# 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:** 7
**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 9, 2015, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/121 "2015-08-09T11:06:09Z")
IQ1: Were you the British ambassador to the US during WW II? IQ2: Were you a British army captain influential in the development of tank warfare? IQ3: Were you a Swedish diplomat who died in a plane crash in Africa in the early 1960s? ---
**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 9, 2015, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/122 "2015-08-09T12:26:41Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you the British ambassador to the US during WW II? > IQ2: Were you a British army captain influential in the development of tank warfare? > IQ3: Were you a Swedish diplomat who died in a plane crash in Africa in the early 1960s? I am not Dag Hammarskjold. Take 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 9, 2015, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/123 "2015-08-09T13:40:54Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you the British ambassador to the US during WW II? > IQ2: Were you a British army captain influential in the development of tank warfare? > IQ3: Were you a Swedish diplomat who died in a plane crash in Africa in the early 1960s? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > I am not Dag Hammarskjold. Take 2 DQs. Lord Halifax. B H Liddell Hart. Correct. DQ1: Born after 1900? DQ2: Military? ---
**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 9, 2015, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/124 "2015-08-09T14:00:53Z")
IQ1: Did you sail across the Pacific on the _Kon-Tiki_? IQ2: Are you a Norwegian modernist playwright called “the father of realism”? IQ3: Are you a Norwegian figure skater who became the highest paid movie actress in 1936? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2015, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/125 "2015-08-09T14:24:53Z")
IQ1) Did you get in hot water for declaring in 1981 “I am in command here.” IQ2) Were you the sole occupant of Spandau Prison? IQ3) Were you burned at the stake for heresy in the 15th century? ---
**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 9, 2015, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/126 "2015-08-09T14:26:54Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with H 4. Not American 5. Dead 6. European 7. Not known for the Arts 8. Native speaker of a Germanic language 9. Military/political 10. Not known from WWII 11. British 12. Died after 1900 13. Born before 1900 14. Military ---
**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 9, 2015, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/127 "2015-08-09T14:27:57Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did you sail across the Pacific on the _Kon-Tiki_? > IQ2: Are you a Norwegian modernist playwright called “the father of realism”? > IQ3: Are you a Norwegian figure skater who became the highest paid movie actress in 1936? I am not Thor Heyerdahl. I am not Henrik Ibsen. I am not Sonja Henie. ---
**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 9, 2015, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/128 "2015-08-09T14:29:27Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > IQ1) Did you get in hot water for declaring in 1981 “I am in command here.” > > IQ2) Were you the sole occupant of Spandau Prison? > > IQ3) Were you burned at the stake for heresy in the 15th century? 1. Aarrgh. I know this one. Take a DQ. 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not Jan Hus. ---
**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 9, 2015, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/129 "2015-08-09T17:11:30Z")
IQ1: Were you the second president of Germany, who referred to Adolf Hitler as that “Bohemian corporal”? IQ2: Are you a Dutch exotic dancer who was executed by France for spying? IQ3: Were you at the wheel when the Titanic struck the iceberg? ---
**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 9, 2015, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/130 "2015-08-09T18:44:00Z")
IQ1: Did you appear as an RM captain in John Birmingham’s “Axis of Time” trilogy? IQ2: Did you command the BEF during WW I? IQ3: Did you play an Indian captive, a gunfighter, an emperor, and a wizard? ---
**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 9, 2015, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/131 "2015-08-09T19:01:09Z")
Previous IQs: Were you Sharpe’s right-hand man? - Sgt. Harper, in the _Sharpe’s Rifles_ series of Napoleonic adventures. Are you the Prime Minister of Canada? - Yes, Stephen Harper. Did your best-known character hold a candy bar in her hand and joke, “Why don’t I just apply this directly to my hips?” - Valerie Harper, playing Rhoda Morganstern. Harper x3! DQs: British Army? Greatest fame after 1914? IQs: Were you a senior and knighted British Army general during World War I? Was your #2 guy named Collingwood? Did you and your brother both serve King George III during the American Revolution? ---
