# Botticelli - April 2023 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [April 3, 2023, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2023/982093 "2023-04-03T16:37:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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, 2023, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2023/982093/21 "2023-04-07T01:28:15Z")
#1. I am not R. J.; I am not Ray; I am not Ray Jay, and you still don’t has to be calling me Johnson. #2. Take a DQ. #3. I am not Redd Foxx. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2023, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2023/982093/22 "2023-04-07T02:24:04Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > > > - Did you change your robes from red to black during the war of the lance? > > - In song are you repeatedly thanked in Japanese? > > - Are you the French Harlequin alter ego of Chip Baskets? > > 1. I am not Mr. Roboto. Take 2 DQs. 1. Raistllin from the Dragon Lance Chronicles. 2. Correct 3. Renoir from the show [Baskets](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baskets_(TV_series)). a great series which I happen to be working my way through on Hulu. DQ: Known as a political leader? 1 more DQ reserved for a total of 2. ---
**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, 2023, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2023/982093/23 "2023-04-07T03:06:12Z")
Previous IQs: Did you live in the eaves of Rhosgobel? - Yes, Radagast the Brown, in the writings of J.R.R. Tolkien Did you lose the Battle of Chickamauga? - Gen. William Rosecrans Was your butler named Cadbury and your dog named Dollar? - Richie Rich DQs: American? Died after 1950? IQs: Did you transform yourself into a pickle to avoid going to family therapy? Were you a notable early dean of Harvard Law School? Did someone try to kill you by spraying poison in your milk? ---
**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 7, 2023, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2023/982093/24 "2023-04-07T05:22:32Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Can we call you lots of different names, but not Johnson? > IQ2: Did you die in a freak accident plane crash while touring with Ozzy Osbourne? > IQ3: Were you the lead in _Sanford and Son_? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > #1. I am not R. J.; I am not Ray; I am not Ray Jay, and you still don’t has to be calling me Johnson. > #2. Take a DQ. > #3. I am not Redd Fox Correct Guitarist Randy Rhoads Yes Holding 1 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 7, 2023, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2023/982093/25 "2023-04-07T10:31:41Z")
# DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. Last name starts with R 5. Died after 1900 6. Not known for the Arts 7. Not known for Politics 8. Not American 9. Died before 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 7, 2023, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2023/982093/26 "2023-04-07T10:32:25Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you transform yourself into a pickle to avoid going to family therapy? > Were you a notable early dean of Harvard Law School? > Did someone try to kill you by spraying poison in your milk? #3. I am not Rasputin (??) 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 7, 2023, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2023/982093/27 "2023-04-07T17:28:33Z")
Held DQ: Known for sports/athletics? ---
**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 7, 2023, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2023/982093/28 "2023-04-07T18:03:48Z")
IQ1: Did you sing “_Baker Street_”? IQ2: Did you play a man who came to chew bubblegum and kick ass, and was out of bubblegum? IQ3: Were you a skeptical stage magician? ---
**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, 2023, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2023/982093/29 "2023-04-07T18:22:59Z")
# DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. Last name starts with R 5. Died after 1900 6. Not known for the Arts 7. Not known for Politics 8. Not American 9. Died before 1950 10. Not known for sports/athletics ---
**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, 2023, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2023/982093/30 "2023-04-07T18:23:13Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Did you sing “_Baker Street_”? > IQ2: Did you play a man who came to chew bubblegum and kick ass, and was out of bubblegum? > IQ3: Were you a skeptical stage magician? Take 3 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 7, 2023, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2023/982093/31 "2023-04-07T18:38:20Z")
Previous IQs: Did you transform yourself into a pickle to avoid going to family therapy? - Rick Sanchez, on _Rick & Morty_ Were you a notable early dean of Harvard Law School? - Roscoe Pound Did someone try to kill you by spraying poison in your milk? - Not Rasputin (although they tried to kill him _lots_ of other ways!), but Lt. Kevin Riley on _Star Trek: The Original Series_ DQs: European? Best known for military affairs? One DQ reserved. IQs: Did you once say you were “walkin’, talkin’, makin’ friends in Pakistan”? Were you the only person four times elected Governor of Ohio? Was a country once named for you, but is no more? ---
**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, 2023, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2023/982093/32 "2023-04-07T19:20:54Z")
# DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. Last name starts with R 5. Died after 1900 6. Not known for the Arts 7. Not known for Politics 8. Not American 9. Died before 1950 10. Not known for sports/athletics 11. Not known for military 12. European ---
**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, 2023, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2023/982093/33 "2023-04-07T19:21:53Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you once say you were “walkin’, talkin’, makin’ friends in Pakistan”? > Were you the only person four times elected Governor of Ohio? > Was a country once named for you, but is no more? #3. I am not Cecil Rhodes. 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 7, 2023, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2023/982093/34 "2023-04-07T19:22:36Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > > IQ1: Did you sing “_Baker Street_”? > > IQ2: Did you play a man who came to chew bubblegum and kick ass, and was out of bubblegum? > > IQ3: Were you a skeptical stage magician? > > Take 3 DQs. Gerry Rafferty Roddy Piper, in _They Live_ James Randi DQ: Known for business? Holding 2 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 7, 2023, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2023/982093/35 "2023-04-07T19:22:58Z")
# DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. Last name starts with R 5. Died after 1900 6. Not known for the Arts 7. Not known for Politics 8. Not American 9. Died before 1950 10. Not known for sports/athletics 11. Not known for military 12. European 13. Not known for business ---
**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 7, 2023, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2023/982093/36 "2023-04-07T19:24:36Z")
DQ: Known for science? Holding 1 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 7, 2023, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2023/982093/37 "2023-04-07T19:25:27Z")
# DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. Last name starts with R 5. Died after 1900 6. Not known for the Arts 7. Not known for Politics 8. Not American 9. Died before 1950 10. Not known for sports/athletics 11. Not known for military 12. European 13. Not known for business 14. **Known for Science** ---
**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 7, 2023, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2023/982093/38 "2023-04-07T21:19:18Z")
last held DQ: From the British Isles? ---
**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, 2023, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2023/982093/39 "2023-04-07T22:04:37Z")
# DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Dead 4. Last name starts with R 5. Died after 1900 6. Not known for the Arts 7. Not known for Politics 8. Not American 9. Died before 1950 10. Not known for sports/athletics 11. Not known for military 12. European 13. Not known for business 14. **Known for Science** 15. Not from the British Isles ---
**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, 2023, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2023/982093/40 "2023-04-08T04:31:54Z")
Previous IQs: Did you once say you were “walkin’, talkin’, makin’ friends in Pakistan”? - Jim Rhodes/War Machine Were you the only person four times elected Governor of Ohio? - The other Jim Rhodes Was a country once named for you, but is no more? - Yes, Cecil Rhodes (Rhodesia/Zimbabwe) Rhodes x3! DQs: Born in or east of Vienna? Born in or north of Vienna? IQs: Did you warn the bad guys, “I’m not locked up in here with you; you’re locked up in here with _me_”? Were you a noted Tarly? Did you joke about riding an elephant with a colleague? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2023/982093.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2023/982093.md?page=3)