# 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:** 8
**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, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/141 "2015-08-10T18:38:20Z")
Previous IQs: Does a statue of you stand outside the Jefferson County, Ohio courthouse? - Edwin Stanton, Lincoln’s SecWar. Did the soldiers cheer you at lights-out in _Breaker Morant_? - Yes, King Edward VII. Is it thought that you perhaps died of election violence? - Edgar Allan Poe. DQs: Last name start with E? American? IQs: Did you play Miss Honey? Has Cate Blanchett played you twice? At age 6 or 7, and coached by your uncle, did you give a Nazi salute? ---
**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, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/142 "2015-08-10T21:35:26Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > 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? DQ. Not Ellen DeGeneres. (That seems to be the obvious answer. :D) Not … Harlan Ellison? > [@astorian](#): > > IQ1) Were you an oft-inebriated Bank Dick? > > IQ2) Did you win an Oscar for a role first performed by Rod Steiger on TV? > > IQ3) Did you divorce the NBA’s top point guard a few years ago? Three DQs. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you play Miss Honey? > Has Cate Blanchett played you twice? > At age 6 or 7, and coached by your uncle, did you give a Nazi salute? Three DQs. I hate to be negative, but: E 1. Not real 2. Not male 3. Last name does not start with E 4. Not American ---
**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, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/143 "2015-08-10T23:02:32Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the Greek goddess of discord? 2. Did Zeus abduct you while in the form of a bull? 3. Were you Orpheus’s fiancee? ---
**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, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/144 "2015-08-10T23:27:02Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the Greek goddess of discord? > 2. Did Zeus abduct you while in the form of a bull? > 3. Were you Orpheus’s fiancee? Not Eris, Europa, or Eurydice. ---
**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 11, 2015, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/145 "2015-08-11T00:52:35Z")
Correct on all three. IQs: 1. Are you one of the three majorly written about witches of the Discworld series? 2. Are you the focus of an eponymous poem by Longfellow? 3. Did Father McKenzie give a sermon at your funeral? ---
**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 11, 2015, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/146 "2015-08-11T01:29:41Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you one of the three majorly written about witches of the Discworld series? > 2. Are you the focus of an eponymous poem by Longfellow? > 3. Did Father McKenzie give a sermon at your funeral? DQ. (I do know the other two…) Not Evangeline. Not … Eleanor Rigby? ---
**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 11, 2015, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/147 "2015-08-11T02:27:44Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Correct on all three. > > IQs: > > 1. Are you one of the three majorly written about witches of the Discworld series? > 2. Are you the focus of an eponymous poem by Longfellow? > 3. Did Father McKenzie give a sermon at your funeral? > [@SCAdian](#): > > DQ. (I do know the other two…) > Not Evangeline. > Not … Eleanor Rigby? #1 is Esmerelda Weatherwax. Correct on 2 and 3. DQ: From literature? ---
**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 11, 2015, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/148 "2015-08-11T02:42:04Z")
E 1. Not real 2. Not male 3. Last name does not start with E 4. Not American 5. Not from literature ---
**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 11, 2015, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/149 "2015-08-11T12:05:58Z")
> [@](#): > > 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? > > DQ. > Not Ellen DeGeneres. (That seems to be the obvious answer. ) > Not … Harlan Ellison? C. Estes Kefauver, correct x2 DQ: from TV? ---
**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 11, 2015, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/150 "2015-08-11T12:23:24Z")
IQ1: Did you write the Pisan Cantos while in custody for treason in Italy after WWII? IQ2: Despite your reputation as a radical bohemian poet, did you become a Republican after staying two years in the Soviet Union? IQ3: Did IQ1 arrange for publication of your poem _The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock_? ---
**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 11, 2015, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/151 "2015-08-11T13:04:37Z")
IQs: 1. Are you a Living Planet from the pages of _Thor_? 2. Did you write _Silas Marner_? 3. Did you have a hit with _A-Tisket, A-Tasket_? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2015, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/152 "2015-08-11T16:18:50Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > IQ1) Were you an oft-inebriated Bank Dick? > > IQ2) Did you win an Oscar for a role first performed by Rod Steiger on TV? > > IQ3) Did you divorce the NBA’s top point guard a few years ago? Egbert Souse (“that’s pronounced soo-ZAY, soo-ZAY”) from WC Fields’ _ **The Bank Dick** _ Ernest Borgnine star of _ **Marty,** _ (which was originally a TV movie with Rod Steiger) Eva Longoria (she divorced San Antonio Spurs guard Tony Parker0 Three DQs reserved ---
