11-22T16:31:22Z")
My letter is H and: 1: I am **real** 2: My **last name** starts with H 3: I am **female**. 4: I am **not from the Americas** (Note, how do we normally interpret “are you American?” - does it refer to the Americas or the USA?) 5: I was born **before 1970** 6: I am **not known for the arts** 7: I am **not alive** 8: I was born **east of the Mississipi River** ---
**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:** [November 22, 2014, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/331 "2014-11-22T16:42:09Z")
We normally interpret American as USA. I’ve asked this question myself. DQs: 1. Known for science? 2. European? 3. Born after 1900? ---
**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:** [November 22, 2014, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/332 "2014-11-22T22:42:55Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > …Nitpick: Hastur is not actually a Lovecraft character. Lovecraft was inspired to use the entity’s name from a Robert Chambers story, who had actually borrowed it from Ambrose Pierce. August Derleth wrote more about Hastur in detail, coining the “unspeakable” moniker… I never said Lovecraft either created the character, or was the first to call him (it?) that. I simply asked, “Did Lovecraft say you were ‘unspeakable’?” Which he did. (And I think you mean Ambrose Bierce). Previous IQs: Were you Secretary of State of Florida in 2000? - Katherine Harris, prominent during the Bush-Gore controversy. Are you the Attorney General of California? - Kamala Harris Were you the sole black female member of the Congressional committee on Watergate? - Withdrawn; this was Barbara Jordan. Two DQs reserved. IQs: Did your name come up several times in _Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid_? Did you help negotiate the Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty for the U.S.? Did Frank Sinatra snap at you at a party? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2014, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/333 "2014-11-22T22:57:40Z")
IQ1) Do you hold the record for longest hitting streak in World Series history? IQ2) Did Howard Stern get you elected as People Magazine’s Most Beautiful Person of the year? IQ3) Are you the member of the Magnificent Seven nobody ever remembers (and who later appeared as a Nazi in _**Life Is Beautiful)**_? ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2014, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/334 "2014-11-23T02:08:37Z")
IQ1: Did you write about the people who place pots on the heads of strangers? IQ2: Did you marry Katherine Parr? IQ3: Are you an SAS captain transported into the past with a multinational fleet? ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2014, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/335 "2014-11-23T13:10:40Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did your name come up several times in _Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid_? > Did you help negotiate the Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty for the U.S.? > Did Frank Sinatra snap at you at a party? 1: pass 2: I am not … Henry Kissinger? 3: Pass > [@astorian](#): > > IQ1) Do you hold the record for longest hitting streak in World Series history? > > IQ2) Did Howard Stern get you elected as People Magazine’s Most Beautiful Person of the year? > > IQ3) Are you the member of the Magnificent Seven nobody ever remembers (and who later appeared as a Nazi in _**Life Is Beautiful)**_? 1: Pass 2: Pass 3: I don’t remember this one. > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you write about the people who place pots on the heads of strangers? > IQ2: Did you marry Katherine Parr? > IQ3: Are you an SAS captain transported into the past with a multinational fleet? pass pass pass ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2014, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/336 "2014-11-23T13:21:55Z")
My letter is H and: 1: I am **real** 2: My\*\* last name\*\* starts with H 3: I am female. 4: I am\*\* not from the Americas \*\* 5: I was\*\* born before 1970\*\* 6: I am\*\* not known for the arts\*\* 7: I am\*\* not alive\*\* 8: I was born **east of the Mississipi River** 9: I am **not European** 10: I was born **before 1900** 11: I am **known for the sciences** ---
**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:** [November 23, 2014, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/337 "2014-11-23T13:59:18Z")
IQs: 1. Were you an ancient Babylonian healer? 2. Were you a female pharaoh of Egypt? 3. Did your works include _The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido_? ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2014, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/338 "2014-11-23T15:22:18Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you an ancient Babylonian healer? > 2. Were you a female pharaoh of Egypt? > 3. Did your works include _The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido_? 1:I am not … Hecatae? 2: I am not Hatsephut 3: Pass. ---
**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:** [November 23, 2014, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/339 "2014-11-23T16:13:17Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you an ancient Babylonian healer? > 2. Were you a female pharaoh of Egypt? > 3. Did your works include The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido? > > 1:I am not … Hecatae? > 2: I am not Hatsephut > 3: Pass. 1 was Hammurabi. Correct on 2. 3 was Hiroshige. 2 DQs reserved. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2014, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/340 "2014-11-23T18:17:51Z")
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