# August 2014 Botticelli **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 3, 2014, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690 "2014-08-03T00:37:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**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:** [August 7, 2014, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/181 "2014-08-07T15:04:10Z")
DQ: Known for sports? 3 DQs remaining. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2014, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/182 "2014-08-07T15:14:33Z")
IQ: Is your given 1st name Denton? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2014, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/183 "2014-08-07T15:23:31Z")
IQ: Did Mark Twain write a satirical essay about your alleged crimes against literature? IQ2: Were you, until VERY recenty, the last Triple Crown winner in major league baseball history? IQ3: Were you the only Catholic to sign the Declaration of Independence? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2014, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/184 "2014-08-07T15:24:13Z")
DQ: Born east of the Appalachians? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2014, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/185 "2014-08-07T16:32:38Z")
IQ: Were you the only pitcher among the Black Sox? ---
**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:** [August 7, 2014, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/186 "2014-08-07T16:51:34Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Is Bulawayo in a country formerly named for you? > IQ2: Were you the Young Pretender? > IQ3: Were you blessed with the ability to see the future, and cursed so that no one would believe your predictions? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > not Caesar, not Charles the something, drawing a blank Cecil Rhodes. Prince Charles Edward Stuart. Cassandra. Only one DQ left to go, so I’ll hold mine until I see the answers to the two pending… IQ1: Were Lt Col Mayfair and Brigadier General Brooks among your associates? IQ2: Were you one of Red Skelton’s characters? IQ3: Were you a former buffalo hunter and Pony Express rider awarded the Medal of Honor? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2014, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/187 "2014-08-07T16:57:48Z")
Prof has 3 in reserve. ---
**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:** [August 7, 2014, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/188 "2014-08-07T17:09:13Z")
DQ roundup 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. American 5. Last name starts with C 6. Died before 1950 7. Not known for creative arts 8. White 9. Not a political figure 10. Not known for science 11. Died after 1850 12. Born east of the Mississippi 13. Born north of Mason-Dixon 14. Famous for multiple incidents 15. Not known for military service 16. Did not have facial hair 17. Not known for the performing arts 18. Not known for sports 19. Born east of the Appalachians ---
**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:** [August 7, 2014, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/189 "2014-08-07T17:11:49Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Is your given 1st name Denton? dunno ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2014, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/190 "2014-08-07T17:14:54Z")
That’s Cy Young. DQ: Die of natural causes? Did you miss my other IQ? ---
**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:** [August 7, 2014, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/191 "2014-08-07T17:14:28Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > IQ: Did Mark Twain write a satirical essay about your alleged crimes against literature? > > IQ2: Were you, until VERY recenty, the last Triple Crown winner in major league baseball history? > > IQ3: Were you the only Catholic to sign the Declaration of Independence? 3 DQs for the fur trader ---
**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:** [August 7, 2014, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/192 "2014-08-07T17:17:59Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Were you the only pitcher among the Black Sox? Not Chic Gandil I have to wait 60 seconds between posts, so that’s why it seems slow to you. ---
**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:** [August 7, 2014, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/193 "2014-08-07T17:19:21Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were Lt Col Mayfair and Brigadier General Brooks among your associates? > IQ2: Were you one of Red Skelton’s characters? > IQ3: Were you a former buffalo hunter and Pony Express rider awarded the Medal of Honor? dunno, not Clem Cadiddlehopper, not Bill Cody ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2014, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/194 "2014-08-07T17:20:15Z")
Sorry. Thought you missed it. BTW, I was going for Eddie Ciccote. DQ reserved. ---
**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:** [August 7, 2014, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/195 "2014-08-07T17:27:59Z")
DQ roundup 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. American 5. Last name starts with C 6. Died before 1950 7. Not known for creative arts 8. White 9. Not a political figure 10. Not known for science 11. Died after 1850 12. Born east of the Mississippi 13. Born north of Mason-Dixon 14. Famous for multiple incidents 15. Not known for military service 16. Did not have facial hair 17. Not known for the performing arts 18. Not known for sports 19. Born east of the Appalachians 20. Not sure if “died from natural causes” applies, so I will say this: Did not die from the effects of old age. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2014, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/196 "2014-08-07T17:31:16Z")
DQ: Criminal connection, as either victim or perpetrator? ---
**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:** [August 7, 2014, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/197 "2014-08-07T17:34:50Z")
So I think from here on everybody gets one guess, then after the guesses have been made, the answer will be revealed. ---
**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:** [August 7, 2014, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/198 "2014-08-07T18:29:53Z")
Okay, going with the obvious: DQ; Are you Al Capone? ---
**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:** [August 7, 2014, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/199 "2014-08-07T19:02:23Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Okay, going with the obvious: > > DQ; Are you Al Capone? Yes, I am Al [SIZE=“7”]Capone![/SIZE] Almost got yas. Congrats **Prof**! ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2014, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/200 "2014-08-07T19:04:47Z")
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