# Botticelli - August 2019 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 3, 2019, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104 "2019-08-03T05:08:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 13
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2019, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/241 "2019-08-29T03:28:21Z")
IQs: IQ1: Are you known for starting a revolution in men’s magazines in the mid-50s? IQ2: Are you an eccentric billionaire movie producer and pilot of wooden planes? IQ3: Are you the quiet Beatle? ---
**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 29, 2019, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/242 "2019-08-29T10:50:47Z")
IQs: 1. Did Tom Lehrer write a song asking whatever happened to you? 2. Were you quoted as saying “Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people?” 3. Did the Thing recently beat you in a comic book battle? ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2019, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/243 "2019-08-29T12:45:59Z")
IQ1: Were you FDR’s Secretary of Commerce, and a key architect of the New Deal and the Lend-Lease program? IQ2: Were a former vice-president who ran against Richard Nixon, during which campaign a famous picture was taken of a hole in your shoe sole? IQ3: Were you an Irish-Italian mafioso-turned-F.B.I. informant, whose story was the basis of a classic Mafia movie? ---
**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 29, 2019, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/244 "2019-08-29T13:13:20Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you Lincoln’s first VP? > Were you the most famous fictional person to serve on the board of the Baltimore Symphony? > Were you arguably Carthage’s greatest general? Respectively: I am not Hannibal Hamlin. I am not Hannibal Lecter. I am not Hannibal. > [@atimnie](#): > > IQs: > > IQ1: Are you known for starting a revolution in men’s magazines in the mid-50s? > IQ2: Are you an eccentric billionaire movie producer and pilot of wooden planes? > IQ3: Are you the quiet Beatle? IQ1: I am not Hugh Hefner. IQ2: I am not Howard Hughes. IQ3: I am not George Harrison. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did Tom Lehrer write a song asking whatever happened to you? > 2. Were you quoted as saying “Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people?” > 3. Did the Thing recently beat you in a comic book battle? 1. I am not Hubert Humphrey. 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not the Hulk. > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > IQ1: Were you FDR’s Secretary of Commerce, and a key architect of the New Deal and the Lend-Lease program? > > IQ2: Were a former vice-president who ran against Richard Nixon, during which campaign a famous picture was taken of a hole in your shoe sole? > > IQ3: Were you an Irish-Italian mafioso-turned-F.B.I. informant, whose story was the basis of a classic Mafia movie? IQ1: Take a DQ. IQ2: Isn’t this Adlai Stevenson? Were you also thinking of Humphrey? IQ3: I am not Henry Hill. ---
**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 29, 2019, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/245 "2019-08-29T13:43:29Z")
Swept me on the three Hannibals. Well done. IQs: Did you play Mickey on _L.A. Law_? Did you and your wife once break a bed, as your wife embarrassedly told domestic staff? Were you FDR’s cadaverous aide, who lost a son during WWII? ---
**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 29, 2019, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/246 "2019-08-29T13:56:49Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did Tom Lehrer write a song asking whatever happened to you? > 2. Were you quoted as saying “Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people?” > 3. Did the Thing recently beat you in a comic book battle? > 4. I am not Hubert Humphrey. > 5. Take a DQ. > 6. I am not the Hulk. Correct, H. L. Mencken, 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 29, 2019, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/247 "2019-08-29T15:34:56Z")
IQs: 1. Are you an adventure-loving princess in a series of children’s books by Ursula Vernon? 2. Did Katnip chase you? 3. Did you write _Theogony_? ---
**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 29, 2019, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/248 "2019-08-29T16:17:37Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you play Mickey on _L.A. Law_? > Did you and your wife once break a bed, as your wife embarrassedly told domestic staff? > Were you FDR’s cadaverous aide, who lost a son during WWII? Respectively: I am not Harry Hamlin. I am not Harry Truman. Take a DQ. (Probably a Harry.) > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you an adventure-loving princess in a series of children’s books by Ursula Vernon? > 2. Did Katnip chase you? > 3. Did you write _Theogony_? 1. Take a DQ. 2. I am not Herman. 3. I am not Hesiod. DQs: 1. real ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2019, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/249 "2019-08-29T16:28:50Z")
IQs IQ1: Did you inspire the stage name of perhaps the greatest magician/escape artist of all time? IQ2: Were you the star of “Safety Last”? IQ3: Did you attempt an assassination to impress a movie star? ---
**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 29, 2019, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/250 "2019-08-29T18:02:49Z")
> [@](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you an adventure-loving princess in a series of children’s books by Ursula Vernon? > 2. Did Katnip chase you? > 3. Did you write Theogony? > 4. Take a DQ. > 5. I am not Herman. > 6. I am not Hesiod. #1 is Princess Harriet Hamsterbone. Correct on the others. DQ: Male? ---
