# Botticelli - April 2022 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [April 3, 2022, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184 "2022-04-03T11:57:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2022, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/221 "2022-04-25T17:21:39Z")
IQ1: Did you write _Medea_? IQ2: Did you establish a sewing machine company that bears your name? IQ3: Did you not finish your 8th symphony? ---
**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, 2022, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/222 "2022-04-25T22:43:22Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you sing all the songs at the first MTV Awards show? > 2. In the comics, does Nancy think you’re lit? > 3. In the _Rocky Horror Picture Show_ were you Brad & Janet’s high school science teacher? Dunno, not Sid and dunno. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Were you Knack guitarist Doug Fieger’s girlfriend, and are now an LA realtor? > 2. Were your last words about owing a cock to Asclepius? > 3. To be fair, does one have to have a _very_ high IQ to understand your show according to the copied-and-pasted meme? Dunno, not Socrates and dunno. > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Did you write _Medea_? > IQ2: Did you establish a sewing machine company that bears your name? > IQ3: Did you not finish your 8th symphony? Not Sophocles, not Singer and not Saint-Saens. ---
**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 25, 2022, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/223 "2022-04-25T23:04:33Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno, not Socrates and dunno. 1 was Sharona Alperin; 3 was [Rick Sanchez](https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/to-be-fair-you-have-to-have-a-very-high-iq-to-understand-rick-and-morty). DQs: 1. known from the arts? 2. from the British-Irish isles? ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2022, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/224 "2022-04-25T23:11:04Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > > > IQ1: Did you write _Medea_ ? > > > IQ2: Did you establish a sewing machine company that bears your name? > > > IQ3: Did you not finish your 8th symphony? > > Not Sophocles, not Singer and not Saint-Saens. Seneca the Younger Correct Can’t find a mention of an unfinished Saint-Saens symphony, but I’ll rephrase to be safe Holding a DQ ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2022, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/225 "2022-04-25T23:25:00Z")
IQ1: Were you an Austrian composer who did not finish your 8th symphony? IQ2: Were you and two other identically named individuals targeted by one who found your names and addresses in the Los Angeles phone book? IQ3: Were you the boatswain on the Jolly Roger? ---
**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 25, 2022, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/226 "2022-04-25T23:50:46Z")
IQs: 1. Were you nominated to the Supreme Court by Barack Obama? 2. Did you write about the class on the top floor of the unusual Wayside School? 3. Jerry: “It sounds like you’re about to say Jacob is your lover.” Leonard: “No, no, no. Jacob is your _mother’s_ lover. I watch them. Sometimes from a chair, sometimes from a closet. Almost always dressed as” 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 26, 2022, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/227 "2022-04-26T01:36:54Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > > 1. Did you sing all the songs at the first MTV Awards show? > > > 2. In the comics, does Nancy think you’re lit? > > > 3. In the _Rocky Horror Picture Show_ were you Brad & Janet’s high school science teacher? > > Dunno, not Sid and dunno. #1 was William Shatner. They hadn’t caught on yet and couldn’t get any name acts to perform the songs, so they went with Bill. #2 is Sluggo. #3 was Dr. Scott. 3 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 26, 2022, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/228 "2022-04-26T21:20:41Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Were you an Austrian composer who did not finish your 8th symphony? > IQ2: Were you and two other identically named individuals targeted by one who found your names and addresses in the Los Angeles phone book? > IQ3: Were you the boatswain on the Jolly Roger? Not Strauss, Sarah Connor or Smee. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Were you nominated to the Supreme Court by Barack Obama? > 2. Did you write about the class on the top floor of the unusual Wayside School? > 3. Jerry: “It sounds like you’re about to say Jacob is your lover.” > Leonard: “No, no, no. Jacob is your _mother’s_ lover. I watch them. Sometimes from a chair, sometimes from a closet. Almost always dressed as” you? Not Sonia Sotomayor, dunno and not Dr. Sheldon Cooper. S. 1. real 2. male 3. dead 4. last name begins with S 5. not American 6. died before 1900 7. European 8. not known from the Arts 9. from the British-Irish Isles ---
**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 26, 2022, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/229 "2022-04-26T21:49:08Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Sonia Sotomayor, dunno and not Dr. Sheldon Cooper. 2 was Louis Sachar; 3 was Superman (in the _Rick and Morty_ episode “Anatomy Park”). DQs: 1. English? 2. died after 1700? ---
**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, 2022, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/230 "2022-04-26T21:52:07Z")
S. 1. real 2. male 3. dead 4. last name begins with S 5. not American 6. died before 1900 7. European 8. not known from the Arts 9. from the British-Irish Isles 10. English 11. died after 1700 ---
