# 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:** 17
**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 20, 2015, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/321 "2015-08-20T02:44:00Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > 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? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Take 2 DQs. I am not Clyde Barrow. Prince Charles Edward Stuart (aka Bonnie Prince Charlie). The Duke of Clarence (brother of Edward IV and Richard III), who was executed for treason - supposedly by being drowned in a butt of malmsey. Correct. DQ1: Died after 1900? DQ2: Known for the Arts? ---
**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 20, 2015, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/322 "2015-08-20T12:05:39Z")
IQ1: Did you Dr. Yatz give you an activator to turn you into a yellow-skinned green-haired laugher? IQ2: Are you a founding member of the Legion of Super-Heroes, having the superhuman ability to generate magnetic fields? IQ3: Are you a Batman adversary who constricts victims to death with your tail? ---
**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 20, 2015, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/323 "2015-08-20T12:17:30Z")
IQ1: Were you the best-known son of Pepin the Short? IQ2: Were you mentioned by name in “The Draft Dodger Rag”? IQ3: Were you mentioned by name in “The Draft Dodger Rag”? ---
**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, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/324 "2015-08-20T12:56:27Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Deceased 4. American 5. Last name starts with C 6. Died after 1900 7. Known for the Arts ---
**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, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/325 "2015-08-20T12:57:28Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did you Dr. Yatz give you an activator to turn you into a yellow-skinned green-haired laugher? > IQ2: Are you a founding member of the Legion of Super-Heroes, having the superhuman ability to generate magnetic fields? > IQ3: Are you a Batman adversary who constricts victims to death with your tail? 1. I am not the Creeper. 2. I am not Cosmic Boy. 3. I am not Copperhead. ---
**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, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/326 "2015-08-20T12:58:55Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you the best-known son of Pepin the Short? > IQ2: Were you mentioned by name in “The Draft Dodger Rag”? > IQ3: Were you mentioned by name in “The Draft Dodger Rag”? I am not Charlemagne. I am not Castro, nor am I Chou En-Lai. ---
**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, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/327 "2015-08-20T14:00:32Z")
Previous IQs: Were you a pre-1950 warrior after whom a Starfleet vessel was named? - Crazy Horse: [USS Crazy Horse | Memory Alpha | Fandom](http://en.memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/USS_Crazy_Horse). Did Tommy Lee Jones play you in _JFK_? - Clay Shaw. Were you the first to fly across America, “crash by crash”? - Cal Rodgers - always thought his story would make a great movie: [Calbraith Perry Rodgers - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cal_Rodgers). DQs: Best known for the performing arts? Won a top award in his field? Died after 1950? IQs: Were you the top secret policeman in _V for Vendetta_? Are you the best-known person from Pin Point, Ga.? Although an admiral now, was your biggest seagoing command a minesweeper? ---
**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, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/328 "2015-08-20T14:12:33Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Deceased 4. American 5. Last name starts with C 6. Died after 1900 7. Known for the Arts 8. Not best known for the performing arts 9. Died before 1950 10. Won no awards, as far as I can tell ---
**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, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/329 "2015-08-20T14:14:18Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you the top secret policeman in _V for Vendetta_? > Are you the best-known person from Pin Point, Ga.? > Although an admiral now, was your biggest seagoing command a minesweeper? It’s been too long since I read “V” (and I respect the author too much to see the film), so 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 20, 2015, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/330 "2015-08-20T14:18:20Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you the best-known son of Pepin the Short? > IQ2: Were you mentioned by name in “The Draft Dodger Rag”? > IQ3: Were you mentioned by name in “The Draft Dodger Rag”? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > I am not Charlemagne. > I am not Castro, nor am I Chou En-Lai. Correct on all three. IQ1: Was your brother the target of the Glorious Revolution? IQ2: Were you SecDef during most of the 1980s? IQ3: Were you the first US senator since the USCW to resign his position to serve in the Army? ---
**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, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/331 "2015-08-20T14:19:28Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Was your brother the target of the Glorious Revolution? > IQ2: Were you SecDef during most of the 1980s? > IQ3: Were you the first US senator since the USCW to resign his position to serve in the Army? And 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 20, 2015, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/332 "2015-08-20T14:25:43Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Was your brother the target of the Glorious Revolution? > IQ2: Were you SecDef during most of the 1980s? > IQ3: Were you the first US senator since the USCW to resign his position to serve in the Army? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > And take 3 DQs. That’s better. 🙂 Charles II. Casper Weinberger. Henry Cabot Lodge. DQ1: Best known as a writer of some sort? Two 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 20, 2015, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/333 "2015-08-20T14:44:46Z")
> [@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? 1- Watergate prosecutor Archibald Cox (the so-called Saturday Night Massacre) 2- Ezzard Charles 3. Frankie Crosetti, shortstop for the Yankees in the 1930s and 1040s, then thirs base coach for decades after. will save 3 DQs ---
**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, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/334 "2015-08-20T16:38:00Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Deceased 4. American 5. Last name starts with C 6. Died after 1900 7. Known for the Arts 8. Not best known for the performing arts 9. Died before 1950 10. Won no awards, as far as I can tell 11. Best and only known as a Writer ---
**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 20, 2015, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/335 "2015-08-20T16:53:51Z")
DQ: Writer of fiction (novels/short stories)? One DQ 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 20, 2015, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/336 "2015-08-20T16:55:58Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Deceased 4. American 5. Last name starts with C 6. Died after 1900 7. Known for the Arts 8. Not best known for the performing arts 9. Died before 1950 10. Won no awards, as far as I can tell 11. Best and only known as a Writer 12. Writer of nonfiction ---
**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 20, 2015, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/337 "2015-08-20T16:57:36Z")
DQ: Most works filed under 500-999 in the Dewey system? ---
**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, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/338 "2015-08-20T17:17:28Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Deceased 4. American 5. Last name starts with C 6. Died after 1900 7. Known for the Arts 8. Not best known for the performing arts 9. Died before 1950 10. Won no awards, as far as I can tell 11. Best and only known as a Writer 12. Writer of nonfiction 13. Most works filed under 500-999 in the Dewey system ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2015, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/339 "2015-08-20T17:53:10Z")
DQ1) Do you write mostly about history or politics? DQ2) Ever write steadily for a newspaper or magazine? DQ3) Last name begin with “CA” or “CO”? ---
**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 20, 2015, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/340 "2015-08-20T18:26:07Z")
Curses! I’ll get you yet Professor! IQ1: Are you a character from _All-American Men of War_, a navajo pilot who always destroyed his plane after a mission? IQ2: Were you a JLA honorary member, a “hip-talking” teenager modeled after teen idol Kookie from _77 Sunset Strip_? IQ3: Are you a Gold and Silver Age contemporary of Bruce Wayne, a millionaire philanthropist aka the Killer Moth? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053.md?page=16) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053.md?page=18)