# 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:** 23
**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, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/441 "2014-08-19T23:59:00Z")
DQs: 1. Known for politics/military? 2. Born before 1850? ---
**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 20, 2014, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/442 "2014-08-20T01:17:10Z")
> [@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? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > 3 DQs goeth to the noble SCAdian “Doodles” Weaver. David I of Scotland. David II of Scotland. DQ1: Born east of the Mississippi? DQ2: Born north of the Mason-Dixon Line? 2 DQs reserved. IQ1: Are you a female detective associated with Nero Wolfe? IQ2: Are you a male detective associated with Nero Wolfe? IQ3: Did you travel from the Philippines to Australia with John Bulkeley? ---
**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 20, 2014, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/443 "2014-08-20T01:42:39Z")
IQs: 1. Did you have a horse named Horse? 2. Were you part of a comedy team with Peter Cook? 3. Are you Barry Hansen’s radio persona? ---
**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 20, 2014, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/444 "2014-08-20T12:43:09Z")
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 8. Known for politics/military 9. Born before 1850 10. Born east of the Mississippi 11. Born north of Mason-Dixon ---
**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 20, 2014, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/445 "2014-08-20T12:44:13Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Are you a female detective associated with Nero Wolfe? > IQ2: Are you a male detective associated with Nero Wolfe? > IQ3: Did you travel from the Philippines to Australia with John Bulkeley? Three more DQs for thee ---
**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 20, 2014, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/446 "2014-08-20T12:45:13Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you have a horse named Horse? > 2. Were you part of a comedy team with Peter Cook? > 3. Are you Barry Hansen’s radio persona? You guys are brutal. 3 DQs for Prof. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2014, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/447 "2014-08-20T13:43:10Z")
IQ1) Despite having the most wholesome image in Hollywood, did you win your one and only Oscar for playing a Hooker? IQ2) Did you receive over a million votes for President while in prison? IQ3) Did you save Leopold and Loeb from the death penalty? ---
**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 20, 2014, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/448 "2014-08-20T14:22:10Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Are you a female detective associated with Nero Wolfe? > IQ2: Are you a male detective associated with Nero Wolfe? > IQ3: Did you travel from the Philippines to Australia with John Bulkeley? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Three more DQs for thee Dol Bonner appeared in several Nero Wolfe stories (as well as having a book of her own). Fred Durkin was one of the three detectives Wolfe often hired to help on cases. Douglas MacArthur was evacuated from Corregidor by Bulkeley’s PT squadron. DQ: Died before 1900? Four DQs reserved. IQ1: Did a short story pit you as a lawyer against the Devil? IQ2: Was your adoptive brother the first admiral in the US Navy? IQ3: Was your adoptive brother the second admiral in the US Navy? ---
**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 20, 2014, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/449 "2014-08-20T15:43:38Z")
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 8. Known for politics/military 9. Born before 1850 10. Born east of the Mississippi 11. Born north of Mason-Dixon 12. Died 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 20, 2014, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/450 "2014-08-20T15:46:35Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > IQ1) Despite having the most wholesome image in Hollywood, did you win your one and only Oscar for playing a Hooker? > > IQ2) Did you receive over a million votes for President while in prison? > > IQ3) Did you save Leopold and Loeb from the death penalty? Not Debbie Reynolds dunno Not Clarence Darrow ---
**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 20, 2014, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/451 "2014-08-20T15:48:43Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did a short story pit you as a lawyer against the Devil? > IQ2: Was your adoptive brother the first admiral in the US Navy? > IQ3: Was your adoptive brother the second admiral in the US Navy? Not Daniel Webster dunno x2 ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2014, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/452 "2014-08-20T16:07:24Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Not Debbie Reynolds > dunno > Not Clarence Darrow Clarence Darrow is correct: Debbie Reynolds never won an Oscar- Donna Reed did, for From Here to Eternity. Socialist candidate Eugene V. Debs received a million votes in 1920, while in prison (the winner, Warren Harding, gave Debs a pardon). DQ: Did you ever serve in the U.S. Congress or Cabinet? DQ2: Were you prominent during the American Civil War? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2014, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/453 "2014-08-20T16:08:25Z")
IQ) Were you Secretary of War and US Senator from Mississippi? IQ2) Was the Baseball Hall of Fame built in a town where you allegedly invented the game? ---
**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 20, 2014, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/454 "2014-08-20T19:10:29Z")
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 8. Known for politics/military 9. Born before 1850 10. Born east of the Mississippi 11. Born north of Mason-Dixon 12. Died before 1900 13. Served in the US Congress or Cabinet 14. Was not prominent \*\*during \*\*the US Civil War ---
**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 20, 2014, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/455 "2014-08-20T19:11:36Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > IQ) Were you Secretary of War and US Senator from Mississippi? > > IQ2) Was the Baseball Hall of Fame built in a town where you allegedly invented the game? dunno, not Abner Doubleday ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2014, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/456 "2014-08-20T19:31:50Z")
Future Confederate president Jefferson Davis was Secretary of War and Senator from Mississiippi. DQ: Did you ever serve in the US Senate? ---
**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 20, 2014, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/457 "2014-08-20T21:26:42Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you have a horse named Horse? > 2. Were you part of a comedy team with Peter Cook? > 3. Are you Barry Hansen’s radio persona? > > You guys are brutal. 3 DQs for Prof. #1 was Dudley Do-Right. #2 was Dudley Moore. #3 is Dr. Demento. DQ: Active in the Revolutionary War? 2 DQs reserved. ---
**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 20, 2014, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/458 "2014-08-20T21:48:57Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a congressman from Pennsylvania in _1776_ (and in real life)? 2. Were you the youngest person to sign the Constitution? 3. Are you a current senator from Indiana? ---
**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 20, 2014, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/459 "2014-08-20T22:58:02Z")
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 8. Known for politics/military 9. Born before 1850 10. Born east of the Mississippi 11. Born north of Mason-Dixon 12. Died before 1900 13. Served in the US Congress or Cabinet 14. Was not prominent \*\*during \*\*the US Civil War 15. Was not active in the Revolutionary War ---
**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 20, 2014, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/460 "2014-08-20T23:07:27Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a congressman from Pennsylvania in _1776_ (and in real life)? Whaaaaaat? Do you mean something besides the date? I thought dates were real life. /shrug > 2. Were you the youngest person to sign the Constitution? > 3. Are you a current senator from Indiana? dunno X3 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690.md?page=22) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690.md?page=24)