# 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:** 15
**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, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/281 "2015-08-18T11:37:35Z")
> [@](#): > > 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. Correct on all three. #1 was Robert Adam, but you were right, so I’m not taking a DQ for that one. ---
**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 18, 2015, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/282 "2015-08-18T12:11:58Z")
> [@](#): > > 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. Aloysius Snuffleupagus, correct, Al Divecchio DQ: Famous for a single incident? holding a DQ ---
**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 18, 2015, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/283 "2015-08-18T12:22:32Z")
IQ1: Did Robert Wuhl play you in an HOB sitcom, a sports agent whose logo was two dollar signs in your name? IQ2: Did you play Marshall Matt Dillon on the TV series _Gunsmoke_? IQ3: Are you Lynyrd’s Skynyrd’s drummer, who survived the 1977 plane crash and was shot by a farmer when you went to seek help? ---
**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, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/284 "2015-08-18T13:49:49Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a New York politician called “Battling Bella”? 2. Are you the King of Dictionopolis in _The Phantom Tollbooth_? 3. Are you Temperance’s best friend on _Bones_? ---
**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, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/285 "2015-08-18T15:37:34Z")
Previous IQs: Were you one of the most damaging spies ever to hit the FBI? - Yes, Aldrich Ames. Were you played by a British actor in a Spielberg movie? - John Quincy Adams, in _Amistad_. Were you that actor? - Anthony Hopkins. DQs: Died since 1950? Considered a “good guy”? IQs: Does your gallery in San Francisco have disappointingly little of your work on the walls? Were you King Edward VII’s long-suffering wife? Did you and Scotty vie for the love of the same girl? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2015, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/286 "2015-08-18T15:55:03Z")
> [@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? Dodgers manager Walter Alston, Archibald Macleish, and Michael Anthony (yes, from TV’s _ **The Millionaire** _.) DQ1) Born in Europe? Will hold 2 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 18, 2015, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/287 "2015-08-18T20:44:27Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did Robert Wuhl play you in an HOB sitcom, a sports agent whose logo was two dollar signs in your name? > IQ2: Did you play Marshall Matt Dillon on the TV series _Gunsmoke_? > IQ3: Are you Lynyrd’s Skynyrd’s drummer, who survived the 1977 plane crash and was shot by a farmer when you went to seek help? DQ. Not James Arness. DQ. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a New York politician called “Battling Bella”? > 2. Are you the King of Dictionopolis in _The Phantom Tollbooth_? > 3. Are you Temperance’s best friend on _Bones_? Not Bella Abzug. DQ. DQ. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Does your gallery in San Francisco have disappointingly little of your work on the walls? > Were you King Edward VII’s long-suffering wife? > Did you and Scotty vie for the love of the same girl? DQ. Not Alexandra. 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 7. Famous for a single alleged incident 8. Did not die after 1950 9. Considered a “good guy” 10. Born in Europe ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2015, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/288 "2015-08-18T21:02:55Z")
DQ1) Born after 1800? DQ2) Born in the British Isles? ---
**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, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/289 "2015-08-18T21:19:03Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a New York politician called “Battling Bella”? > 2. Are you the King of Dictionopolis in The Phantom Tollbooth? > 3. Are you Temperance’s best friend on Bones? > Not Bella Abzug. > DQ. > DQ. Correct on Bella. #2 was King Azaz. #3 is Angela Montenegro Hodgins. 2 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 18, 2015, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/290 "2015-08-18T21:39:40Z")
IQ1) Were you a member of the Warren Commission and the brother of a former Secretary of State? IQ2) Did you represent the UK at the Potsdam Conference? IQ3) Was “Shock Me” one of the few songs you sang lead on, for your best known band? ---
**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 19, 2015, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/291 "2015-08-19T00:38:40Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Did Robert Wuhl play you in an HOB sitcom, a sports agent whose logo was two dollar signs in your name? > IQ2: Did you play Marshall Matt Dillon on the TV series Gunsmoke? > IQ3: Are you Lynyrd’s Skynyrd’s drummer, who survived the 1977 plane crash and was shot by a farmer when you went to seek help? > > DQ. > Not James Arness. > DQ. Arli$$, correct, Artemus Pyle DQ: From the UK? DQ: Died before 1900? holding a DQ ---
**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 19, 2015, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/292 "2015-08-19T00:56:07Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > IQ1) Were you a member of the Warren Commission and the brother of a former Secretary of State? > > IQ2) Did you represent the UK at the Potsdam Conference? > > IQ3) Was “Shock Me” one of the few songs you sang lead on, for your best known band? Three DQs. **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 7. Famous for a single alleged incident 8. Did not die after 1950 9. Considered a “good guy” 10. Born in Europe 11. Not born after 1800 12. Born in the British Isles 13. Died before 1900 KO, your first DQ was rendered redundant by one of astorian’s. Try again. ---
**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 19, 2015, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/293 "2015-08-19T01:32:23Z")
Previous IQs: Does your gallery in San Francisco have disappointingly little of your work on the walls? - Ansel Adams. Were you King Edward VII’s long-suffering wife? - Yes, Queen Alexandra. Did you and Scotty vie for the love of the same girl? - Adonais, who thought himself a Greek god in a _Star Trek_ episode. DQs: English? Single alleged incident in or before 1861? IQs: Did you once address a Young Men’s Lyceum? Were you the first woman appointed a U.S. district court judge in Ohio? Were you Murphy Brown’s mom? ---
**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 19, 2015, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/294 "2015-08-19T02:18:28Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you once address a Young Men’s Lyceum? > Were you the first woman appointed a U.S. district court judge in Ohio? > Were you Murphy Brown’s mom? Three DQs. **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 7. Famous for a single alleged incident 8. Did not die after 1950 9. Considered a “good guy” 10. Born in Europe 11. Not born after 1800 12. Born in the British Isles 13. Died before 1900 14. English 15. Single alleged incident in or before 1861 Wow - 15 DQs already… ---
**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 19, 2015, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/295 "2015-08-19T12:03:08Z")
So, an Englishman, born in 1800 or earlier, died before 1900, last name starts with A, a “good guy” known for a single alleged incident in America that happened before the Civil War, and connected to the Arts somehow. DQ: Did the event occur before 1800? 1 DQ 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 19, 2015, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/296 "2015-08-19T12:15:20Z")
**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 7. Famous for a single alleged incident 8. Did not die after 1950 9. Considered a “good guy” 10. Born in Europe 11. Not born after 1800 12. Born in the British Isles 13. Died before 1900 14. English 15. Single alleged incident in or before 1861 16. Event occurred before 1800 ---
**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 19, 2015, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/297 "2015-08-19T12:28:49Z")
IQ: Did someone tell you, “Speak for yourself, John.”? ---
**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 19, 2015, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/298 "2015-08-19T13:32:18Z")
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**Author:** ![TexCat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/texcat/32/9041_2.png) [@TexCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TexCat)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2015, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/299 "2015-08-19T17:57:36Z")
IQ: Are you the most famous traitor from the Revolutionary War? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2015, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/300 "2015-08-19T18:04:46Z")
IQ1) Were you executed for espionage during the American Revolution? IQ2) Did you marry Priscilla Mullin? IQ3) Do you sing for a band named after a British agronomist? Oops. looks like someone already asked my first two questions, ONE of which is probably the guy! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053.md?page=14) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053.md?page=16)