# Botticelli - April 2024 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [April 2, 2024, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756 "2024-04-02T20:48:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**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 5, 2024, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/41 "2024-04-05T16:05:38Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. American 4. Last name starts with D 5. Living 6. Not known for the Arts 7. Born before 1970 8. Best known for politics/military 9. White 10. Not currently in public office 11. From a state east of the Mississippi River 12. Born before 1950 13. Best known specifically from politics 14. Not from the South 15. From a state east of West Virginia’s Panhandle 16. Held political office 17. Democrat 18. Not best known for Federal office 19. Equally well known, IMHO, for serving in an elective office, and for not serving in one particular elective office. 20. From east of the Hudson River ---
**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 5, 2024, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/42 "2024-04-05T17:30:56Z")
Final DQ: failed presidential or vice-presidential candidate? ---
**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 5, 2024, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/43 "2024-04-05T17:31:27Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. American 4. Last name starts with D 5. Living 6. Not known for the Arts 7. Born before 1970 8. Best known for politics/military 9. White 10. Not currently in public office 11. From a state east of the Mississippi River 12. Born before 1950 13. Best known specifically from politics 14. Not from the South 15. From a state east of West Virginia’s Panhandle 16. Held political office 17. Democrat 18. Not best known for Federal office 19. Equally well known, IMHO, for serving in an elective office, and for not serving in one particular elective office. 20. From east of the Hudson River 21. Failed candidate in a presidential election ---
**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 5, 2024, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/44 "2024-04-05T18:51:00Z")
Previous IQs: Did Christopher Lee play you in the _Star Wars_ prequels? - Yes, Count Dooku Were you Governor of Ohio during the Civil War? - David Tod Did you ride across the British countryside pulling a huge bag labeled “SWAG”? - Dennis Moore, in a _Monty Python_ sketch (see at 6:15 here): [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLkhx0eqK5w](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLkhx0eqK5w) DQs: Ran for President since 1972? From a state north of the Mason-Dixon Line? IQs: Is your middle name Stanley and you now teach at Northeastern U.? Did you wed Lizzie Bennet? Were you a Civil War general who had the last name of a piece of furniture? ---
**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 5, 2024, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/45 "2024-04-05T19:10:38Z")
[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:43, topic:999756, full:true”] DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. American 4. Last name starts with D 5. Living 6. Not known for the Arts 7. Born before 1970 8. Best known for politics/military 9. White 10. Not currently in public office 11. From a state east of the Mississippi River 12. Born before 1950 13. Best known specifically from politics 14. Not from the South 15. From a state east of West Virginia’s Panhandle 16. Held political office 17. Democrat 18. Not best known for Federal office 19. Equally well known, IMHO, for serving in an elective office, and for not serving in one particular elective office. 20. From east of the Hudson River 21. Failed candidate in a presidential election 22. Ran for president since 1972 23. From a state north of the Mason-Dixon line Sorry, EH, IQs were closed in post #37. ---
**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 5, 2024, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/46 "2024-04-05T19:18:05Z")
Oops, sorry, I overlooked that. I think I know who this is, as the first IQ in my most recent post indicates. May I ask a “Are you Firstname Lastname?” question now? ---
**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 5, 2024, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/47 "2024-04-05T19:27:53Z")
Yes, anyway can ask their FirstName LastName Q at any time. ---
**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 5, 2024, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/48 "2024-04-05T19:35:44Z")
Thanks. Are you Mike Dukakis? ---
**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 5, 2024, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/49 "2024-04-05T20:00:28Z")
Yep. Take it away, EH! ---
**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 5, 2024, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/50 "2024-04-05T20:07:45Z")
Thanks! I worked on his presidential campaign, as it happens, first as a volunteer and then on the national field staff, in 1987-88. Interviewed with him, met him a couple of times, and got around over the course of the campaign to six states and the Democratic National Convention (in Atlanta that year). I liked him and was sorry he didn’t win. For more: [Michael Dukakis - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Dukakis) My other IQs: Did you wed Lizzie Bennet? - Fitzwilliam Darcy, in Jane Austen’s _Pride and Prejudice_ Were you a Civil War general who had the last name of a piece of furniture? - Darius Couch Right, then. Our next letter is # M ---
