# 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:** 26
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2014, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/501 "2014-08-23T02:30:04Z")
IQ1) Did you get diminutive alcoholic Henry Nasiff elected People magazine’s most beautiful person? IQ2) were you the original lead singer of the Jeff Beck Group? IQ3) Did you inspire the movie “Badlands” as well as Bruce Springsteen’s “Nebraska”? ---
**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 23, 2014, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/502 "2014-08-23T03:02:58Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you paint the _Portrait of Madame X_? > IQ2: Did you star in a film about a Jewish cross-dresser? > IQ3: Did you write the story that film was based on? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not John Singer Sargent, Barbra Streisand (_Yentl_) or Isaac Bashevis (sp?) Singer. Correct on all three. IQ1: Are you known for the violins you made? IQ2: Were you the leader of the second party to reach the South Pole? IQ3: Was your trans-Antarctic expedition aborted after your ship, the _Endurance_, was caught in the ice and sunk? ---
**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 23, 2014, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/503 "2014-08-23T04:03:21Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > …IQ1: Are you known for the violins you made?.. Damn, you’re good (or lucky)! Yes, I am Antonio Stradivari For more: [Antonio Stradivari - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Stradivari) Well done, **SCAdian**! I thought this round would take longer. ---
**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 23, 2014, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/504 "2014-08-23T04:32:31Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Are you known for the violins you made? > IQ2: Were you the leader of the second party to reach the South Pole? > IQ3: Was your trans-Antarctic expedition aborted after your ship, the _Endurance_, was caught in the ice and sunk? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Damn, you’re good (or lucky)! Yes, I am > > Antonio Stradivari > > For more: [Antonio Stradivari - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Stradivari) > > Well done, **SCAdian**! I thought this round would take longer. It was the combination of DQs 8, 9, 11, and 12 that brought him to mind. My other two were Robert Falcon Scott and Sir Ernest Shackleford. It seems we haven’t had a ‘T’ since January, so let’s try that. I am T. Back later, after I decide exactly which ‘T’ I am… ---
**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 23, 2014, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/505 "2014-08-23T13:35:47Z")
Once more, way to go, SCAdian! IQs: 1. Did you write _Summa Theologica_? 2. Was Grima Wormtongue your advisor? 3. Are you the undisputed leader of the gang? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2014, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/506 "2014-08-23T15:29:22Z")
IQ1) Did you win a Nobel Prize for negotiating an end to the Russo-Japanese War? IQ2) Did you quarterback the team that handed my New York Giants their only Super Bowl loss? IQ3) Do you hold the record for both assists and unassisted double plays by a major league outfielder? ---
**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 23, 2014, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/507 "2014-08-23T16:29:04Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write _Summa Theologica_? > 2. Was Grima Wormtongue your advisor? > 3. Are you the undisputed leader of the gang? DQ. Not Theoden. Not Top Cat. > [@astorian](#): > > IQ1) Did you win a Nobel Prize for negotiating an end to the Russo-Japanese War? > IQ2) Did you quarterback the team that handed my New York Giants their only Super Bowl loss? > IQ3) Do you hold the record for both assists and unassisted double plays by a major league outfielder? Not … Theodore Roosevelt? DQ. 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 23, 2014, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/508 "2014-08-23T16:40:37Z")
IQ1: Did you portray Ensign Charles Parker in _McHale’s Navy_? IQ2: Did you conduct the NBC Symphony Orchestra from 1937-1954? IQ3: Does Emilia Clarke play you in _Game of Thrones_? ---
**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 23, 2014, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/509 "2014-08-23T17:26:19Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write Summa Theologica? > 2. Was Grima Wormtongue your advisor? > 3. Are you the undisputed leader of the gang? > > DQ. > Not Theoden. > Not Top Cat. St. Thomas Aquinas. Correct on the last 2. DQ: Real? ---
**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 23, 2014, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/510 "2014-08-23T17:29:17Z")
IQs: 1. Are you aka Harvey Dent? 2. Are you a successful Broadway and film choreographer? 3. Did you write _Leaf By Niggle_? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2014, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/511 "2014-08-23T17:33:35Z")
