# New Boticelli **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [May 7, 2012, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169 "2012-05-07T14:49:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2012, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/222 "2012-05-17T20:27:42Z")
IQ1: Were you responsible for the launching of 1000 ships? IQ2: Are you Anne Sullivan’s most famous student? IQ3: Are you a standout student at Hogwart’s? ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2012, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/223 "2012-05-17T20:32:05Z")
1. John Bell Hood - who had the CSA Army of Tennessee was destroyed by Gen Thomas at the Battle of Franklin. 2. A.P. Hill took command of the Third Corps in the Army of Northern Virginia after Chancellorsville - because Stonewall Jackson had died as a result of wounds received during the battle. DQ Summary 1. Female 2. Real 3. First name does not begin with ‘H’. DQ1. Are you noted for your role in The Arts (including but not limited to music, acting, writing, or sculpture)? I will reserve my second DQ for the moment. ---
**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:** [May 17, 2012, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/224 "2012-05-17T20:32:58Z")
> [@Enginerd](#): > > DQ: Are you alive? DQ: I am not alive > [@Enginerd](#): > > IQ1: Were you responsible for the launching of 1000 ships? > IQ2: Are you Anne Sullivan’s most famous student? > IQ3: Are you a standout student at Hogwart’s? IQ1: I am not Helen of Troy IQ2: I am not Helen Keller IQ3: I am not Hermione Granger **The letter is H** 1. I am a real person 2. I am female 3. My first name does not begin with H 4. I am dead 5. I am noted for my role in The Arts ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2012, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/225 "2012-05-17T21:22:46Z")
Reserved DQ Did you die before January 1, 1900? (AD) ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2012, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/226 "2012-05-17T21:27:57Z")
IQ1. Were you acquitted by a Court Martial for the loss of your command during the Napoleonic War? IQ2. Did you send this telegram ‘?’ once upon a time? IQ3. Did you shoot down 22 Allied planes during The Great War while flying with the Red Baron? ---
**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:** [May 17, 2012, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/227 "2012-05-17T22:09:40Z")
> [@Wargamer](#): > > Reserved DQ > > Did you die before January 1, 1900? (AD) DQ: No, I died after 01/01/1900 > [@Wargamer](#): > > IQ1. Were you acquitted by a Court Martial for the loss of your command during the Napoleonic War? > IQ2. Did you send this telegram ‘?’ once upon a time? > IQ3. Did you shoot down 22 Allied planes during The Great War while flying with the Red Baron? IQ1: DQ IQ2: I am not Victor Hugo IQ3: DQ ---
**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:** [May 17, 2012, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/228 "2012-05-17T22:10:45Z")
The letter is H 1. I am a real person 2. I am female 3. My first name does not begin with H 4. I am dead 5. I am noted for my role in The Arts 6. I died after 01/01/1900 ---
**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:** [May 18, 2012, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/229 "2012-05-18T00:14:16Z")
Well done, **Miss Take**! IQ1: Are you a blonde who fronted a New Wave band in the late 70s/early 80s? IQ2: Was Paul Reiser made about you? IQ3: Did you play a stowaway in a 1970 disaster movie? ---
**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:** [May 18, 2012, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/230 "2012-05-18T00:24:21Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > IQ1: Are you a blonde who fronted a New Wave band in the late 70s/early 80s? > IQ2: Was Paul Reiser made about you? > IQ3: Did you play a stowaway in a 1970 disaster movie? IQ1: I am not Debbie Harry IQ2: I am not Helen Hunt IQ3: I am not Helen Hayes (I never liked that movie - scared the bejeebers out of me) ---
**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:** [May 18, 2012, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/231 "2012-05-18T03:20:55Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Are you the best-known former resident of Russell, Kansas? > Although you were born in London, was a U.S. ship named after you? > Did your character hide a fugitive while doing the dishes? Unanswered from before: Bob Dole Bob Hope Bob Hoskins, in _Who Framed Roger Rabbit?_ > [@Wargamer](#): > > 1. John Bell Hood - who had the CSA Army of Tennessee was destroyed by Gen Thomas at the Battle of Franklin… I’m a big Thomas fan, but his scheming subordinate Schofield was in command at Franklin. Thomas was in Nashville, just to the north, and played no direct role in the battle. IQs: Were you a beautiful actress but also an inventor/scientist? Was your name painted in an unusual way across the stern of a U.S. Navy warship named after you? You were born after 1930; did your political views shift sharply to the left over the course of your career? ---
**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:** [May 18, 2012, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/232 "2012-05-18T03:34:30Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > Were you a beautiful actress but also an inventor/scientist? > Was your name painted in an unusual way across the stern of a U.S. Navy warship named after you? > You were born after 1930; did your political views shift sharply to the left over the course of your career? IQ1: I am not Hedy Lamarr IQ2: DQ IQ3: DQ ---
**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:** [May 18, 