# 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:** 27
**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, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/521 "2014-08-24T12:36:11Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the star of a series of adventure books, and also the son of a star of a series of adventure books? 2. Are you the Norse god of battle (not Thor)? 3. Did you write _Idylls of the King_? ---
**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, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/522 "2014-08-24T12:46:02Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > OK, I’m a bastard… No comment… 😃 > [@](#): > > 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? Three DQs. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the star of a series of adventure books, and also the son of a star of a series of adventure books? > 2. Are you the Norse god of battle (not Thor)? > 3. Did you write _Idylls of the King_? Not Tom Swift Jr. Not Tyr. Not Lord Tennyson. **T**. 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with T 4. Dead 5. American 6. Not known for holding a political office 7. Not born after 1900 ---
**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, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/523 "2014-08-24T12:52:01Z")
DQ: Born after 1850? IQs: 1. Did you create Amazo? 2. Were you a police sergeant played by William Shatner? 3. Were you Remus Lupin’s wife? ---
**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, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/524 "2014-08-24T19:30:08Z")
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? Sam Tarly, Loras Tyrell, Hoster Tully DQ1: Military? Holding 3 DQs IQ1: Did you earn the fearsome moniker Blackbeard? IQ2: Did you write about civil disobedience on the shores of Walden Pond? IQ3: Are you an eccentric inventor who pioneered electro magnetism? ---
**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, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/525 "2014-08-24T21:25:55Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you create Amazo? > 2. Were you a police sergeant played by William Shatner? > 3. Were you Remus Lupin’s wife? DQ. DQ. (I remember the show, but never watched it.) Not Nymphadora Tonks > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did you earn the fearsome moniker Blackbeard? > IQ2: Did you write about civil disobedience on the shores of Walden Pond? > IQ3: Are you an eccentric inventor who pioneered electro magnetism? Not Edward Teach. Not Henry David Thoreau. Not Nikola Tesla. **T**. 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with T 4. Dead 5. American 6. Not known for holding a political office 7. Not born after 1900 8. Born after 1850 9. Military (but not best known for military service) ---
**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, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/526 "2014-08-24T21:33:47Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you create Amazo? > 2. Were you a police sergeant played by William Shatner? > 3. Were you Remus Lupin’s wife? > > DQ. > DQ. (I remember the show, but never watched it.) > Not Nymphadora Tonks #1 was T. O. Morrow. #2 was T. J. Hooker. Correct on Tonks. DQ: known for a criminal act or acts? 1 DQ reserved. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2014, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/527 "2014-08-24T21:52:58Z")
IQ: Were you a scientist on the Manhattan Project? ---
**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, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/528 "2014-08-24T23:27:59Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Were you a scientist on the Manhattan Project? Not Edward Teller. **T**. 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with T 4. Dead 5. American 6. Not known for holding a political office 7. Not born after 1900 8. Born after 1850 9. Military (but not best known for military service) 10. Not known for a criminal act or acts ---
**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, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/529 "2014-08-24T23:50:13Z")
IQs: 1. Are you James Taylor’s lesser known performing brother? 2. Did you have a hit recently with _Blurred Lines_? 3. Did you often team up with Lead in the Metal Men? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/530 "2014-08-25T00:29:31Z")
IQ: Were you the first great American tennis player? ---
**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 25, 2014, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/531 "2014-08-25T00:47:05Z")
DQ: Known for the arts? 2 DQs in reserve IQ1: Are you an author who was born and died when Halley’s Comet passed by Earth? IQ2: Is a test designed to measure artificial intelligence named after you? IQ3: Did you win Olympic gold medals for the pentathlon, but had to relinquish them later when it was found you were paid to play baseball for two seasons? ---
**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 25, 2014, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/532 "2014-08-25T01:24:27Z")
Previous IQs: Did you conquer Westeros with your two sisters and three dragons? - Aegon “the Conqueror” Targaryen Were you the mad king of Westeros? - Aerys Targaryen Were you that man’s son, who looked like he might turn out far better than his dad? - Rhaegar Targaryen DQs: Greatest fame by 1925? Best known for a single act or incident? Born east of the Miss. River? IQs: Do you and your coworkers sometimes hold indignation meetings? Were you “the Rock of Chickamauga”? Were you murdered in Canterbury Cathedral? ---
**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 25, 2014, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/533 "2014-08-25T02:06:11Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you James Taylor’s lesser known performing brother? > 2. Did you have a hit recently with _Blurred Lines_? > 3. Did you often team up with Lead in the Metal Men? DQ. DQ. Not Tin. > [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Were you the first great American tennis player? DQ. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you an author who was born and died when Halley’s Comet passed by Earth? > IQ2: Is a test designed to measure artificial intelligence named after you? > IQ3: Did you win Olympic gold medals for the pentathlon, but had to relinquish them later when it was found you were paid to play baseball for two seasons? Not Mark Twain. Not Alan Turing. DQ. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Do you and your coworkers sometimes hold indignation meetings? > Were you “the Rock of Chickamauga”? > Were you murdered in Canterbury Cathedral? DQ. DQ. (I really ought to know this one…) Not Thomas Becket. **T**. 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with T 4. Dead 5. American 6. Not known for holding a political office 7. Not born after 1900 8. Born after 1850 9. Military (but not best known for military service) 10. Not known for a criminal act or acts 11. Not known for the arts 12. Greatest fame achieved by 1925 13. Best known for a single act or incident (That seems to be the best answer here.) 14. Born east of the Mississippi River ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/534 "2014-08-25T02:23:31Z")
That was Bill Tilden. DQ: Born North of the Mason-Dixon line? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/535 "2014-08-25T02:25:07Z")
IQ: Were you the top man in two branches of the Federal government, the latter your dream job? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/536 "2014-08-25T02:27:44Z")
IQ: Were you a failed Cabinet appointment who previously investigated a major scandal? ---
**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 25, 2014, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/537 "2014-08-25T02:29:04Z")
**T**. 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with T 4. Dead 5. American 6. Not known for holding a political office 7. Not born after 1900 8. Born after 1850 9. Military (but not best known for military service) 10. Not known for a criminal act or acts 11. Not known for the arts 12. Greatest fame achieved by 1925 13. Best known for a single act or incident (That seems to be the best answer here.) 14. Born east of the Mississippi River 15. Not born north of the Mason-Dixon line ---
**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 25, 2014, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/538 "2014-08-25T02:30:36Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Were you the top man in two branches of the Federal government, the latter your dream job? Not William Howard Taft. > [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Were you a failed Cabinet appointment who previously investigated a major scandal? DQ. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/539 "2014-08-25T02:35:25Z")
That’s John Tower. (Wasn’t confirmed as Sec of Defense under Bush 41, investigated Iran Contra) DQ:.In athletic field? ---
**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 25, 2014, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/540 "2014-08-25T12:20:39Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you an author who was born and died when Halley’s Comet passed by Earth? > IQ2: Is a test designed to measure artificial intelligence named after you? > IQ3: Did you win Olympic gold medals for the pentathlon, but had to relinquish them later when it was found you were paid to play baseball for two seasons? > Not Mark Twain. > Not Alan Turing. > DQ. Jim Thorpe DQ: Known for scientific accomplishment? 2 DQs reserved [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690.md?page=26) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690.md?page=28)