# 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:** 11\ **Page:** 35
**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, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/681 "2014-09-02T23:05:08Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did a young girl suggest that you grow a beard? > IQ2: Did Patton say you were a better tank commander than he was? > IQ3: Did you write about Estcarp? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > I am not Abraham Lincoln. Take 2 DQs for the others. Correct. Creighton Abrams, the guy the M1 Abrams was named for. Estcarp is the setting for many of the Witch World novels by Andre Norton. DQ: Born south of the Mason-Dixon line? One DQ reserved. IQ1: Did the lady allegedly do what you did, backwards, in high heels? IQ2: Did you write about van Rijn and Falkayn? IQ3: Did you and your partner discuss a game involving players with odd names? ---
**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, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/682 "2014-09-02T23:20:48Z")
IQ1: Do you draw a comic strip based on your experience working at Pacific Bell? IQ2: Do a lot of your cartoons appear in the margins of _Mad_ Magazine? IQ3: Are you the artist of _Madman_? ---
**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, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/683 "2014-09-02T23:22:51Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. American 5. Last name starts with A 6. Died since 1950 7. Not political/military 8. Known for the arts 9. Died before 2000 10. Born east of the Mississippi 11. Born north of the Mississippi 12. Known for the performing arts ---
**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, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/684 "2014-09-02T23:24:00Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did the lady allegedly do what you did, backwards, in high heels? > IQ2: Did you write about van Rijn and Falkayn? > IQ3: Did you and your partner discuss a game involving players with odd names? I am not Fred Astaire. Take 2 DQs for the others. ---
**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, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/685 "2014-09-02T23:25:00Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Do you draw a comic strip based on your experience working at Pacific Bell? > IQ2: Do a lot of your cartoons appear in the margins of _Mad_ Magazine? > IQ3: Are you the artist of _Madman_? I am not Scott Adams. I am not Sergio Aragones. Take a DQ for #3. ---
**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 3, 2014, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/686 "2014-09-03T00:13:09Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did the lady allegedly do what you did, backwards, in high heels? > IQ2: Did you write about van Rijn and Falkayn? > IQ3: Did you and your partner discuss a game involving players with odd names? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > I am not Fred Astaire. > Take 2 DQs for the others. Correct. Nicholas van Rijn and his protege David Falkayn are characters from Poul Anderson’s Polesotechnic League stories. Bud Abbott. (“Who’s on first…”) DQ1: Actor? DQ2: Born after 1925? One DQ reserved. IQ1: Did you host a '60s TV show featuring different European circuses? IQ2: Did you star in a series of spaghetti Westerns as “the Stranger”? IQ3: Did you write “Here Comes Santa Claus”? ---
**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 3, 2014, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/687 "2014-09-03T00:16:52Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. American 5. Last name starts with A 6. Died since 1950 7. Not political/military 8. Known for the arts 9. Died before 2000 10. Born east of the Mississippi 11. Born north of the Mississippi 12. Known for the performing arts 13. Actor 14. Born before 1925 ---
**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 3, 2014, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/688 "2014-09-03T00:19:25Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you host a '60s TV show featuring different European circuses? Ah, yes, I grew up watching _International Showtime_ and because of it, I have a lifelong love of clowns. Yes, I am Don Ameche! Well done, SCAdian! ---
**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 3, 2014, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/689 "2014-09-03T03:58:29Z")
Nicely done, **SCAdian**! May I suggest you start a new thread for September? **Prof. P**., had you seen the new U.S. postage stamp series on old-time circus posters?: [https://store.usps.com/store/browse/productDetailSingleSku.jsp?productId=S\_472104&categoryId=forever-stamps](https://store.usps.com/store/browse/productDetailSingleSku.jsp?productId=S_472104&categoryId=forever-stamps) Previous IQs: Did you pay for the construction of lots of libraries in the U.S.? - Yes, Andrew Carnegie Were you the carpetbagger Governor of Mississippi? - Adelbert Ames Was your catchphrase “Keep the faith, baby”? - Yes, Congressman Adam Clayton Powell ---
**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 3, 2014, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/690 "2014-09-03T12:43:39Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you host a '60s TV show featuring different European circuses? > IQ2: Did you star in a series of spaghetti Westerns as “the Stranger”? > IQ3: Did you write “Here Comes Santa Claus”? Don [Ameche](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Ameche), of course. I couldn’t have told you the name of the show, but I remember watching and enjoying it. Tony [Anthony](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Anthony_(actor)). Gene Autry. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Nicely done, **SCAdian**! May I suggest you start a new thread for September? [Done](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=17696753#post17696753). ---
**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 3, 2014, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/691 "2014-09-03T14:56:19Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Nicely done, **SCAdian**! May I suggest you start a new thread for September? > > **Prof. P**., had you seen the new U.S. postage stamp series on old-time circus posters?: [https://store.usps.com/store/browse/productDetailSingleSku.jsp?productId=S\_472104&categoryId=forever-stamps](https://store.usps.com/store/browse/productDetailSingleSku.jsp?productId=S_472104&categoryId=forever-stamps) > > l No, I hadn’t. Thanks! These are cool. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690.md?page=34)