# Botticelli - April 2018 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [April 4, 2018, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2018/811808 "2018-04-04T14:22:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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 5, 2018, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2018/811808/21 "2018-04-05T15:44:04Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: When Hawkeye was blind in an episode of M_A_S\*H, did he say your name when feeling an empty cot? > IQ2: Is your face and beanie frequently used as an icon of anarchy and revolution? > IQ3: Are you an American Idol runner-up who ran for a North Carolina congressional seat in 2014? > > Not Judge Crater, dunno and dunno. Claude Rains (The Invisible Man), Che Guevara, Clay Aikden holding 3 DQs ---
**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, 2018, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2018/811808/22 "2018-04-05T15:50:17Z")
IQs: 1. Were you removed from Lincoln’s Cabinet under charges of corruption and abuse of patronage? 2. Did you create the superhero Plastic Man? 3. Were you an emancipationist known as the “Lion of White Hall”? ---
**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, 2018, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2018/811808/23 "2018-04-05T16:53:13Z")
Not Simon Cameron, dunno and dunno. C. 1. real 2. male 3. dead 4. last name starts with C 5. died after 1800 6. naturalized American 7. born before 1900 8. not known for the Arts ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2018, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2018/811808/24 "2018-04-05T18:19:18Z")
> [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > IQ: Did you equal the best achievement ever in your sport but never got credited with the world record? > IQ: Did you sing the theme song for _Casino Royale_ (the modern, Daniel Craig version)? > IQ: Are you a cartoon billionaire who hates his son-in-law? Correct on Chris Cornell (I like the song, too!), the third one is Carter Pewterschmidt, Peter Griffin’s father-in-law in _Family Guy_. For the first I was going for Carl Lewis with his wind-assisted 8.91m jump, but I phrased the question incorrectly - it actually beat Beamon’s record (but was not considered a record due to wind assistance), but then lost to Mike Powell’s 8.95m. It could also be argued that being wind-assisted, it wasn’t the best achievement ever. So I’ll withdraw that one. DQ: Known for science? IQ: Are you the current leader of the UK Labour Party? IQ: Were you one half of one of the great American sports rivalries of the 1980s? IQ: Are you a well-known Country singer with a (childishly) amusing name? ---
**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, 2018, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2018/811808/25 "2018-04-05T18:35:48Z")
> [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > … > > IQ: Are you the current leader of the UK Labour Party? > IQ: Were you one half of one of the great American sports rivalries of the 1980s? > IQ: Are you a well-known Country singer with a (childishly) amusing name? I can picture the guy but can’t remember his name; dunno and dunno. C. 1. real 2. male 3. dead 4. last name starts with C 5. died after 1800 6. naturalized American 7. born before 1900 8. not known for the Arts 9. not known for science ---
**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 5, 2018, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2018/811808/26 "2018-04-05T19:48:40Z")
DQ: Known for a business or product? holding 2 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:** [April 5, 2018, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2018/811808/27 "2018-04-05T20:10:28Z")
C. 1. real 2. male 3. dead 4. last name starts with C 5. died after 1800 6. naturalized American 7. born before 1900 8. not known for the Arts 9. not known for science 10. not known for a business or product ---
**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, 2018, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2018/811808/28 "2018-04-05T21:16:00Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you removed from Lincoln’s Cabinet under charges of corruption and abuse of patronage? > 2. Did you create the superhero Plastic Man? > 3. Were you an emancipationist known as the “Lion of White Hall”? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Simon Cameron, dunno and dunno. Correct on Cameron. #2 was Jack Cole. #3 was Cassius M. Clay. DQs: 1. Known for politics or the military? 2. Born after 1800? ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2018, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2018/811808/29 "2018-04-05T21:21:11Z")
> [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > IQ: Are you the current leader of the UK Labour Party? > IQ: Were you one half of one of the great American sports rivalries of the 1980s? > IQ: Are you a well-known Country singer with a (childishly) amusing name? Jeremy Corbyn, Jimmy Connors, and Conway Twitty (hmm, maybe “Twitty” is only amusing in British English - is “twit” a (very mild) insult across the pond?). DQ: Born in Europe? 2 DQs reserved. ---
