# Botticelli April 2015 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [April 4, 2015, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845 "2015-04-04T23:29:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**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, 2015, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/81 "2015-04-09T01:45:44Z")
IQ1: Were you a Welshman who wrote the _History of the Kings of Britain_? IQ2: Were you a queen whom #1 described as one f the great beauties of Britain? IQ3: Were you the wife of Earl Leofric of Mercia? ---
**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, 2015, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/82 "2015-04-09T04:28:44Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > IQ1) Were you the original lead singer of King Crimson? > IQ2) Did you create Della Street and Lieutenant Arthur Tragg? > IQ3) Are you the strongest of the Dinobots? Why so many spaces in-between, **astorian**? Dunno, not Earl Stanley Gardner, and not… Gigantor? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did you compose _Rhapsody in Blue_ and _An American in Paris_? > IQ2: Are you IQ1’s brother and composer of _Someone to Watch Over Me_? > IQ3: Are you the co-writer of _Pirates of Penzance_? Not Gershwin, dunno, and not Gilbert. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you called the New Cincinnatus? > 2. Were you an American folk artist who started painting at the age of 78? > 3. Were you Saul of Tarsus’s rabbi? Not George Washington, Grandma Moses or… St. Gerald? > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you a Welshman who wrote the _History of the Kings of Britain_? > IQ2: Were you a queen whom #1 described as one f the great beauties of Britain? > IQ3: Were you the wife of Earl Leofric of Mercia? Not Geoffrey of Monmouth, Guinevere or… 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:** [April 9, 2015, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/83 "2015-04-09T12:15:20Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Did you compose Rhapsody in Blue and An American in Paris? > IQ2: Are you IQ1’s brother and composer of Someone to Watch Over Me? > IQ3: Are you the co-writer of Pirates of Penzance? > > Not Gershwin, dunno, and not Gilbert. George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, correct DQ: Real? IQ1: Are you acclaimed as the most successful designer to come from Italy? IQ2: Are you a Marvel character that identifies himself every time he speaks? IQ3: Did you star with John Wayne in the original _True Grit_ and sing the title song as well? ---
**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, 2015, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/84 "2015-04-09T12:54:25Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > … > IQ1: Are you acclaimed as the most successful designer to come from Italy? > IQ2: Are you a Marvel character that identifies himself every time he speaks? > IQ3: Did you star with John Wayne in the original _True Grit_ and sing the title song as well? Not Gucci, Groot or Glen Campbell. G. 1. fictional ---
**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, 2015, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/85 "2015-04-09T13:31:49Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you a Welshman who wrote the _History of the Kings of Britain_? > IQ2: Were you a queen whom #1 described as one f the great beauties of Britain? > IQ3: Were you the wife of Earl Leofric of Mercia? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Geoffrey of Monmouth, Guinevere or… dunno. Correct. Correct. Godiva. DQ: Male? ---
**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, 2015, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/86 "2015-04-09T13:47:35Z")
IQ1: Did you command the losing side at the Siege of Khartoum? IQ2: Were you a fighter pilot called “Magnet Ass”? IQ3: Were you the protagonist of Poe’s only novel? ---
**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, 2015, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/87 "2015-04-09T13:59:55Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you called the New Cincinnatus? > 2. Were you an American folk artist who started painting at the age of 78? > 3. Were you Saul of Tarsus’s rabbi? > Not George Washington, Grandma Moses or… St. Gerald? Correct on George and Granny. #3 was Gamaliel (Acts 22.3). DQ: First name starts with G? ---
**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, 2015, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/88 "2015-04-09T14:02:39Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the title character in a novel by John P. Marquand? 2. Are you the ruler of the Quadlings? 3. Were you one of Flip Wilson’s better known characters? ---
**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:** [April 9, 2015, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/89 "2015-04-09T15:56:57Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you acclaimed as the most successful designer to come from Italy? > IQ2: Are you a Marvel character that identifies himself every time he speaks? > IQ3: Did you star with John Wayne in the original True Grit and sing the title song as well? > > Not Gucci, Groot or Glen Campbell. Giorgio Armani, correct x2 DQ: From literature? ---
**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:** [April 9, 2015, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/90 "2015-04-09T16:01:38Z")
IQ1: Are you a Hispanic comedian known for your special _I’m Not Fat… I’m Fluffy_? IQ2: Do you portray Harvey Specter in the USA series _Suits_? IQ3: Are you a model who had a bitter and violent end to your 5-year relationship with Halle Berry? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2015, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/91 "2015-04-09T16:12:33Z")
