# Boticelli Oct. 2019 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [October 2, 2019, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166 "2019-10-02T18:14:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**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:** [October 10, 2019, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/121 "2019-10-10T14:04:00Z")
Swept me. IQs: 1. Were you the POTUS whose middle name was Gamaliel? 2. Did your wife live in the White House before you were married? 3. Are you the host of _Let’s Make A Deal_? ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2019, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/122 "2019-10-10T14:11:15Z")
Warren G Harding, don’t know, Wayne Brady, and not any of those. ---
**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:** [October 10, 2019, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/123 "2019-10-10T14:19:28Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Swept me. > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the POTUS whose middle name was Gamaliel? > 2. Did your wife live in the White House before you were married? > 3. Are you the host of _Let’s Make A Deal_? > [@atimnie](#): > > Warren G Harding, don’t know, Wayne Brady, and not any of those. Correct on Warren and Wayne. George Washington’s wife, Martha Custis Washington, was married to Mr. Custis until he died. Mr. Custis had a plantation and a manor called the White House. DQ: Real? ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2019, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/124 "2019-10-10T14:22:12Z")
1. Real ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2019, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/125 "2019-10-10T16:52:21Z")
1. Were you sent as an ambassador to Man’s World from Themyscira? 2. Did you animate King Kong? 3. Are you a basketball player nicknamed after a simple height-lengthening apparatus? ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2019, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/126 "2019-10-10T16:56:49Z")
Take 3 DQs. ---
**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:** [October 10, 2019, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/127 "2019-10-10T18:08:36Z")
Previous IQs: Did you go to the Moon with your dog Snowy? - Tintin Do you say that your kind has tops of rubber and bottoms of spring? - Yes, Tigger, Pooh’s frenetic pal Did your son not come to your funeral even though he relatively easily could have? - Thomas Lincoln, Abraham’s father. They had… issues: [Thomas Lincoln - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Lincoln#Relationship_with_Abraham) > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > Correct on IQ1 and 2. The last one was South Carolina senator “Pitchfork Ben” Tillman. I’ll forgo my DQ, because on reflection, he’s a bit too obscure to really be fair… FWIW, I’d heard of him before. Congrats, **atimnie**! On to W. IQs: Did a sculptor decide, after studying you for several days, that your best expression was when you were offered a too-expensive horse for sale? Were you an early mayor of a capital city? Did racist buttons play a role in your first election as mayor of a different city? ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2019, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/128 "2019-10-10T18:32:46Z")
Take 3 DQs. ---
**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:** [October 10, 2019, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/129 "2019-10-10T19:01:03Z")
Previous IQs: Did a sculptor decide, after studying you for several days, that your best expression was when you were offered a too-expensive horse for sale? - George Washington, in Houdon’s famous bust: [George Washington Bust and Statue by Jean-Antoine Houdon | The First President in Three Dimensions | Masterpiece by Catesby Leigh - WSJ](https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704132204576136501478999740) Were you an early mayor of a capital city? - Walter Washington, of (wait for it) Washington, D.C. Did racist buttons play a role in your first election as mayor of a different city? - Harold Washington, the first black mayor of Chicago; some idjits had buttons made at the time with the international cross-out sign over a picture of a watermelon Washington x3! DQs: Male? Living? American? IQs: Were colleagues on a plane called upon to stand when you boarded in a \*Doonesbury \*strip? Did the same actor who played you also play a dentist and a POTUS? On TV, were you a security guard after you were a clerk? ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2019, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/130 "2019-10-10T19:05:44Z")
And that’s 3 more DQs. ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2019, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/131 "2019-10-10T19:10:25Z")
1. Real 2. Female 3. Living 4. American citizen, but born elsewhere Don’t focus too much on that last bit. ---
**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:** [October 10, 2019, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/132 "2019-10-10T19:19:20Z")
IQ1: Are you QB for the Seattle Seahawks? IQ2: Are you QB for the Philadelphia Eagles? IQ3: Are you QB for the Tamp Bay Buccaneers? ---
**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:** [October 10, 2019, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/133 "2019-10-10T19:50:00Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a frequent guest on Johnny Carson’s Tonight show who died in a mysterious swimming accident? 2. Did you say that you weren’t afraid of death but didn’t want to be there when it happened? 3. Would you gladly pay me Tuesday for a hamburger today? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2019, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/134 "2019-10-10T20:04:12Z")
> [@atimnie](#): > > Take 3 DQs. 1 was Wonder Woman; 2 was Willis O’Brien; 3 was Wilt “The Stilt” Chamberlain. DQs: 1. born after 1960? 2. first name begins with W? 3. known from the arts? ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2019, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/135 "2019-10-10T20:05:43Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you QB for the Seattle Seahawks? > IQ2: Are you QB for the Philadelphia Eagles? > IQ3: Are you QB for the Tamp Bay Buccaneers? 3 DQs ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2019, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/136 "2019-10-10T20:07:23Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a frequent guest on Johnny Carson’s Tonight show who died in a mysterious swimming accident? > 2. Did you say that you weren’t afraid of death but didn’t want to be there when it happened? > 3. Would you gladly pay me Tuesday for a hamburger today? Not Carol Wayne, Woody Allen, or Wimpy. ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2019, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/137 "2019-10-10T20:10:14Z")
1. Real 2. Female 3. Living 4. American citizen, but born elsewhere 5. Born after 1960 6. First name starts with W 7. Known for the arts ---
**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:** [October 10, 2019, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/138 "2019-10-10T20:31:13Z")
Previous IQs: Were colleagues on a plane called upon to stand when you boarded in a \*Doonesbury \*strip? - Walter Cronkite (“All rise!”) Did the same actor who played you also play a dentist and a POTUS? - Walter White was played by Bryan Cranston, who was also in \*Seinfeld \*and _All the Way_ On TV, were you a security guard after you were a clerk? - Walter “Radar” O’Reilly Walter x3! DQs: Actress? Has won a top award in her field? Caucasian? IQs: Is your home in Cincinnati now open for tours? Did you run for Congress only once between 1950 and 1988, and lose? Were you crowned on Christmas Day? ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2019, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/139 "2019-10-10T20:46:00Z")
3 more DQs ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2019, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boticelli-oct-2019/841166/140 "2019-10-10T20:48:22Z")
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