**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 6, 2018, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2018/811808/30 "2018-04-06T04:26:40Z")
“Twit” is known in the U.S. only as a British insult, I’d say. I suspect most Americans who know it, know it from _Monty Python_. C. 1. real 2. male 3. dead 4. last name starts with C 5. died after 1800 6. naturalized American 7. born before 1900 8. not known for the Arts 9. not known for science 10. not known for a business or product 11. known for politics or the military, in a way 12. born after 1800 13. not born in Europe ---
**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 6, 2018, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2018/811808/31 "2018-04-06T12:03:37Z")
“Twit” might get confused with “twat” in the US. DQ: Primarily known for a single event? holding a DQ ---
**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 6, 2018, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2018/811808/32 "2018-04-06T13:22:30Z")
IQs: 1. Were you PM of the UK during WWII? 2. Did you write _The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody_? 3. Did you write _The Well of Souls_ series of books? ---
**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 6, 2018, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2018/811808/33 "2018-04-06T17:45:11Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you PM of the UK during WWII? > 2. Did you write _The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody_? > 3. Did you write _The Well of Souls_ series of books? I am not the great Winston Churchill, Will Cuppy or… dunno. I think of “twat” as being more of a Britishism, as well, at least in my circles. C. 1. real 2. male 3. dead 4. last name starts with C 5. died after 1800 6. naturalized American 7. born before 1900 8. not known for the Arts 9. not known for science 10. not known for a business or product 11. known for politics or the military, in a way 12. born after 1800 13. not born in Europe 14. not primarily known for a single event ---
**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 6, 2018, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2018/811808/34 "2018-04-06T19:58:39Z")
DQ: Primarily known from the Civil War? 0 DQ left ---
**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 6, 2018, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2018/811808/35 "2018-04-06T20:22:50Z")
C. 1. real 2. male 3. dead 4. last name starts with C 5. died after 1800 6. naturalized American 7. born before 1900 8. not known for the Arts 9. not known for science 10. not known for a business or product 11. known for politics or the military, in a way 12. born after 1800 13. not born in Europe 14. not primarily known for a single event 15. not primarily known from the Civil War ---
**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 6, 2018, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2018/811808/36 "2018-04-06T22:19:04Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you PM of the UK during WWII? > 2. Did you write The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody? > 3. Did you write The Well of Souls series of books? > I am not the great Winston Churchill, Will Cuppy or… dunno. Correct, correct, and Jack L. Chalker. DQ: Known for politics? ---
**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, 2018, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2018/811808/37 "2018-04-07T02:32:18Z")
C. 1. real 2. male 3. dead 4. last name starts with C 5. died after 1800 6. naturalized American 7. born before 1900 8. not known for the Arts 9. not known for science 10. not known for a business or product 11. known for politics or the military, in a way 12. born after 1800 13. not born in Europe 14. not primarily known for a single event 15. not primarily known from the Civil War 16. known for politics, in a way ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2018, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2018/811808/38 "2018-04-07T10:21:46Z")
DQ: something to do with a protest movement? Still got one in reserve. ---
**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, 2018, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2018/811808/39 "2018-04-07T10:53:05Z")
IQs: 1. Did Antonio Banderas portray you in _Evita_? 2. Did grave robbers try to ransom your corpse to your widow for $600,000? 3. Were you the Jewish high priest in Jerusalem circa 30 A.D.? ---
**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 8, 2018, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2018/811808/40 "2018-04-08T02:01:05Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did Antonio Banderas portray you in _Evita_? > 2. Did grave robbers try to ransom your corpse to your widow for $600,000? > 3. Were you the Jewish high priest in Jerusalem circa 30 A.D.? Not Che, Charlie Chaplin or Caiphas. C. 1. real 2. male 3. dead 4. last name starts with C 5. died after 1800 6. naturalized American 7. born before 1900 8. not known for the Arts 9. not known for science 10. not known for a business or product 11. known for politics or the military, in a way 12. born after 1800 13. not born in Europe 14. not primarily known for a single event 15. not primarily known from the Civil War 16. known for politics, in a way 17. sorta kinda had something to do with a protest movement [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2018/811808.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2018/811808.md?page=3)