# 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:** 14
**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 16, 2015, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/261 "2015-08-16T23:31:15Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you bring a trident to the dinner table? > Did you torment Reek? > Did you advise the Perot campaign in 1992 on possible running mates? 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 17, 2015, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/262 "2015-08-17T00:53:54Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you a minor character in one of Shakespeare’s plays, who later appeared in two other plays? > IQ2: Did you play Dr John McIntyre? > IQ2: Did you play Dr John McIntyre? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Take a DQ for #1. > I am not Pernell Roberts. I am not Wayne Rogers. Rosenkrantz (Shakespeare’s _Hamlet_, W S Gilbert’s _Rosenkrantz and Guildenstern_, and some other guy’s 😃 _Rosenkrantz and Guildenstern are Dead_). Correct. Correct. One DQ reserved. IQ1: Did Little Buttercup get you and another baby mixed up? IQ2: Did you kill yourself because you thought your 13-year-old girlfriend had died? IQ3: Did a sparrow kill you with his bow and arrow? ---
**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 17, 2015, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/263 "2015-08-17T01:28:04Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did Little Buttercup get you and another baby mixed up? > IQ2: Did you kill yourself because you thought your 13-year-old girlfriend had died? > IQ3: Did a sparrow kill you with his bow and arrow? Yes, by thunder! I am Ralph Rackstraw, hero of the comic opera H.M.S. Pinafore! Jolly good show, SCAdian! ---
**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 17, 2015, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/264 "2015-08-17T03:55:33Z")
Damn, **SCAdian** , you’re good! Congrats once more. Previous IQs: Did you bring a trident to the dinner table? - Prince Ruprecht, in _Dirty Rotten Scoundrels_: [- YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUiXJ4ZIOEE) Did you torment Reek? - Ramsay Snow, in _Game of Thrones_. Did you advise the Perot campaign in 1992 on possible running mates? - GOP political advisor Ed Rollins, who noted that Reagan’s former AG William French Smith - on the Perot short list - had died several years earlier. ---
**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 17, 2015, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/265 "2015-08-17T04:10:39Z")
Pre-1900 but not from literature sounded like it might be from the theatre. I’ve been racking my brain trying to come up with characters from Shakespeare or Gilbert & Sullivan. The latter proved correct. 🙂 Decisions, decisions… I think I shall be **A**. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2015, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/266 "2015-08-17T14:00:41Z")
IQ1) Did you replace Leo Durocher, and get replaced by Tommy Lasorda? IQ2) Were you head of the Library of Congress, when you weren’t writing Pulitzer-winning plays and poetry? IQ3) Did you give a million dollars to different people every week, on behalf of John Beresford Tipton? ---
**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 17, 2015, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/267 "2015-08-17T14:01:37Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a notable Finnish architect and designer? 2. Do you play Lois Lane in the recent Superman movies? 3. Are you a menace known as a “one-man Justice League”? ---
**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 17, 2015, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/268 "2015-08-17T14:09:56Z")
IQ1: Are you a woolly mammoth resident of _Sesame Street_? IQ2: Were you the first owner of a popular hangout in _Happy Days_? IQ3: Were you the second owner? ---
**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 17, 2015, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/269 "2015-08-17T15:16:07Z")
IQs: Was your wife Gilraen? Was your mom? Were you a top lawyer for JFK and Nixon’s nemesis? ---
**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 17, 2015, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/270 "2015-08-17T20:42:42Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > IQ1) Did you replace Leo Durocher, and get replaced by Tommy Lasorda? > > IQ2) Were you head of the Library of Congress, when you weren’t writing Pulitzer-winning plays and poetry? > > IQ3) Did you give a million dollars to different people every week, on behalf of John Beresford Tipton? Three DQs. (#3 was _The Millionaire_, right?) > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a notable Finnish architect and designer? > 2. Do you play Lois Lane in the recent Superman movies? > 3. Are you a menace known as a “one-man Justice League”? And three for you. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you a woolly mammoth resident of _Sesame Street_? > IQ2: Were you the first owner of a popular hangout in _Happy Days_? > IQ3: Were you the second owner? DQ. Not … Arnold? (I think Arnold was the first one - take a DQ if I’m wrong.) DQ. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Was your wife Gilraen? > Was your mom? > Were you a top lawyer for JFK and Nixon’s nemesis? Not Arathorn II. Not Aragorn II (aka Strider, aka Elessar Telcontar). DQ. ---
**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 17, 2015, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/271 "2015-08-17T21:33:44Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a notable Finnish architect and designer? > 2. Do you play Lois Lane in the recent Superman movies? > 3. Are you a menace known as a “one-man Justice League”? > > And three for you. #1 was Alvar Aalto. #2 is Amy Adams. #3 is Amazo. DQs: 1. Real? 2. Male? 3. Last name starts with A? ---
**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 17, 2015, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/272 "2015-08-17T21:37:06Z")
IQs: 1. Did you have a line of Fish & Chips restaurants in the 1970’s? 2. Do you battle the Evil Dead? 3. Did you play Alice Kramden? ---