Teddy Roosevelt did indeed win the Nobel Prize. The other answers were Trent Dilfer and Tris Speaker. DQ1) Male? DQ2) Last name start with T? ---
**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 23, 2014, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/512 "2014-08-23T19:05:48Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did you portray Ensign Charles Parker in _McHale’s Navy_? > IQ2: Did you conduct the NBC Symphony Orchestra from 1937-1954? > IQ3: Does Emilia Clarke play you in _Game of Thrones_? Three DQs. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you aka Harvey Dent? > 2. Are you a successful Broadway and film choreographer? > 3. Did you write _Leaf By Niggle_? Not … Two-Face? DQ. Not J R R Tolkien. **T**. 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with T ---
**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 23, 2014, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/513 "2014-08-23T19:32:15Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you aka Harvey Dent? > 2. Are you a successful Broadway and film choreographer? > 3. Did you write Leaf By Niggle? > > Not … Two-Face? > DQ. > Not J R R Tolkien. Correct on 1 and 3. #2 is Twyla Tharp. DQ: Alive? ---
**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 23, 2014, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/514 "2014-08-23T21:27:42Z")
IQ1: Did you portray Ensign Charles Parker in McHale’s Navy? IQ2: Did you conduct the NBC Symphony Orchestra from 1937-1954? IQ3: Does Emilia Clarke play you in Game of Thrones? Three DQs. Tim Conway, Arturo Toscannini, Daenerys Targaryen DQ: American? saving 2 DQs ---
**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 24, 2014, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/515 "2014-08-24T00:45:28Z")
IQs: 1. Were you an American poet who emigrated to England, but retained his love for the wit of Groucho? 2. Were you the long-term bane of the Legion of Superheroes existence? 3. Were you the title character in a collaborative work of Shakespeare’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 24, 2014, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/516 "2014-08-24T01:50:03Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you an American poet who emigrated to England, but retained his love for the wit of Groucho? > 2. Were you the long-term bane of the Legion of Superheroes existence? > 3. Were you the title character in a collaborative work of Shakespeare’s? DQ. DQ. Not … Titus Andronicus? **T**. 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with T 4. Dead 5. American ---
**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 24, 2014, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/517 "2014-08-24T01:57:45Z")
IQs: Did you conquer Westeros with your two sisters and three dragons? Were you the mad king of Westeros? Were you that man’s son, who looked like he might turn out far better than his dad? ---
**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 24, 2014, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/518 "2014-08-24T02:15:52Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you conquer Westeros with your two sisters and three dragons? > Were you the mad king of Westeros? > Were you that man’s son, who looked like he might turn out far better than his dad? Three DQs. I see I’m going to have to read those books in self-defence… ---
**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 24, 2014, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/519 "2014-08-24T03:24:44Z")
OK, I’m a bastard… IQ1: Are you Maester Aemon’s steward in the Night’s Watch? IQ2: Are you nicknamed The Knight of Flowers, and did you support Renly Baratheon for king of the Seven Kingdoms? IQ3: Are you the Lord of Riverrun and the father of Caetlyn Stark? DQ: Known for holding a political office? holding 1 DQ ---
**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 24, 2014, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/520 "2014-08-24T12:33:09Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you an American poet who emigrated to England, but retained his love for the wit of Groucho? > 2. Were you the long-term bane of the Legion of Superheroes existence? > 3. Were you the title character in a collaborative work of Shakespeare’s? > > DQ. > DQ. > Not … Titus Andronicus? #1 was T. S. Eliot. #2 was the Time Trapper. Correct on #3 (though _Timon of Athens_ would also be correct). DQ: Born after 1900? 1 DQ reserved. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690.md?page=25) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690.md?page=27)