Greg Lake (as in Emerson, Lake & Palmer) was the first vocalist of King Crimson Correct on Erle Stanley Gardner Grimlock was the strongest Dinobot Will ask two DQs a little later ---
**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, 2015, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/92 "2015-04-09T19:55:19Z")
**Knowed Out** , “most successful” is rather subjective; I think Gucci is as big as Giorgio among Italian designers. I will poll the other players. Has **KO** earned a DQ? > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you command the losing side at the Siege of Khartoum? > IQ2: Were you a fighter pilot called “Magnet Ass”? > IQ3: Were you the protagonist of Poe’s only novel? Not Gen. Charles “Chinese” Gordon, dunno and dunno. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the title character in a novel by John P. Marquand? > 2. Are you the ruler of the Quadlings? > 3. Were you one of Flip Wilson’s better known characters? Dunno the first two; not Geraldine. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you a Hispanic comedian known for your special _I’m Not Fat… I’m Fluffy_? > IQ2: Do you portray Harvey Specter in the USA series _Suits_? > IQ3: Are you a model who had a bitter and violent end to your 5-year relationship with Halle Berry? D’oh! Dunno any of these. G. 1. fictional 2. male ---
**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:** [April 9, 2015, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/93 "2015-04-09T23:29:36Z")
From his [wiki page](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giorgio_Armani): > [@](#): > > He formed his company, Armani, in 1975, and by 2001 was acclaimed as the most successful designer that Italy has produced, with an annual turnover of $1.6 billion and a personal fortune of $8.5 billion as of 2013. Gucci Group is owned by the [French company Kering](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gucci), so technically, they’re not Italian. ---
**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:** [April 9, 2015, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/94 "2015-04-09T23:33:16Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you a Hispanic comedian known for your special I’m Not Fat… I’m Fluffy? > IQ2: Do you portray Harvey Specter in the USA series Suits? > IQ3: Are you a model who had a bitter and violent end to your 5-year relationship with Halle Berry? > > D’oh! Dunno any of these. Gabriels Iglesias, Macht, and Aubry holding 3 DQs ---
**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, 2015, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/95 "2015-04-09T23:49:00Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you command the losing side at the Siege of Khartoum? > IQ2: Were you a fighter pilot called “Magnet Ass”? > IQ3: Were you the protagonist of Poe’s only novel? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Gen. Charles “Chinese” Gordon, dunno and dunno. Correct. John Glenn. Arthur Gordon Pym (_The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket_). DQ1: Originally from literature? DQ2: Created by an American? IRT Gucci, the company may be owned by a French corporation, but according to Wikipedia Signor Gucci started out in Florence in the 1920s, and the company is still headquartered there. I _think_ Armani makes men’s clothing, but I _know_ that Gucci makes purses and other leather goods. So as far as I’m concerned, Gucci is a legitimate answer to the question as written. ---
**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, 2015, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/96 "2015-04-10T01:31:16Z")
G. 1. fictional 2. male 3. first name starts with G 4. not from literature 5. created by an American ---
**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, 2015, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/97 "2015-04-10T02:59:22Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the title character in a novel by John P. Marquand? > 2. Are you the ruler of the Quadlings? > 3. Were you one of Flip Wilson’s better known characters? > Dunno the first two; not Geraldine. #1 is The Late George Apley. #2 is Glinda the Good. #3 is Correct. DQs: 1. Best known from a movie? 2. Are you the main protagonist? ---
**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, 2015, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/98 "2015-04-10T03:01:27Z")
IQs: 1. Did you write many of the Silver Age comics that caused its success? 2. Are you a Green Lantern named after #1? 3. Is your famous line “My brain hurts!”? ---
**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, 2015, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/99 "2015-04-10T05:33:33Z")
IQ1: Were you in love with Daisy Buchanan? IQ2: Did a Chicago mayor say that he would punch you in the nose if he ever met you? IQ3: Did you say that greed is good? ---
**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:** [April 10, 2015, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2015/716845/100 "2015-04-10T12:10:59Z")
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