# Botticelli - August 2015 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 5, 2015, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053 "2015-08-05T12:08:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2015, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/1 "2015-08-05T12:08:54Z")
This round’s letter is G DQ Roundup 1. Real 2. Male 3. Alive 4. Amurrikun 5. Has worked in the arts, but not most famous for it 6. Last name starts with G 7. Not born since 1950 8. Known for politics/military, but not best known ---
**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 5, 2015, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/2 "2015-08-05T12:09:45Z")
Reposting IQs: 1. Are you the star of a Canadian comedy series who can fix nearly anything with duct tape? 2. Did you paint The Raft of the Medusa? 3. Were you a puppet Ed Sullivan occasionally kissed good night? ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2015, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/3 "2015-08-05T12:10:58Z")
> [@](#): > > Professor Pepperwinkle IQs: > > 1. Are you the star of a Canadian comedy series who can fix nearly anything with duct tape? > 2. Did you paint The Raft of the Medusa? > 3. Were you a puppet Ed Sullivan occasionally kissed good night? dunno, not Goya(?), dunno ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2015, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/4 "2015-08-05T12:12:55Z")
> [@](#): > > Elendil’s Heir IQs: > > Did you and your mom see JFK the day before he died? > Did you name your plane after your girlfriend? > Did you have a dog named Sweetlips and a horse named Nelson? dunno x2, not George Washington ---
**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 5, 2015, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/5 "2015-08-05T12:14:10Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Reposting > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the star of a Canadian comedy series who can fix nearly anything with duct tape? > 2. Did you paint The Raft of the Medusa? > 3. Were you a puppet Ed Sullivan occasionally kissed good night? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > dunno, not Goya(?), dunno Red Green, Theodore Gericault, Topo Gigio. 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:** [August 5, 2015, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/6 "2015-08-05T13:11:04Z")
DQ: Best known for business? 2 DQs reserved. ---
**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 5, 2015, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/7 "2015-08-05T13:15:57Z")
> [@Botticelli - July 2015](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/475): > > IQ: Were you the maternal grandfather of the current Earl of Wessex? > [@Botticelli - July 2015](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2015/724270/478): > > I assume it’s George, maybe VII? George VI. HRH Prince George of Cambridge may someday be George VII. 3 DQs reserved. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2015, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/8 "2015-08-05T14:44:18Z")
IQ1) Were you both a starter on the winning team in the first Super Bowl, and the head coach of a team that lost the Super Bowl? IQ2) Did your best-known band get deported from Germany because you were under legal working age? IQ3) Did you write the best-seller _ **Dad Is Fat** _? ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2015, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/9 "2015-08-05T15:44:08Z")
DQ Roundup 1. Real 2. Male 3. Alive 4. Amurrikun 5. Has worked in the arts, but not most famous for it 6. Last name starts with G 7. Not born since 1950 8. Known for politics/military, but not best known 9. Not best known for business ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2015, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/10 "2015-08-05T15:54:05Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > IQ1) Were you both a starter on the winning team in the first Super Bowl, and the head coach of a team that lost the Super Bowl? > > IQ2) Did your best-known band get deported from Germany because you were under legal working age? > > IQ3) Did you write the best-seller _ **Dad Is Fat** _? not Forrest Gregg, dunno x2 ---
**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 5, 2015, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/11 "2015-08-05T16:00:27Z")
DQ: Second letter of last name is a vowel? 2 DQs reserved. IQ1: Did you invent a popular method for stenography? IQ2: Did you write the _Royal Fireworks Music_? IQ3: Were you a Great pope? ---
**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 5, 2015, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/12 "2015-08-05T16:40:28Z")
DQ: Known from sports? ---
**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 5, 2015, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/13 "2015-08-05T17:02:04Z")
Previous IQs: Did you and your mom see JFK the day before he died? - George W. Bush. Did you name your plane after your girlfriend? - George H.W. Bush. Did you have a dog named Sweetlips and a horse named Nelson? - Yes, George Washington. George x3! DQs: Best known for a single incident? Considered a “good guy”? IQs: Were you a Norwegian no-goodnik? Did you write about the death of that guy’s mother? Were you a longtime and celebrated conductor the Cleveland Orchestra? ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2015, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/14 "2015-08-05T17:47:56Z")
Whoops, number 6 is wrong. Will rework DQ roundup in a sec… ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2015, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/15 "2015-08-05T17:52:26Z")
Apologies, SCAdian. Ask another DQ. 1. Real 2. Male 3. Alive 4. Amurrikun 5. Has worked in the arts, but not most famous for it 6. \*\*First \*\*name starts with G 7. Not born since 1950 8. Known for politics/military, but not best known 9. Not best known for business 10. Not known for sports 11. Best known for a single incident 12. Not considered a “good guy,” but hasn’t exactly suffered for it ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2015, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/16 "2015-08-05T17:55:51Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you invent a popular method for stenography? > IQ2: Did you write the _Royal Fireworks Music_? > IQ3: Were you a Great pope? dunno, not Handel (cannot remember his first name, I keep thinking it’s Frederick), not Gregory? ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2015, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/17 "2015-08-05T17:57:43Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you a Norwegian no-goodnik? > Did you write about the death of that guy’s mother? > Were you a longtime and celebrated conductor the Cleveland Orchestra? not Grendel, dunno, not Gustav Holtz? ---
**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 5, 2015, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/18 "2015-08-05T18:35:28Z")
IQ: Were you a chief operative in the White House Plumbers? ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2015, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/19 "2015-08-05T20:02:57Z")
Yes, I am [SIZE=“7”]George Gordon Battle Liddy[/SIZE], better known as G. Gordon Liddy, a retired American lawyer and convicted felon best known as the chief operative in the White House Plumbers unit that existed from July–September 1971, during Richard Nixon’s presidency. He was convicted of conspiracy, burglary, and illegal wiretapping for his role in the Watergate scandal. Grats **Professor!** ---
**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 5, 2015, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/20 "2015-08-05T20:18:33Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > DQ: Second letter of last name is a vowel? > 2 DQs reserved. > IQ1: Did you invent a popular method for stenography? > IQ2: Did you write the _Royal Fireworks Music_? > IQ3: Were you a Great pope? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > dunno, not Handel (cannot remember his first name, I keep thinking it’s Frederick), not Gregory? John Gregg invented Gregg shorthand. George Frederick Handel (originally Georg Friedrich Händel). Yes, St Gregory the Great. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053.md?page=2)