# 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:** 13
**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 28, 2022, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071/241 "2022-08-28T02:51:40Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 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? Three DQs. ---
**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, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071/242 "2022-08-28T03:17:46Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Three DQs. 1 was William Penn; 2 was Paris Hilton; 3 was George Pal. DQs: 1. real? 2. male? 3. first name begins with P? ---
**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 28, 2022, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071/243 "2022-08-28T03:35:17Z")
The Penn statue is atop City Hall in Philadelphia, BTW Previous IQs: Did Lorne Greene play you, an officer, first? - Yes, Cmdr. Adama, on _Battlestar Galactica_ Did you legendarily sulk in your tent? - Yes, Achilles Was the Owl Ship named after you? - Archimedes (“Archie”) in _Watchmen_ On to P…… IQs: Did you surrender Vicksburg in 1863? Did you lose at Second Bull Run? Were you an Episcopal bishop who also served as a Confederate general? ---
**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 28, 2022, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071/244 "2022-08-28T13:49:39Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you surrender Vicksburg in 1863? > Did you lose at Second Bull Run? > Were you an Episcopal bishop who also served as a Confederate general? 1. Not Pemberton 2. DQ 3. DQ **P** 1, Real 2. Male 3. First name does not begin with P ---
**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 28, 2022, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071/245 "2022-08-28T17:39:34Z")
IQs: 1. Did you play Prof. Pepperwinkle on _The Adventures of Superman_? 2. Did you have a spin-off series from _The Wacky Races_? 3. Did Pluto abduct you to be his bride in Roman mythology? ---
**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 28, 2022, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071/246 "2022-08-28T18:02:06Z")
Previous IQs: Did you surrender Vicksburg in 1863? Yes, Gen. Pemberton Did you lose at Second Bull Run? - Gen. Pope Were you an Episcopal bishop who also served as a Confederate general? - Gen. Polk DQs: American? Living? IQs: Were you the political boss who gave Harry Truman his start? Was a work of yours spoofed in the book about _Animal House_? Were you First Speaker of the Second Foundation? ---
**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, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071/247 "2022-08-28T18:28:04Z")
IQs: 1. Are you a s!nger-songwr!ter born Alecia Beth Moore? 2. AKA Frank Castle, do you wage a one-man war on organized crime while wearing a giant skull on your chest? 3. Are you the current Maltese-American US Secretary of Transportation? ---
**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 28, 2022, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071/248 "2022-08-28T18:45:37Z")
IQ1; Did a song of yours top the Parents Music Resource Center’s “Filthy 15” list? IQ2: Are you a fool of a Took? IQ3: Are you the narrator and main character of _Great Expectations_? ---
**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 28, 2022, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071/249 "2022-08-28T22:18:40Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you play Prof. Pepperwinkle on _The Adventures of Superman_? > 2. Did you have a spin-off series from _The Wacky Races_? > 3. Did Pluto abduct you to be his bride in Roman mythology? 1. Not Phil Tead. 2. Not Penelope Pitstop. 3. Not Persephone. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you the political boss who gave Harry Truman his start? > Was a work of yours spoofed in the book about _Animal House_? > Were you First Speaker of the Second Foundation? Three DQs. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you a s!nger-songwr!ter born Alecia Beth Moore? > 2. AKA Frank Castle, do you wage a one-man war on organized crime while wearing a giant skull on your chest? > 3. Are you the current Maltese-American US Secretary of Transportation? 1. DQ. 2. Not … the Punisher? 3. DQ. > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1; Did a song of yours top the Parents Music Resource Center’s “Filthy 15” list? > IQ2: Are you a fool of a Took? > IQ3: Are you the narrator and main character of _Great Expectations_? 1. DQ. 2. Not Peregrin, AKA Pippin. 3. Not … Pip? **P** 1, Real 2. Male 3. First name does not begin with P 4. American 5. Dead ---
**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 28, 2022, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071/250 "2022-08-28T22:29:54Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Did you play Prof. Pepperwinkle on _The Adventures of Superman_? > > 2. Did you have a spin-off series from _The Wacky Races_? > > 3. Did Pluto abduct you to be his bride in Roman mythology? > > 1. Not Phil Tead. > 2. Not Penelope Pitstop. > 3. Not Persephone. Correct on 1 and 2. #3 was Proserpina, who was abducted by Pluto in the Roman myths. Persephone was abducted by Hades in the Greek equivalent myths. DQ: Died before 1950? ---
**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, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071/251 "2022-08-28T23:08:36Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > 1. Are you a s!nger-songwr!ter born Alecia Beth Moore? > 2. AKA Frank Castle, do you wage a one-man war on organized crime while wearing a giant skull on your chest? > 3. Are you the current Maltese-American US Secretary of Transportation? > [@SCAdian](#): > > 1. DQ. > 2. Not … the Punisher? > 3. DQ. 1 was P!nk; 2 was correct; 3 was Pete Buttigieg. DQs: 1. known from the arts? 2. last name begins with P? (Just to confirm.) ---
**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 28, 2022, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071/252 "2022-08-28T23:11:42Z")
Sure, he might have picked J. P. Morgan, for instance, or James Paul McCartney. ---