**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 5, 2024, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/51 "2024-04-05T20:17:31Z")
IQs: 1. Did you write the poem _Sea Fever_? 2. Did you relay the poems of a reincarnated cockroach? 3. Did you write the play _J. B._? ---
**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 5, 2024, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/52 "2024-04-05T20:21:43Z")
Not Masefield, not Mfranz Mkafka and dunno. ---
**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 5, 2024, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/53 "2024-04-05T21:12:16Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write the poem _Sea Fever_? > 2. Did you relay the poems of a reincarnated cockroach? > 3. Did you write the play _J. B._? #1 is correct. #2. Don Marquis wrote about archy and mehitabel. #3 was Archibald MacLeish. DQs: 1. Real? 2. Male? ---
**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 5, 2024, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/54 "2024-04-05T21:19:10Z")
IQs: 1. Were you an English queen who introduced Roman and European forms of Catholicism to Scotland in the eleventh century? 2. Were you one of a notorious couple of cats, as knockabout clowns, quick-change comedians, tightrope walkers and acrobats? 3. Are you the leader of the hosts of Heaven? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > #2. Don Marquis wrote about archy and mehitabel. Damn your efficiency! I was literally just writing, “Are you the _toujours gai_ companion of the reincarnated cockroach referenced in the **Prof** ’s IQ?” when you posted the answer. You couldn’t have been a little bit lazy? 😀 ---
**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 5, 2024, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/55 "2024-04-05T21:26:15Z")
IQs: 1. Were you born Lawrence Tureaud (which is what it stands for)? 2. Did you say “Hey” when you couldn’t remember your teammates’ names? 3. Did you write _Stiff_, _Gulp_, and other books about science aimed at a popular audience? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2024, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/56 "2024-04-06T00:25:26Z")
IQs: 1. Were you the running mate of a Mexican War hero? 2 .Did you have a cameo role in Ratt’s “Round and Round” music video? 2. Did you play Max Headroom on the eponymous TV movie and show? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2024, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/57 "2024-04-06T02:05:32Z")
Congrats! 1. Were you one of the original judges on **The Great British Bake Off**? 2. Are you a witch with 9 cats in Patricia Wrede’s _Enchanted Forest Chronicles_? 3. Did you Impress the green dragon Path in the Pern series? ---
**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 6, 2024, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/58 "2024-04-06T13:23:27Z")
IQs: 1. Did you star opposite Bob Hope in _The Lemon Drop Kid_? 2. Did you star in _Wholly Moses_? 3. Did you star in _In God We Tru$t_? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2024, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/59 "2024-04-06T18:03:36Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you an English queen who introduced Roman and European forms of Catholicism to Scotland in the eleventh century? > > 2. Were you one of a notorious couple of cats, as knockabout clowns, quick-change comedians, tightrope walkers and acrobats? > > 3. Are you the leader of the hosts of Heaven? > … Not Mary Queen of Scots, dunno and not the Archangel Michael. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Were you born Lawrence Tureaud (which is what it stands for)? > 2. Did you say “Hey” when you couldn’t remember your teammates’ names? > 3. Did you write _Stiff_, _Gulp_, and other books about science aimed at a popular audience? Dunno, not Willie Mays and not Mary Roach. > [@SunUp](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the running mate of a Mexican War hero? > 2 .Did you have a cameo role in Ratt’s “Round and Round” music video? > 2. Did you play Max Headroom on the eponymous TV movie and show? Not Miller, the other Miller or yet another Miller. > [@kitap](#): > > Congrats! > > 1. Were you one of the original judges on **The Great British Bake Off**? > 2. Are you a witch with 9 cats in Patricia Wrede’s _Enchanted Forest Chronicles_? > 3. Did you Impress the green dragon Path in the Pern series? Not Mary, Mehitabel or Groucho Marx XVII. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you star opposite Bob Hope in _The Lemon Drop Kid_? > 2. Did you star in _Wholly Moses_? > 3. Did you star in _In God We Tru$t_? Dunno x3. M. 1. fictional 2. male ---
**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 6, 2024, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756/60 "2024-04-06T18:18:33Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno, not Willie Mays and not Mary Roach. 1 was Mr. T. DQ: first name begins with M? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2024/999756.md?page=4)