# 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:** 32
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2014, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/621 "2014-09-01T22:10:43Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Were you obsessed with Moose and Squirrel? > Were you an ancient king of Rohan after whom a prominent horse was named? > Are you noted for your skin color, tendency to cry and love of wine? Not Boris Badenov Not Brego Take a DQ for #3 ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2014, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/622 "2014-09-01T22:12:07Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you an English poet known for his idealistic war sonnets written during the First World War? > IQ2: Are you the only native of Great Britain to have been made a Doctor of the Church by the Pope? > IQ3: Are you the inventor of the first mechanical computer? Not the Venerable Bede Take two DQs for the others ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2014, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/623 "2014-09-01T22:13:27Z")
That was Brent Musberger, from his NFL Today days. DQ: Asian? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2014, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/624 "2014-09-01T22:15:35Z")
IQ: When it came to ugly world leaders, did Jerry Seinfeld think it began and ended with you? ---
**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:** [September 1, 2014, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/625 "2014-09-01T22:20:47Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you Chuck Taine’s identity in the Legion of Superheroes? > 2. Are you a frequently appearing robot foe of Superman? > 3. Are you Sean Cassidy’s alter ego in the Marvel Comics universe 616? > Not Brainiac. > > The other two… well, I haven’t read comic books since the 1980s, so take two DQs. #1 was Bouncing Boy. #2 is indeed Brainiac. #3 is Banshee. 2 DQs reserved. ---
**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:** [September 1, 2014, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/626 "2014-09-01T23:30:22Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you an English poet known for his idealistic war sonnets written during the First World War? > IQ2: Are you the only native of Great Britain to have been made a Doctor of the Church by the Pope? > IQ3: Are you the inventor of the first mechanical computer? > > Not the Venerable Bede Rupert Brooke, correct, Robert Babbage holding 2 DQs ---
**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:** [September 1, 2014, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/627 "2014-09-01T23:51:27Z")
IQ1: Are you the wife of King Prasutagus of the Celtic Iceni? IQ2: Are you a Hungarian countess who killed over 600 young girls and supposedly bathed in their blood? IQ3: Did Henry VIII divorce his first wife and break England away from Catholicism to marry you? ---
**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:** [September 2, 2014, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/628 "2014-09-02T01:29:46Z")
Previous IQs: Were you obsessed with Moose and Squirrel? - Yes, Boris Badenov Were you an ancient king of Rohan after whom a prominent horse was named? - Yes, Brego, Aragorn’s horse Are you noted for your skin color, tendency to cry and love of wine? - Speaker of the House John Boehner, he of the disconcerting tan, recurring weepiness and fondness for the grape. DQs: From the Northern Hemisphere? IQs: Were you named after a now-much-less-famous ornithologist? Were you a British leader whom a younger Winston Churchill did not admire at all? Did a tall person deface your front door without permission? ---
**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:** [September 2, 2014, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/629 "2014-09-02T02:25:06Z")
**Any particular reason you’re ignoring my questions?** ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/630 "2014-09-02T11:09:41Z")
Summary 1. Real Person 2. Last name starts with “B” 1. Not Alive 2. Not American 3. Not Known for the Arts 4. Not European 5. Died after 1900 6. Not male 7. Political/governmental 8. Asian 9. From Northern hemisphere ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/631 "2014-09-02T11:10:42Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ: When it came to ugly world leaders, did Jerry Seinfeld think it began and ended with you? Take a DQ ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/632 "2014-09-02T11:11:45Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you the wife of King Prasutagus of the Celtic Iceni? > IQ2: Are you a Hungarian countess who killed over 600 young girls and supposedly bathed in their blood? > IQ3: Did Henry VIII divorce his first wife and break England away from Catholicism to marry you? Not Elizabeth Bathory or Anne Boleyn But take a DQ for #1 ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/633 "2014-09-02T11:14:11Z")
IQs: Were you named after a now-much-less-famous ornithologist? Were you a British leader whom a younger Winston Churchill did not admire at all? Did a tall person deface your front door without permission? Not James Bond Not… Stanley Baldwin? Take a DQ for #3 ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/634 "2014-09-02T11:15:26Z")
Abject apologies to SCadian IQ1: Do you and the millionaire’s kid next door plan to become detectives when you grow up? IQ2: Are you June’s son Theodore? IQ3: Were you frequently Perry Mason’s opponent? No idea on #1. Ask a DQ Not Beaver Cleaver Not Hamilton Burger ---
**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:** [September 2, 2014, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/635 "2014-09-02T12:43:50Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you the wife of King Prasutagus of the Celtic Iceni? Queen Boudica DQ: Royalty? 2 DQs in reserve ---
**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:** [September 2, 2014, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/636 "2014-09-02T13:43:34Z")
IQs: 1. Were you the first female prime minister of Pakistan? 2. Were you the first female leader of Sri Lanka? ---
**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:** [September 2, 2014, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/637 "2014-09-02T14:00:46Z")
IQ1: Are you Pakistan’s only female prime minster? IQ2: Did you take an axe and give your mother 40 whacks? IQ3: Are you Clyde Barrow’s partner in crime? ---
**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:** [September 2, 2014, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/638 "2014-09-02T14:02:37Z")
Rats! Prof ninja’ed me. I’m keeping my first IQ just to show I thought of it too. 🙂 ---
**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:** [September 2, 2014, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/639 "2014-09-02T14:04:47Z")
I bet **Prof. P.** has it. Previous IQs: Were you named after a now-much-less-famous ornithologist? - Yes, James Bond. Were you a British leader whom a younger Winston Churchill did not admire at all? - No, it was Stanley Baldwin about whom Churchill said it would’ve been better had he never been born. Did a tall person deface your front door without permission? - Bilbo Baggins’s round green door was scratched by Gandalf to signal Thorin & Co. where to meet. DQs: In office at time of death? Died violently? IQs: Did a servant nicely set the table for you even though you were dining alone at work? Did you play a network executive with a hawt daughter? Did a national magazine say you liked a card game called “Oh, Hell”? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/640 "2014-09-02T14:12:35Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the first female prime minister of Pakistan? YESSSSS! I am Benazir Bhutto, former Prime Minister of Pakistan!!! Good job, Professor. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690.md?page=31) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690.md?page=33)