# Botticelli -- Aug 2020 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [July 28, 2020, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645 "2020-07-28T21:40:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**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:** [August 8, 2020, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/141 "2020-08-08T00:24:40Z")
Yes! I am writer, actor, broadcaster, and traveler Lowell **T** homas. ---
**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:** [August 8, 2020, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/142 "2020-08-08T00:33:37Z")
Onwards to © ! ---
**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:** [August 8, 2020, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/143 "2020-08-08T00:58:24Z")
(C) it is\>… IQ1: In your first big role, did your character die in the Flavian Amphitheatre? IQ2: Were you a Chinese character played by a Swedish actor? IQ3: Did you announce that an Iberian leader was still dead? ---
**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:** [August 8, 2020, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/144 "2020-08-08T00:59:36Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: In your first big role, did your character die in the Flavian Amphitheatre? > IQ2: Were you a Chinese character played by a Swedish actor? > IQ3: Did you announce that an Iberian leader was still dead? #1. Take a DQ. #2. So Solly, I am not Charlie Chan. #3. I am not Chevy Chase (and neither are you). ---
**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:** [August 8, 2020, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/145 "2020-08-08T01:04:03Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: In your first big role, did your character die in the Flavian Amphitheatre? > IQ2: Were you a Chinese character played by a Swedish actor? > IQ3: Did you announce that an Iberian leader was still dead? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > #1. Take a DQ. > #2. So Solly, I am not Charlie Chan. > #3. I am not Chevy Chase (and neither are you). Chuck Norris. ✅. ✅. DQ: Real? IQ1: Are you also known as Karl der Grosse? IQ2: Were you a Romance-language-speaking star gymnast? IQ3: Are you Zara Tindall’s uncle? ---
**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:** [August 8, 2020, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/146 "2020-08-08T01:37:31Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Are you also known as Karl der Grosse? > IQ2: Were you a Romance-language-speaking star gymnast? > IQ3: Are you Zara Tindall’s uncle? #1. I am not Charlemagne. Take 2 DQs. DQs: 1. Real ---
**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:** [August 8, 2020, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/147 "2020-08-08T01:51:12Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Are you also known as Karl der Grosse? > IQ2: Were you a Romance-language-speaking star gymnast? > IQ3: Are you Zara Tindall’s uncle? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > #1. I am not Charlemagne. > Take 2 DQs. ✅ Nadia Comaneci. Charles, Prince of Wales. DQ1: Male? DQ2: Known for the Arts? IQ1: Did you receive important aid from Flora McDonald? IQ2: Are you the current king of Sweden? IQ3: Was your brother, a two-time recipient of the Medal of Honor, killed in the same battle you were? ---
**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:** [August 8, 2020, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/148 "2020-08-08T01:57:25Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Not known for 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:** [August 8, 2020, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/149 "2020-08-08T01:58:27Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you receive important aid from Flora McDonald? > IQ2: Are you the current king of Sweden? > IQ3: Was your brother, a two-time recipient of the Medal of Honor, killed in the same battle you were? #2. I am not Carl (roman numeral) Gustav. Take 2 DQs for the others. ---
**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:** [August 8, 2020, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/150 "2020-08-08T02:37:40Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you receive important aid from Flora McDonald? > IQ2: Are you the current king of Sweden? > IQ3: Was your brother, a two-time recipient of the Medal of Honor, killed in the same battle you were? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > #2. I am not Carl (roman numeral) Gustav. > Take 2 DQs for the others. Prince Charles Edward Stuart (aka Bonnie Prince Charlie). ✅ (XVI) George Armstrong Custer. DQ1: Living? DQ2: American? ---
**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:** [August 8, 2020, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/151 "2020-08-08T03:31:58Z")
# C it is. Good job, **Prof. P.**! IQs: Were you a Tory grandee in Jeffrey Archer’s political novel _First Among Equals_? Did you marry your first cousin, who worried about your soul because of your work? Was your middle name Augustus and your wife named Anne? ---
**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:** [August 8, 2020, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/152 "2020-08-08T13:38:41Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Not known for the Arts 4. Living 5. American **EH** , 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:** [August 8, 2020, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/153 "2020-08-08T15:23:01Z")
Previous IQs: Were you a Tory grandee in Jeffrey Archer’s political novel _First Among Equals_? - Charles Seymour Did you marry your first cousin, who worried about your soul because of your work? - Charles Darwin Was your middle name Augustus and your wife named Anne? - Charles Lindbergh Charles x3! DQs: Last name start with C? Born since 1950? Political/military? IQs: Did not everyone believe that you were born in northern Vermont? Were you a longtime Congressman from New York, most notably in the Sixties? Did you specify your home when you signed the Declaration of Independence? ---
**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:** [August 8, 2020, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/154 "2020-08-08T15:31:22Z")
[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:152, topic:916645”] DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Not known for the Arts 4. Living 5. American 6. First name starts with C. (Really only known by his first name) 7. Born since 1950 8. Not political/military ---
**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:** [August 8, 2020, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/155 "2020-08-08T15:32:24Z")
IQ1: Was the White Terror used to control dissidents, both real and imagined, against your government? IQ2: Was disarming you compared to disarming Germany? IQ3: Did you write well-known books about Operation MARKET/GARDEN and the fall of Berlin? ---
**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:** [August 8, 2020, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/156 "2020-08-08T15:32:39Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did not everyone believe that you were born in northern Vermont? > Were you a longtime Congressman from New York, most notably in the Sixties? > Did you specify your home when you signed the Declaration of Independence? #1. I am not Calvin Coolidge. (?) #2. Take a DQ. #3. I am not Caesar Rodney. (?) ---
**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:** [August 8, 2020, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/157 "2020-08-08T15:33:06Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Q1: Was the White Terror used to control dissidents, both real and imagined, against your government? > IQ2: Was disarming you compared to disarming Germany? > IQ3: Did you write well-known books about Operation MARKET/GARDEN and the fall of Berlin? Take 3 DQs. ---
**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:** [August 8, 2020, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/158 "2020-08-08T15:37:41Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Was the White Terror used to control dissidents, both real and imagined, against your government? > IQ2: Was disarming you compared to disarming Germany? > IQ3: Did you write well-known books about Operation MARKET/GARDEN and the fall of Berlin? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Take 3 DQs. Chiang Kai-Shek. Connie, one of Snaps Provolone’s henchmen in _Oscar_. Cornelius Ryan. DQ1: Born after 1980? DQ2: Known for sports? One DQ 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:** [August 8, 2020, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/159 "2020-08-08T15:38:43Z")
Previous IQs: Did not everyone believe that you were born in northern Vermont? - No one disputed where Coolidge was born; this was Chester Arthur (some argued he was actually born in Canada and thus ineligible to serve as President) Were you a longtime Congressman from New York, most notably in the Sixties? - Emanuel Celler Did you specify your home when you signed the Declaration of Independence? - Not Caesar Rodney but Charles Carroll of Carrollton DQs: Best known for a single event? Best known for business/entrepreneurship? Greatest fame before 2000? IQs: Were you the Wright Brothers’ ace mechanic? Did your lover join the British Army rather than go to prison? Are you the best-known person from New Rumley, Ohio? ---
**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:** [August 8, 2020, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/160 "2020-08-08T20:01:53Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Not known for the Arts 4. Living 5. American 6. First name starts with C. (Really only known by his first name) 7. Born since 1950 8. Not political/military 9. Born before 1980 10. Not known for sports 11. Not best known for a single event 12. Best known for business/entrepreneurship 13. Great fame since 2000 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645.md?page=9)