**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 11, 2015, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/153 "2015-08-11T17:39:40Z")
Previous IQs: Did you play Miss Honey? - Embeth Davidtz, in _Matilda_. Has Cate Blanchett played you twice? - Queen Elizabeth I. At age 6 or 7, and coached by your uncle, did you give a Nazi salute? - The future Queen Elizabeth II: [http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/18/europe/uk-queen-nazi-salute-footage/](http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/18/europe/uk-queen-nazi-salute-footage/). DQs: European? Created since 1950? Considered a beauty? IQs: After initial resistance, did you accept Mr. Darcy’s proposal? Did you write “My Day” for decades? Did you play Tauriel? ---
**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 11, 2015, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/154 "2015-08-11T20:40:59Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did you write the Pisan Cantos while in custody for treason in Italy after WWII? > IQ2: Despite your reputation as a radical bohemian poet, did you become a Republican after staying two years in the Soviet Union? > IQ3: Did IQ1 arrange for publication of your poem _The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock_? Three DQs. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you a Living Planet from the pages of _Thor_? > 2. Did you write _Silas Marner_? > 3. Did you have a hit with _A-Tisket, A-Tasket_? DQ. Not George Eliot. (Loved that book.) DQ. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > After initial resistance, did you accept Mr. Darcy’s proposal? > Did you write “My Day” for decades? > Did you play Tauriel? Not … Jane Eyre? DQ. DQ. (I rather wish _nobody_ had…) Finally - some DQs with “yes” answers! 🙂 E 1. Fictional 2. Female 3. Last name does not start with E 4. Not American 5. Not from literature 6. From TV 7. European 8. Created since 1950 9. Considered a beauty ---
**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 11, 2015, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/155 "2015-08-11T21:30:11Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you a Living Planet from the pages of Thor? > 2. Did you write Silas Marner? > 3. Did you have a hit with A-Tisket, A-Tasket? > > DQ. > Not George Eliot. (Loved that book.) > DQ. #1 is Ego. #2 is correct. #3 was Ella Fitzgerald. DQs: 1. English? 2. Protagonist? ---
**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 11, 2015, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/156 "2015-08-11T21:42:08Z")
Previous IQs: After initial resistance, did you accept Mr. Darcy’s proposal? - Elizabeth “Lizzie” Bennet, in _Pride and Prejudice_ (my favorite incarnation: [http://www.wearysloth.com/Gallery/ActorsK/30803-26902.jpg](http://www.wearysloth.com/Gallery/ActorsK/30803-26902.jpg)). Did you write “My Day” for decades? - Eleanor Roosevelt; it was her long-running newspaper column. Did you play Tauriel? - Evangeline Lilly, in the _Hobbit_ movies (and I agree with you). DQs: From a sitcom? Created since 1975? One DQ reserved. IQs: Were you the most laconic Ghostbuster? Was your catchphrase “Never mind”? Were you a noted American suffragette? ---
**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 11, 2015, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/157 "2015-08-11T22:25:08Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you the most laconic Ghostbuster? > Was your catchphrase “Never mind”? > Were you a noted American suffragette? Not … Egon? (I _think_ one of them was named Egon…) DQ. DQ. (If you’d said “English suffragette,” I’d have had an answer.) E 1. Fictional 2. Female 3. Last name does not start with E 4. Not American 5. Not from literature 6. From TV 7. European 8. Created after 1950 9. Considered a beauty 10. English 11. Protagonist 12. Not from a sitcom (though there were definitely humorous elements) 13. Not created after 1975 ---
**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 11, 2015, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/158 "2015-08-11T23:13:28Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Did you write the Pisan Cantos while in custody for treason in Italy after WWII? > IQ2: Despite your reputation as a radical bohemian poet, did you become a Republican after staying two years in the Soviet Union? > IQ3: Did IQ1 arrange for publication of your poem The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock? > > Three DQs. Ezra Pound, e e cummings, T.S. Eliot DQ: Movie character? holding 2 DQs ---
**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 11, 2015, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/159 "2015-08-11T23:27:44Z")
IQ1: Were you a Nazi lieutenant colonel captured in Argentina in 1960 by Mossad and hanged in Israel two years later? IQ2: Did you portray Gwen Stacy in _The Amazing Spider-man_ movies? IQ3: Did you portray the Dread Pirate Roberts? ---
**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 11, 2015, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053/160 "2015-08-11T23:33:15Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Were you a Nazi lieutenant colonel captured in Argentina in 1960 by Mossad and hanged in Israel two years later? > IQ2: Did you portray Gwen Stacy in _The Amazing Spider-man_ movies? > IQ3: Did you portray the Dread Pirate Roberts? Not Adolf Eichmann. DQ. DQ. E 1. Fictional 2. Female 3. Last name does not start with E 4. Not American 5. Not from literature 6. From TV 7. European 8. Created after 1950 9. Considered a beauty 10. English 11. Protagonist 12. Not from a sitcom (though there were definitely humorous elements) 13. Not created after 1975 14. Appeared in a movie, but not best known for that [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2015/727053.md?page=9)