# 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:** 7
**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 25, 2018, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2018/811808/121 "2018-04-25T11:53:23Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Last name starts with R 4. Dead 5. Not known for the Arts 6. Naturalized American 7. Not known for Politics/Military 8. Not best known as an athlete 9. Not best known for a single incident 10. Naturalized as an adult > [@](#): > > IQs: > > Does Sterling Archer once use this name when undercover? > Was Stannis your brother? > Was Stannis your brother, too? #2. I am not Robert Baratheon. Take 2 DQs for the others. ---
**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 25, 2018, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2018/811808/122 "2018-04-25T14:43:27Z")
Previous IQs: Does Sterling Archer once use this name when undercover? - He almost always uses “Randy,” but one time he actually went by “Randy Randerson,” on _Archer_ Was Stannis your brother? - Yes, Robert Baratheon, on _Game of Thrones_ Was Stannis your brother, too? - Renly Baratheon DQs: Best known for legal issue or crime? Died since 2000? IQs: Are you the best-known person from Russell, Kansas? Were you Nixon’s first SECSTATE? Were you the first to fly across America, “crash by crash”? ---
**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 25, 2018, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2018/811808/123 "2018-04-25T15:14:35Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Last name starts with R 4. Dead 5. Not known for the Arts 6. Naturalized American 7. Not known for Politics/Military 8. Not best known as an athlete 9. Not best known for a single incident 10. Naturalized as an adult 11. Not best known for legal issue or crime 12. Died before 2000 > [@](#): > > IQs: > > Are you the best-known person from Russell, Kansas? > Were you Nixon’s first SECSTATE? > Were you the first to fly across America, “crash by crash”? #3. I am not Eddie Rickenbacker (??) I am also not Renry Rissinger, but I’m guessing he was Nixon’s 2nd SECSTATE, so take 2 or 3 DQs. I hope the other guys return soon. ---
**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 25, 2018, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2018/811808/124 "2018-04-25T15:41:38Z")
Me, too! I’ll send 'em a PM. Previous IQs: Are you the best-known person from Russell, Kansas? - Robert “Bob” Dole Were you Nixon’s first SECSTATE? - William Rogers (yes, Kissinger was second) Were you the first to fly across America, “crash by crash”? - Cal Rodgers, in 1911 - a great story: [Calbraith Perry Rodgers - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calbraith_Perry_Rodgers) DQs: Considered a beauty? Died before 1900? Had a famous husband? IQs: Did you complain that ze goggles did nothing? Did your fiancée come to you aboard the _Constitution_? Have you played a soldier, a bowman and an astrophysicist? ---
**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 25, 2018, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2018/811808/125 "2018-04-25T16:37:45Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Last name starts with R 4. Dead 5. Not known for the Arts 6. Naturalized American 7. Not known for Politics/Military 8. Not best known as an athlete 9. Not best known for a single incident 10. Naturalized as an adult 11. Not best known for legal issue or crime 12. Died before 2000 13. A beauty as a young woman, but famous all her life 14. Died after 1900 15. Married famous men or her time, but not as well remembered as her > [@](#): > > IQs: > > Did you complain that ze goggles did nothing? > Did your fiancée come to you aboard the Constitution? > Have you played a soldier, a bowman and an astrophysicist? 1. I am not Radioactive Man. Take a DQ for #2. 2. I am not Jeremy Renner. ---
**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 25, 2018, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2018/811808/126 "2018-04-25T17:23:54Z")
Previous IQs: Did you complain that ze goggles did nothing? - I’ll rephrase Did your fiancée come to you aboard the _Constitution_? - Prince Rainier of Monaco; Grace Kelly sailed aboard that liner Have you played a soldier, a bowman and an astrophysicist? - Yes, Jeremy Renner, in _The Hurt Locker, The Avengers_ and _Arrival_ DQ: Considered a socialite? IQs: As an actor, did you complain that ze goggles did nothing? Would you have been a contemporary and colleague of Hornblower and Aubrey? Were you a hero of _HMS Pinafore_? ---
**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 25, 2018, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2018/811808/127 "2018-04-25T17:32:20Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Last name starts with R 4. Dead 5. Not known for the Arts 6. Naturalized American 7. Not known for Politics/Military 8. Not best known as an athlete 9. Not best known for a single incident 10. Naturalized as an adult 11. Not best known for legal issue or crime 12. Died before 2000 13. A beauty as a young woman, but famous all her life 14. Died after 1900 15. Married famous men or her time, but not as well remembered as her 16. Considered a socialite, among other things ---
**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 25, 2018, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2018/811808/128 "2018-04-25T17:33:22Z")
IQs: As an actor, did you complain that ze goggles did nothing? Would you have been a contemporary and colleague of Hornblower and Aubrey? Were you a hero of HMS Pinafore? #3. I am not Ralph Rackstraw. Take 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 25, 2018, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2018/811808/129 "2018-04-25T19:10:33Z")
