# Botticelli - April 2025 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [April 1, 2025, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2025/1016476 "2025-04-01T22:19:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2025, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2025/1016476/141 "2025-04-20T15:29:23Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a British privateer who served as second-in-command to Capt. Benjamin Hornigold? 2. Were you appointed by Pope Sixtus IV to the somewhat ill-defined task of “upholding Catholic religious orthodoxy” within the lands of the nascent Kingdom of Spain? 3. Were you the first-born scion of a wealthy real estate magnate who died of alcoholism while living in your parent’s attic? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2025, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2025/1016476/142 "2025-04-20T15:35:32Z")
IQs: 1. Did Kim Richards play you in **Escape to Witch Mountain**? 2. Did Ike Eisenmann play you in **Escape to Witch Mountain**? 3. Did you play King Richard on **Galavant**? Tia, Tony, Timothy Omundson. DQ: 1. First name begins with A-M? 4 DQs reserved ---
**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 21, 2025, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2025/1016476/143 "2025-04-21T00:32:01Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name begins with T 4. Dead 5. Known for the Arts 6. Died before 1950 7. Not American 8. Died before 1900 9. European 10. Not known for the performing arts 11. From the British Isles 12. First name starts with N-Z ---
**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 21, 2025, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2025/1016476/144 "2025-04-21T00:34:08Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Are you an actress with a last name which also appears in Tolkien’s works? > Did you and your very small wife meet President Lincoln in the White House? > Did you leap to your death in King’s Landing after learning of your wife’s likely demise? 1. I am not Tami Baggins, er, Tonja Saruman, er Teresa Bombadil. Oh, take a DQ. 2. I am not General Tom Thumb. 3. Take a DQ. > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you compose the music for ballets, including _Swan Lake_? > IQ2: Did you paint _The Fighting_ Temeraire? > IQ3: Did you invent the Chicago typewriter? 1. I am not Tschaikovsky. 2. I am not Turner. 3. Take a DQ. > [@knoodler](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a British privateer who served as second-in-command to Capt. Benjamin Hornigold? > 2. Were you appointed by Pope Sixtus IV to the somewhat ill-defined task of “upholding Catholic religious orthodoxy” within the lands of the nascent Kingdom of Spain? > 3. Were you the first-born scion of a wealthy real estate magnate who died of alcoholism while living in your parent’s attic? 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 21, 2025, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2025/1016476/145 "2025-04-21T01:39:11Z")
Previous IQs: Are you an actress with a last name which also appears in Tolkien’s works? - Talia Shire Did you and your very small wife meet President Lincoln in the White House? - Yes, Gen. Tom Thumb Did you leap to your death in King’s Landing after learning of your wife’s likely demise? - King Tommen, Cersei’s and Jaime’s last-surviving child, in _Game of Thrones_ DQs: English? Best known for the visual arts? IQs: Did you write _Vanity Fair_? Did you write _The Idylls of the King_? Did you write _Shibumi_? ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2025, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2025/1016476/146 "2025-04-21T02:10:55Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > IQ1: Did you compose the music for ballets, including _Swan Lake_? > > IQ2: Did you paint _The Fighting_ Temeraire? > > IQ3: Did you invent the Chicago typewriter? > > 1. I am not Tschaikovsky. > 2. I am not Turner. > 3. Take a DQ. correct correct John Taliaferro Thompson One DQ reserved. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2025, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2025/1016476/147 "2025-04-21T06:14:07Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Were you a British privateer who served as second-in-command to Capt. Benjamin Hornigold? > > 2. Were you appointed by Pope Sixtus IV to the somewhat ill-defined task of “upholding Catholic religious orthodoxy” within the lands of the nascent Kingdom of Spain? > > 3. Were you the first-born scion of a wealthy real estate magnate who died of alcoholism while living in your parent’s attic? > > Take 3 DQs. 1. Edward Teach/Thatch (Blackbeard) 2. Tomás de Torquemada, Grand Inquisitor of the Holy Office 3. Fred Trump II 3 DQs reserved ---
**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 21, 2025, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2025/1016476/148 "2025-04-21T14:06:21Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name begins with T 4. Dead 5. Known for the Arts 6. Died before 1950 7. Not American 8. Died before 1900 9. European 10. Not known for the performing arts 11. From the British Isles 12. First name starts with N-Z 13. English 14. Not known for the visual 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 21, 2025, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2025/1016476/149 "2025-04-21T14:06:50Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Qs: > > Did you write _Vanity Fair_? > Did you write _The Idylls of the King_? > Did you write _Shibumi_? 1. I am not William Makepeace Thackeray. 2. I am not Alfred, Lord Tennyson. 3. Take a DQ. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2025, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2025/1016476/150 "2025-04-21T16:04:27Z")
DQ: Died before 1800? ---
