# Botticelli - August 2018 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 2, 2018, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2018/818972 "2018-08-02T12:11:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**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 21, 2018, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2018/818972/81 "2018-08-21T16:19:46Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did Gal Gadot play you in recent movies? > 2. Are you secretly Philbert Desanex? > 3. Were you a pioneer of the five-and-dime stores? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > not Wonder Woman, DQ, not Woolworth Correct, Wonder Warthog, and correct. DQ: Real? ---
**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 21, 2018, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2018/818972/82 "2018-08-21T16:22:55Z")
IQs: 1. Did you compose _Classical Gas_ and _The Tomato Vendetta_? 2. Would you gladly pay me Tuesday for a hamburger today? 3. Did you write _All The King’s Men_? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2018, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2018/818972/83 "2018-08-21T16:56:46Z")
IQs: 1. Is your maiden name Slaghoople? 2. Did you write about eating the plums that were left in the icebox? 3. Is your mom Joyce and your brother Jonathan? ---
**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 21, 2018, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2018/818972/84 "2018-08-21T19:43:08Z")
Previous IQs: Was your kingmaker and close friend later elected a U.S. senator in his own right? - William McKinley (the kingmaker was Marcus Hanna) Did you see to it that an institution which you loved finally had a building all its own? - William Howard Taft, who as Chief Justice of the United States finally was able to move SCOTUS out of the Capitol basement Did you joke about wearing Fat Boy jeans as a kid? - William J. Clinton William x3! DQs: Real? Male? Last name start with W? IQs: Were you the best-known person to hail from Auburn, N.Y.? Were you the best-known non-painter American in Paris when the Eiffel Tower was dedicated? Did you write the best-known letter to the mayor and city council of Atlanta? ---
**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 22, 2018, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2018/818972/85 "2018-08-22T12:13:37Z")
DQ Roundup 1. Fictional 2. Female 3. First name starts with W Ask another DQ, EH. PP already asked the Real question. ---
**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 22, 2018, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2018/818972/86 "2018-08-22T12:14:58Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you compose _Classical Gas_ and _The Tomato Vendetta_? > 2. Would you gladly pay me Tuesday for a hamburger today? > 3. Did you write _All The King’s Men_? I know the tunes but can’t remember his name, Pete Weir?, not Wimpy, DQ ---
**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 22, 2018, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2018/818972/87 "2018-08-22T12:20:28Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you compose _Classical Gas_ and _The Tomato Vendetta_? > 2. Would you gladly pay me Tuesday for a hamburger today? > 3. Did you write _All The King’s Men_? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > I know the tunes but can’t remember his name, Pete Weir?, not Wimpy, DQ #1 is Mason Williams. Correct on J. Wellington Wimpy. #3 was Robert Penn Warren. DQ: 1. Created by an American author or authors? 2. Originally from a work of prose 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 22, 2018, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2018/818972/88 "2018-08-22T12:22:43Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Is your maiden name Slaghoople? > 2. Did you write about eating the plums that were left in the icebox? > 3. Is your mom Joyce and your brother Jonathan? that sounds like Flintstones, so I’ll say not Wilma Flintstone, DQ, DQ ---
**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 22, 2018, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2018/818972/89 "2018-08-22T12:25:05Z")
Welcome back, De La Rue! IQs: 1. Are you the protagonist of Orwell’s _1984_? 2. Did Malcolm McDowell play you in _Time After Time_? 3. Did the R.A.F. use your name in referring to a type of life jacket? ---