**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 17, 2015, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/273 "2015-08-17T21:42:27Z")
Previous IQs: Was your wife Gilraen? - Yes, Arathorn. Was your mom? - Yes, Aragorn. Were you a top lawyer for JFK and Nixon’s nemesis? - Archibald Cox. DQ: American? IQs: Were you Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain’s first CO? Did your best-known work start out on the radio in 1978? Were you the best-known resident of Braintree? ---
**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 17, 2015, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/274 "2015-08-17T22:14:04Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you have a line of Fish & Chips restaurants in the 1970’s? > 2. Do you battle the Evil Dead? > 3. Did you play Alice Kramden? Not Arthur Treacher. Not Ash. DQ. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain’s first CO? > Did your best-known work start out on the radio in 1978? > Were you the best-known resident of Braintree? DQ. (Obviously, anyone who wants to play Botticelli with you needs to memorise Chamberlain’s biography. :D) Not … Douglas Adams? Not the obnoxious and disliked John Adams. **A** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with A 4. Not born in America, but famous for what I did there ---
**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 17, 2015, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/275 "2015-08-17T22:38:34Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you have a line of Fish & Chips restaurants in the 1970’s? > 2. Do you battle the Evil Dead? > 3. Did you play Alice Kramden? > > Not Arthur Treacher. > Not Ash. > DQ. Correct on Arthur and Ash. #3 was Audrey Meadows. DQ: Known for the Arts? ---
**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 18, 2015, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/276 "2015-08-18T00:33:14Z")
**A** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with A 4. Not born in America, but famous for what I did (or allegedly did) there 5. Not known for the Arts, though there is a connection ---
**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 18, 2015, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/277 "2015-08-18T00:42:44Z")
IQs: 1. Were you the foremost 18th Century furniture designer in Great Britain? 2. Were you Jack Burns’s comedy partner? 3. Did you send your husband saltpeter? ---
**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 18, 2015, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/278 "2015-08-18T01:14:25Z")
A Botticelli in the news!: [White House launches plan to counter explosion in heroin use](http://www.aol.com/article/2015/08/17/white-house-launches-plan-to-counter-explosion-in-heroin-use/21223876/?icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl1%7Csec1_lnk2%26pLid%3D1236908474) ---
**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 18, 2015, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/279 "2015-08-18T01:18:07Z")
Previous IQs: Were you Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain’s first CO? - Adelbert Ames, colonel of the 20th Maine (and later a Carpetbagger governor). I’ve asked about him in previous Botticelli rounds, so I’m guilt-free, **SCAdian**! Did your best-known work start out on the radio in 1978? - Yes, Douglas Adams’s _The Hitch-Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy_. Were you the best-known resident of Braintree? - Yes, John Adams. DQ: Living? IQs: Were you one of the most damaging spies ever to hit the FBI? Were you played by a British actor in a Spielberg movie? Were you that actor? ---
**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 18, 2015, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/280 "2015-08-18T11:20:30Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you the foremost 18th Century furniture designer in Great Britain? > 2. Were you Jack Burns’s comedy partner? > 3. Did you send your husband saltpeter? Pretty sure that’s Adam, but I don’t remember his first name so have a DQ. Not Avery Schreiber. Not Abigail Adams. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you one of the most damaging spies ever to hit the FBI? > Were you played by a British actor in a Spielberg movie? > Were you that actor? Not … Aldrich Ames? DQ. DQ. **A** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with A 4. Not born in America, but famous for what I did (or allegedly did) there 5. Not known for the Arts, though there is a connection 6. Dead [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053.md?page=15)