# 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:** 16
**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, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/301 "2014-08-11T11:09:09Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you Johnny Carson’s TV sidekick? > 2. Are you a missing aviatrix? > 3. Were you the Unready king of England? Not Ed McMahon, Amelia Earhart or Ethelred ---
**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, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/302 "2014-08-11T11:10:50Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > 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? Not Esther Williams or Eudora Welty Can’t think of a band with the same name as a pizza chain (if you’d said movie, I’d have thought of _ **Edward G. Robinson** _ in Little Caesar). One DQ for you. ---
**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, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/303 "2014-08-11T11:12:13Z")
\*\*Was your nickname the name of a state? Was Randy your not-too-bright brother? Were you a common symbolic character among the Moties? \*\* I guess you get 3 DQs- I’m stumped. ---
**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, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/304 "2014-08-11T11:13:17Z")
Summary: 1. Real. 2. First name starts with “E” 3. Male 4. Dead 5. Not American 6. Known for the arts ---
**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, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/305 "2014-08-11T13:32:28Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you settle at Brattahlid? > IQ2: Were you the last king of Italy? > IQ3: Are you Viscount Linley’s maternal aunt? > [@astorian](#): > > I though the last king of Italy was Umberto II… > If I’m right, take two DQs. If I’m wrong, take 3. Eric the Red. You’re right. I meant to ask “Were you the father of…” (That’s what I get for trying to think of questions late at night.) Elizabeth II - Linley is Princess Margaret’s son. DQ1: European? DQ2: Known for the performing arts? IQ1: Are you famous for paintings of dancers? IQ2: Did you paint _The Luncheon on the Grass_? IQ3: Did you compose the “Pomp and Circumstance” marches? ---
**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, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/306 "2014-08-11T14:15:00Z")
Correct again on all three. IQs: 1. Were you the title character in a Sinclair Lewis novel? 2. Did you have a vision of a wheel? 3. Were you one of Edgar Bergen’s puppets? ---
**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, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/307 "2014-08-11T14:20:25Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Not Esther Williams or Eudora Welty > > Can’t think of a band with the same name as a pizza chain (if you’d said movie, I’d have thought of _ **Edward G. Robinson** _ in Little Caesar). > > One DQ for you. Eric Clapton was with Derek and the Dominos. 😃 DQ: Died before 1900? DQ in reserve ---
**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, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/308 "2014-08-11T14:27:56Z")
> [@Botticelli - July, 2014](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/472): > > IQ: Were you the 1st atop Everest? (He’s already been a Botticelli target, BTW) > [@Botticelli - July, 2014](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2014/692768/474): > > Maybe we need a list of names used, to go with EH’s list of letters… Does anybody know what the maximum size for an SDMB post is? I’ve been thinking about making such a list, but I think it wouldn’t take long for it to become a very big file… ---
**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, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/309 "2014-08-11T14:32:16Z")
IQ1: Did you compose the _Peer Gynt Suite_? IQ2: Are you an Italian operatic tenor who was accused of pinching a married woman’s bottom at the Central Park Zoo, and blamed a monkey for it? IQ3: Did your group have a hit with “Free Ride”? ---
**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, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/310 "2014-08-11T14:45:03Z")
Previous IQs: Was your nickname the name of a state? - “Tennessee” Ernie Ford. Was Randy your not-too-bright brother? - The title character of _My Name is Earl_. Were you a common symbolic character among the Moties? - Crazy Eddie, in the Niven and Pournelle first-contact novel _The Mote in God’s Eye_. DQs: European? Died since 1950? Best known for performing arts? IQs: Were you supposed to have said, “I do not seek windows to peer into men’s souls”? Did your husband slyly comment on your wonderful skin? Were you Napoleon III’s wife? ---
**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, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/311 "2014-08-11T15:27:05Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > DQs: > > European? > Died since 1950? > Best known for performing arts? Pssst - look at post 305… ---
**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, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/312 "2014-08-11T16:48:31Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Are you famous for paintings of dancers? > IQ2: Did you paint _The Luncheon on the Grass_? > IQ3: Did you compose the “Pomp and Circumstance” marches? Not Edward Elgar or Edgar Degas. But… YESSSSSSS! I am Edouard Manet, father of Impressionism and famed painter of the _ **Olympia** _, _ **Dejeuner sur l"Herbe,** _, _ **Bar at the Folies-Bergere** _, and many other masterpieces. Bravo, SCadian. ---
**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, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/313 "2014-08-11T16:53:59Z")
WTG, SCAdian! ---
**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, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/314 "2014-08-11T21:16:57Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > famed painter of the _ **Olympia** _, _ **Dejeuner sur l"Herbe,** _, _ **Bar at the Folies-Bergere** _, and many other masterpieces. Hmmm… Really not all that familiar with Manet, so I just had a look at Wikipedia to see what those paintings were. I really like the _Bar_, and also _The Railway_, _Boating_, and _House in Rueil_. Anyway, on to **P**! ---
**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, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/315 "2014-08-11T23:14:28Z")
(Manet’s big deal was his use of black as a color rather than just to shade or highlight.) IQs: 1. Are you me? 2. Are you the guy who played me on TV? 3. Are you possibly encrusted with the dirt of ancient Babylon? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2014, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/316 "2014-08-11T23:27:15Z")
IQ: Are you the Senator who created a mechanism allowing many working and middle classc kids the opportunity to go to college? IQ2: Are you #1’s grandson, married to my celebrity crush, and currently a candidate for governor of the state your family hails from? ---
**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 12, 2014, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/317 "2014-08-12T02:48:46Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you me? > 2. Are you the guy who played me on TV? > 3. Are you possibly encrusted with the dirt of ancient Babylon? Not Professor Pepperwinkle. DQ. DQ. > [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Are you the Senator who created a mechanism allowing many working and middle classc kids the opportunity to go to college? > > IQ2: Are you #1’s grandson, married to my celebrity crush, and currently a candidate for governor of the state your family hails from? Two DQs. I really need to put more effort into remembering the answers to commonly asked questions such as the Prof’s second one and both of etv’s (not to mention the A-Rod question)… ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2014, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/318 "2014-08-12T02:52:24Z")
Sca: Those were: Claiborne and Clay Pell, respectively. DQ: Real? DQ2: Male? Reading your fine print, I was nodding and smiling. ---
**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 12, 2014, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/319 "2014-08-12T03:18:17Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you me? > 2. Are you the guy who played me on TV? > 3. Are you possibly encrusted with the dirt of ancient Babylon? > > Not Professor Pepperwinkle. > DQ. > DQ. Correct, you are not me. #2 was Phil Tead. #3 is Pig-Pen from the Peanuts comic strip. I’ll wait on my DQs until etv’s are answered. ---
**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 12, 2014, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/320 "2014-08-12T03:54:53Z")
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