# 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:** 15
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2014, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/281 "2014-08-10T14:07:57Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > DQ: Real? 1. Real person 2. Last name does NOT start with E ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2014, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/282 "2014-08-10T14:08:58Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you a TV personality who died in a car crash in 1962, supposedly as a result of you trying to light a cigar? > IQ2: Are you a condescending telephone operator played by Lily Tomlin? > IQ3: Were you chosen as the running mate of presidential nominee Adlai Stevenson in 1956? Not Ernie Kovacs, not Ernestine, and not Estes Kefauver. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2014, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/283 "2014-08-10T14:09:58Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Correct on all three. > IQ1: Did you go on an adventure with Jill Pole? > IQ2: Were you a Marine Raider CO during WW II? > IQ3: Were you a Marine Raider CO during WW II? Not Eustace Scrubbs (yeah, I’m a Narnia fan) Take two DQs for the others ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2014, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/284 "2014-08-10T14:11:44Z")
Was your catchphrase “Never mind”? Did you play Miss Honey in the movie Matilda? Did Irish-Americans not appreciate your pre-Civil War visit to the U.S.? Not Emily Litella or Embeth Davidtz (I have a kid- I have to see all these movies). But take a DQ for #3 ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2014, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/285 "2014-08-10T14:12:46Z")
1. Real person 2. Last name does NOT start with E 3. Male ---
**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 10, 2014, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/286 "2014-08-10T14:59:50Z")
IQs: 1. Are you a talking horse, of course, of course? 2. Did you climb Mt. Everest? 3. Do you chase a wascawwy wabbit? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2014, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/287 "2014-08-10T19:53:59Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you a talking horse, of course, of course? > 2. Did you climb Mt. Everest? > 3. Do you chase a wascawwy wabbit? Not Mr. Ed, Edmund Hillary or Elmer Fudd ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2014, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/288 "2014-08-10T20:04:33Z")
IQ: Were you the namesake of an automotive flop? IQ2:Were you the shortest man to bat in MLB history? IQ3: Did you once own Indianaoolis Motor Speedway? ---
**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 10, 2014, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/289 "2014-08-10T21:09:25Z")
IQs: 1. Were you Adam’s mate? 2. Are you the son of George Jetson? 3. Can many of your poems be read to the tune of _The Yellow Rose of Texas_? ---
**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 10, 2014, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/290 "2014-08-10T21:51:43Z")
IQ1: Did you play the role of Winston Zeddemore? IQ2: Were you known for producing Latin and Greek versions of the New Testament, and called “the crowning glory of the Christian humanists”? IQ3: Are you the keyboardist for the band that performed the album _Brain Salad Surgery_? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2014, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/291 "2014-08-10T23:18:31Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Were you the namesake of an automotive flop? > IQ2:Were you the shortest man to bat in MLB history? > IQ3: Did you once own Indianaoolis Motor Speedway? Not Edsel Ford or Eddie Gaedel Take a DQ for the Speedway owner. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2014, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/292 "2014-08-10T23:19:31Z")
\*\*IQs: 1. Were you Adam’s mate? 2. Are you the son of George Jetson? 3. Can many of your poems be read to the tune of The Yellow Rose of Texas? \*\* Not Eve, Elroy Jetson or Emily Dickinson ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2014, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/293 "2014-08-10T23:20:35Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did you play the role of Winston Zeddemore? > IQ2: Were you known for producing Latin and Greek versions of the New Testament, and called “the crowning glory of the Christian humanists”? > IQ3: Are you the keyboardist for the band that performed the album _Brain Salad Surgery_? Not Desiderius Erasmus or Keith Emerson. Take a DQ for Winston Zeddemore ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2014, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/294 "2014-08-10T23:46:30Z")
Eddie Rickenbacker. DQ: American? ---
**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 11, 2014, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/295 "2014-08-11T00:32:48Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you go on an adventure with Jill Pole? > IQ2: Were you a Marine Raider CO during WW II? > IQ3: Were you a Marine Raider CO during WW II? > [@astorian](#): > > Not Eustace Scrubbs (yeah, I’m a Narnia fan) > > Take two DQs for the others Eustace Scrubb, actually, but close enough… The jarheads were Merritt Edson and Evans Carlson. DQ1: Living? DQ2: Known for the Arts, as usually defined for these games? IQ1: Did you settle at Brattahlid? IQ2: Were you the last king of Italy? IQ3: Are you Viscount Linley’s maternal aunt? ---
**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 11, 2014, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/296 "2014-08-11T00:49:14Z")
IQs: 1. Were you Johnny Carson’s TV sidekick? 2. Are you a missing aviatrix? 3. Were you the Unready king of England? ---
**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 11, 2014, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/297 "2014-08-11T00:59:04Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Not Desiderius Erasmus or Keith Emerson. > > Take a DQ for Winston Zeddemore Earnie Hudson in _Ghostbusters_ holding a DQ ---
**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 11, 2014, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/298 "2014-08-11T01:15:32Z")
IQ1: Did you star in a series of films in the 1940s and early 1950s known as “aquamusicals?” IQ2: Were you in a band that had the same name as a popular pizza chain? IQ3: Did you write the novel _The Optimist’s Daughter_, which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1973? ---
**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:** [August 11, 2014, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/299 "2014-08-11T04:35:41Z")
Previous IQs: Was your catchphrase “Never mind”? - Yes, Emily Litella Did you play Miss Honey in the movie _Matilda_? - Yes, Embeth Davidtz Did Irish-Americans not appreciate your pre-Civil War visit to the U.S.? - Edward VII, when he was still Prince of Wales. The prince was booed and/or snubbed by Irish-Americans at several points during his tour. DQ: American? IQs: Was your nickname the name of a state? Was Randy your not-too-bright brother? Were you a common symbolic character among the Moties? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2014, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/300 "2014-08-11T11:08:06Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you settle at Brattahlid? > IQ2: Were you the last king of Italy? > IQ3: Are you Viscount Linley’s maternal aunt? I though the last king of Italy was Umberto II… If I’m right, take two DQs. If I’m wrong, take 3. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690.md?page=14) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690.md?page=16)