# Botticelli - April, 2013 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [April 4, 2013, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2013/654789 "2013-04-04T01:10:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2013, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2013/654789/21 "2013-04-05T18:01:01Z")
IQ: Are you a noted linguist and pundit? ---
**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:** [April 5, 2013, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2013/654789/22 "2013-04-05T18:23:31Z")
IQs: 1. Are you a famous fictional girl detective in children’s books? 2. Are you an Australian singer who fronted for The Bad Seeds? 3. Did you win a gold medal for Kenya in the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City? ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2013, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2013/654789/23 "2013-04-05T18:25:58Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did you add an enduring “curl” to attire in your profession? > Did you marry a French dancer/choreographer? > Did Jonathan Demme co-produce a biopic about you? Not Neil Young. Take DQs for the first two. > [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Are you a noted linguist and pundit? Not Noam Chomsky. ``` DQs for N: ``` 1. Real 2. Male 3. Not American 4. First name starts with N 5. Not European 6. Dead 7. Not a world leader 8. Born after 1 January 1500 (I’m better with dates than centuries - hope that’s ok) 9. Not Asian 10. Native of Southern Hemisphere ---
**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:** [April 5, 2013, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2013/654789/24 "2013-04-05T18:43:42Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you add an enduring “curl” to attire in your profession? > Did you marry a French dancer/choreographer? > Did Jonathan Demme co-produce a biopic about you? > [@Enginerd](#): > > Not Neil Young. Take DQs for the first two… Lord Nelson: [Sea captain - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_captain#United_Kingdom) Natalie Portman. I’ll rephrase the third - hadn’t known about a Neil Young movie. DQs: Native of a country east of the prime meridian? Best known for the creative arts, as previously defined? IQs: Other than Neil Young, did Jonathan Demme co-produce a biopic about you? Were you George Washington’s favorite general? Were you an author of mysteries whose first name sounded like a cat might have said it? ---
**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:** [April 6, 2013, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2013/654789/25 "2013-04-06T00:16:10Z")
IQ1: Were you an author who helped develop the Great Panjandrum? IQ2: Did you and your family die in Ekaterinburg? IQ3: Are you a witch who married a werewolf? ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2013, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2013/654789/26 "2013-04-06T13:30:15Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > I’ll rephrase the third - hadn’t known about a Neil Young movie. Demme’s a big [Neil](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0473692/) [Young](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1236244/) [fan](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2043931/), although looking at those now, they don’t really fit the “biopic” part of the question. Doesn’t matter too much, I guess, since I can’t answer it this time. > [@](#): > > Other than Neil Young, did Jonathan Demme co-produce a biopic about you? > Were you George Washington’s favorite general? > Were you an author of mysteries whose first name sounded like a cat might have said it? In fact, I can’t answer any of these - three more DQs. > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you an author who helped develop the Great Panjandrum? > IQ2: Did you and your family die in Ekaterinburg? > IQ3: Are you a witch who married a werewolf? I’m not Nicholas Romanov - take 2 more DQs. DQs for N: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Not American 4. First name starts with N 5. Not European 6. Dead 7. Not a world leader 8. Born after 1 January 1500 (I’m better with dates than centuries - hope that’s ok) 9. Not Asian 10. Native of Southern Hemisphere 11. Native of a country east of the prime meridian (i.e., east of the prime meridian and west of the international date line) 12. Not involved with the creative arts ---
**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:** [April 6, 2013, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2013/654789/27 "2013-04-06T16:16:07Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Were you an author of mysteries whose first name sounded like a cat might have said it? Good one! (I really must read some of her books - that’s the Roderick Alleyn series, right?) > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you an author who helped develop the Great Panjandrum? > IQ2: Did you and your family die in Ekaterinburg? > IQ3: Are you a witch who married a werewolf? > [@Enginerd](#): > > I’m not Nicholas Romanov - take 2 more DQs. Nevil Shute. ([Panjandrum](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panjandrum)) Correct on Nicholas II. Nymphadora [Tonks](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nymphadora_Tonks#Nymphadora_Tonks), who married Remus Lupin. DQ1: Born after 1900? DQ2: Sports figure? ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2013, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2013/654789/28 "2013-04-06T16:29:50Z")
DQs for N: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Not American 4. First name starts with N 5. Not European 6. Dead 7. Not a world leader 8. Born after 1 January 1500 (I’m better with dates than centuries - hope that’s ok) 9. Not Asian 10. Native of Southern Hemisphere 11. Native of a country east of the prime meridian (i.e., east of the prime meridian and west of the international date line) 12. Not involved with the creative arts 13. Born before 1900 14. Not a sports figure ---