**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 22, 2018, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2018/818972/90 "2018-08-22T12:33:41Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you the best-known person to hail from Auburn, N.Y.? > Were you the best-known non-painter American in Paris when the Eiffel Tower was dedicated? > Did you write the best-known letter to the mayor and city council of Atlanta? not Walter Mondale, not Walter Mitchell, not Sir Walter Scott maybe one of those is right. ---
**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 22, 2018, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2018/818972/91 "2018-08-22T12:39:18Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Welcome back, De La Rue! > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the protagonist of Orwell’s _1984_? > 2. Did Malcolm McDowell play you in _Time After Time_? > 3. Did the R.A.F. use your name in referring to a type of life jacket? DQ, not HG Wells, DQ ---
**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 22, 2018, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2018/818972/92 "2018-08-22T12:40:52Z")
DQ Roundup 1. Fictional 2. Female 3. First name starts with W 4. Created by an American author or authors 5. Not originally from a work of prose literature ---
**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 22, 2018, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2018/818972/93 "2018-08-22T13:05:48Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Welcome back, De La Rue! > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the protagonist of Orwell’s _1984_? > 2. Did Malcolm McDowell play you in _Time After Time_? > 3. Did the R.A.F. use your name in referring to a type of life jacket? > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > DQ, not HG Wells, DQ #1 is Winston Smith. Correct on #2. #3 was Mae West. (It was an inflatable life jacket.) DQs: 1. Originally from a film or TV show? 2. Created after 1950? ---
**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 22, 2018, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2018/818972/94 "2018-08-22T13:24:40Z")
Previous IQs: Were you the best-known person to hail from Auburn, N.Y.? - William H. Seward, Lincoln’s SECSTATE Were you the best-known non-painter American in Paris when the Eiffel Tower was dedicated? - William “Buffalo Bill” Cody Did you write the best-known letter to the mayor and city council of Atlanta? - Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman (well worth a read): [William Tecumseh Sherman to Atlanta : "War is Hell"](http://rjgeib.com/thoughts/sherman/sherman-to-burn-atlanta.html) William x3 redux! DQs (including the duplicate from earlier): American character? Ever appeared in a movie? Heroine of her story? Considered a beauty? IQs: Were you an expatriate American also in Paris at the time of the dedication of the Eiffel Tower? Did Tom Hanks play your uncle in a TV skit? Does the same actor traditionally play both your father and your nemesis? ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2018, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2018/818972/95 "2018-08-22T14:16:53Z")
Thanks, Prof.! Good to be back. Previous IQs: 1. Wilma Flintstone indeed (Is your maiden name Slaghoople?) 2. Poet William Carlos Williams (Did you write about eating the plums that were left in the icebox?) 3. Will Byers, from \*Stranger Things \* (Is your mom Joyce and your brother Jonathan?) IQs: 1. Did you marry a synthezoid? 2. Are you the Good Little Witch? 3. Did you sing “Anything Goes” in Mandarin? DQs: Name in title? Appeared in different media? ---
**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 22, 2018, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2018/818972/96 "2018-08-22T19:57:57Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > Thanks, Prof.! Good to be back. > > 1. Did you marry a synthezoid? Yes, I am Wanda Maximov, aka The Scarlet Witch. Originally a villain in the comics, she later joined The Avengers and eventually married The Vision, the aforementioned synthezoid. Elizabeth Olsen plays her in the movies. Welcome back De La Rue. You are now the host. ---
**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 22, 2018, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2018/818972/97 "2018-08-22T20:05:13Z")
Wow! Good job, De La Rue! ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2018, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2018/818972/98 "2018-08-22T23:48:49Z")
Huh, this is now the second time I’ve guessed a W person correctly. Belated IQs follow-up: Harvey Comics’ Wendy (Are you the Good Little Witch?) and Willie Scott, of _Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom_ (Did you sing “Anything Goes” in Mandarin?) I am C. ---
**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 23, 2018, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2018/818972/99 "2018-08-23T13:59:43Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the transgender experimental classical musician who composed the score to _Clockwork Orange_? 2. Did you write the song _Suzanne_? 3. Did you introduce the song _Suzanne_ to the world, along with its songwriter? ---
**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 23, 2018, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2018/818972/100 "2018-08-23T14:53:13Z")
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