# Botticelli August 2022 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 4, 2022, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071 "2022-08-04T03:35:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**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 27, 2022, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071/221 "2022-08-27T02:35:53Z")
#DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Not best known for the Arts, but known for them in a very roundabout way 4. Not American 5. Dead 6. Only name starts with A ---
**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 27, 2022, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071/222 "2022-08-27T02:38:25Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did Lorne Greene play you, an officer, first? > Did you legendarily sulk in your tent? > Was the Owl Ship named after you? 1. I am not Commander Adama. 2. I am not Achilles. 3. I am not Athena. (??) > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > Qs: > > 1. Were you White House communications director for ten days? > 2. Do you _not_ appear in _Clerks_, though you’re in _Mallrats_, _Chasing Amy_, _Dogma_, and _Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back_ (as both your character in _Chasing Amy_ and yourself)? > 3. Do you also appear in _Dogma_, as God–a silent role, so ironically you don’t get to sing? #3. I am not Alanis Morissette. Take 2 DQs. ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2022, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071/223 "2022-08-27T06:13:44Z")
Held DQs: European? Died before 500 AD? ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2022, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071/224 "2022-08-27T06:26:32Z")
IQ1: Are many fables attributed to you? IQ2: Have you been portrayed by both the first cinematic James Bond and the first cinematic Hannibal Lector? IQ3: Did you marry Wanda in Rio, have 17 children and found a leper colony? ---
**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 27, 2022, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071/225 "2022-08-27T13:36:13Z")
# DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Not best known for the Arts, but known for them in a very roundabout way 4. Not American 5. Dead 6. European 7. Died after 500 AD ---
**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 27, 2022, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071/226 "2022-08-27T13:38:04Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Are many fables attributed to you? > IQ2: Have you been portrayed by both the first cinematic James Bond and the first cinematic Hannibal Lector? > IQ3: Did you marry Wanda in Rio, have 17 children and found a leper colony? #1. I am not Aesop. #2. I am not Agamemnon (??) #3. Take a DQ. ---
**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 27, 2022, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071/227 "2022-08-27T13:59:38Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. Were you White House communications director for ten days? > 2. Do you _not_ appear in _Clerks_, though you’re in _Mallrats_, _Chasing Amy_, _Dogma_, and _Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back_ (as both your character in _Chasing Amy_ and yourself)? > 3. Do you also appear in _Dogma_, as God–a silent role, so ironically you don’t get to sing? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > #3. I am not Alanis Morissette. 1 was Anthony Scaramucci; 2 was Ben Affleck. DQs: 1. died after 1500 AD? 2. from the British-Irish Isles? “Only name starts with A” seems to have been left off the DQ list ---
**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 27, 2022, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071/228 "2022-08-27T15:55:06Z")
IQ1: Is your symbol a rod with a snake wrapped around it? IQ2: Were you an Arabic philosopher, &c, from the Iberian Peninsula? IQ3: Were you a Persian doctor, philosopher, &c? ---
**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 27, 2022, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071/229 "2022-08-27T16:38:37Z")
IQs: 1. Were you last seen with Fred Noonan? 2. Did you appear on the back cover of a magazine in 1979, in front of an exploding nuclear power plant, looking uncharacteristically troubled and saying “Yes…me worry!” ? 3. Did you play George, a daydreamer who becomes manager of a local TV station in a 1989 comedy, and whose last name comes from the above character? You’re a big fan of the above magazine (no surprise there, given your career) and even got to guest-edit an issue in 2015. ---