**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:** [April 7, 2013, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2013/654789/29 "2013-04-07T03:28:37Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Other than Neil Young, did Jonathan Demme co-produce a biopic about you? > Were you George Washington’s favorite general? > Were you an author of mysteries whose first name sounded like a cat might have said it? > [@Enginerd](#): > > Demme’s a big [Neil](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0473692/) [Young](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1236244/) [fan](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2043931/), although looking at those now, they don’t really fit the “biopic” part of the question. Doesn’t matter too much, I guess, since I can’t answer it this time. > > In fact, I can’t answer any of these - three more DQs… Nelson Mandela. Nathanael Greene. Ngaio Marsh (yes, **SCAdian** , the Roderick Alleyn author). IQs: Born after 1700? African? Muslim? DQs: Did an action hero briefly take your name? Did you duet with your by-then-dead father? Were you a White House Press Secretary before 2001? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2013, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2013/654789/30 "2013-04-07T04:03:54Z")
IQ: Did you help Edmund Hillary scale Everest? ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2013, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2013/654789/31 "2013-04-07T12:35:29Z")
DQs for N: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Not American 4. First name starts with N 5. Not European 6. Dead 7. Not a world leader 8. Born after 1 January 1500 (I’m better with dates than centuries - hope that’s ok) 9. Not Asian 10. Native of Southern Hemisphere 11. Native of a country east of the prime meridian (i.e., east of the prime meridian and west of the international date line) 12. Not involved with the creative arts 13. Born before 1900 14. Not a sports figure 15. Born after 1700 16. Not African 17. Not Muslim ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2013, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2013/654789/32 "2013-04-07T12:37:44Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did an action hero briefly take your name? > Did you duet with your by-then-dead father? > Were you a White House Press Secretary before 2001? Not Natalie Cole - two more DQs. > [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Did you help Edmund Hillary scale Everest? Not Tenzing Norgay. ---
**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:** [April 7, 2013, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2013/654789/33 "2013-04-07T13:44:00Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you a famous fictional girl detective in children’s books? > 2. Are you an Australian singer who fronted for The Bad Seeds? > 3. Did you win a gold medal for Kenya in the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City? I’m guessing you overlooked me? ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2013, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2013/654789/34 "2013-04-07T13:49:28Z")
I did - I’m sorry! > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you a famous fictional girl detective in children’s books? > 2. Are you an Australian singer who fronted for The Bad Seeds? > 3. Did you win a gold medal for Kenya in the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City? Not Nancy Drew or Nick Cave. Take a DQ for the Olympic medalist. ---
**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:** [April 7, 2013, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2013/654789/35 "2013-04-07T18:44:07Z")
Olympic medalist Naftali Temu. DQ: Are you from Australia or New Zealand? ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2013, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2013/654789/36 "2013-04-07T19:35:47Z")
DQs for N: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Not American 4. First name starts with N 5. Not European 6. Dead 7. Not a world leader 8. Born after 1 January 1500 (I’m better with dates than centuries - hope that’s ok) 9. Not Asian 10. Native of Southern Hemisphere 11. Native of a country east of the prime meridian (i.e., east of the prime meridian and west of the international date line) 12. Not involved with the creative arts 13. Born before 1900 14. Not a sports figure 15. Born after 1700 16. Not African 17. Not Muslim 18. Born in Australia or New Zealand ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2013, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2013/654789/37 "2013-04-07T19:41:02Z")
IQ: Are you an explorer for whom one of the nearby islands was named? ---
**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:** [April 7, 2013, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2013/654789/38 "2013-04-07T22:06:41Z")
IQ: Are you an Australian criminal whose gang wore homemade body armour? ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2013, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2013/654789/39 "2013-04-07T22:19:31Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ: Are you an Australian criminal whose gang wore homemade body armour? It is someone you know! Yes, I am Australian bushranger [Ned Kelly](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned_Kelly). Congratulations, **SCAdian**! ETA: **etv** , you’d get a DQ if **SCAdian** hadn’t hit it. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2013, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2013/654789/40 "2013-04-07T22:37:19Z")
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