# Botticelli - April 2019 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [April 1, 2019, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852 "2019-04-01T13:08:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**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, 2019, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/81 "2019-04-10T20:42:44Z")
D. 1. real 2. male 3. American 4. dead 5. politician, among other things 6. last name starts with D ---
**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, 2019, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/82 "2019-04-10T20:47:49Z")
DQ: Died after 1900? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2019, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/83 "2019-04-10T21:54:38Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno, not Dusty Springfield, and not Deep Throat. 1 was Dick Dale. IQs: 1. Does one of your novels begin “Renowned curator Jacques Saunière staggered through the vaulted archway of the museum’s Grand Gallery”? 2. Did you play Worf? 3. When running for office, did you claim that “I have as much experience in the Congress as Jack Kennedy did when he sought the presidency”? DQ: known for a single incident? ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2019, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/84 "2019-04-10T22:49:34Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not David Duke, dunno, and not Demosthenes. IQ2 was Tim Daly. IQ1: Are you a Middle Eastern woman who gave your husband the archetypal bad haircut? IQ2: Are you an American philosopher and one of the “Four Horsemen” of New Atheism? IQ3: Are you the American musician whose real name is Calvin Broadus? DQ: Democratic politician? ---
**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 11, 2019, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/85 "2019-04-11T04:03:20Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > … > > IQs: > > 1. Does one of your novels begin “Renowned curator Jacques Saunière staggered through the vaulted archway of the museum’s Grand Gallery”? > 2. Did you play Worf? > 3. When running for office, did you claim that “I have as much experience in the Congress as Jack Kennedy did when he sought the presidency”?.. Not Dan Brown, Michael Dorn or Dan Quayle. > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > … > > IQ1: Are you a Middle Eastern woman who gave your husband the archetypal bad haircut? > > IQ2: Are you an American philosopher and one of the “Four Horsemen” of New Atheism? > > IQ3: Are you the American musician whose real name is Calvin Broadus?.. Not Delilah, dunno, and dunno. D. 1. real 2. male 3. American 4. dead 5. politician, among other things 6. last name starts with D 7. died after 1900 8. arguably best known for a single incident 9. not a Democratic politician ---
**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 11, 2019, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/86 "2019-04-11T12:06:25Z")
IQ1: Are you QB for the Dallas Cowboys? IQ2: Are you QB for the New Orleans Saints? IQ3: Are you QB for the Oakland Raiders? ---
**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 11, 2019, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/87 "2019-04-11T13:59:36Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you QB for the Dallas Cowboys? > IQ2: Are you QB for the New Orleans Saints? > IQ3: Are you QB for the Oakland Raiders? Dunno x3. ---
**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, 2019, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/88 "2019-04-11T14:15:08Z")
IQs: 1. Are you a sexist lawyer in _Bloom County_? 2. Are you Eddie Murphy’s most successful film role of the last 20 years? 3. were you born Robert Zimmerman? ---
**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 11, 2019, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/89 "2019-04-11T17:24:52Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you a sexist lawyer in _Bloom County_? > 2. Are you Eddie Murphy’s most successful film role of the last 20 years? > 3. were you born Robert Zimmerman? Not Steve Dallas, dunno, and not Bob Dylan. ---
**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, 2019, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/90 "2019-04-11T18:16:51Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you a sexist lawyer in _Bloom County_? > 2. Are you Eddie Murphy’s most successful film role of the last 20 years? > 3. were you born Robert Zimmerman? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Steve Dallas, dunno, and not Bob Dylan. Correct on #1 and #3. Eddie’s top box office character: Donkey, from the Shrek movies. DQ: Died after 1969? ---
**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 11, 2019, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/91 "2019-04-11T19:13:27Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno x3. Dak Preskott, Drew Brees, Derek Carr DQ: Died of natural causes? holding 2 DQs ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2019, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/92 "2019-04-11T21:08:31Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > IQ2 was Tim Daly. > > IQ1: Are you a Middle Eastern woman who gave your husband the archetypal bad haircut? > > IQ2: Are you an American philosopher and one of the “Four Horsemen” of New Atheism? > > IQ3: Are you the American musician whose real name is Calvin Broadus? > > DQ: Democratic politician? