# 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:** 4
**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 9, 2013, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2013/654789/61 "2013-04-09T03:13:43Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Does a massive painting in a Midwestern statehouse’s rotunda commemorate your greatest victory? > Did you sing “The Lady is A Tramp”? > Were you a U.S. Secretary of Defense between 1950 and 2000? > [@SCAdian](#): > > Um … not Oliver Hazard Perry or Perry Como? (Could have sworn Sinatra sang that song…) > > DQ for the SecDef, and for the others if I was wrong… Yes, Perry, in the Ohio Statehouse: [http://www.ohiostatehouse.org/UserContent/102199/135956.jpg](http://www.ohiostatehouse.org/UserContent/102199/135956.jpg) It was indeed Sinatra, but in his character as Pal Joey (from the movie of the same name). William Perry, who served during the Clinton Administration. DQs: Actor? Died since 1900? IQs: Were you a top official of the Second Foundation? Did you accomplish and then undo the same achievement every day for quite awhile? Was a smash-hit Fifties musical loosely based on an ancient work about you? ---
**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 9, 2013, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2013/654789/62 "2013-04-09T03:32:24Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Yes, Perry, in the Ohio Statehouse: [http://www.ohiostatehouse.org/UserContent/102199/135956.jpg](http://www.ohiostatehouse.org/UserContent/102199/135956.jpg) > It was indeed Sinatra, but in his character as Pal Joey (from the movie of the same name). > William Perry, who served during the Clinton Administration. Ah. I only know the song from records and the radio; have never seen the movie. (Couldn’t even have told you it was from a movie, for that matter.) Too bad it wasn’t Perry Como - you’d have had three Perrys there… 😃 > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you a top official of the Second Foundation? > Did you accomplish and then undo the same achievement every day for quite awhile? > Was a smash-hit Fifties musical loosely based on an ancient work about you? I’ll get your IQs tomorrow when I’m more awake and in less pain. 🙂 P 1. Male 2. Real 3. First name starts with P 4. Dead 5. English was not my first language 6. Associated with the arts 7. European 8. Not a writer 9. Not an actor 10. Died before 1900 ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2013, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2013/654789/63 "2013-04-09T04:36:07Z")
IQ: Did you commit suicide because you were about to be “outed”? ---
**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 9, 2013, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2013/654789/64 "2013-04-09T17:41:58Z")
IQs: 1. Were you an American protest folk singer of the 1960s-70s? 2. Were you a Spanish artist who pioneered Cubism? 3. Were you one of the best-known French Impressionists? ---
**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 9, 2013, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2013/654789/65 "2013-04-09T22:42:28Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Were you a top official of the Second Foundation? > Did you accomplish and then undo the same achievement every day for quite awhile? > Was a smash-hit Fifties musical loosely based on an ancient work about you? Not Penelope (?) or Pygmalion. Take a DQ for Asimov, and a second if I’ve misremembered the name of Odysseus’s wife. > [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Did you commit suicide because you were about to be “outed”? And a DQ for you… > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you an American protest folk singer of the 1960s-70s? > 2. Were you a Spanish artist who pioneered Cubism? > 3. Were you one of the best-known French Impressionists? Not Pete Seeger or Pablo Picasso. Take a DQ for the Frenchman. **P** 1. Male 2. Real 3. First name starts with P 4. Dead 5. English was not my first language 6. Associated with the arts 7. European 8. Not a writer 9. Not an actor 10. Died before 1900 ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2013, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2013/654789/66 "2013-04-10T03:26:22Z")
DQ:Are you associated with classical music? My IQ was about Tchaikovsky. ---
**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 10, 2013, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2013/654789/67 "2013-04-10T03:59:53Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you a top official of the Second Foundation? > Did you accomplish and then undo the same achievement every day for quite awhile? > Was a smash-hit Fifties musical loosely based on an ancient work about you? > [@SCAdian](#): > > Not Penelope (?) or Pygmalion. > Take a DQ for Asimov, and a second if I’ve misremembered the name of Odysseus’s wife… Yes, Penelope (weaving a tapestry) and Pygmalion (_My Fair Lady_). Preem Palver is the Asimov character. One DQ reserved. IQs: Did a coworker tell your boss you were an only child? Did you fly a flag with unusual stripes? Did a court make a prediction about your lawsuit that turned out to be quite wrong? ---
**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 10, 2013, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2013/654789/68 "2013-04-10T11:55:38Z")
The French Impressionist was Pierre-Auguste Renoir. I’ll reserve my DQ for the moment. IQs: 1. Did you buy Manhattan from the Indians? 2. Were you an ancient Greek mathematical philosopher? 3. Were you a Classical mythological character with a tortuous bed? ---
