# 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:** 17\ **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 31, 2018, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2018/818972/141 "2018-08-31T02:46:45Z")
DQ: Was ever knighted or ennobled? ---
**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 31, 2018, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2018/818972/142 "2018-08-31T03:35:45Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQ: Did you come up with the theory that rising carbon dioxide levels increased global temperatures? Take a DQ. DQs: 1. real 2. male 3. dead 4. not American 5. born before 1950 6. European 7. last name starts with C 8. born after 1800 9. not known from the Arts 10. from the UK 11. not known for politics/royalty 12. not known for science, but is associated with innovation 13. not known for military service 14. primarily known for a single event (innovating something) 15. born before 1900 16. not known for a crime 17. known before 1914, but greatest fame really came afterwards 18. English 19. innovation did not have direct military application 20. wasn’t knighted or ennobled ---
**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 31, 2018, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2018/818972/143 "2018-08-31T13:28:19Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ: Did you come up with the theory that rising carbon dioxide levels increased global temperatures? > Take a DQ. That was Guy Stewart Callendar. I have 2 DQs reserved. However, it is your call as to whether or not to call it at 20 DQs or to allow people to use their reserved DQs. We’ve played it both ways. ---
**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 31, 2018, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2018/818972/144 "2018-08-31T15:50:08Z")
If you’re allowing remaining DQs, DQ: Known for food & drink? ---
**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 31, 2018, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2018/818972/145 "2018-08-31T19:10:45Z")
Drawing a blank so far. Think think think… ---
**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 31, 2018, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2018/818972/146 "2018-08-31T23:25:30Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > That was Guy Stewart Callendar. > > I have 2 DQs reserved. However, it is your call as to whether or not to call it at 20 DQs or to allow people to use their reserved DQs. We’ve played it both ways. OK, use up the reserved DQs. DQs: 1. real 2. male 3. dead 4. not American 5. born before 1950 6. European 7. last name starts with C 8. born after 1800 9. not known from the Arts 10. from the UK 11. not known for politics/royalty 12. not known for science, but is associated with innovation 13. not known for military service 14. primarily known for a single event (innovating something) 15. born before 1900 16. not known for a crime 17. known before 1914, but greatest fame really came afterwards 18. English 19. innovation did not have direct military application 20. wasn’t knighted or ennobled 21. not known for food & drink ---
**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:** [September 1, 2018, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2018/818972/147 "2018-09-01T01:20:35Z")
DQs: 1. Known for religion, philosophy or social causes? 2. Known for writing? ---
**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:** [September 1, 2018, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2018/818972/148 "2018-09-01T15:57:13Z")
DQs: 1. real 2. male 3. dead 4. not American 5. born before 1950 6. European 7. last name starts with C 8. born after 1800 9. not known from the Arts 10. from the UK 11. not known for politics/royalty 12. not known for science, but is associated with innovation 13. not known for military service 14. primarily known for a single event (innovating something) 15. born before 1900 16. not known for a crime 17. known before 1914, but greatest fame really came afterwards 18. English 19. innovation did not have direct military application 20. wasn’t knighted or ennobled 21. not known for food & drink 22. not known for religion, philosophy or social causes 23. not known for writing ---
**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:** [September 1, 2018, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2018/818972/149 "2018-09-01T18:12:22Z")
Think, think, think… ---
**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:** [September 1, 2018, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2018/818972/150 "2018-09-01T20:58:06Z")
DQ: Are you that English guy who’s dead now, but who did that thing that was innovative and whose last name started with C? 'Cause that’s _totally_ who I’m thinking of. ---
**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:** [September 2, 2018, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2018/818972/151 "2018-09-02T12:44:29Z")
Here’s a blank. * * * I’m drawing it. ---
**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:** [September 3, 2018, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2018/818972/152 "2018-09-03T11:42:53Z")
I’m stumped. ---
**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:** [September 3, 2018, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2018/818972/153 "2018-09-03T18:27:21Z")
I think this has gone on long enough. I am Thomas Crapper! Purported inventor of the flush toilet, a claim which was popularized by the 1969 tongue-in-cheek biography _Flushed with Pride_; in reality a Victorian-era plumber, industrialist, holder of six toilet-related patents, and mentioned in a [Straight Dope column](https://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/573/why-do-we-call-it-the-bathroom-even-when-it-has-no-tub/). Who goes next? ---
**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:** [September 4, 2018, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2018/818972/154 "2018-09-04T00:24:01Z")
Good one! Here’s more on him: [Thomas Crapper - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Crapper) You won the round by stumping us, so you get to go again, **DLR**. ---
**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:** [September 4, 2018, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2018/818972/155 "2018-09-04T12:46:16Z")
Yes, good one, DLR! ---
**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:** [September 4, 2018, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2018/818972/156 "2018-09-04T20:06:36Z")
Want to start a new Botticelli thread for September, **DLR**? ---
**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:** [September 4, 2018, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2018/818972/157 "2018-09-04T20:36:06Z")
New thread is up: [https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=861636](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=861636) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2018/818972.md?page=7)