# 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:** 24
**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, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/461 "2014-08-20T23:11:14Z")
> [@](#): > > 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 1. _1776_ is a wonderful musical play and movie about the creation of the Signing of the Declaration of Independence. I referred to John Dickinson. 2. Jonathan Dayton was the youngest person to sign the Constitution. 3. The current Hoosier senators are Joe Donnelly and Dan Coats (either works). Total of 5 DQs reserved. Hmmm… ---
**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 21, 2014, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/462 "2014-08-21T03:13:32Z")
> [@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? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Not Daniel Webster > dunno x2 Correct on Daniel Webster. David Dixon Porter (the brother was Adm David Glasgow Farragut.) David Glasgow Farragut (the brother was Adm David Dixon Porter.) Six DQs reserved… IQ1: Were you born on a mountain top in Tennessee? IQ2: Were you an Italian war orphan adopted by an American soldier? IQ3: Was Mingo one of your associates? ---
**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 21, 2014, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/463 "2014-08-21T05:05:43Z")
Whew, been gone a few days! Previous IQs from the last round: According to _Game Change_, were you rumored to be having an affair with a Canadian MP after 2005? - Bill Clinton Were you the first to fly across America, “crash by crash”? - Cal Rodgers; it’s a great story: [Calbraith Perry Rodgers - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cal_Rodgers) Were you a noted later head of the Galactic Empire in Asimov’s _Foundation_ books? - Yes, Cleon IQs: Was the USS _Olympia_ your flagship? Are you a detective created by P.D. James? Were you one of Paul Revere’s riding colleagues? ---
**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 21, 2014, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/464 "2014-08-21T12:03:52Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you born on a mountain top in Tennessee? > IQ2: Were you an Italian war orphan adopted by an American soldier? > IQ3: Was Mingo one of your associates? Not Daniel Boone 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 21, 2014, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/465 "2014-08-21T12:06:12Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Was the USS _Olympia_ your flagship? > Are you a detective created by P.D. James? > Were you one of Paul Revere’s riding colleagues? Not Dwight D Eisenhower dunno dunno ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2014, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/466 "2014-08-21T12:07:33Z")
Repeating my DQ: **DQ: Did you ever serve in the US Senate?** ---
**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 21, 2014, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/467 "2014-08-21T13:26:44Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you born on a mountain top in Tennessee? > IQ2: Were you an Italian war orphan adopted by an American soldier? > IQ3: Was Mingo one of your associates? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Not Daniel Boone > dunno > dunno Davy Crockett. (It’s the first line of [the song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txcRQedoEyY).) Dondi. This one is Daniel Boone. DQ: Born in New England (CT/RI/MA/VT/NH/ME)? Eight DQs left… IQ1: Do they tell you you look like Merle Haggard, and sound a lot like yourself? IQ2: Did you play a girl who played a mermaid? IQ3: Did you write a novel based on the experiences of Alexander Selkirk? ---
**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 21, 2014, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/468 "2014-08-21T13:45:09Z")
DQ: Died before 1850? 4 DQs left. ---
**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 21, 2014, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/469 "2014-08-21T15:28:02Z")
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 16. Served in the US Senate 17. Born in New England 18. Did not die before 1850 ---
**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 21, 2014, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/470 "2014-08-21T15:30:47Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Do they tell you you look like Merle Haggard, and sound a lot like yourself? > IQ2: Did you play a girl who played a mermaid? > IQ3: Did you write a novel based on the experiences of Alexander Selkirk? dunno not Daryl Hannah dunno ---
**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 21, 2014, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/471 "2014-08-21T16:36:19Z")
IQ: Were you Pres. James K. Polk’s vice president? (Madame P.'s favorite president. I don’t know why.) ---
**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 21, 2014, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/472 "2014-08-21T17:22:16Z")
Previous IQs: Was the USS _Olympia_ your flagship? - Not Ike, but Adm. George Dewey during the SpanAm War. Are you a detective created by P.D. James? - Adam Dahlglish. Were you one of Paul Revere’s riding colleagues? - William Dawes. DQ: Greatest fame before 1861? One DQ reserved. IQ: Did you have a series of celebrated debates with Abraham Lincoln? ---
**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 21, 2014, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/473 "2014-08-21T17:38:11Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Do they tell you you look like Merle Haggard, and sound a lot like yourself? > IQ2: Did you play a girl who played a mermaid? > IQ3: Did you write a novel based on the experiences of Alexander Selkirk? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > dunno > not Daryl Hannah > dunno [David Allan Coe](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bplt6CQ3MyE). (The song with my favourite line. :)) Daryl Hannah, as I recall, played an actual mermaid. Doris Day, in _The Glass Bottom Boat_, played a girl who dressed in a mermaid costume for the amusement of the boat’s passengers. Daniel Defoe. Lots of DQs reerved… ---
**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 21, 2014, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/474 "2014-08-21T18:00:16Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQ: > > Did you have a series of celebrated debates with Abraham Lincoln? Yes, I am Stephen A. [SIZE=“7”]Douglas[/SIZE]. It was hard to answer the question about Douglas’s prominence in the US Civil War. He died a few weeks after the war started, so I decided to stick to the technical truth. Also, I thought for sure you guys would nail it after the Dred Scott question was asked so early. Congratulations, **Elendil’s Heir**! ---
**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 21, 2014, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/475 "2014-08-21T18:34:15Z")
Well done, EH! ---
**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 21, 2014, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/476 "2014-08-21T20:30:25Z")
Thanks! As a Civil War buff and someone who’s read a bit about Stephen Douglas, that was a good one to get. Our next letter is one we haven’t had for awhile: S ---
**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 21, 2014, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/477 "2014-08-21T20:51:20Z")
IQ1: Are you Ted’s wife and Hilary’s mother? IQ2: Did you contend with Maude for a top job? IQ3: Did Jael kill you in a rather unusual fashion? ---
**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 21, 2014, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/478 "2014-08-21T21:26:13Z")
IQs: 1. Did you write _Snow Crash_? 2. Did Mickey Rooney repeatedly do the voice work for your character on TV? 3. Did your puppets include Hush Puppy and Charley Horse? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2014, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/479 "2014-08-21T21:31:27Z")
IQ1) Were you superintendent of the college that eventually became Louisiana State University? IQ2) Are you obsessed with stealing the formula for the perfect burger? IQ3) Did you take your stage name from a minor character in _ **The Great Gatsby** _? ---
**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 21, 2014, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/480 "2014-08-21T23:08:49Z")
IQ1: Did you compose the musical version of _A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum_? IQ2: Were you horrified when Josef Stalin attended attended a performance of your adaptation of _Lady Macbeth_ and laughed at the love-making scene? IQ3: Did you compose _The Rite of Spring_? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690.md?page=23) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690.md?page=25)