**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, 2022, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/231 "2022-04-26T22:14:23Z")
DQs: 1. Died before 1800? 2. Known from politics/military? ---
**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, 2022, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/232 "2022-04-27T13:22:28Z")
S. 1. real 2. male 3. dead 4. last name begins with S 5. not American 6. died before 1900 7. European 8. not known from the Arts 9. from the British-Irish Isles 10. English 11. died after 1700 12. died after 1800 13. known from politics/military ---
**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, 2022, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/233 "2022-04-27T17:21:18Z")
DQ: Known for politics? IQs: 1. Did you play the lead role in _Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings_? 2. Were you the main protagonist in _The Eternals_? 3. Did you star with Tom Hanks in _Bosom Buddies_? ---
**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, 2022, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/234 "2022-04-27T17:27:58Z")
Dunno, dunno and not Peter Scolari. S. 1. real 2. male 3. dead 4. last name begins with S 5. not American 6. died before 1900 7. European 8. not known from the Arts 9. from the British-Irish Isles 10. English 11. died after 1700 12. died after 1800 13. known from politics/military 14. not known for politics ---
**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, 2022, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/235 "2022-04-27T17:32:10Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play the lead role in _Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings_ ? > 2. Were you the main protagonist in _The Eternals_ ? > 3. Did you star with Tom Hanks in _Bosom Buddies_ ? #1 was Simu Liu. #2 was Sersi. Correct on Peter. 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 27, 2022, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/236 "2022-04-27T17:34:04Z")
IQs: 1. Hosting _Saturday Night Live_ in 1994, did you note “Here’s a fact I bet you don’t know. On the original show, the name of the spaceship was _not_ the Star Trek! No, no, it was, in fact, the Enterprise”? 2. Were you an LA Dodger who skipped pitching in a World Series game because it fell on Yom Kippur? 3. Given their similar titles, does the Wikipedia overview of your franchise distinguish the computer games about you as _World_ (1985), _U.S.A._ (1986), _Time_ (1989), the highly-specific _North Dakota_, etc.–while the TV shows about you are referred to as _World_ (game show), _Time_ (game show), _Earth_, and the Netflix animated series? ---
**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, 2022, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/237 "2022-04-27T17:55:45Z")
Not Sean Connery, not Stan Musial and dunno. ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2022, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/238 "2022-04-27T18:39:40Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > > > IQ1: Were you an Austrian composer who did not finish your 8th symphony? > > > IQ2: Were you and two other identically named individuals targeted by one who found your names and addresses in the Los Angeles phone book? > > > IQ3: Were you the boatswain on the Jolly Roger? > > Not Strauss, Sarah Connor or Smee Franz Schubert - neither Strauss father or son wrote symphonies Correct, Correct DQ: Died before 1850? Previously held DQ: Known for naval exploits? ---
**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 27, 2022, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/239 "2022-04-27T18:49:39Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Hosting _Saturday Night Live_ in 1994, did you note “Here’s a fact I bet you don’t know. On the original show, the name of the spaceship was _not_ the Star Trek! No, no, it was, in fact, the Enterprise”? > 2. Were you an LA Dodger who skipped pitching in a World Series game because it fell on Yom Kippur? > 3. Given their similar titles, does the Wikipedia overview of your franchise distinguish the computer games about you as _World_ (1985), _U.S.A._ (1986), _Time_ (1989), the highly-specific _North Dakota_, etc.–while the TV shows about you are referred to as _World_ (game show), _Time_ (game show), _Earth_, and the Netflix animated series? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Sean Connery, not Stan Musial and dunno. 1 was Patrick Stewart; 2 was Sandy Koufax; 3 was Carmen Sandiego. 3 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 27, 2022, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/240 "2022-04-27T18:51:34Z")
S. 1. real 2. male 3. dead 4. last name begins with S 5. not American 6. died before 1900 7. European 8. not known from the Arts 9. from the British-Irish Isles 10. English 11. died after 1700 12. died after 1800 13. known from politics/military 14. not known for politics 15. died before 1850 16. not known for naval exploits As there are now at least five reserved DQs, please ask no more IQs. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184.md?page=13)