**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 9, 2015, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/132 "2015-08-09T19:28:41Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Were you the second president of Germany, who referred to Adolf Hitler as that “Bohemian corporal”? > IQ2: Are you a Dutch exotic dancer who was executed by France for spying? > IQ3: Were you at the wheel when the Titanic struck the iceberg? I am still not Paul von Hindenburg. I am not Mata Hari. Take a DQ for #3. ---
**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 9, 2015, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/133 "2015-08-09T19:30:32Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you appear as an RM captain in John Birmingham’s “Axis of Time” trilogy? > IQ2: Did you command the BEF during WW I? > IQ3: Did you play an Indian captive, a gunfighter, an emperor, and a wizard? No idea on 1 or 3. However, yes, I am “World War I’s worst general” Field Marshal Douglas Haig. Congrats again, SCAdian! EH, it does appear that your first question would have been the winner if SCA hadn’t beaten you by 17 minutes. Tough luck, old chap. ---
**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 9, 2015, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/134 "2015-08-09T23:40:04Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you appear as an RM captain in John Birmingham’s “Axis of Time” trilogy? > IQ2: Did you command the BEF during WW I? > IQ3: Did you play an Indian captive, a gunfighter, an emperor, and a wizard? [quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:133, topic:727053”] No idea on 1 or 3./QUOTE] Prince Harry of Wales. Richard Harris (_A Man Called Horse_, _Unforgiven_, _Gladiator_, _Harry Potter and the Sorceror’s Stone_). I am E. ---
**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 9, 2015, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/135 "2015-08-09T23:57:33Z")
IQs: 1. Did Burt Lancaster play you in an eponymous movie? 2. Did you start out as a character named Egghead? 3. Did you play the first adult Tarzan? ---
**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 10, 2015, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/136 "2015-08-10T01:45:46Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > …EH, it does appear that your first question would have been the winner if SCA hadn’t beaten you by 17 minutes. Tough luck, old chap. Fair is fair. Congrats, **SCAdian**! Previous IQs: Were you a senior and knighted British Army general during World War I? - Yeah, that Haig guy. Was your #2 guy named Collingwood? - Adm. Lord Horatio Nelson, at Trafalgar. Did you and your brother both serve King George III during the American Revolution? - The Howe brothers, a general and an admiral. On to E! IQs: Does a statue of you stand outside the Jefferson County, Ohio courthouse? Did the soldiers cheer you at lights-out in _Breaker Morant_? Is it thought that you perhaps died of election violence? ---
**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 10, 2015, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/137 "2015-08-10T02:54:17Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did Burt Lancaster play you in an eponymous movie? > 2. Did you start out as a character named Egghead? > 3. Did you play the first adult Tarzan? DQ. (I think _Airport_ is the only movie I’ve ever seen him in, and that certainly doesn’t fit. :)) DQ. Not Elmo Lincoln. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Does a statue of you stand outside the Jefferson County, Ohio courthouse? > Did the soldiers cheer you at lights-out in _Breaker Morant_? > Is it thought that you perhaps died of election violence? Three DQs (unless #2 was Edward VII - I think he was king at the time). ---
**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 10, 2015, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/138 "2015-08-10T12:36:21Z")
IQ1: Were you the running mate of presidential nominee Adlai Stevenson in 1956? IQ2: After you came out as a lesbian, did Jerry Falwell call you “\ Degenerate?” IQ3: Did writer Robert Bloch say about you at a roast that while other people take infinite pains, you give them? ---
**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 10, 2015, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/139 "2015-08-10T13:47:46Z")
> [@](#): > > 1. Did Burt Lancaster play you in an eponymous movie? > 2. Did you start out as a character named Egghead? > 3. Did you play the first adult Tarzan? > > DQ. (I think Airport is the only movie I’ve ever seen him in, and that certainly doesn’t fit. ) > DQ. > Not Elmo Lincoln. #1 was Elmer Gantry. #2 was Elmer Fudd. DQs: 1. Real? 2. Male? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2015, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/140 "2015-08-10T16:59:34Z")
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