# Late October 2012 Botticelli **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [October 17, 2012, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-october-2012-botticelli/638026 "2012-10-17T16:35:05Z")\ **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:** [October 17, 2012, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-october-2012-botticelli/638026/1 "2012-10-17T16:35:05Z")
Your letter is W ---
**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:** [October 17, 2012, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-october-2012-botticelli/638026/2 "2012-10-17T17:09:51Z")
IQ1: Was your most famous work considered not obscene by a state supreme court in the mid-60’s? IQ2: Are you best known for your paintings of the Maine coastline? IQ3: Were you most famously portrayed by _House_? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-october-2012-botticelli/638026/3 "2012-10-17T17:35:48Z")
Misstake: I’m not Andy Warhol (?) I’m not Andrew Wyeth I’m not Watson DQ if you weren’t thinking Warhol ---
**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:** [October 17, 2012, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-october-2012-botticelli/638026/4 "2012-10-17T19:44:59Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Misstake: > > I’m not Andy Warhol (?) > I’m not Andrew Wyeth > I’m not Watson > > DQ if you weren’t thinking Warhol IQ1: William S Burroughs, Jr - beat author IQ2: I was thinking Winslow Homer, but Wyeth works IQ3: Hugh Laurie also played Bertie Wooster DQ1: Are you male? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-october-2012-botticelli/638026/5 "2012-10-17T19:56:12Z")
Not male ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-october-2012-botticelli/638026/6 "2012-10-17T20:35:57Z")
IQ1: Are you a gravel-voiced singer-songwriter? IQ2: Are you a musical collaborator of Berthold Brecht’s? IQ3: Are you a contemporary ‘Classical’ composer who was shot by accident by an American soldier near the end of World War II? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-october-2012-botticelli/638026/7 "2012-10-17T20:45:55Z")
**Ministre** -3 DQs! ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-october-2012-botticelli/638026/8 "2012-10-17T20:57:01Z")
IQ1: Did you remind people not to compress their toilet paper? IQ2: Did Kevin Arnold have a long-time crush on you? IQ3: Did you describe a late night talk show host as “the best friend [your] music ever had?” ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-october-2012-botticelli/638026/9 "2012-10-17T21:36:49Z")
**Enginerd** ’s turn to amaze me! I am Winnie Cooper! ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-october-2012-botticelli/638026/10 "2012-10-17T22:07:14Z")
Heh. Better to be lucky than good! 😃 I’m headed out in a few minutes, but Ill start a new round later tonight. ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2012, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-october-2012-botticelli/638026/11 "2012-10-18T02:11:14Z")
OK, our new letter is **S**. ---
**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:** [October 18, 2012, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-october-2012-botticelli/638026/12 "2012-10-18T02:25:17Z")
Wow - good job, **Enginerd**! For which question was Cooper the answer? IQs: Did you once play Ahnuld’s conniving wife? Did you play a hard-drinking, no-nonsense grandma in a recent movie? Did you call a time-out on a foe’s wedding night? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2012, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-october-2012-botticelli/638026/13 "2012-10-18T02:59:15Z")
IQ: Are you a pioneering Greek writer? ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2012, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-october-2012-botticelli/638026/14 "2012-10-18T04:43:03Z")
> [@Enginerd](#): > > IQ1: Did you remind people not to compress their toilet paper? > IQ2: Did Kevin Arnold have a long-time crush on you? > IQ3: Did you describe a late night talk show host as “the best friend [your] music ever had?” These were Mr. Whipple (“don’t squeeze the Charmin”), Winnie Cooper of _The Wonder Years_, and Warren Zevon (speaking of David Letterman). > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you once play Ahnuld’s conniving wife? > Did you play a hard-drinking, no-nonsense grandma in a recent movie? > Did you call a time-out on a foe’s wedding night? I’m not Sharon Stone (from Total Recall). Take DQs for the other two (although the third looks awfully familiar, and I think Ill kick myself when I see the answer). > [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Are you a pioneering Greek writer? I’m not Sophocles. ---
**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:** [October 18, 2012, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-october-2012-botticelli/638026/15 "2012-10-18T05:14:06Z")
So for which question was Cooper the answer? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you once play Ahnuld’s conniving wife? > Did you play a hard-drinking, no-nonsense grandma in a recent movie? > Did you call a time-out on a foe’s wedding night? Yes, Sharon Stone. Susan Sarandon in _The Lovely Bones_. Saladin, during the Crusades. DQs: Male? Real? IQs: Are you the youngest (and IMHO hawtest) of the three Crawley sisters? Were you appointed to a top job by a President of one party, but promoted by a President of another? Were you a top carrier admiral of WWII? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2012, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-october-2012-botticelli/638026/16 "2012-10-18T05:25:19Z")
IQ: Were you a Wyoming Senator who worked to reduce the deficit? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2012, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-october-2012-botticelli/638026/17 "2012-10-18T06:07:35Z")
**EH** -Winnie was Kevin Arnold’s crush. ---
**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:** [October 18, 2012, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-october-2012-botticelli/638026/18 "2012-10-18T13:36:52Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > **EH** -Winnie was Kevin Arnold’s crush. Ah, yes. _The Wonder Years_. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2012, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-october-2012-botticelli/638026/19 "2012-10-18T13:59:08Z")
The letter S. I am: 1. Male 2. Not real > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Are you the youngest (and IMHO hawtest) of the three Crawley sisters? > Were you appointed to a top job by a President of one party, but promoted by a President of another? > Were you a top carrier admiral of WWII? I know the first is about Downtown Abbey, but that’s as far as I get for #1, and I just have WAGs for the other two. I’m not David Souter or Ray Spruance. Take as any DQs as you’ve earned. > [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Were you a Wyoming Senator who worked to reduce the deficit? I’m not Alan Simpson. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2012, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-october-2012-botticelli/638026/20 "2012-10-18T16:24:56Z")
IQ: Was the actor best known for playing you paralyzed in an equestrian accident? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-october-2012-botticelli/638026.md?page=2)