# 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:** 22
**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 19, 2014, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/421 "2014-08-19T15:37:39Z")
IQ1: Do you wear a sailor’s jumper and flat hat, and nothing else? IQ2: Did your mom always like you best? IQ3: Did you become famous for killing a man from Gath? ---
**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 19, 2014, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/422 "2014-08-19T16:24:19Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you Prime Minister under Queen Victoria’s reign? > 2. Are you a time-traveling DC comics supervillain? > 3. Were you one of Jesus’s inner circle of 12 disciples? Not Benjamin D’israeli Not Darkseid dunno ---
**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 19, 2014, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/423 "2014-08-19T16:25:28Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > IQ1) Did you inspire the famous bumper sticker “Vote For the Crook- It’s Important”? > > IQ2) Were you both a teacher of rock star Lou Reed and the inspiration for Saul Bellow’s novel _ **Humboldt’s Gift** _? > > IQ3) Did you break the hearts of the Red Sox Nation in a special 1978 playoff game? Not Tricky Dick Nixon dunno dunno ---
**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 19, 2014, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/424 "2014-08-19T16:28:12Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Do you wear a sailor’s jumper and flat hat, and nothing else? > IQ2: Did your mom always like you best? > IQ3: Did you become famous for killing a man from Gath? not Donald Duck not Dick Smothers not Doc Holliday ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2014, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/425 "2014-08-19T16:34:14Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Not Tricky Dick Nixon > dunno > dunno 1. Former Klansman David Duke was in a runoff for governor of Louisiana with notoriously corrupt Edwin Edwards. Duke inspired the bumper sticker “Vote For the Crook- It’s Important.” 2. Lou Reed studied under poet Delmore Schwartz, a longtime friend of Saul Bellow. 3. Bucky Dent hit a big homer to help the Yankees beat the Red Sox in a special one-game playoff in 1978. DQ1: Real person? DQ2: Male? DQ3: First name start with C"? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2014, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/426 "2014-08-19T16:40:29Z")
IQ1) Did you inspire a US Chief justice to write “The Negro has no rights which the white man is bound to respect”? IQ2) Did the Monkees reach #1 on the Billboard charts with two songs you wrote? IQ3) Were you a major US party’s losing candidate for both President and for Vice President, in the past 50 years? ---
**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 19, 2014, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/427 "2014-08-19T16:48:17Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you Prime Minister under Queen Victoria’s reign? > 2. Are you a time-traveling DC comics supervillain? > 3. Were you one of Jesus’s inner circle of 12 disciples? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Not Benjamin D’israeli > Not Darkseid > dunno Correct on Disraeli. Darkseid doesn’t time travel. I had in mind Per Degaton. Since Darkseid could, theoretically, time travel, I’ll accept that answer. #3 was Thomas Didymus. DQ: Real? ---
**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 19, 2014, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/428 "2014-08-19T17:10:48Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > IQ1) Did you inspire a US Chief justice to write “The Negro has no rights which the white man is bound to respect”? > IQ2) Did the Monkees reach #1 on the Billboard charts with two songs you wrote? > IQ3) Were you a major US party’s losing candidate for both President and for Vice President, in the past 50 years? dunno not Mickey Dolenz not Dick Nixon ---
**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 19, 2014, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/429 "2014-08-19T17:13:54Z")
DQ roundup 1. Real 2. Male 3. First name does not start with D ask another DQ Prof, astorian already asked the same one ---
**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 19, 2014, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/430 "2014-08-19T17:15:45Z")
DQ: Living? ---
**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 19, 2014, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/431 "2014-08-19T17:18:15Z")
IQs: 1. Were you Darth Sidious’s apprentice? 2. Did you teach yourself proper elocution by trying to talk with a mouth full of rocks? 3. Are you a king referred to by Rocky in the _Rocky Horror Picture Show_? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2014, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/432 "2014-08-19T17:51:39Z")
The answers were Dred Scott, Neil Diamond and Bob Dole DQ: American? DQ: Known for the arts? I’ll save one for later ---
**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 19, 2014, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/433 "2014-08-19T18:51:57Z")
DQ roundup 1. Real 2. Male 3. First name does not start with D 4. Dead 5. American 6. Not known for the arts ---
**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 19, 2014, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/434 "2014-08-19T18:54:42Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you Darth Sidious’s apprentice? > 2. Did you teach yourself proper elocution by trying to talk with a mouth full of rocks? > 3. Are you a king referred to by Rocky in the _Rocky Horror Picture Show_? not Darth Maul don’t remember my experience with RHPS does not involve quoting dialogue 🙂 ---
**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 19, 2014, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/435 "2014-08-19T19:25:20Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Do you wear a sailor’s jumper and flat hat, and nothing else? > IQ2: Did your mom always like you best? > IQ3: Did you become famous for killing a man from Gath? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > not Donald Duck > not Dick Smothers > not Doc Holliday Correct. Correct. David. (Goliath was from Gath.) DQ reserved pending answers to those already asked. IQ1: Were you one of Spike Jones’ City Slickers? IQ2: Were you the son of St Margaret of Scotland? IQ3: Were you the son of Robert the Bruce? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2014, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/436 "2014-08-19T19:44:56Z")
Last DQ: Were you born before 1900? IQ1) Have you played a junk dealer and a sportswriter in two different TV sitcoms? IQ2) Did you win a record 4 Edgar Awards for Best Novel? IQ3) Were you a Western movie hero that Steven Spielberg named his son after? ---
**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 19, 2014, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/437 "2014-08-19T20:26:27Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you Darth Sidious’s apprentice? > 2. Did you teach yourself proper elocution by trying to talk with a mouth full of rocks? > 3. Are you a king referred to by Rocky in the Rocky Horror Picture Show? > not Darth Maul > don’t remember > my experience with RHPS does not involve quoting dialogue 🙂 Correct on D. Maul. #2 is Demosthenes. # is from a song: Rocky sings “It Ain’t No Crime” with its lyric “Sword of DAMOCLES is hanging’ over my head…”. 2 DQs reserved for the nonce. ---
**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 19, 2014, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/438 "2014-08-19T23:23:57Z")
DQ roundup 1. Real 2. Male 3. First name does not start with D 4. Dead 5. American 6. Not known for the arts 7. Born before 1900 ---
**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 19, 2014, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/439 "2014-08-19T23:29:07Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you one of Spike Jones’ City Slickers? > IQ2: Were you the son of St Margaret of Scotland? > IQ3: Were you the son of Robert the Bruce? 3 DQs goeth to the noble SCAdian ---
**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 19, 2014, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/440 "2014-08-19T23:37:10Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > IQ1) Have you played a junk dealer and a sportswriter in two different TV sitcoms? > > IQ2) Did you win a record 4 Edgar Awards for Best Novel? > > IQ3) Were you a Western movie hero that Steven Spielberg named his son after? Not Demond Wilson Not Dan Simmons dunno [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690.md?page=21) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690.md?page=23)