2012, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/233 "2012-05-18T03:41:16Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > …IQs: > > Were you a beautiful actress but also an inventor/scientist? > Was your name painted in an unusual way across the stern of a U.S. Navy warship named after you? > You were born after 1930; did your political views shift sharply to the left over the course of your career? Correct as to Hedy. John Hancock, of course: [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d2/USS\_John\_Hancock\_Stern.jpg](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d2/USS_John_Hancock_Stern.jpg) Hillary Rodham started out as a Goldwater girl in '64. DQs: American? Actress? IQs: Were you McKinley’s kingmaker and no fan of T.R.? Did Cate Blanchett play your nemesis? Were you FDR’s fixer and confidante? ---
**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:** [May 18, 2012, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/234 "2012-05-18T11:25:51Z")
The letter is H 1. I am a real person 2. I am female 3. My first name does not begin with H 4. I am dead 5. I am noted for my role in The Arts 6. I died after 01/01/1900 7. I am American 8. I am not an actress (although I was in a picture or two) ---
**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:** [May 18, 2012, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/235 "2012-05-18T11:30:24Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > Were you McKinley’s kingmaker and no fan of T.R.? > Did Cate Blanchett play your nemesis? > Were you FDR’s fixer and confidante? IQ1: DQ IQ2: I am not Harrison Ford IQ3: DQ ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2012, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/236 "2012-05-18T12:32:14Z")
1. Horatio Hornblower - who was acquitted for the loss of the\* HMS Sutherland\* in the naval adventure series by C.S. Forester. 2. Hermann Goering shot down 22 Allied planes in W.W. I before going on to greater infamy as the commander of Hitler’s Luftwaffe. DQ - Are you mainly noted for your singing ability? DQ - Did you die after 01/01/1960? IQ1. Did you debut at the Cotton Club at 16 and move to Paris 20 years later due to your political views? IQ2. Did you start at center for Michigan’s Fab Five? IQ3. Did you play a character who had a most unusual way of turning on the autopilot? ---
**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:** [May 18, 2012, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/237 "2012-05-18T13:11:10Z")
> [@Wargamer](#): > > DQ - Are you mainly noted for your singing ability? > DQ - Did you die after 01/01/1960? DQ1: I am known for my singing ability DQ2: I died before 01/01/1960 > [@](#): > > IQ1. Did you debut at the Cotton Club at 16 and move to Paris 20 years later due to your political views? > IQ2. Did you start at center for Michigan’s Fab Five? > IQ3. Did you play a character who had a most unusual way of turning on the autopilot? IQ1: I am not Lena Horne IQ2: DQ IQ3: DQ **The letter is H** 1. I am a real person 2. I am female 3. My first name does not begin with H 4. I am dead 5. I am noted for my role in The Arts 6. I died after 01/01/1900 7. I am American 8. I am not an actress (although I was in a picture or two) 9: I am known for my singing ability 10: I died before 01/01/1960 ---
**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:** [May 18, 2012, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/238 "2012-05-18T13:15:06Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > …IQs: > > Were you McKinley’s kingmaker and no fan of T.R.? > Did Cate Blanchett play your nemesis? > Were you FDR’s fixer and confidante? Marcus Hanna, best known for saying, after Theodore Roosevelt was sworn in, “Now look! That damned cowboy is President!” I wasn’t even thinking of Indiana Jones (call it cinematic PTSD), so I’ll rephrase: Did Cate Blanchett, who is older than you, play your nemesis? Harry Hopkins. DQs: Born since 1950? Musician? IQs: See above. Different person: A singer, did you share a last name with a key _Twin Peaks_ character? ---
**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:** [May 18, 2012, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/239 "2012-05-18T13:29:22Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > DQs: > Born since 1950? > Musician? DQ1: Born before 1950 DQ2: I am not a musician (meaning, I am not known for playing an instrument) > [@](#): > > IQs: > See above. > Different person: A singer, did you share a last name with a key _Twin Peaks_ character? IQ1: DQ IQ2: I am not Lena Horne ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2012, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/240 "2012-05-18T14:16:04Z")
1. Juwan Howard started at center for Michigan’s Fab Five in the early 90’s. 2. Julie Hagerty had to use the Oral Inflation Pump located under Otto the Autopilot’s belt buckle in the movie Airplane! DQ - Does your surname (married or maiden) start with ‘H’? DQ - Were you mainly noted in your singing career for solo work, as opposed to being a member of a group? ---
**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:** [May 18, 2012, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/241 "2012-05-18T14:37:59Z")
The letter is H 1. I am a real person 2. I am female 3. My first name does not begin with H 4. I am dead 5. I am noted for my role in The Arts 6. I died after 01/01/1900 7. I am American 8. I am not an actress (although I was in a picture or two) 9: I am known for my singing ability 10: I died before 01/01/1960 11: I was born before 1950 12: I am not a musician (meaning, I am not known for playing an instrument) 13: My surname begins with an H 14: I am mainly noted in my singing career for solo work [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169.md?page=13)