# 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:** 25
**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:** [September 1, 2015, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/481 "2015-09-01T15:43:37Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a friend of Pogo who sang odd lyrics? 2. Were you the inspiration for the character Pepe Le Pew? 3. Were you recently drummed out of Justice League Dark? ---
**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:** [September 1, 2015, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/482 "2015-09-01T17:54:29Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you a Cuban-American MLB outfielder who wrote a tell-all book about steroid use in baseball in 2005? > IQ2: Are you a Puerto Rican professional golfer whose name Les Nessman horribly mispronounced on WKRP in Cincinnati?" > IQ3: After defeating Hector “Macho” Camacho in 1992, did the president of Mexico arrange to have you picked up in the Popemobile? > > Not Jose Canseco, Chi Chi Rodriguez or… Julio Cesar Chavez DQ: Associated with a product or service? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2015, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/483 "2015-09-01T17:56:14Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a friend of Pogo who sang odd lyrics? > 2. Were you the inspiration for the character Pepe Le Pew? > 3. Were you recently drummed out of Justice League Dark? Not Churchy Lafemme or Charles Boyer. DQ for 3 ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2015, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/484 "2015-09-01T17:57:18Z")
# SUMMARY 1. Real 2. Male 3. First name starts with C 4. Dead 5. Died after 1900 6. Not involved in the arts (though I’m best known to fans of one particular art form) 7. Died before 2000 8. Not involved in politics 9. An American citizen, but born and raised elsewhere 10. Had a popular image as a good guy (SEEMED like a good guy in real life, but who knows?) 11. Common first name 12. Famous for selling a product or service ---
**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:** [September 1, 2015, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/485 "2015-09-01T18:03:09Z")
Foods named after people IQ1: Are you a 19th century French writer and diplomat for whom a cut of steak is named? IQ2: Are you a Neapolitan tenor for whom a type of sauce made from cream, ham, onions, nuts and mushrooms is named? IQ3: Is a dish of thinly slice raw beef or fish named after you, due to the similarity of the color of the meat to the red hue you used in your paintings? ---
**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:** [September 1, 2015, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/486 "2015-09-01T18:21:44Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a friend of Pogo who sang odd lyrics? > 2. Were you the inspiration for the character Pepe Le Pew? > 3. Were you recently drummed out of Justice League Dark? > [@astorian](#): > > Not Churchy Lafemme or Charles Boyer. > DQ for 3 Correct. Correct. John Constantine. 1 DQ reserved. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2015, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/487 "2015-09-01T18:45:48Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Foods named after people > > IQ1: Are you a 19th century French writer and diplomat for whom a cut of steak is named? > IQ2: Are you a Neapolitan tenor for whom a type of sauce made from cream, ham, onions, nuts and mushrooms is named? > IQ3: Is a dish of thinly slice raw beef or fish named after you, due to the similarity of the color of the meat to the red hue you used in your paintings? Not Chateaubriand or Enrico Caruso. DQ for #3 ---
**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:** [September 1, 2015, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/488 "2015-09-01T19:40:17Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you a 19th century French writer and diplomat for whom a cut of steak is named? > IQ2: Are you a Neapolitan tenor for whom a type of sauce made from cream, ham, onions, nuts and mushrooms is named? > IQ3: Is a dish of thinly slice raw beef or fish named after you, due to the similarity of the color of the meat to the red hue you used in your paintings? > > Not Chateaubriand or Enrico Caruso. > > DQ for #3 Vittore Carpaccio DQ: Primarily associated with a product? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2015, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/489 "2015-09-01T19:44:59Z")
# SUMMARY 1. Real 2. Male 3. First name starts with C 4. Dead 5. Died after 1900 6. Not involved in the arts (though I’m best known to fans of one particular art form) 7. Died before 2000 8. Not involved in politics 9. An American citizen, but born and raised elsewhere 10. Had a popular image as a good guy (SEEMED like a good guy in real life, but who knows?) 11. Common first name 12. Famous for selling a product or service; but it’s very hard to categorize the product or service neatly I will let KnowedOut have another direct question, since his didn’t help him much. I don’t mean to be sly, it’s just not easy to put what I sold into words ---
**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:** [September 1, 2015, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/490 "2015-09-01T19:45:46Z")
more food people IQ1: Are you a ruler of the Ptolemaic dynasty for whom a fruit is named? IQ2: Are you a sailor for whom a scrambled egg dish served with blood pudding and beef brains is named? IQ3: Are you a US president for whom a type of peach pudding is named? ---