**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, 2022, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071/253 "2022-08-29T00:16:10Z")
Previous IQs: Were you the political boss who gave Harry Truman his start? - Frank Pendergast of the Kansas City Democratic machine Was a work of yours spoofed in the book about _Animal House_? - Picasso (and _Guernica_) Were you First Speaker of the Second Foundation? - Preem Palver, in Asimov’s _Foundation_ books Three DQs reserved. IQs: Are you a noted musician who collects Alamo memorabilia (and may have been ripped off in pursuing that hobby)? Did you play a criminal florist in _The Town_? Are you an Oberlin grad who is the NYT’s White House correspondent? ---
**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 29, 2022, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071/254 "2022-08-29T00:55:46Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > > IQ1; Did a song of yours top the Parents Music Resource Center’s “Filthy 15” list? > > IQ2: Are you a fool of a Took? > > IQ3: Are you the narrator and main character of _Great Expectations_? > > 1. DQ. > 2. Not Peregrin, AKA Pippin. > 3. Not … Pip? Prince - _Darling Nikki_ was the offending song. Correct on the other two. Holding one DQ ---
**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 29, 2022, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071/255 "2022-08-29T01:02:49Z")
IQ1: Did you appear on the US $10,000 bill? IQ2: Were you an R&B singer paralyzed in a sordid single-car accident? IQ3: Is a type of pyramid scheme named for you? ---
**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, 2022, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071/256 "2022-08-29T01:33:37Z")
IQs: 1. Are you a libertarian former US Representative from Texas nicknamed “Dr. No”, because you frequently voted against things? 2. Did you appear as the Witch in _Into the Woods_, Dot in _Sunday in the Park with George_, and Gloria Windsor in _Mozart in the Jungle_? 3. Over the summer, did you investigate weird mysteries with your sister in a small town in _Gravity Falls_? ---
**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 29, 2022, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071/257 "2022-08-29T18:20:11Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Are you a noted musician who collects Alamo memorabilia (and may have been ripped off in pursuing that hobby)? > Did you play a criminal florist in _The Town_? > Are you an Oberlin grad who is the NYT’s White House correspondent? Stop that! (I got sidedtracked around the middle of the second Foundation book, and never finished the trilogy) > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Did you appear on the US $10,000 bill? > IQ2: Were you an R&B singer paralyzed in a sordid single-car accident? > IQ3: Is a type of pyramid scheme named for you? 1. Not Salmon P Chase 2. DQ 3. Not Signore Ponzi. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you a libertarian former US Representative from Texas nicknamed “Dr. No”, because you frequently voted against things? > 2. Did you appear as the Witch in _Into the Woods_, Dot in _Sunday in the Park with George_, and Gloria Windsor in _Mozart in the Jungle_? > 3. Over the summer, did you investigate weird mysteries with your sister in a small town in _Gravity Falls_? 1. Not … Rand Paul? 2. DQ 3. DQ **P** 1, Real 2. Male 3. First name does not begin with P 4. American 5. Dead 6. Died before 1950 7. Known for doing an art, but not thought of as being an artist 8. Last name begins with 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 29, 2022, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071/258 "2022-08-29T18:28:21Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > 1. Not … Rand Paul? > 2. DQ > 3. DQ 1 was Ron Paul; 2 was Bernadette Peters; 3 was Dipper Pines. DQs: 1. died after 1850? 2. known from science? One DQ reserved. ---
**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, 2022, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071/259 "2022-08-29T18:36:11Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the subject of an allegorical poem by William Lackland? 2. Are you a famous painter who was born the day before the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral? 3. Did you play Uncle Arthur on _Bewitched_? ---
**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 29, 2022, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071/260 "2022-08-29T18:36:28Z")
[quote=“SCAdian, post:257, topic:969071”] **P** 1, Real 2. Male 3. First name does not begin with P 4. American 5. Dead 6. Died before 1950 7. Known for doing an art, but not thought of as being an artist 8. Last name begins with P 9. Died after 1850 10. Not known from science [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071.md?page=14)