**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 21, 2025, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2025/1016476/151 "2025-04-21T16:08:46Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name begins with T 4. Dead 5. Known for the Arts 6. Died before 1950 7. Not American 8. Died before 1900 9. European 10. Not known for the performing arts 11. From the British Isles 12. First name starts with N-Z 13. English 14. Not known for the visual arts 15. Died before 1800 ---
**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 21, 2025, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2025/1016476/152 "2025-04-21T17:35:12Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > > Qs: > > > > Did you write _Vanity Fair_? > > Did you write _The Idylls of the King_? > > Did you write _Shibumi_? > > 1. I am not William Makepeace Thackeray. > 2. I am not Alfred, Lord Tennyson. > 3. Take a DQ. Correct, correct, and Trevanian. DQ: Best known as a writer? IQs: Was your mother shunned by her family when she converted to Catholicism? Did you write _Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog_? Did you write _Far from the Madding Crowd_? ---
**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 21, 2025, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2025/1016476/153 "2025-04-21T20:37:37Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name begins with T 4. Dead 5. Known for the Arts 6. Died before 1950 7. Not American 8. Died before 1900 9. European 10. Not known for the performing arts 11. From the British Isles 12. First name starts with N-Z 13. English 14. Not known for the visual arts 15. Died before 1800 16. Best known as a writer, and a specific type of writing ---
**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 21, 2025, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2025/1016476/154 "2025-04-21T20:38:37Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Was your mother shunned by her family when she converted to Catholicism? > Did you write _Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog_? > Did you write _Far from the Madding Crowd_? 1. Take a DQ. 2. I am not Dylan Thomas. 3. I am not Thomas Hardy. ---
**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 21, 2025, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2025/1016476/155 "2025-04-21T21:12:57Z")
J.R.R. Tolkien, correct and correct. DQ: Best known for fiction? IQs: Did Patty Hearst take your name as her SLA _nom de guerre_? Did you play an Elvis impersonator on _Golden Girls_? Was your eldest brother build a country home he called Hildene? ---
**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 21, 2025, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2025/1016476/156 "2025-04-21T21:21:46Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name begins with T 4. Dead 5. Known for the Arts 6. Died before 1950 7. Not American 8. Died before 1900 9. European 10. Not known for the performing arts 11. From the British Isles 12. First name starts with N-Z 13. English 14. Not known for the visual arts 15. Died before 1800 16. Best known as a writer, and a specific type of writing 17. Not known for fiction ---
**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 21, 2025, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2025/1016476/157 "2025-04-21T21:22:25Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did Patty Hearst take your name as her SLA _nom de guerre_? > Did you play an Elvis impersonator on _Golden Girls_? > Was your eldest brother build a country home he called Hildene? 1. I am not Tania. Take 2 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 21, 2025, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2025/1016476/158 "2025-04-21T21:34:24Z")
Tanya (close enough); then [Quentin Tarantino](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKFZ2Y04EZw) and Tad Lincoln (Robert Todd Lincoln built the house). DQs: Best known for poetry? Was knighted/ennobled? ---
**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 21, 2025, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2025/1016476/159 "2025-04-21T21:47:52Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name begins with T 4. Dead 5. Known for the Arts 6. Died before 1950 7. Not American 8. Died before 1900 9. European 10. Not known for the performing arts 11. From the British Isles 12. First name starts with N-Z 13. English 14. Not known for the visual arts 15. Died before 1800 16. Best known as a writer, and a specific type of writing 17. Not known for fiction 18. Not known for poetry 19. Was definitely not knighted or ennobled. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2025, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-april-2025/1016476/160 "2025-04-21T23:10:37Z")
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