**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:** [September 1, 2015, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/491 "2015-09-01T19:47:30Z")
hmmmm… DQ: Is the art form associated with this product or service a type of dance? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2015, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/492 "2015-09-01T20:13:16Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > more food people > > IQ1: Are you a ruler of the Ptolemaic dynasty for whom a fruit is named? > IQ2: Are you a sailor for whom a scrambled egg dish served with blood pudding and beef brains is named? > IQ3: Are you a US president for whom a type of peach pudding is named? Not Cleopatra? Take a DQ for 2 Not (hoo boy, several to choose from)… not Grover Cleveland? (Watch, it’ll be Coolidge.) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2015, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/493 "2015-09-01T20:19:05Z")
# SUMMARY 1. Real 2. Male 3. First name starts with C 4. Dead 5. Died after 1900 6. Not involved in the arts (though I’m best known to fans of one particular art form) 7. Died before 2000 8. Not involved in politics 9. An American citizen, but born and raised elsewhere 10. Had a popular image as a good guy (SEEMED like a good guy in real life, but who knows?) 11. Common first name 12. Famous for selling a product or service; but it’s very hard to categorize the product or service neatly 13. Dance fans are NOT the art lovers who know me best. ---
**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:** [September 1, 2015, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/494 "2015-09-01T20:30:23Z")
DQ: Died after 1960? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2015, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/495 "2015-09-01T20:32:43Z")
# SUMMARY 1. Real 2. Male 3. First name starts with C 4. Dead 5. Died after 1900 6. Not involved in the arts (though I’m best known to fans of one particular art form) 7. Died before 2000 8. Not involved in politics 9. An American citizen, but born and raised elsewhere 10. Had a popular image as a good guy (SEEMED like a good guy in real life, but who knows?) 11. Common first name 12. Famous for selling a product or service; but it’s very hard to categorize the product or service neatly 13. Dance fans are NOT the art lovers who know me best. 14. Died after 1960 ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2015, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/496 "2015-09-01T20:33:43Z")
Hint- in what specific art form(s) might you regularly see someone selling a product or service? ---
**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:** [September 1, 2015, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/497 "2015-09-01T20:37:41Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you a country bumpkin upstaged by a cow taking a dump on TV?? > IQ2: Were you the female lead in another Synchro-Voxed show? > IQ3: Speaking of country bumpkins, was your song about one a #1 hit? > > Must be getting awful dusty, then… 😃 > [@astorian](#): > > Swept again. This is depressing. Take 3 DQs. Clem [Kadiddlehopper](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4F-jeIdQwKY) (playe by Red Skelton). Crystal (_Space Angel_). Cal [Smith](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mmm23TB1VVQ) Three 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:** [September 1, 2015, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/498 "2015-09-01T21:26:29Z")
Okay, it’s not Mr. Whipple or the Maytag Repair Man (I think)… IQs: 1. Are you the protagonist of _The Book of the Dun Cow_? 2. Is the racecourse where the Kentucky Derby is held named for you? (need a first name here) 3. Were you the It Girl? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2015, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/499 "2015-09-01T21:50:38Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Okay, it’s not Mr. Whipple or the Maytag Repair Man (I think)… > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the protagonist of _The Book of the Dun Cow_? > 2. Is the racecourse where the Kentucky Derby is held named for you? (need a first name here) > 3. Were you the It Girl? Not Clara Bow. Not… John Churchill? (Gotta say something!) Take a DQ for 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:** [September 1, 2015, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/500 "2015-09-01T23:03:12Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you a ruler of the Ptolemaic dynasty for whom a fruit is named? > IQ2: Are you a sailor for whom a scrambled egg dish served with blood pudding and beef brains is named? > IQ3: Are you a US president for whom a type of peach pudding is named? > Not Cleopatra? > > Take a DQ for 2 > > Not (hoo boy, several to choose from)… not Grover Cleveland? > > (Watch, it’ll be Coolidge.) correct for Cleopatra (Mandarin & Apple) Christopher Columbus (Scrambled eggs à la Columbus) correct for Grover Cleveland (Peach pudding à la Cleveland) despite the gratuitous hint, I’m still stuck… holding a DQ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053.md?page=24) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053.md?page=26)