# 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:** 16
**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, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/301 "2015-08-19T18:42:00Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQ: Did someone tell you, “Speak for yourself, John.”? > [@astorian](#): > > IQ2) Did you marry Priscilla Mullin? Yes! I am John **A** lden. I was the cooper aboard _Mayflower_ when she carried the pilgrims to the New World, and decided to stay there with them. I served as assistant governor and treasurer of Plymouth Colony, and in other positions, but I am best known because Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - a descendant of mine - wrote a poem in which he had Priscilla Mullins say to me, “Speak for yourself, John.” ---
**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, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/302 "2015-08-19T18:44:38Z")
Oh, and I am not Benedict Arnold, Major John Andre, or whoever astorian’s singer is. 😃 ---
**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, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/303 "2015-08-19T20:16:09Z")
…and I am C. ---
**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, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/304 "2015-08-19T21:00:42Z")
IQ1: Are you friendlier than most others of your ilk? IQ2: Are you the current Lord of the Isles? IQ3: Is your husband Commodore-in-Chief, Submarines/ ---
**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, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/305 "2015-08-19T21:12:26Z")
IQ1) Did Robert Bork fire you, after two of his superiors refused to? IQ2) Did you become heavyweight boxing champion after Joe Louis’ first retirement? IQ3) Did you cash more World Series checks as a player, coach and manager than anyone else in major league baseball history? ---
**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, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/306 "2015-08-19T21:42:16Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Are you friendlier than most others of your ilk? > IQ2: Are you the current Lord of the Isles? > IQ3: Is your husband Commodore-in-Chief, Submarines/ Take a DQ for #1 and #3. Unless #2 is Prince Charles (I am not him), take another 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 19, 2015, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/307 "2015-08-19T21:43:23Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > IQ1) Did Robert Bork fire you, after two of his superiors refused to? > > IQ2) Did you become heavyweight boxing champion after Joe Louis’ first retirement? > > IQ3) Did you cash more World Series checks as a player, coach and manager than anyone else in major league baseball history? Take at least 2 DQ’s. Unless #2 is Cassius Clay, take a third. ---
**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, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/308 "2015-08-19T21:44:26Z")
duplicate. nm. ---
**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, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/309 "2015-08-19T21:49:42Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Are you friendlier than most others of your ilk? > IQ2: Are you the current Lord of the Isles? > IQ3: Is your husband Commodore-in-Chief, Submarines/ > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Take a DQ for #1 and #3. Unless #2 is Prince Charles (I am not him), take another DQ. Casper the friendly ghost. Correct. Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge. DQ1: Real? DQ2: Male? IQ: Did you play a green-skinned girl on Star Trek, and then die this week? ---
**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, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/310 "2015-08-19T22:00:58Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ: Did you play a green-skinned girl on Star Trek, and then die this week? I am not TV’s Batgirl, Yvonne Craig. ---
**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, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/311 "2015-08-19T22:02:01Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male- ---
**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, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/312 "2015-08-19T22:38:48Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ: Did you play a green-skinned girl on Star Trek, and then die this week? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > I am not TV’s Batgirl, Yvonne Craig. Correct. (Didn’t really think you’d pull one off the news like that, but…) IQ1: Did Flora McDonald help you escape in 1745? IQ2: Were you allegedly drowned in a barrel of wine? IQ3: Were you and your girlfriend killed in a shootout with Texas and Louisiana police? ---
**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, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/313 "2015-08-19T23:35:11Z")
IQ1: Were you Wonder Woman’s Golden Age husky best friend? IQ2: Were you and Green Lantern a couple before the Zamarons made you fight him as Star Sapphire? IQ3: Are you a member of the Legion of Super-Heroes who is also known as Leviathan and Micro Lad? ---
**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 20, 2015, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/314 "2015-08-20T01:46:08Z")
Way to go, **Prof. P.**! Previous IQs: Did you once address a Young Men’s Lyceum? - Abraham Lincoln: [Abraham Lincoln's Lyceum Address](http://www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/speeches/lyceum.htm). Were you the first woman appointed a U.S. district court judge in Ohio? - Ann Aldrich, by President Carter. Were you Murphy Brown’s mom? - Avery Brown (played by Colleen Dewhurst). On to C. IQs: Were you Nelson’s #2 at Trafalgar? Were you the second CO of the 20th Maine? Were you the Tory heavy in Jeffrey Archer’s _First Among Equals_? ---
**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 20, 2015, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/315 "2015-08-20T02:01:03Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Correct. (Didn’t really think you’d pull one off the news like that, but…) > IQ1: Did Flora McDonald help you escape in 1745? > IQ2: Were you allegedly drowned in a barrel of wine? > IQ3: Were you and your girlfriend killed in a shootout with Texas and Louisiana police? Take 2 DQs. I am not Clyde Barrow. ---
**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 20, 2015, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/316 "2015-08-20T02:03:14Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Were you Wonder Woman’s Golden Age husky best friend? > IQ2: Were you and Green Lantern a couple before the Zamarons made you fight him as Star Sapphire? > IQ3: Are you a member of the Legion of Super-Heroes who is also known as Leviathan and Micro Lad? I am not Etta Candy. I am not Carol Ferris. I am not Colossal Boy. ---
**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 20, 2015, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/317 "2015-08-20T02:04:16Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you Nelson’s #2 at Trafalgar? > Were you the second CO of the 20th Maine? > Were you the Tory heavy in Jeffrey Archer’s _First Among Equals_? Take 3 DQs. ---
**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 20, 2015, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/318 "2015-08-20T02:36:59Z")
Previous IQs: Were you Nelson’s #2 at Trafalgar? - Adm. Cuthbert Collingwood. Were you the second CO of the 20th Maine? - Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain. Were you the Tory heavy in Jeffrey Archer’s _First Among Equals_? - Charles Seymour. DQs: Living? American? Last name start with C? IQs: Were you a pre-1950 warrior after whom a Starfleet vessel was named? Did Tommy Lee Jones play you in _JFK_? Were you the first to fly across America, “crash by crash”? ---
**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 20, 2015, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/319 "2015-08-20T02:38:17Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Deceased 4. American 5. Last name starts with C ---
**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 20, 2015, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/320 "2015-08-20T02:39:39Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you a pre-1950 warrior after whom a Starfleet vessel was named? > Did Tommy Lee Jones play you in _JFK_? > Were you the first to fly across America, “crash by crash”? Take 2 DQ’s. I’m not “Wrong Way” Corrigan. If that’s not the answer to #3, take a third DQ. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053.md?page=15) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053.md?page=17)