# 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:** 14\ **Page:** 15
**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 2, 2019, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/281 "2019-09-02T00:39:41Z")
DQs: 1. real 2. male 3. first name starts with H 4. dead 5. American 6. not political/military 7. died after 1900 8. not known for the creative arts 9. not a scientist 10. not a journalist 11. died after 1950 12. acclaimed in his own profession, but best known for a single thing 13. not known for business 14. died before 1999 15. not known for a crime 16. known as an athlete, but single thing doesn’t relate to athletic prowess 17. noted for connection to a product or service 18. not associated with NYC 19. greatest fame in profession before 1950 20. unusual first name 21. not known from the Olympics ---
**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:** [September 2, 2019, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/282 "2019-09-02T01:27:48Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > IQ1: Did you ask the question, “Why can’t the English teach their children how to speak?” in song? > IQ2: Were you the actor who played IQ1? > IQ3: Did your lover swim the Hellespont between Europe and Asia, to come to you? > [@De La Rue](#): > > IQ1: I am not Henry Higgins. > IQ2: I am not Rex Harrison. > IQ3: Take a DQ. > > Slow Moving Vehicle, note that atimnie already asked about the person being a journalist, so you have one more DQ. 1: Correct, 'enry 'iggins. 2: Correct, Rex Harrison 3: Hero, from the Greek myth of Hero and Leander. DQ1: Player of a team sport? (As opposed to a golfer or runner or tennis player, etc.) DQ2: Celebrity endorser? ---
**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 2, 2019, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/283 "2019-09-02T01:52:13Z")
DQs: 1. real 2. male 3. first name starts with H 4. dead 5. American 6. not political/military 7. died after 1900 8. not known for the creative arts 9. not a scientist 10. not a journalist 11. died after 1950 12. acclaimed in his own profession, but best known for a single thing 13. not known for business 14. died before 1999 15. not known for a crime 16. known as an athlete, but single thing doesn’t relate to athletic prowess 17. noted for connection to a product or service 18. not associated with NYC 19. greatest fame in profession before 1950 20. unusual first name 21. not known from the Olympics 22. player of a team sport 23. Not exactly a celebrity endorser, but known for something related to implicitly promoting something ---
**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 2, 2019, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/284 "2019-09-02T04:03:19Z")
Can’t figure out who this is. I yield my two remaining DQs, one apiece to whoever would like to ask them. ---
**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, 2019, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/285 "2019-09-02T13:46:09Z")
> [@](#): > > IQ1: Did you get caught soliciting the services of Foxy Brown? > IQ2: Did you play Perseus in the first Clash of the Titans? > IQ3: Did you provide the animation for the same movie? > IQ1: Take a DQ. > IQ2: I am not the previously-mentioned Harry Hamlin. > IQ3: I am not Ray Harryhausen. Hugh Grant DQ: Associated with a scandal? ---
**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 2, 2019, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/286 "2019-09-02T13:52:14Z")
DQs: 1. real 2. male 3. first name starts with H 4. dead 5. American 6. not political/military 7. died after 1900 8. not known for the creative arts 9. not a scientist 10. not a journalist 11. died after 1950 12. acclaimed in his own profession, but best known for a single thing 13. not known for business 14. died before 1999 15. not known for a crime 16. known as an athlete, but single thing doesn’t relate to athletic prowess 17. noted for connection to a product or service 18. not associated with NYC 19. greatest fame in profession before 1950 20. unusual first name 21. not known from the Olympics 22. player of a team sport 23. not exactly a celebrity endorser, but known for something related to implicitly promoting something 24. not associated with a scandal ---
**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 2, 2019, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/287 "2019-09-02T17:11:48Z")
It looks like all DQs have been asked, unless someone wants to take up EH’s remaining two. Please get in all final questions\* in the the form of “Are you Firstname Lastname?” by midnight EDT tonight (9/2). \*and the two leftover DQs if you want to ---
**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:** [September 2, 2019, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/288 "2019-09-02T18:02:06Z")
I’ll take a DQ: Is your name on a product? ---
**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 2, 2019, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/289 "2019-09-02T18:49:20Z")
DQs: 1. real 2. male 3. first name starts with H 4. dead 5. American 6. not political/military 7. died after 1900 8. not known for the creative arts 9. not a scientist 10. not a journalist 11. died after 1950 12. acclaimed in his own profession, but best known for a single thing 13. not known for business 14. died before 1999 15. not known for a crime 16. known as an athlete, but single thing doesn’t relate to athletic prowess 17. noted for connection to a product or service 18. not associated with NYC 19. greatest fame in profession before 1950 20. unusual first name 21. not known from the Olympics 22. player of a team sport 23. not exactly a celebrity endorser, but known for something related to implicitly promoting something 24. not associated with a scandal 25. name and image are on a product (technically a product, I guess) ---
**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 2, 2019, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/290 "2019-09-02T19:10:24Z")
Still stumped. Whoever wins this round should start a new thread for September, please. ---
**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 2, 2019, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/291 "2019-09-02T19:54:46Z")
Righto. DQ: Are you Honus Wagner? ---
**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 2, 2019, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/292 "2019-09-02T20:15:54Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Righto. > > DQ: Are you Honus Wagner? Yes, I am Honus Wagner! Depicted on [one of the rarest and most valuable baseball cards in the world](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T206_Honus_Wagner), and acclaimed as a great player in his own right. Next round (and the September thread) goes to the Prof. ---
**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 2, 2019, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/293 "2019-09-02T20:17:55Z")
Link to September thread: [https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=21837534#post21837534](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=21837534#post21837534) ---
**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 2, 2019, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104/294 "2019-09-02T21:30:19Z")
Good one! ISTR I had ol’ Honus as my own Botticelli subject a year or so back, but can’t find it now. Congrats, **PP**. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2019/838104.md?page=14)