**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 29, 2019, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/251 "2019-08-29T19:46:13Z")
IQ1: Are you head coach of the Baltimore Ravens? IQ2: Are you IQ1’s brother, coach of Michigan? IQ3: Were you the first head coach of the Chicago Bears? ---
**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 29, 2019, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/252 "2019-08-29T20:12:04Z")
> [@atimnie](#): > > IQs > > IQ1: Did you inspire the stage name of perhaps the greatest magician/escape artist of all time? > IQ2: Were you the star of “Safety Last”? > IQ3: Did you attempt an assassination to impress a movie star? IQ1: I am not Robert Houdin. IQ2: I am not Harold Lloyd. IQ3: I am not John Hinckley. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Are you head coach of the Baltimore Ravens? > IQ2: Are you IQ1’s brother, coach of Michigan? > IQ3: Were you the first head coach of the Chicago Bears? Take 3 DQs. DQs: 1. real 2. male ---
**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 30, 2019, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/253 "2019-08-30T04:55:19Z")
Previous IQs: Did you play Mickey on _L.A. Law_? - Yes, Harry Hamlin Did you and your wife once break a bed, as your wife embarrassedly told domestic staff? - Yes, Harry Truman, during his and Bess’s extended stay at Blair House Were you FDR’s cadaverous aide, who lost a son during WWII? - Harry Hopkins Harry x3! DQ: Last name start with H? IQs: Were you Stonewall Jackson’s near-legendary mapmaker? Did you die in San Francisco in 1870, before you could write your memoirs? Were you the first flag officer of the Continental Navy? ---
**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 30, 2019, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/254 "2019-08-30T12:06:23Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Are you head coach of the Baltimore Ravens? > IQ2: Are you IQ1’s brother, coach of Michigan? > IQ3: Were you the first head coach of the Chicago Bears? > Take 3 DQs. John Harbaugh, Jim Harbaugh, George “Papa Bear” Halas DQ: Alive? DQ: Last name begin with H? DQ: 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 30, 2019, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/255 "2019-08-30T12:19:18Z")
IQs: 1. Did your company eventually expand to create “the Great American Chocolate Bar”? 2. Did you often hang around with Churchy la Femme in the comic strip _Pogo_? 3. Were you on of the few survivors in the play _Hamlet_? ---
**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 30, 2019, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/256 "2019-08-30T14:55:12Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you Stonewall Jackson’s near-legendary mapmaker? > Did you die in San Francisco in 1870, before you could write your memoirs? > Were you the first flag officer of the Continental Navy? Take 3 DQs. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did your company eventually expand to create “the Great American Chocolate Bar”? > 2. Did you often hang around with Churchy la Femme in the comic strip _Pogo_? > 3. Were you on of the few survivors in the play _Hamlet_? 1. I am not Milton Hershey. 2. I am not Howland Owl. 3. I am not Horatio. DQs: 1. real 2. male 3. first name starts with H 4. dead 5. American (Knowed Out: note that EH already asked about the last name starting with H) ---
**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 30, 2019, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/257 "2019-08-30T15:10:26Z")
Missed EH’s DQ. Change my “Last name begin with H” to “Holding a DQ” ---
**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 30, 2019, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/258 "2019-08-30T16:45:29Z")
Previous IQs: Were you Stonewall Jackson’s near-legendary mapmaker? - Jedediah Hotchkiss Did you die in San Francisco in 1870, before you could write your memoirs? - Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas, the Rock of Chickamauga (he always used the “H.”) Were you the first flag officer of the Continental Navy? - Esek Hopkins DQs: Political/military? Died since 1900? One DQ reserved. IQs: Did _Monty Python_ depict you, ahistorically, falling from a modern building? Were you the person mentioned in his last words? Were you the plucky young hero of the movie _The Iron Giant_? ---
**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 30, 2019, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/259 "2019-08-30T17:00:19Z")
Swept me. IQs: 1. Did you write _Godel, Escher, Bach_? 2. Were you a famous 20th Century Amerian caricaturist? 3. Did you compose _The Planets_? ---
**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 30, 2019, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/260 "2019-08-30T17:33:38Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did _Monty Python_ depict you, ahistorically, falling from a modern building? > Were you the person mentioned in his last words? > Were you the plucky young hero of the movie _The Iron Giant_? Respectively: I am not Horatio Nelson. I am not Hardy. I am not Hogarth. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you write _Godel, Escher, Bach_? > 2. Were you a famous 20th Century Amerian caricaturist? > 3. Did you compose _The Planets_? 1. I am not Douglas Hofstadter. 2. I am not Al Hirschfeld. 3. I am not Gustav Holst. DQs: 1. real 2. male 3. first name starts with H 4. dead 5. American 6. not political/military 7. died after 1900 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104.md?page=14)