# 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:** 8
**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, 2017, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/141 "2017-08-10T03:25:49Z")
DQ Vault 1. Real 2. Male 3. Living ---
**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, 2017, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/142 "2017-08-10T04:07:44Z")
Previous IQs: Were you the most prominent later leader of Rhodesia? - Ian Smith Were you a noted songwriter with the last name of a non-American capital city? - Yes, Irving Berlin Did you kill your own son in a rage and, by all accounts, immediately regret it? - Ivan the Terrible DQs: American? Last name start with I? IQs: Were you a famous musician who appeared in a movie about your visit to China? Were you the first Deltan known to have served aboard the Starship _Enterprise_? Were you an alien who assisted Gary Seven? ---
**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, 2017, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/143 "2017-08-10T04:49:30Z")
DQ Vault 1. Real 2. Male 3. Living 4. American 5. Last name does not start with I ---
**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, 2017, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/144 "2017-08-10T04:50:39Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Were you a famous musician who appeared in a movie about your visit to China? > Were you the first Deltan known to have served aboard the Starship _Enterprise_? > Were you an alien who assisted Gary Seven? DQ, DQ, not Isis ---
**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, 2017, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/145 "2017-08-10T17:15:36Z")
IQ1: Was two inches of water in a lonely ditch a grave for you? IQ2: Was the first volume of your autobiography called _In Memory Yet Green_? IQ3: Did Christopher Reeve and Michael Caine kiss in the film version of a play you wrote? ---
**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, 2017, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/146 "2017-08-10T18:09:34Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Was two inches of water in a lonely ditch a grave for you? > IQ2: Was the first volume of your autobiography called _In Memory Yet Green_? > IQ3: Did Christopher Reeve and Michael Caine kiss in the film version of a play you wrote? DQ, DQ, not Henrik Ibson? ---
**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, 2017, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/147 "2017-08-10T18:20:21Z")
Previous IQs: Were you a famous musician who appeared in a movie about your visit to China? - Isaac Stern Were you the first Deltan known to have served aboard the Starship _Enterprise_? - Ilia, in _ST:TMP_ Were you an alien who assisted Gary Seven? -Yes, Isis DQs: Best known for the Arts? Born since 1964? IQs: Were you a _Beverly Hills 90210_ castmember? Were you buried in the potters’ field? A cleric, was a major American university named after you? ---
**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, 2017, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/148 "2017-08-10T18:55:51Z")
DQ Vault 1. Real 2. Male 3. Living 4. American 5. Last name does not start with I 6. Best known for the Arts 7. Born before 1964 ---
**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, 2017, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/149 "2017-08-10T18:59:37Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Were you a _Beverly Hills 90210_ castmember? > Were you buried in the potters’ field? > A cleric, was a major American university named after you? DQ, DQ, not Iona? ---
**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, 2017, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/150 "2017-08-10T20:12:50Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Was two inches of water in a lonely ditch a grave for you? > IQ2: Was the first volume of your autobiography called _In Memory Yet Green_? > IQ3: Did Christopher Reeve and Michael Caine kiss in the film version of a play you wrote? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > DQ, DQ, not Henrik Ibson? Ira Hayes. Isaac Asimov. Ira Levin (_Deathtrap_). DQ1: Born before 1940? DQ2: Best known for the musical arts? 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 10, 2017, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/151 "2017-08-10T20:23:24Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you deceive the Moor of Venice? > 2. Did you throw bricks at Krazy Kat? > 3. Are you AKA RiRi Williams? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > not Iago, not Ignatz, DQ Correct, Correct, Ironheart (from Marvel Comics). 1 DQ reserved. ---
**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, 2017, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/152 "2017-08-11T01:31:32Z")
DQ Vault 1. Real 2. Male 3. Living 4. American 5. Last name does not start with I 6. Best known for the Arts 7. Born before 1964 8. Born after 1940 9. Best known for the musical arts ---
**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, 2017, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/153 "2017-08-11T02:19:21Z")
Previous IQs: Were you a _Beverly Hills 90210_ castmember? - Ian Zwerling (sp?) Were you buried in the potters’ field? - Judas Iscariot A cleric, was a major American university named after you? - St. Ignatius Loyola DQs: Best known as a singer? Rock and roll/pop musician? Has won a Grammy? IQs: Are you a very thin musician with four letters in your first name and three in your last? Did you make a guest appearance, performing for children and winning the heart of Phoebe Buffay, on _Friends_? Will you soon be on TV, playing the captain of the USS _Discovery_? ---
**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, 2017, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/154 "2017-08-11T12:18:54Z")
DQ Vault 1. Real 2. Male 3. Living 4. American 5. Last name does not start with I 6. Best known for the Arts 7. Born before 1964 8. Born after 1940 9. Best known for the musical arts 10. Not best known as a singer 11. Rock and roll/pop musician 12. Has not won a grammy ---
**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, 2017, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/155 "2017-08-11T12:23:44Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Are you a very thin musician with four letters in your first name and three in your last? > Did you make a guest appearance, performing for children and winning the heart of Phoebe Buffay, on _Friends_? > Will you soon be on TV, playing the captain of the USS _Discovery_? not Iggy Pop, dunno, dunno ---
**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, 2017, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/156 "2017-08-11T15:30:12Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a guitarist for Guns N’ Roses? 2. Were you a 20th Century Russian pianist and composer? 3. Were you a 20th French artist noted for your nudes and fashion paintings and prints? ---
**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, 2017, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/157 "2017-08-11T16:11:24Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Were you a guitarist for Guns N’ Roses? Yes, I am Izzy Stradlin! WTG Professor! ---
**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, 2017, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/158 "2017-08-11T16:25:52Z")
Lucky guess. I am J. ---
**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, 2017, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/159 "2017-08-11T17:41:06Z")
IQ1: Were you a 1951-1952 heavyweight boxing champion, nicknamed after the state in which you were born? IQ2: Were you a heavyweight boxer from the 1920’s nicknamed “Kid Blackie” and “The Manassa Mauler”? IQ3: Is the arena where the Detroit Redwings play hockey named after you? ---
**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, 2017, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593/160 "2017-08-11T17:45:01Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Were you a 1951-1952 heavyweight boxing champion, nicknamed after the state in which you were born? > IQ2: Were you a heavyweight boxer from the 1920’s nicknamed “Kid Blackie” and “The Manassa Mauler”? > IQ3: Is the arena where the Detroit Redwings play hockey named after you? 1. I am not Tennessee Ernie Jord. 2. I am not Joe Louis. 3. I am not Johnny Redwing. Take 3 DQs. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2017/792593.md?page=9)