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Dan Brown, Michael Dorn or Dan Quayle. > Not Delilah, dunno, and dunno. Yes to Delilah. IQ2 is Daniel Dennett; IQ3 is Snoop Dogg. DQ1: Known for manner of death? DQ2: Died in this century? ---
**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, 2019, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/93 "2019-04-11T23:22:26Z")
IQs: 1. Did Rudyard Kipling write of your hanging? 2. Was your first success Oswald the Lucky Rabbit? 3. Did you battle Snidely Whiplash? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2019, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/94 "2019-04-12T02:05:20Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Dan Brown, Michael Dorn or Dan Quayle. 1 is indeed famous novelist [Dan Brown](http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/myl/languagelog/archives/001628.html). And the other two are correct as well, so it’s a clean sweep. IQs: 1. Did you found Wendy’s? 2. Did you star with Rick Moranis in a 1983 Canadian comedy? 3. Are you the Warner sister? ---
**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 12, 2019, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/95 "2019-04-12T03:19:25Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did Rudyard Kipling write of your hanging? > 2. Was your first success Oswald the Lucky Rabbit? > 3. Did you battle Snidely Whiplash? Dunno, dunno, and not Dudley Doright. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > … > > IQs: > > 1. Did you found Wendy’s? > 2. Did you star with Rick Moranis in a 1983 Canadian comedy? > 3. Are you the Warner sister? Not Ohio’s own Dave Thomas, not the other Dave Thomas, and dunno. D. 1. real 2. male 3. American 4. dead 5. politician, among other things 6. last name starts with D 7. died after 1900 8. arguably best known for a single incident 9. not a Democratic politician 10. died of natural causes 11. not known for manner of death 12. did not die in this century ---
**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 12, 2019, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/96 "2019-04-12T12:33:36Z")
DQ: Born east of the Mississippi? DQ: Born north of the Mason-Dixon line? ---
**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, 2019, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/97 "2019-04-12T15:46:17Z")
IQs: 1. Did Rudyard Kipling write of your hanging? 2. Was your first success Oswald the Lucky Rabbit? 3. Did you battle Snidely Whiplash? Dunno, dunno, and not Dudley Doright. #1 was Danny Deever. #2 was Walt Disney. Correct on Dudley. repeat DQ: Died after 1969? 2 DQs reserved. ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2019, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/98 "2019-04-12T15:58:57Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Ohio’s own Dave Thomas, not the other Dave Thomas, and dunno. 3 was [Animaniacs’](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animaniacs) Dot. IQs: 1. Are you the toughest lawman in Mega-City One? 2. Are you a sinister Toontown official played by Christopher Lloyd? 3. Are you an investigating magistrate in a series of mysteries set in Tang Dynasty China? DQ: died before 1950? ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2019, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/99 "2019-04-12T16:37:06Z")
IQ1: Are you a property developer who first came to notoriety for demolishing a New York building, reneging on your promise to allow the Metropolitan Museum of Art to remove and conserve the Art Deco panels that had adorned its facade? IQ2: Are you the President of the European Council? IQ3: Were you the inaugural First Minister of Scotland, presiding over the first meeting of the Scottish Parliament since the 17th century? ---
**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 12, 2019, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852/100 "2019-04-12T17:09:51Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > … > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the toughest lawman in Mega-City One? > 2. Are you a sinister Toontown official played by Christopher Lloyd? > 3. Are you an investigating magistrate in a series of mysteries set in Tang Dynasty China?.. Not Judge Dredd, Judge Dread or Judge Dee. > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > IQ1: Are you a property developer who first came to notoriety for demolishing a New York building, reneging on your promise to allow the Metropolitan Museum of Art to remove and conserve the Art Deco panels that had adorned its facade? > > IQ2: Are you the President of the European Council? > > IQ3: Were you the inaugural First Minister of Scotland, presiding over the first meeting of the Scottish Parliament since the 17th century? Not Donald Trump, dunno and dunno. Sorry, **Prof. P.** , I’d overlooked your year-of-death DQ. D. 1. real 2. male 3. American 4. dead 5. politician, among other things 6. last name starts with D 7. died after 1900 8. arguably best known for a single incident 9. not a Democratic politician 10. died of natural causes 11. not known for manner of death 12. did not die in this century 13. born east of the Mississippi 14. born north of the Mason-Dixon line 15. died before 1969 16. died before 1950 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2019/831852.md?page=6)