# 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:** 5
**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 22, 2012, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-october-2012-botticelli/638026/81 "2012-10-22T19:09:05Z")
Way to go, **Spoons**! The letters we’ve used so far: > **[Botticelli - the letters we've used so far](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=648663)** > > I had some time on my hands and went back through all of our Botticelli threads since May 2011. To guard against repeating the same letters too soon and thus to keep the game fresher, I thought this record might be helpful. I welcome any... > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you create a famous choreography of _The Nutcracker_? > Did you shoot John Wilkes Booth? > Did you once spit grapes against a car window? Yes, George Balanchine Boston Corbett, a U.S. cavalryman Billy Crystal, in _When Harry Met Sally_ ---
**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:** [October 24, 2012, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-october-2012-botticelli/638026/82 "2012-10-24T04:43:51Z")
Sorry for the delay, folks. Your letter is… W. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2012, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-october-2012-botticelli/638026/83 "2012-10-24T05:18:18Z")
IQ: Are you the British general after whom a beef dish is named? IQ: Do people ask “where are you”? ---
**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:** [October 24, 2012, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-october-2012-botticelli/638026/84 "2012-10-24T05:44:49Z")
I am neither the Duke of Wellington nor Waldo. ---
**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 24, 2012, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-october-2012-botticelli/638026/85 "2012-10-24T12:12:50Z")
IQ1: Were you an electrician who became President? IQ2: Were you an entertainer, best known for your rendition of a song about water? IQ3: Do you have a state named after you? ---
**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:** [October 24, 2012, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-october-2012-botticelli/638026/86 "2012-10-24T13:04:12Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > IQ1: Were you an electrician who became President? > IQ2: Were you an entertainer, best known for your rendition of a song about water? > IQ3: Do you have a state named after you? IQ1: Woodrow Wilson? If not, take a DQ. IQ2: Roger Whittaker? Again, if not, take a DQ. IQ3: I’m not George Washington. ---
**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 24, 2012, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-october-2012-botticelli/638026/87 "2012-10-24T14:32:46Z")
IQ1: Do you and your friends hang out at Stan Mikita Doughnuts? IQ2: Is your visit to Dr. Bucke the subject of the film “Beautiful Dreamers”? IQ3: Were you the organist and choirmaster at St. Mary Magdalene’s Anglican Church? ---
**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 24, 2012, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-october-2012-botticelli/638026/88 "2012-10-24T15:42:05Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > IQ1: Woodrow Wilson? If not, take a DQ. > IQ2: Roger Whittaker? Again, if not, take a DQ. > IQ3: I’m not George Washington. Lech Walesa Andy Williams I was thinking William Penn, but my query was waaaay too broad, I know. DQ1: Are you male? DQ2: Are you currently alive? ---
**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:** [October 24, 2012, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-october-2012-botticelli/638026/89 "2012-10-24T17:21:44Z")
Summary for W: 1. Male. 2. Alive ---
**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 24, 2012, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-october-2012-botticelli/638026/90 "2012-10-24T17:23:16Z")
IQs: After your husband died, did you burn all but a few letters from your long correspondence with him? Are you Nebraska’s best-known author? Does legend have it that, while a babe in arms, you were presented to the man after whom you were named? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2012, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-october-2012-botticelli/638026/91 "2012-10-24T17:36:32Z")
IQ: Are you a Senator once married to Liz Taylor? ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2012, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-october-2012-botticelli/638026/92 "2012-10-24T17:53:53Z")
IQ1: Were you Chuck Noland’s only friend? IQ2: Have you single-handedly kept the ACME corporation in business for over 60 years? IQ3: Did you play a drug kingpin in a critically-acclaimed TV Series? ---
**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:** [October 24, 2012, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-october-2012-botticelli/638026/93 "2012-10-24T17:57:08Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > After your husband died, did you burn all but a few letters from your long correspondence with him? > Are you Nebraska’s best-known author? > Does legend have it that, while a babe in arms, you were presented to the man after whom you were named? I’m not Lois Wilson. DQs on the other two. > [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Are you a Senator once married to Liz Taylor? I’m not Michael Wilding. ---
**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:** [October 24, 2012, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-october-2012-botticelli/638026/94 "2012-10-24T17:59:37Z")
> [@Enginerd](#): > > IQ1: Were you Chuck Noland’s only friend? > IQ2: Have you single-handedly kept the ACME corporation in business for over 60 years? > IQ3: Did you play a drug kingpin in a critically-acclaimed TV Series? I’m neither Wilson the volleyball nor Wile E. Coyote. One DQ. ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2012, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-october-2012-botticelli/638026/95 "2012-10-24T18:04:11Z")
Wood Harris played Baltimore kingpin Avon Barksdale in _The Wire_. DQ: Are you American? ---
**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:** [October 24, 2012, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-october-2012-botticelli/638026/96 "2012-10-24T18:10:05Z")
> [@Enginerd](#): > > Wood Harris played Baltimore kingpin Avon Barksdale in _The Wire_. > > DQ: Are you American? I am American. Summary for W: 1. Male 2. Alive 3. American ---
**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 24, 2012, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-october-2012-botticelli/638026/97 "2012-10-24T18:14:21Z")
IQ1: Do you shill stuff for diabetes care? IQ2: Were you, as eye candy, replaced by Barnacle Boy? IQ3: Are you punctuationally challenged? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2012, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-october-2012-botticelli/638026/98 "2012-10-24T18:33:22Z")
I actually meant John Warner. IQ: Are you a record setting WR for the Patriots? ---
**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:** [October 24, 2012, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-october-2012-botticelli/638026/99 "2012-10-24T18:56:12Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > IQ1: Do you shill stuff for diabetes care? > IQ2: Were you, as eye candy, replaced by Barnacle Boy? > IQ3: Are you punctuationally challenged? I’m not Wilford Brimley. The second is a reference to Spongebob, but I’m lost as to whom it might be; and I have no idea who might be punctuationally challenged (though I’m sure I’ll kick myself when I find out). Two DQs. ---
**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:** [October 24, 2012, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-october-2012-botticelli/638026/100 "2012-10-24T18:57:56Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > I actually meant John Warner. > > IQ: Are you a record setting WR for the Patriots? DQ for you on the Patriots question. You can take one also on the John Warner one–Wilding was the only “W” husband of Liz Taylor I could think of. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-october-2012-botticelli/638026.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-october-2012-botticelli/638026.md?page=6)