# 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:** 6
**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, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/101 "2014-08-05T19:50:20Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQ: Were you a wrestler and also a Governor of Minnesota? Yes, I am Jesse [SIZE=“7”]Ventura[/SIZE]! He was born in Minneapolis, through which the Mississippi flows. I didn’t feel like researching which hospital birthed him. 😃 Congrats **Professor Pepperwinkle**! ---
**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, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/102 "2014-08-05T19:58:59Z")
Hey **Prof** , you should pick somebody who was born in DC, for the “born north/south of the Mason-Dixon line” Qs. ---
**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, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/103 "2014-08-05T19:59:28Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you the Grandmother of Europe? > IQ2: Did a large chunk of the British army spend WW I chasing you around Africa? > IQ3: Did you paint _Wheatfield with Crows_? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Not Queen Victoria, dunno, not Rembrandt Van Rijn :o Correct. Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck. (It’s a fascinating story - anyone at all interested in military history should read about it. The Brits outnumbered him by as much as ten to one, but he led them on a merry chase through several countries until he learned from a British prisoner that the armistice had been signed.) Vincent Van Gogh. ---
**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, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/104 "2014-08-05T20:02:18Z")
I am Z! ---
**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, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/105 "2014-08-05T20:10:25Z")
IQ: Did you take the most famous home movie in history? ---
**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, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/106 "2014-08-05T20:11:18Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Did you take the most famous home movie in history? I am not Zapruder. ---
**Author:** ![guylevesque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6de8d8/32.png) [@guylevesque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guylevesque)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2014, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/107 "2014-08-05T20:28:47Z")
IQ1: Did your kingdom get invade by Italy no long after your ascension to the throne? IQ2: Did you headbutt Marco Materazzi? IQ3: Did you think that an universal language would result in world peace? ---
**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, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/108 "2014-08-05T20:36:08Z")
IQ:.Was your break out role “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon”? BTW, his first name was Abraham. ---
**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, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/109 "2014-08-05T20:41:55Z")
> [@guylevesque](#): > > IQ1: Did your kingdom get invade by Italy no long after your ascension to the throne? > IQ2: Did you headbutt Marco Materazzi? > IQ3: Did you think that an universal language would result in world peace? I’m not Zamenhof. Take DQs for the first 2. ---
**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, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/110 "2014-08-05T20:42:56Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ:.Was your break out role “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon”? > > BTW, his first name was Abraham. Take a DQ. ---
**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, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/111 "2014-08-05T20:44:34Z")
That’s Zhang Ziyi. 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 5, 2014, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/112 "2014-08-05T20:59:01Z")
DQ: 1. Real ---
**Author:** ![guylevesque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6de8d8/32.png) [@guylevesque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guylevesque)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2014, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/113 "2014-08-05T22:27:14Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > I’m not Zamenhof. Take DQs for the first 2. Correct on Zamenhof. First was Zog I of Albania and second was Zinedine Zidane. DQ1: Male? DQ2: Alive? IQ1. Are you responsible for the death of dozens of millions of people in China? IQ2. Are you the fox? IQ3. Are you the tallest NHL player ever? ---
**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, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/114 "2014-08-05T22:38:17Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Alive ---
**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, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/115 "2014-08-05T22:39:19Z")
> [@guylevesque](#): > > IQ1. Are you responsible for the death of dozens of millions of people in China? > > IQ2. Are you the fox? > > IQ3. Are you the tallest NHL player ever? I meant to say it before: Welcome back, guylevesque! I am not Mao Zedong (?). I am not Zorro. Take a DQ for #3. ---
**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, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/116 "2014-08-05T23:01:15Z")
Rarely used letter, should run out of names quick. IQ1: Were you the United States National Security Advisor to President Jimmy Carter from 1977 to 1981? IQ2: Did you direct _300_? IQ3: Were you elected to the White House because of your heroic reputation during the Mexican-American War? ---
**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, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/117 "2014-08-05T23:12:44Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Rarely used letter, should run out of names quick. > > IQ1: Were you the United States National Security Advisor to President Jimmy Carter from 1977 to 1981? > IQ2: Did you direct _300_? > IQ3: Were you elected to the White House because of your heroic reputation during the Mexican-American War? #1 I’m not Zbigniew Brzinski (sp?). #2 I’m not Zach Snyder. #3 I’m not Zachary Taylor. ---
**Author:** ![guylevesque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6de8d8/32.png) [@guylevesque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guylevesque)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2014, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/118 "2014-08-05T23:41:38Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > I meant to say it before: Welcome back, guylevesque! > > I am not Mao Zedong (?). I am not Zorro. Take a DQ for #3. Thank you 🙂 You are right on the first two. The third one was Zdeno Chara. DQ: In the arts? IQ1: Are you the wife of Michael Douglas? IQ2: Are you an important figure of the Mexican Revolution? IQ3: Did you play the role of Bridget Jones? ---
**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, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/119 "2014-08-05T23:43:32Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Alive 4. In the 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:** [August 5, 2014, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690/120 "2014-08-05T23:44:37Z")
> [@guylevesque](#): > > Thank you 🙂 > > You are right on the first two. The third one was Zdeno Chara. > > DQ: In the arts? > > IQ1: Are you the wife of Michael Douglas? > IQ2: Are you an important figure of the Mexican Revolution? > IQ3: Did you play the role of Bridget Jones? I am not Catherine Zeta-Jones. I am not Zapata. I am not Renee Zellweger. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-2014-botticelli/694690.md?page=7)