Previous IQs: As an actor, did you complain that ze goggles did nothing? - Ahnuld expy Rainier Luftwaffe Wolfcastle, who was _playing_ Radioactive Man Would you have been a contemporary and colleague of Hornblower and Aubrey? - Lord Ramage, a fellow fictional Royal Navy officer during the Napoleonic Wars Were you a hero of HMS _Pinafore_? - Yes, Ralph Rackstraw DQs: Died before 1950? Associated with NYC? IQs: Were you the second wife of a late 20th c. VPOTUS? Were you very wealthy but suffered from alopecia? Were you a bespectacled governor and then U.S. senator from West Virginia? ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2018/811808/130 "2018-04-25T20:08:35Z")
HI folks! IQs 1. Did you compose the music for _Victory at Sea_? 2. Did you lead the Kentucky forces during the Revolutionary War? 3. Were you an American transsexual tennis player and coach? Onward! ---
**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 25, 2018, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2018/811808/131 "2018-04-25T22:04:53Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Last name starts with R 4. Dead 5. Not known for the Arts 6. Naturalized American 7. Not known for Politics/Military 8. Not best known as an athlete 9. Not best known for a single incident 10. Naturalized as an adult 11. Not best known for legal issue or crime 12. Died before 2000 13. A beauty as a young woman, but famous all her life 14. Died after 1900 15. Married famous men or her time, but not as well remembered as her 16. Considered a socialite, among other things 17. Died after 1950 18. Associated with New York City ---
**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 25, 2018, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2018/811808/132 "2018-04-25T22:05:58Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > Were you the second wife of a late 20th c. VPOTUS? > Were you very wealthy but suffered from alopecia? > Were you a bespectacled governor and then U.S. senator from West Virginia? Take 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 25, 2018, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2018/811808/133 "2018-04-25T22:07:00Z")
> [@MonkeyMensch](#): > > HI folks! > > IQs > > 1. Did you compose the music for _Victory at Sea_? > 2. Did you lead the Kentucky forces during the Revolutionary War? > 3. Were you an American transsexual tennis player and coach? > > Onward! Hi, Monkey! Welcome back. Just in time for the endgame. #3. I am not Renee Richards. Take 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 26, 2018, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2018/811808/134 "2018-04-26T03:53:50Z")
Welcome back, **Monkey**! Previous IQs: Were you the second wife of a late 20th c. VPOTUS? - Happy Rockefeller Were you very wealthy but suffered from alopecia? - John D. Rockefeller Were you a bespectacled governor and then U.S. senator from West Virginia? - Jay Rockefeller Rockefeller x3! Three DQs reserved. IQ: Did you die in a hotel pool in Paris? ---
**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 26, 2018, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2018/811808/135 "2018-04-26T12:13:56Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Welcome back, **Monkey**! > > Previous IQs: > > Were you the second wife of a late 20th c. VPOTUS? - Happy Rockefeller > Were you very wealthy but suffered from alopecia? - John D. Rockefeller > Were you a bespectacled governor and then U.S. senator from West Virginia? - Jay Rockefeller > > Rockefeller x3! > > Three DQs reserved. > > IQ: > > Did you die in a hotel pool in Paris? Take one last DQ. All remaining DQs may be asked by 8 p.m. EDT tonight. ---
**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 26, 2018, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2018/811808/136 "2018-04-26T13:20:00Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > …IQ: > > Did you die in a hotel pool in Paris? Oops, withdrawn. I thought Pamela Churchill Harriman had an “R” among her several married names. Can’t think of who this is - I yield my three earned DQs, one apiece, to whoever’d like to ask them. ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2018, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2018/811808/137 "2018-04-27T01:31:38Z")
Whoops, busy day, and I missed the deadline. On to the guessing! ---
**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 27, 2018, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2018/811808/138 "2018-04-27T01:33:50Z")
Are you Alice Roosevelt Longworth? ---
**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 27, 2018, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2018/811808/139 "2018-04-27T15:15:02Z")
Well, I had expected the DQs to reach past 20 when I set that deadline. DQs may still be asked, and I’m providing a necessary clue. I am not Alice Roosevelt Longworth, however. DQs: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Last name starts with R 4. Dead 5. Not known for the Arts 6. Naturalized American 7. Not known for Politics/Military 8. Not best known as an athlete 9. Not best known for a single incident 10. Naturalized as an adult 11. Not best known for legal issue or crime 12. Died before 2000 13. A beauty as a young woman, but famous all her life 14. Died after 1900 15. Married famous men or her time, but not as well remembered as her 16. Considered a socialite, among other things 17. Died after 1950 18. Associated with New York City 19. Known for business ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2018, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2018/811808/140 "2018-04-27T20:37:50Z")
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