# 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:** 4
**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 4, 2014, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/61 "2014-08-04T20:59:00Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with I 4. Alive 5. Born in North America 6. Not in show business ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2014, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/62 "2014-08-04T21:05:26Z")
IQ1: Were you played by Adam Beach in a movie directed by Clint Eastwood? IQ2: Are you a sexy young spy played by a guy whose wife was stolen by Charles Bronson? IQ3: Are you the CEO of one of America’s largest food and beverage corporations, and did you recently tell an interviewer that your kids probably don’t think you’re a very good mother? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2014, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/63 "2014-08-04T21:10:30Z")
IQ: Did you help resurrect Chrysler? ---
**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 4, 2014, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/64 "2014-08-04T21:18:38Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > IQ1: Were you played by Adam Beach in a movie directed by Clint Eastwood? > > IQ2: Are you a sexy young spy played by a guy whose wife was stolen by Charles Bronson? > > IQ3: Are you the CEO of one of America’s largest food and beverage corporations, and did you recently tell an interviewer that your kids probably don’t think you’re a very good mother? Take 3 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 4, 2014, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/65 "2014-08-04T21:21:05Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Did you help resurrect Chrysler? I am not Lee Iacocca. ---
**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 4, 2014, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/66 "2014-08-04T21:26:19Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > I am not Iggy Pop. I am not Ian Anderson. Take a DQ for #2 (oh, and there it is…) Izzy Stradlin DQ: Athlete? ---
**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 4, 2014, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/67 "2014-08-04T21:32:50Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with I 4. Alive 5. Born in North America 6. Not in show business 7. Not an athlete ---
**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 4, 2014, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/68 "2014-08-04T21:37:38Z")
IQ1: Did you have a hit based on the French-Italian horror film _Les yeux sans visage_? IQ2: Did you write _The World According to Garp_? IQ3: Did you hoax Howard Hughes’ biography? ---
**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 4, 2014, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/69 "2014-08-04T21:44:06Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did you have a hit based on the French-Italian horror film _Les yeux sans visage_? > IQ2: Did you write _The World According to Garp_? > IQ3: Did you hoax Howard Hughes’ biography? I am not Billy Idol. I am not John Irving. But it’s another quick round, 'cause I am author and hoaxster Clifford Irving. Congrats to KO! ---
**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 4, 2014, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/70 "2014-08-04T23:32:08Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you the founder of the Society of Jesus? > IQ2: Did you earn the sobriquet _Groznyj_? > IQ3: Were you the last surviving Yahi? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > I am not St. Ignatius. Take 2 DQs for the others. Correct on Ignatius Loyola. Ivan IV of Russia, called Ivan Groznyj (Ivan the Terrible). Ishi. ---
**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 5, 2014, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/71 "2014-08-05T02:24:27Z")
Well done, **Knowed Out**! That was quick work. Previous IQs: Were you Sid Caesar’s longtime costar? - Yes, Imogene Coca Are you a Latin American novelist with a good political pedigree? - Isabel Allende Were you said to have sacrificed financially to support an explorer? - Yes, Queen Isabella ---
**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 5, 2014, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/72 "2014-08-05T02:28:05Z")
Wheee! Thanks to all the little people who made this possible! Our next letter is V. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2014, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/73 "2014-08-05T02:37:26Z")
IQ: Are two continents named in your honor? IQ:.Were you fixed up.with your girlfriend with the help of the A-Rod people like? IQ: Did Conan O’Brien set you free from a cage on the debut episode of his show? ---
**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 5, 2014, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/74 "2014-08-05T02:43:29Z")
IQs: 1. Did you star in _The Fly_? 2. Is your father the richest man in Riverdale? 3. Did you play Ben Casey on TV? ---
**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 5, 2014, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/75 "2014-08-05T03:07:53Z")
IQs: Have you played an Amish man, a submarine officer, and a future monarch? Did you chop off Jaime Lannister’s hand? Did Chekov write about this relative? ---
**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 5, 2014, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/76 "2014-08-05T03:39:52Z")
IQ1: Did you play a man who often wanted channel D opened? IQ2: Are you the eponymous hero of a long-running newspaper strip? IQ3: Did you coach the Packers in the '60s? ---
**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 5, 2014, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/77 "2014-08-05T12:04:39Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Are two continents named in your honor? > > IQ:.Were you fixed up.with your girlfriend with the help of the A-Rod people like? > > IQ: Did Conan O’Brien set you free from a cage on the debut episode of his show? You have used the second question a few times on me before, and I still don’t understand what you’re talking about. What do you mean by “with the help of the A-Rod people like”? People who are A-Rod’s friends? People who are similar to A-Rod? Not Amerigo Vespucci, 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 5, 2014, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/78 "2014-08-05T12:06:10Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you star in _The Fly_? > 2. Is your father the richest man in Riverdale? > 3. Did you play Ben Casey on TV? Not Vincent Price Not Veronica’s dad, whoshisface 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 5, 2014, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/79 "2014-08-05T12:08:41Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Have you played an Amish man, a submarine officer, and a future monarch? > Did you chop off Jaime Lannister’s hand? > Did Chekov write about this relative? 3 DQs for you, mad I can’t remember the second one ---
**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 5, 2014, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/80 "2014-08-05T12:09:50Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you play a man who often wanted channel D opened? > IQ2: Are you the eponymous hero of a long-running newspaper strip? > IQ3: Did you coach the Packers in the '60s? dunno, not Prince Valiant, not Vince Lombardi [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690.md?page=5)