# \[ GAME \] 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:** 18
**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, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/341 "2014-11-23T21:47:12Z")
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\*\* 12: I am **not Asian** 13: I was born **before 1800** ---
**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, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/342 "2014-11-23T21:58:13Z")
DQ: Born before 1000 AD? 1DQ 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:** [November 23, 2014, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/343 "2014-11-23T22:02:21Z")
IQ: Were you the “father of chemistry”? ---
**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, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/344 "2014-11-23T22:53:08Z")
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\*\* 12: I am\*\* not Asian\*\* 13: I was born **before 1800** 14: I was born\*\* before 1000AD\*\* ---
**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, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/345 "2014-11-23T22:56:36Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQ: Were you the “father of chemistry”? I am not Fritz Haber. ---
**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, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/346 "2014-11-23T23:00:40Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQ: Were you the “father of chemistry”? > [@fanganga](#): > > I am not Fritz Haber. Haber was the father of chemical warfare. ibn-Hayyam was an alchemist, and the father of chemistry. 2 DQs reserved. ---
**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 24, 2014, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/347 "2014-11-24T02:02:57Z")
> [@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? > [@fanganga](#): > > pass > pass > pass H Rider Haggard (_She_). Henry VIII. Though come to think of it, I believe she was actually Catherine… Prince Harry of Wales (_Weapons of Choice_, by John Birmingham). DQs reserved. IQ: Were you a philosopher and mathematician murdered by a Christian mob in Alexandria? ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2014, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/348 "2014-11-24T10:43:18Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > H Rider Haggard (_She_). > Henry VIII. Though come to think of it, I believe she was actually Catherine… > Prince Harry of Wales (_Weapons of Choice_, by John Birmingham). > DQs reserved. > IQ: Were you a philosopher and mathematician murdered by a Christian mob in Alexandria? Congratulations, SCAdian - I am indeed **Hypatia**. ---
**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 24, 2014, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/349 "2014-11-24T15:12:49Z")
Good job, **SCAdian**! Previous IQs: Did your name come up several times in _Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid_? - Wealthy businessman E.H. Harriman, whose trains Butch and Sundance kept robbing. Did you help negotiate the Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty for the U.S.? - Averill Harriman (E.H.'s grandson, I believe). Did Frank Sinatra snap at you at a party? - Hubert Humphrey, to whom Sinatra allegedly said, “Hands off the threads, creep,” when Humphrey kept touching his shoulder. ---
**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 24, 2014, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/350 "2014-11-24T15:19:40Z")
Good job, SCAdian! Very good choice, fanganga. I know the name but wouldn’t have thought of her. ---
**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 24, 2014, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/351 "2014-11-24T17:16:24Z")
She was the only first-millenium African woman I could think of other than Hatshepsut, who had already been ruled out. I agree that this was a good choice. I had names picked out for J, H and L, but not for I. Go ahead and start asking questions while I think of someone. I am I. ---
**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 24, 2014, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/352 "2014-11-24T17:26:52Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a Russian spy who paired with an American spy during the Cold War? 2. Were you an infamous president of Uganda? 3. Were you the wife of the Flash? ---
**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 24, 2014, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/353 "2014-11-24T18:01:28Z")
There’s even been a recent movie about Hypatia, but I haven’t seen it: [Agora (film) - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agora_(film)) On to I… IQs: Were you Sid Caesar’s longtime female costar? Are you a novelist with Latin American political connections? Were you a cleric after whom an American university was named? ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2014, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/354 "2014-11-24T18:03:49Z")
I felt we were due a woman, and I first knew of her through a “Women in Science” poster in my school. My questions: IQ1: Are you the nominal mummy in the recent films with Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz? IQ2: Was your father commanded to sacrifice you? IQ3: Was your name used by the narrator of Moby Dick? ---
**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 24, 2014, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/355 "2014-11-24T18:14:52Z")
IQ1: Are you a flute player who owns several salmon farms in New England? IQ2: Do you portray Emperor Palpatine in the _Star Wars_ movies? IQ3: Did you replace David Coverdale as the lead singer of Deep Purple? ---
**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 24, 2014, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/356 "2014-11-24T18:30:15Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a Russian spy who paired with an American spy during the Cold War? > 2. Were you an infamous president of Uganda? > 3. Were you the wife of the Flash? DQ. Not Idi Amin. Not Iris Whateverhernamewas. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you Sid Caesar’s longtime female costar? > Are you a novelist with Latin American political connections? > Were you a cleric after whom an American university was named? Not Imogene Coca. DQ. Not Ignatius Loyola. > [@fanganga](#): > > IQ1: Are you the nominal mummy in the recent films with Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz? > IQ2: Was your father commanded to sacrifice you? > IQ3: Was your name used by the narrator of Moby Dick? Not Imhotep. Not Isaac. Not Ishmael. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you a flute player who owns several salmon farms in New England? > IQ2: Do you portray Emperor Palpatine in the _Star Wars_ movies? > IQ3: Did you replace David Coverdale as the lead singer of Deep Purple? Three DQs. ---
**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 24, 2014, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/357 "2014-11-24T20:06:31Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a Russian spy who paired with an American spy during the Cold War? > 2. Were you an infamous president of Uganda? > 3. Were you the wife of the Flash? > > DQ. > Not Idi Amin. > Not Iris Whateverhernamewas. #1 was Illya Kuryakin, who worked with Napoleon Solo in _The Man from U.N.C.L.E._ Correct on Idi Amin and Iris West Allen. DQ: Real? ---
**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 24, 2014, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/358 "2014-11-24T20:08:29Z")
IQs: 1. Did you battle Abdul Abulbul Ameer? 2. Did you team up with Luke Cage in Heroes for Hire? 3. Did you play Bilbo Baggins in the LOTR movies? ---
**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 24, 2014, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/359 "2014-11-24T21:01:49Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > #1 was Illya Kuryakin, who worked with Napoleon Solo in _The Man from U.N.C.L.E._ :smack: > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you battle Abdul Abulbul Ameer? > 2. Did you team up with Luke Cage in Heroes for Hire? > 3. Did you play Bilbo Baggins in the LOTR movies? Not … Ivan Skavinsky Skavar? DQ. DQ. :smack: ---
**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 24, 2014, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-nov-2014/703138/360 "2014-11-24T21:03:19Z")
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