**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 27, 2022, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071/230 "2022-08-27T16:50:02Z")
# DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Not best known for the Arts, but known for them in a very roundabout way 4. Not American 5. Dead 6. European 7. Died after 500 AD 8. Only name starts with A 9. Died before 1500 AD 10. From the British-Irish Isles ---
**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 27, 2022, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071/231 "2022-08-27T16:52:40Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Is your symbol a rod with a snake wrapped around it? > IQ2: Were you an Arabic philosopher, &c, from the Iberian Peninsula? > IQ3: Were you a Persian doctor, philosopher, &c? 1. I am not Aesculapius. Take 2 DQs. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you last seen with Fred Noonan? > 2. Did you appear on the back cover of a magazine in 1979, in front of an exploding nuclear power plant, looking uncharacteristically troubled and saying “Yes…me worry!” ? > 3. Did you play George, a daydreamer who becomes manager of a local TV station in a 1989 comedy, and whose last name comes from the above character? You’re a big fan of the above magazine (no surprise there, given your career) and even got to guest-edit an issue in 2015. #1. I am not Amelia Earhart. #2. I am not Alfred E. Newman #3. I am not Jason Alexander. ---
**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 27, 2022, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071/232 "2022-08-27T17:11:14Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > #1. I am not Amelia Earhart. > #2. I am not Alfred E. Newman > #3. I am not Jason Alexander. 3 was “Weird Al” Yankovic. DQ: known from science? ---
**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 27, 2022, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071/233 "2022-08-27T17:26:58Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > IQ1: Is your symbol a rod with a snake wrapped around it? > > IQ2: Were you an Arabic philosopher, &c, from the Iberian Peninsula? > > IQ3: Were you a Persian doctor, philosopher, &c? > > 1. I am not Aesculapius. > Take 2 DQs. 1. correct 2. Averroes 3. Avicenna DQ1: Royalty? One DQ reserved. IQ1: Were you a Saxon king called “the Great”? ---
**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 27, 2022, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071/234 "2022-08-27T17:29:50Z")
# DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. Not best known for the Arts, but known for them in a very roundabout way 4. Not American 5. Dead 6. European 7. Died after 500 AD 8. Only name starts with A 9. Died before 1500 AD 10. From the British-Irish Isles 11. Not known for science 12. Not royal, though of possibly noble birth (it’s disputed) ---
**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 27, 2022, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071/235 "2022-08-27T17:30:14Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you a Saxon king called “the Great”? #1. I am not Big Al, aka Alfred the Great. ---
**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 27, 2022, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071/236 "2022-08-27T17:39:43Z")
IQ1: Were you the last queen of England? IQ2: Were you said to be Uther’s brother? IQ3: Were you a scholar, teacher, &c, at Charlemagne’s palace school? ---
**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 27, 2022, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071/237 "2022-08-27T17:56:27Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ3: Were you a scholar, teacher, &c, at Charlemagne’s palace school? # Yes, I am ALCUIN! That took a lot less time than I expected. Good job, **SCA**! ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2022, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071/238 "2022-08-27T18:59:29Z")
Great job, SCA. Last month I spent 9 days at the University of York, criss-crossing Alcuin College on my way to Halifax College to visit my son. Alcuin of York should have been on my mind. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > > IQ1: Are many fables attributed to you? > > IQ2: Have you been portrayed by both the first cinematic James Bond and the first cinematic Hannibal Lector? > > IQ3: Did you marry Wanda in Rio, have 17 children and found a leper colony? > > #1. I am not Aesop. > #2. I am not Agamemnon (??) > #3. Take a DQ. Yes Yes (played by Sean Connery in _Time Bandits_ and Brian Cox in _Troy_) Archie Leach, played by John Cleese in _A Fish Called Wanda_ ---
**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 27, 2022, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071/239 "2022-08-27T23:52:28Z")
I am **P**. ---
**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 28, 2022, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071/240 "2022-08-28T01:43:17Z")
Congrats, SCAdian! IQs: 1. Was there a gentleman’s agreement that no building could be taller than the statue of you atop City Hall, in a certain city? 2. Did you and your friend Nicole explore _The Simple Life_? 3. Did you direct the Puppetoons, and later live-action sci-fi movies? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071.md?page=13)