# Botticelli - Aug. 2021 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 2, 2021, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881 "2021-08-02T17:36:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 15
**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:** [September 1, 2021, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/281 "2021-09-01T20:21:45Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > > > IQ1: Did you write Badfinger’s first hit _Come and Get It_ ? > > > IQ2: Are you one of four US Presidents to be assassinated while in office? > > > IQ3: Are you Sponge Bob’s favorite superhero? > > Dunno, not William McKinley or Mermaidman (probably the only time those two have ever been mentioned in the same sentence)! Paul McCartney, yes, yes DQ: Died in incident best known for? ---
**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:** [September 1, 2021, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/282 "2021-09-01T20:23:20Z")
M. 1. real 2. male 3. last name started with M 4. deceased 5. not known for the Arts 6. American 7. died before 1950 8. best known from a single incident or thing 9. sorta kinda known for politics 10. died after 1900 11. not known for criminal activity 12. died before 1925 13. not known for business 14. not known for science 15. known, in part, from the military 16. died during WWI 17. Caucasian 18. did not die in an accident 19. did not die in incident best known for ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2021, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/283 "2021-09-01T23:47:18Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Ed Meese, Martin Scorsese or Michael Rockfeller. Bat Masterson, FW Murnau, JP Morgan. Someone can take my three DQs as I have absolutely nothing to go on. ---
**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:** [September 2, 2021, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/284 "2021-09-02T12:47:56Z")
Taking MissTake’s DQs: 1. Known for being the first at something or in something? 2. Died because of WWI? 3. Over the age of 40 when he died? ---
**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:** [September 2, 2021, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/285 "2021-09-02T15:14:33Z")
M. 1. real 2. male 3. last name started with M 4. deceased 5. not known for the Arts 6. American 7. died before 1950 8. best known from a single incident or thing 9. sorta kinda known for politics 10. died after 1900 11. not known for criminal activity 12. died before 1925 13. not known for business 14. not known for science 15. known, in part, from the military 16. died during WWI 17. Caucasian 18. did not die in an accident 19. did not die in incident best known for 20. not known for being the first at something or in something 21. did not die because of WWI 22. over the age of 40 when he died ---
**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:** [September 2, 2021, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/286 "2021-09-02T15:19:18Z")
Well, I’m stumped again. ---
**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:** [September 2, 2021, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/287 "2021-09-02T15:36:12Z")
Final DQ: person who something is named after? ---
**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:** [September 2, 2021, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/288 "2021-09-02T17:01:25Z")
M. 1. real 2. male 3. last name started with M 4. deceased 5. not known for the Arts 6. American 7. died before 1950 8. best known from a single incident or thing 9. sorta kinda known for politics 10. died after 1900 11. not known for criminal activity 12. died before 1925 13. not known for business 14. not known for science 15. known, in part, from the military 16. died during WWI 17. Caucasian 18. did not die in an accident 19. did not die in incident best known for 20. not known for being the first at something or in something 21. did not die because of WWI 22. over the age of 40 when he died 23. not a person after whom something is named Please ask all earned “Are you Firstname Lastname?” questions by noon EST tomorrow. ---
**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:** [September 2, 2021, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/289 "2021-09-02T17:58:52Z")
Maybe it’ll come to me… ---
**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:** [September 3, 2021, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/290 "2021-09-03T16:45:18Z")
It didn’t come to me. ---
**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:** [September 3, 2021, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/291 "2021-09-03T17:57:00Z")
Right, then, I am # Alfred Thayer Mahan A senior US Navy officer, historian and a noted writer on the importance of sea power, whose theories Theodore Roosevelt strongly backed: [Alfred Thayer Mahan - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Thayer_Mahan) I see from a word search that I or others have used him as a Botticelli IQ clue 21 times over the years, most recently in January. ---
**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:** [September 3, 2021, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/292 "2021-09-03T18:03:44Z")
I remember reading about him from time to time, but wouldn’t have come up with him on my own. Good one. Carry on, **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:** [September 4, 2021, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881/293 "2021-09-04T14:43:25Z")
Thanks! And away we go: [Botticelli - Sept. 2021](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sept-2021/950097) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2021/947881.md?page=14)