# January 2014, Botticelli **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [January 2, 2014, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669 "2014-01-02T00:56:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/1 "2014-01-02T00:56:02Z")
Your letter is J ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/2 "2014-01-02T01:11:34Z")
IQ1: Were you an early science-fiction author? IQ2: Were you a character in a Warren Beatty film about football and the afterlife? IQ3: Were you the actor who played that character? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/3 "2014-01-02T01:13:53Z")
Spoons-3 DQs because I’ve never seen “Heaven ca Wait”. ---
**Author:** ![guylevesque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6de8d8/32.png) [@guylevesque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guylevesque)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/4 "2014-01-02T01:15:38Z")
IQ1: Were you killed by a man with a book? IQ2: Are you the author of this book? IQ3: Are you an important icon of Catalan culture? ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/5 "2014-01-02T01:17:04Z")
I’ll assume you made a typo and meant DQs. In order, I was looking for Jules Verne, the character Mr. Jordan, and the actor James Mason. DQs: Real? Male? Alive? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/6 "2014-01-02T01:18:59Z")
Guy-3 DQs Fictional Male Not living ---
**Author:** ![guylevesque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6de8d8/32.png) [@guylevesque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guylevesque)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/7 "2014-01-02T01:21:54Z")
> [@guylevesque](#): > > IQ1: Were you killed by a man with a book? > IQ2: Are you the author of this book? > IQ3: Are you an important icon of Catalan culture? John Lennon, J. D. Salinger and Joan Miro respectively DQs: American? From a novel? Did he die of natural causes? ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/8 "2014-01-02T01:25:40Z")
IQ1: Do you voice Rabbi Krustofsky on “The Simpsons”? IQ2: Did you, and a member of the Rat Pack, form a comedy team? IQ3: Are you the author of _Mastering the Art of French Cooking_? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/9 "2014-01-02T01:25:51Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Guy-3 DQs > > Fictional > Male > Not living > From what is now the US > From a novel > Still living at novel’s end DQ answers. Shoulda got Lennon and Chapman! ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/10 "2014-01-02T01:28:15Z")
Spoons Not Al Jean Not Jerry Lewis Not Jacques Pepin ---
**Author:** ![guylevesque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6de8d8/32.png) [@guylevesque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guylevesque)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/11 "2014-01-02T01:30:26Z")
IQ1: Did you conclude that all planets move in ellipse around the Sun? IQ2: Did you assassinate someone in a certain theatre? IQ3: Are you the assassin of the assassin? ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/12 "2014-01-02T01:34:55Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Spoons > > Not Al Jean > Not Jerry Lewis > Not Jacques Pepin Correct on Jerry Lewis, but incorrect on the others. Rabbi Krustofsky is voiced by comedian Jackie Mason, and the cookbook author is Julia Child. DQs: Is your character known for achievements in the political/military sphere? Is the author of the novel American? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/13 "2014-01-02T01:37:59Z")
Spoons, I had Julia originally! Guy-not Johannes Kepler John Wilkes Booth Jack Ruby ---
**Author:** ![guylevesque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6de8d8/32.png) [@guylevesque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guylevesque)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/14 "2014-01-02T01:41:21Z")
IQ1: Did you purchase Louisiana? IQ2: Did you claim what is now Canada for France? IQ3: Are you On the Road? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/15 "2014-01-02T01:43:19Z")
1.Fictional 2.Male 3.Not living 4.From what is now US 5.From a novel 6.Living at end of novel 7.Does participate in political/military activities 8.Created by American author ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/16 "2014-01-02T01:44:55Z")
Guy- Not Jefferson not Cartier Not Kerouac ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/17 "2014-01-02T01:48:51Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Spoons, I had Julia originally! It was a tossup between asking about her cookbook or her TV show. I’m sure now that I made the right choice–if I had asked about her TV show, you probably would have got it immediately! More IQs: IQ1: Did your character have a squeaking role in _The Green Mile_? IQ2: Do your friends include Race Bannon and Hadji? IQ3: Are you the Argentine author of “The Garden of Forking Paths”? ---
**Author:** ![guylevesque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6de8d8/32.png) [@guylevesque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guylevesque)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/18 "2014-01-02T01:50:16Z")
IQ1: Are you a poor North Dakotan seeking to join the upper class? IQ2: Are you the ex-president of the IOC? IQ3: Were you Secretary-General of the UN? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/19 "2014-01-02T01:54:11Z")
Spoons-3 DQs Guy-not Rogge or Decuellar, DQ ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669/20 "2014-01-02T01:58:22Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > IQ1: Did your character have a squeaking role in _The Green Mile_? > IQ2: Do your friends include Race Bannon and Hadji? > IQ3: Are you the Argentine author of “The Garden of Forking Paths”? > [@etv78](#): > > Spoons-3 DQs The _Green Mile_ character was the mouse, Mr. Jingles. (I thought “squeaking role” might have given it away.) Jonny Quest is the friend of Race Bannon and Hadji, and Jorge Luis Borges is the author. DQs: Is the novel set in the United States as we know it today? Is the novel set in the 20th century? One DQ reserved for now. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-2014-botticelli/677669.md?page=2)