**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 10, 2013, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2013/654789/69 "2013-04-10T23:07:57Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did a coworker tell your boss you were an only child? > Did you fly a flag with unusual stripes? > Did a court make a prediction about your lawsuit that turned out to be quite wrong? Not John Paul Jones. Have yourself a couple of DQs (though that first one is really nagging at me…). > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you buy Manhattan from the Indians? > 2. Were you an ancient Greek mathematical philosopher? > 3. Were you a Classical mythological character with a tortuous bed? Not Peter Minuit, Pythagoras or Procrustes. **P** 1. Male 2. Real 3. First name starts with P 4. Dead 5. English was not my first language 6. Associated with the arts 7. European 8. Not a writer 9. Not an actor 10. Died before 1900 11. Not associated with classical music ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2013, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2013/654789/70 "2013-04-11T01:49:12Z")
IQ: Are you a royal who was known to be “vertically challenged”? ---
**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 11, 2013, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2013/654789/71 "2013-04-11T03:08:02Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Are you a royal who was known to be “vertically challenged”? Not Pepin the Short. ---
**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 11, 2013, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2013/654789/72 "2013-04-11T12:17:06Z")
DQ: Did you die before 1700? IQs: 1. Are you the prophecied Dragon Warrior? 2. Were you the greatest statesman of Athen’s golden age? 3. Are you the anti-C. S. Lewis? ---
**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 11, 2013, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2013/654789/73 "2013-04-11T13:59:50Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > DQ: > Did you die before 1700? > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the prophecied Dragon Warrior? > 2. Were you the greatest statesman of Athen’s golden age? > 3. Are you the anti-C. S. Lewis? Not Pericles or Philip Pullman. Take a DQ for the Dragon Warrior. **P** 1. Male 2. Real 3. First name starts with P 4. Dead 5. English was not my first language 6. Associated with the arts 7. European 8. Not a writer 9. Not an actor 10. Died before 1900 11. Not associated with classical music 12. Died before 1700 ---
**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 11, 2013, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2013/654789/74 "2013-04-11T14:07:42Z")
Um, that would be Po, from Kung Fu Panda. (Ah, the benefits of having a grandson!) DQ: Were you a visual artist (e.g., painter, sculptor)? ---
**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 11, 2013, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2013/654789/75 "2013-04-11T14:15:18Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Um, that would be Po, from Kung Fu Panda. (Ah, the benefits of having a grandson!) > > DQ: Were you a visual artist (e.g., painter, sculptor)? My daughter liked that movie, but she saw it at the cinema - we never bought a copy. **P** 1. Male 2. Real 3. First name starts with P 4. Dead 5. English was not my first language 6. Associated with the arts 7. European 8. Not a writer 9. Not an actor 10. Died before 1900 11. Not associated with classical music 12. Died before 1700 13. Visual artist ---
**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 11, 2013, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2013/654789/76 "2013-04-11T14:29:03Z")
IQs 1. Are you Sheb Wooley’s answer to The Chipmunks? 2. Did you create _The Last Judgment_ at St. Cecelia, Trastevere, Rome? 3. Does your work _The History of The True Cross_ appear in the Uffizi? ---
**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 12, 2013, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2013/654789/77 "2013-04-12T01:49:04Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs > > 1. Are you Sheb Wooley’s answer to The Chipmunks? > 2. Did you create _The Last Judgment_ at St. Cecelia, Trastevere, Rome? > 3. Does your work _The History of The True Cross_ appear in the Uffizi? Not the Purple People Eater. DQs for the two painters(?). ---
**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 12, 2013, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2013/654789/78 "2013-04-12T12:02:31Z")
#2 is Pietro Cavallini, #3 is Piero della Francesca. DQs: 1. Were you Italian (or what today would be considered Italian)? 2. Did you die before 1500? ---
**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 13, 2013, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2013/654789/79 "2013-04-13T01:14:30Z")
**P** 1. Male 2. Real 3. First name starts with P 4. Dead 5. English was not my first language 6. Associated with the arts 7. European 8. Not a writer 9. Not an actor 10. Died before 1900 11. Not associated with classical music 12. Died before 1700 13. Visual artist 14. Not Italian 15. Did not die before 1500 ---
**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 13, 2013, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2013/654789/80 "2013-04-13T17:38:09Z")
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