# Botticelli April 2016 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [April 2, 2016, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886 "2016-04-02T04:26:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2016, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/41 "2016-04-03T14:54:14Z")
IQ1: Did F. Murray Abraham win an Academy Award for portraying you in a 1984 film? IQ2: Did your primary archaeological work take place at the presumptive site of Ancient Troy? ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2016, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/42 "2016-04-03T15:11:22Z")
I am S and I am: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. Not American 5. My surname begins with S 6. Not known for the Arts 7. European 8. Died prior to 1900 9. Native speaker of a Germanic Language 10. Died after 1650 11. I was not military/political 12. Known for science, if very broadly construed 13. Not English 14. Not a native speaker of a Scandinavian language 15. As far as I can tell, not a native speaker of a Celtic language (e.g. any form of Gaelic) ---
**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 3, 2016, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/43 "2016-04-03T15:20:19Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write The Vampire: Its Kith and Kin? > 2. Did you star opposite Dolly Parton in Rhinestone? > 3. Did you battle the evil Aku and his henchmen through all time? > DQx2, and I’m not Samurai Jack #1 was Montague Summers. #2 was Sylvester Stallone. Correct on Jack. DQ: Died after 1800? 1 DQ reserved. ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2016, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/44 "2016-04-03T15:33:11Z")
> [@bordelond](#): > > IQ1: Did F. Murray Abraham win an Academy Award for portraying you in a 1984 film? > IQ2: Did your primary archaeological work take place at the presumptive site of Ancient Troy? I’m not Salieri, and DQ ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2016, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/45 "2016-04-03T15:34:32Z")
I am S and I am: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. Not American 5. My surname begins with S 6. Not known for the Arts 7. European 8. Died prior to 1900 9. Native speaker of a Germanic Language 10. Died after 1650 11. I was not military/political 12. Known for science, if very broadly construed 13. Not English 14. Not a native speaker of a Scandinavian language 15. As far as I can tell, not a native speaker of a Celtic language (e.g. any form of Gaelic) 16. Died before 1800 ---
**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 3, 2016, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/46 "2016-04-03T16:00:51Z")
IQs: 1. Were you an 18th Century German proponent of vitalism? 2. Did you win the Nobel Peace Prize in 1952? 3. Did you help develop the pointillist style with Seurat? ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2016, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/47 "2016-04-03T16:24:19Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you an 18th Century German proponent of vitalism? > 2. Did you win the Nobel Peace Prize in 1952? > 3. Did you help develop the pointillist style with Seurat? 3xDQ for you, though I’m intrigued by who 1 is. ---
**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 3, 2016, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/48 "2016-04-03T16:27:54Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you an 18th Century German proponent of vitalism? > 2. Did you win the Nobel Peace Prize in 1952? > 3. Did you help develop the pointillist style with Seurat? > 3xDQ for you, though I’m intrigued by who 1 is. #1 was Dr. Georg Stahl. #2 was Dr. Albert Schweitzer. #3 was Paul Signac. 4 DQs reserved. ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2016, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/49 "2016-04-03T18:46:24Z")
> [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](#): > > I’m not Salieri, and DQ Salieri is correct. Heinrich Schliemann was among the early archeological pioneers excavating the purported remains of Troy. … DQ: Are you known for your contributions to philosophy? ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2016, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/50 "2016-04-03T18:51:19Z")
IQ1: Did you write _The Wealth of Nations_? ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2016, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/51 "2016-04-03T20:27:34Z")
> [@bordelond](#): > > IQ1: Did you write _The Wealth of Nations_? Yes, I’m Adam Smith, author of _An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations_ Some tricky DQs in there. He was Scottish, not English, though in the upper classes as far as I can tell at the time it’s likely English was his native tongue. Oh, and Economics can be considered a science, if you squint very hard… and he did publish a bit of astronomy though it’s not exactly what he’s known for. ---
**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 3, 2016, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/52 "2016-04-03T20:31:18Z")
One of the IQs I was writing when you posted the answer was about Alexander Selkirk - I thought that frowny face on the “I am not English” answer might mean a Scot. ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2016, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/53 "2016-04-03T21:30:36Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > One of the IQs I was writing when you posted the answer was about Alexander Selkirk - **I thought that frowny face on the “I am not English” answer might mean a Scot**. Ditto 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2016, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/54 "2016-04-03T21:41:30Z")
Yeah, that was intended as a bit of a hint. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2016, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/55 "2016-04-03T21:51:18Z")
(_Just a quick note: I won’t be online all that much between now and tomorrow morning, CDT_) Okay … I am **T**. ---
**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 3, 2016, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/56 "2016-04-03T22:15:24Z")
Good job again, **bordelond!** IQs: 1. Did you write _Jerusalem Delivered_? 2. Did your cousin’s boyfriend kill you because you killed his best friend? 3. Were you present or nearby when three presidential assassinations occurred? ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2016, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/57 "2016-04-03T22:21:02Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Good job again, **bordelond!** > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write _Jerusalem Delivered_? > 2. Did your cousin’s boyfriend kill you because you killed his best friend? > 3. Were you present or nearby when three presidential assassinations occurred? 1. No idea - DQ. 2. This was used as an IQ within the last week … and I cannot recall who it was. DQ. 3. Have heard this a few times, but can’t recall – three DQs for you. ---
**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 3, 2016, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/58 "2016-04-03T22:26:19Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Good job again, **bordelond!** > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write _Jerusalem Delivered_? > 2. Did your cousin’s boyfriend kill you because you killed his best friend? > 3. Were you present or nearby when three presidential assassinations occurred? > [@bordelond](#): > > 1. No idea - DQ. > 2. This was used as an IQ within the last week … and I cannot recall who it was. DQ. > 3. Have heard this a few times, but can’t recall – three DQs for you. #1 was Torquato Tasso. #2 was Juliet’s cousin Tybalt, who Romeo killed after Tybalt killed Mercutio. #3 Todd Lincoln, son of Abe. DQs: 1. Real? 2. Male? 3. Last name begins with T? ---
**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 3, 2016, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/59 "2016-04-03T23:43:37Z")
IQ1: Did you write “Leaf by Niggle”? IQ2: Did you sing “Sixteen Tons”? IQ3: Did you claim to have fallen into a vat of chocolate? ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2016, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886/60 "2016-04-04T01:03:56Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you write “Leaf by Niggle”? > IQ2: Did you sing “Sixteen Tons”? > IQ3: Did you claim to have fallen into a vat of chocolate? DQ. I am not Tennessee Ernie Ford. DQ. … I am T 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name does not begin with a T [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2016/750886.md?page=4)