# 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:** 9
**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, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/161 "2020-08-08T20:02:49Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > 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? 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, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/162 "2020-08-08T20:19:22Z")
IQ1: Was Mart McFly briefly called by your name? IQ2: Were you really Henry Cabot Henhouse III? IQ3: Were you an esotropic pantherine? DQ: White? ---
**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, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/163 "2020-08-08T20:31:02Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Was Mart McFly briefly called by your name? > IQ2: Were you really Henry Cabot Henhouse III? > IQ3: Were you an esotropic pantherine? #1. I am not Calvin Klein. #2. I am not Super Chicken. #3. I am not Clarence the Cross-Eyed Lion. ---
**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, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/164 "2020-08-08T20:31:22Z")
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 14. White ---
**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, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/165 "2020-08-08T21:06:15Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Was Mart McFly briefly called by your name? > IQ2: Were you really Henry Cabot Henhouse III? > IQ3: Were you an esotropic pantherine? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > #1. I am not Calvin Klein. > #2. I am not Super Chicken. > #3. I am not Clarence the Cross-Eyed Lion. ✅ x3! ---
**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 9, 2020, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/166 "2020-08-09T02:13:36Z")
Previous IQs: Were you the Wright Brothers’ ace mechanic? - Charley Taylor, who also helped Cal Rodgers in his famous crash-by-crash flight across America Did your lover join the British Army rather than go to prison? - Cecilia Tallis, in _Atonement_ Are you the best-known person from New Rumley, Ohio? - George Armstrong Custer DQs: Tech guy? Multimillionaire or richer? One DQ reserved. IQs: Were you the Finches’ housekeeper and cook? Were you the Muse of History? Were you Chief Justice of the United States in 1933? ---
**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 9, 2020, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/167 "2020-08-09T02:32:10Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Are you the best-known person from New Rumley, Ohio? - George Armstrong Custer Already used. See post 150. ---
**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 9, 2020, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/168 "2020-08-09T12:25:01Z")
[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:164, topic:916645, full:true”] 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 14. White 15. Tech guy, and other things 16. Multimillionaire or richer ---
**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 9, 2020, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/169 "2020-08-09T12:26:02Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you the Finches’ housekeeper and cook? > Were you the Muse of History? > Were you Chief Justice of the United States in 1933? #1. Take a DQ. #2. I am not Clio. #3. It’s not Chase. Take a DQ. And, per SCA’s note, your previous extra DQ is forfeit. ---
**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 9, 2020, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/170 "2020-08-09T18:49:08Z")
IQ1: Did you play a radio DJ, a mountain climber, a bank robber, and a former lieutenant? IQ2: Were you a composer noted for your connexions to Berlin and Hamburg? IQ3: Did you and John take a famous trip around the contiguous 48? ---
**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 9, 2020, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/171 "2020-08-09T19:16:57Z")
#1. Take a DQ for #1. #2. I am not Chopin (?) #3 I am not Charley (sp?) ---
**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 9, 2020, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/172 "2020-08-09T19:27:05Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you play a radio DJ, a mountain climber, a bank robber, and a former lieutenant? > IQ2: Were you a composer noted for your connexions to Berlin and Hamburg? > IQ3: Did you and John take a famous trip around the contiguous 48? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > #1. Take a DQ for #1. > #2. I am not Chopin (?) > #3 I am not Charley (sp?) Clint Eastwood. (_Play “Misty” for Me_, _The Eiger Sanction_, _Thunderbolt and Lightfoot_, and _Kelly’s Heroes_) C P E Bach. ✅. Two DQs 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 10, 2020, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/173 "2020-08-10T14:07:54Z")
Righto about Custer. Previous IQs: Were you the Finches’ housekeeper and cook? - Calpurnia, in _To Kill A Mockingbird_ Were you the Muse of History? - Yes, Clio Were you Chief Justice of the United States in 1933? - Charles Evans Hughes DQs: Associated with Silicon Valley? Prosecuted for any financial malfeasance? ---
**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 10, 2020, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/174 "2020-08-10T14:20:34Z")
My two DQs are free for by anyone who can ~~give them a good home~~ think of a good use for them. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2020, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/175 "2020-08-10T15:01:07Z")
I’ll take 'em, if that’s okay. DQs: Spent time in prison? Does he have a well-known nickname? ---
**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 10, 2020, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/176 "2020-08-10T15:35:20Z")
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 14. White 15. Tech guy, and other things 16. Multimillionaire or richer 17. Not associated with Silicon Valley 18. Not prosecuted for any financial misfeasance 19. Has not spent time in prison 20. Best known by his first name; no nickname And that’s 20! Please have your “Are you FirstName LastName?” questions in by 10 a.m. EDT tomorrow. ---
**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 10, 2020, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/177 "2020-08-10T16:09:50Z")
You changed my question for #18; I assume that’s not significant? ---
**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 10, 2020, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/178 "2020-08-10T16:22:18Z")
Pass. ---
**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 10, 2020, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/179 "2020-08-10T16:28:46Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > You changed my question for #18; I assume that’s not significant? As far as I know, he hasn’t been prosecuted for anything. ---
**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 10, 2020, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/180 "2020-08-10T16:46:53Z")
Thanks. Still not sure who this is… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645.md?page=10)