# 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:** 7
**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 17, 2022, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/121 "2022-04-17T00:56:41Z")
Another sweep! IQs: Were you Sid Caesar’s female sidekick? Are you a Latinx novelist from a prominent South American family? Were you Uther’s lover? ---
**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 17, 2022, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/122 "2022-04-17T01:05:39Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you Sid Caesar’s female sidekick? > Are you a Latinx novelist from a prominent South American family? > Were you Uther’s lover? 1. I am not Imogene Coca. 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not Igraine. ---
**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 17, 2022, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/123 "2022-04-17T16:05:46Z")
Correct, Isabel Allende and correct. DQ: Female? IQs: Did you share a bed with Queequeg? Were you and your brother George noted musicians? Did you hope for a new lease on life in an android’s stolen body? ---
**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 17, 2022, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/124 "2022-04-17T16:34:23Z")
IQs: 1. Are you a commoner who cooks with shoes on despite the name of your store, book, and TV show? 2. Were you Blackbeard’s second-in-command, and also a character in _Treasure Island_? 3. Did you host _Saturday Night Live_ recently? ---
**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 17, 2022, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/125 "2022-04-17T18:08:51Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. First name begins with I 3. Male ---
**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 17, 2022, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/126 "2022-04-17T18:09:51Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you share a bed with Queequeg? > Were you and your brother George noted musicians? > Did you hope for a new lease on life in an android’s stolen body? 1. Don’t call me Ishamel. 2. I am not Ira Gershwin. 3. Take a DQ. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you a commoner who cooks with shoes on despite the name of your store, book, and TV show? > 2. Were you Blackbeard’s second-in-command, and also a character in _Treasure Island_ ? > 3. Did you host _Saturday Night Live_ recently? Take 3 DQs. ---
**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 17, 2022, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/127 "2022-04-17T18:34:48Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Take 3 DQs. 1 was Ina Garten, of _Barefoot Contessa_; 2 was Israel Hands; 3 was Oscar Isaac. DQs: 1. American? 2. living? 3. known from the arts? ---
**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 17, 2022, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/128 "2022-04-17T19:56:01Z")
[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:125, topic:962184, full:true”] DQs: 1. Real 2. First name begins with I 3. Male 4. Naturalized American citizen 5. Dead 6. Known from the Arts ---
**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 18, 2022, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/129 "2022-04-18T16:42:17Z")
Previous IQs: Did you share a bed with Queequeg? - Yes, Ishmael, from _Moby-Dick_ Were you and your brother George noted musicians? - Yes, Ira Gershwin Did you hope for a new lease on life in an android’s stolen body? - Dr. Ira Graves, in an episode of _ST:TNG_ DQ: Best known for the performing arts? IQs: Were you a key Clinton White House aide for healthcare reform? Were you a Clinton White House aide whose ancestor served in FDR’s Cabinet? Were you that Cabinet secretary? ---
**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 18, 2022, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/130 "2022-04-18T16:48:14Z")
**DQs:** 1. Real 2. First name begins with I 3. Male 4. Naturalized American citizen 5. Dead 6. Known from the Arts 7. Not best known as a performer, although he did occasionally ---
**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 18, 2022, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/131 "2022-04-18T16:49:07Z")
IQs: 1. Did you create Amazo? 2. In _The Venture Bros._, were you an associate of the Sovereign (who either resembles, or is, David Bowie) with explosive powers? 3. Were you a human, _not_ porcine, Texan philanthropist? ---
**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 18, 2022, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/132 "2022-04-18T16:49:11Z")
IQs: Were you a key Clinton White House aide for healthcare reform? Were you a Clinton White House aide whose ancestor served in FDR’s Cabinet? Were you that Cabinet secretary? [/quote] Take 3 DQs. I’m not remembering #3, Ira’s last name. ---
**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 18, 2022, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/133 "2022-04-18T16:49:48Z")
IQs: 1. Did you create Amazo? 2. In _The Venture Bros._ , were you an associate of the Sovereign (who either resembles, or is, David Bowie) with explosive powers? 3. Were you a human not porcine, Texan philanthropist? [/quote] I am not Prof. Ivo. Take 2 DQs. ---
**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 18, 2022, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/134 "2022-04-18T16:59:48Z")
IQ1: Did you codify the three laws of robotics in your works? IQ2: Did you play the violin at a 21rst century US Presidential inauguration? IQ3: Did you co-write one of David Bowie’s biggest 80s hits? ---
**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 18, 2022, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/135 "2022-04-18T17:00:36Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Previous IQs: > > Were you a key Clinton White House aide for healthcare reform? > Were you a Clinton White House aide whose ancestor served in FDR’s Cabinet? > Were you that Cabinet secretary? Ira Magaziner, Harold Ickes, and an earlier Harold Ickes (his grandfather, I think) DQs: Best known as an impresario? Born in Europe? Died since 2000? IQs: Do you host NPR’s _Science Friday_? Did you found the Society of Jesus? Pretending to be a villain, did you offer a choice between cake or death? ---
**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 18, 2022, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/136 "2022-04-18T17:03:05Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Did you codify the three laws of robotics in your works? > IQ2: Did you play the violin at a 21rst century US Presidential inauguration? > IQ3: Did you co-write one of David Bowie’s biggest 80s hits? 1. I am not Isaac Asimov. 2. I am not Itzhak Perlman. 3. I am not Iggy Pop (??) ---
**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 18, 2022, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/137 "2022-04-18T17:04:13Z")
**DQs:** 1. Real 2. First name begins with I 3. Male 4. Naturalized American citizen 5. Dead 6. Known from the Arts 7. Not best known as a performer, although he did occasionally 8. Not an impresario 9. Born in Europe 10. Died before 2000 ---
**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 18, 2022, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/138 "2022-04-18T17:04:51Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Do you host NPR’s _Science Friday_ ? > Did you found the Society of Jesus? > Pretending to be a villain, did you offer a choice between cake or death? 1. Take a DQ. 2. I am not Ignatius. 3. I am not Eddie Izzard. ---
**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 18, 2022, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/139 "2022-04-18T17:06:14Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you create Amazo? > 2. In _The Venture Bros._, were you an associate of the Sovereign (who either resembles, or is, David Bowie) with explosive powers? > 3. Were you a human, _not_ porcine, Texan philanthropist? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > I am not Prof. Ivo. > Take 2 DQs. 2 was Iggy Pop; 3 was Ima Hogg. DQs: 1. known from acting? 2. died after 1950? ---
**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 18, 2022, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184/140 "2022-04-18T17:07:43Z")
**DQs:** 1. Real 2. First name begins with I 3. Male 4. Naturalized American citizen 5. Dead 6. Known from the Arts 7. Not best known as a performer, although he did occasionally 8. Not an impresario 9. Born in Europe 10. Died before 2000 11. Died after 1950. DLR, take another DQ, since your “Known from acting” would be included in #7. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2022/962184.md?page=8)