# Botticelli - August 2017 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 1, 2017, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593 "2017-08-01T20:00:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 13
**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 17, 2017, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/241 "2017-08-17T13:24:57Z")
Previous IQs: Did you die leading your troops at Thermopylae? - Yes, Leonidas Were you the Emperor of Humanity in _The Mote in God’s Eye_? - A much later but still royal Leonidas Did Patrick Stewart play you in _Excalibur_? - Yes, Leondegrance (or Leodegrance in some tellings of Arthurian legend) DQ: Considered handsome? IQs: Did you create the original _Battlestar Galactica_? Did you have a species of owl lice named after you? Were you the second and most famous CO of the 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry? ---
**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 17, 2017, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/242 "2017-08-17T13:32:53Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with L; well-known nickname’s first name also starts with L 4. Dead 5. American 6. Died before 1950 7. Known for the Arts 8. Known for the performing arts 9. Died after 1900 10. Did not win a top award in his field 11. Black 12. Musician 13. Not considered handsome ---
**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 17, 2017, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/243 "2017-08-17T13:34:00Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Were you a jazz vibraphonist who frequently played with Bennie Goodman? > IQ2: Did you have a hit with “Tutti Frutti” in 1955? > IQ3: Were you a trumpeter nicknamed “Satchmo”? 1. I am not Lionel Hampton. 2. I am not Little Richard. 3. I am not Louis Armstrong. ---
**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 17, 2017, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/244 "2017-08-17T13:35:03Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you create the original _Battlestar Galactica_? > Did you have a species of owl lice named after you? > Were you the second and most famous CO of the 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry? 1. I am not Glen A. Larson. 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 17, 2017, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/245 "2017-08-17T13:42:04Z")
IQ1: Did you discover _Zinjanthropus boisei_? IQ2: Are you #1’s son, who is famous for working in the same discipline? IQ3: Are you #2’s wife, who is famous for working in the same discipline? ---
**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 17, 2017, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/246 "2017-08-17T14:00:24Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you discover _Zinjanthropus boisei_? > IQ2: Are you #1’s son, who is famous for working in the same discipline? > IQ3: Are you #2’s wife, who is famous for working in the same discipline? 1. I am not Louis Leakey. 2. I am not Louis Leakey, Jr. (?) 3. I am not Mary Leakey. ---
**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 17, 2017, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/247 "2017-08-17T14:14:48Z")
Previous IQs: Did you create the original _Battlestar Galactica_? - Yes, Glen Larson Did you have a species of owl lice named after you? - _Far Side_ cartoonist Gary Larson: [Strigiphilus garylarsoni - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strigiphilus_garylarsoni) Were you the second and most famous CO of the 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry? - Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain DQs: Singer? R&B artist? IQs: Were you portrayed with all-white eyes in a recent issue of _The Atlantic_ magazine? Are you the head of the United Negro College Fund? Are you a prominent liberal legal scholar who’s been mentioned as a possible SCOTUS appointee? ---
**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 17, 2017, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/248 "2017-08-17T14:22:43Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with L; well-known nickname’s first name also starts with L 4. Dead 5. American 6. Died before 1950 7. Known for the Arts 8. Known for the performing arts 9. Died after 1900 10. Did not win a top award in his field 11. Black 12. Musician 13. Not considered handsome 14. Singer 15. Blues singer ---
**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 17, 2017, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/249 "2017-08-17T14:23:44Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you portrayed with all-white eyes in a recent issue of _The Atlantic_ magazine? > Are you the head of the United Negro College Fund? > Are you a prominent liberal legal scholar who’s been mentioned as a possible SCOTUS appointee? 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 17, 2017, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/250 "2017-08-17T16:05:06Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you discover _Zinjanthropus boisei_? > IQ2: Are you #1’s son, who is famous for working in the same discipline? > IQ3: Are you #2’s wife, who is famous for working in the same discipline? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Louis Leakey. > 2. I am not Louis Leakey, Jr. (?) > 3. I am not Mary Leakey. Mary Leakey (Louis’s wife). Richard Leakey. Maeve Leakey. DQ1: Second letter of last name is A or E? DQ2: Born south of the Mason-Dixon line? One DQ 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 17, 2017, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/251 "2017-08-17T16:44:29Z")
Previous IQs: Were you portrayed with all-white eyes in a recent issue of _The Atlantic_ magazine? - _Twin Peaks_ creator David Lynch Are you the head of the United Negro College Fund? - Michael Lennox Are you a prominent liberal legal scholar who’s been mentioned as a possible SCOTUS appointee? - Laurence Tribe Three DQs reserved. Hmm. I don’t know of any blues singers fitting these clues. ---
**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 17, 2017, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/252 "2017-08-17T16:50:57Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Last name starts with L; well-known nickname’s first name also starts with L 4. Dead 5. American 6. Died before 1950 7. Known for the Arts 8. Known for the performing arts 9. Died after 1900 10. Did not win a top award in his field 11. Black 12. Musician 13. Not considered handsome 14. Singer 15. Blues singer 16. Second letter of last name is “a” or “e”. 17. Born south of the Mason-Dixon line. ---
**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 17, 2017, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/253 "2017-08-17T21:02:09Z")
Still drawing a blank. I release my DQs, one apiece, to anyone who’d like to use 'em. ---
**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 18, 2017, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/254 "2017-08-18T12:23:43Z")
IQ: Did you popularize the song _Midnight Special_, about a train that shines its light on a prison cell? ---
**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 18, 2017, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/255 "2017-08-18T12:28:50Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ: Did you popularize the song _Midnight Special_, about a train that shines its light on a prison cell? Why, yes. I am that Lead Belly, Huddie Ledbetter. Good job, KO! ---
**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 18, 2017, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/256 "2017-08-18T15:32:00Z")
I used to stay up late to watch that show. I thought CCR was the artist for the theme song, then found out years later they were covering Leadbelly. Next letter is M! ---
**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 18, 2017, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/257 "2017-08-18T18:59:29Z")
Ah, shoulda thought of him! Nice job. On to M… IQs: Were you the model for the military-academy superintendent in Pat Conroy’s _The Lords of Discipline_? Were you the patron saint of Venice? Have you played a police officer, a dumb bodybuilder and a rental-car company drone? ---
**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 18, 2017, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/258 "2017-08-18T20:00:18Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Were you the model for the military-academy superintendent in Pat Conroy’s _The Lords of Discipline_? > Were you the patron saint of Venice? > Have you played a police officer, a dumb bodybuilder and a rental-car company drone? DQ, DQ, not Michael Chiklis? ---
**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 18, 2017, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/259 "2017-08-18T20:57:56Z")
IQs: 1. Did you write the songs for _The Music Man_? 2. Did you and another guy go on a long hike with Sacagawea? 3. Were you Secret Squirrel’s sidekick? ---
**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 18, 2017, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/260 "2017-08-18T23:06:05Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write the songs for _The Music Man_? > 2. Did you and another guy go on a long hike with Sacagawea? > 3. Were you Secret Squirrel’s sidekick? DQ, not Meriwether Lewis, DQ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593.md?page=14)