# Botticelli August 2023 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 3, 2023, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985 "2023-08-03T02:27:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**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 14, 2023, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/181 "2023-08-14T14:31:22Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you compose the theme for _Chariots of Fire_? > 2. Did you play a pornstar who was captured by aliens to be a mate for a time traveler? > 3. Did you play Stringfellow Hawke on TV? 1. I am not Vangelis. 2. Dairy Queen for you. 3. And another DQ. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you an Atlanta Falcons quarterback who got busted for dog fighting, then joined the Philadelphia Eagles after serving your sentence? > 2. Are you the sister-in-law of Reddit founder Alexis Ohanian? > 3. Were you a high-ranking Yeerk in the _Animorphs_ series? 1. I am not Michael Vick. 2. and 3.: Two trips to Dairy Queen for you, as well. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did you have an unpleasant stay in Larkhill? > Did you throw your wedding ring in a chemical toilet, and then take it back out again? > Have you spent a lot of time with Pat Sajak over the years? 1. I am not Violet…Beaumarchais? From the _Series of Unfortunate Events_ novels. I think. 2. And you get Dairy Queen, too! 3. I am not Vanna White. ---
**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 14, 2023, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/182 "2023-08-14T14:34:21Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Did you compose the theme for _Chariots of Fire_? > > 2. Did you play a pornstar who was captured by aliens to be a mate for a time traveler? > > 3. Did you play Stringfellow Hawke on TV? > > 1. I am not Vangelis. > 2. Dairy Queen for you. > 3. And another DQ. #1 is correct. #2 was Valerie Perrine in _Slaughterhouse Five_. #3 was Jan-Michael Vincent on _Airwolf_. DQs: 1. Real? 2. Male? ---
**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 14, 2023, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/183 "2023-08-14T14:36:30Z")
DQs: 1. Real. 2. Female. @Prof.Pepperwinkle, **DLR** already asked the “Real?” DQ, so take another. ---
**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 14, 2023, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/184 "2023-08-14T14:37:17Z")
DQ: Last name starts with V? ---
**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 14, 2023, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/185 "2023-08-14T14:38:33Z")
IQs: Did you have an unpleasant stay in Larkhill? - Not Violet Beaumarchais, but V. (Hugo Weaving), in _V for Vendetta_. Larkhill was the British concentration camp he broke out of. Did you throw your wedding ring in a chemical toilet, and then take it back out again? - Virgil (Ed Harris) in _The Abyss_ Have you spent a lot of time with Pat Sajak over the years? - Yes, Vanna White DQs: American? Living? ---
**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 14, 2023, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/186 "2023-08-14T14:40:41Z")
IQs: 1. After your death were rumors circulated that you had converted to Christianity on your deathbed, even though you hadn’t? 2. Is there a museum in Indianapolis devoted to you and your works? 3. Were you marred to Eddie van Halen? ---
**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 14, 2023, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/187 "2023-08-14T15:40:20Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > 1. I am not Michael Vick. > 2. and 3.: Two trips to Dairy Queen for you, as well. 2 (Reddit founder’s sister-in-law) was Venus Williams; 3 (high-ranking Yeerk) was Visser 3. 2 DQs reserved. ---
**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 14, 2023, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/188 "2023-08-14T16:25:10Z")
IQs: Were you a dissolute fictional French aristocrat? Were you known for your Forties and Fifties pinup girls? Were you the first white child born in the Americas? ---
**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 14, 2023, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/189 "2023-08-14T17:05:43Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. After your death were rumors circulated that you had converted to Christianity on your deathbed, even though you hadn’t? > 2. Is there a museum in Indianapolis devoted to you and your works? > 3. Were you marred to Eddie van Halen? 1. …not Richard Dawkins, not Julian the Apostate, not Bertrand Russell…Take a DQ. 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not Valerie Bertinelli. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Were you a dissolute fictional French aristocrat? > Were you known for your Forties and Fifties pinup girls? > Were you the first white child born in the Americas? 1. I am not Valmont (sp.?? John Malkovich’s character in _Dangerous Liaisons_) 2. I am not Boris Vallejo. 3. I am not Virginia Dare. ---
**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 14, 2023, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/190 "2023-08-14T17:08:47Z")
DQs: 1. Real. 2. Female. 3. First name starts with “_V_”. 4. American. 5. Living. ---
**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 14, 2023, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/191 "2023-08-14T17:15:16Z")
IQs: 1. Did Ogden Nash say you needed a Kick in the Pance? 2. Were you a ~~steamship~~ mystery author and the creator of the above character? 3. Did Bert Lahr play you, in drag? DQs: 1. known from the arts? 2. born after 1970? ---
**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 14, 2023, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/192 "2023-08-14T17:16:49Z")
Previous IQs: Were you a dissolute fictional French aristocrat? - Yes, Valmont Were you known for your Forties and Fifties pinup girls? - Vallejo started in the Fifties; this was Alberto Vargas Were you the first white child born in the Americas? - Yes, Virginia Dare DQ: Best known for the Arts? IQs: Did you meet Capt. Picard on Risa? Were you a French official very helpful to the rebels during the American Revolution? Was “Stinky” Mahmoud your friend? ---
**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 14, 2023, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/193 "2023-08-14T17:37:06Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Did Ogden Nash say you needed a Kick in the Pance? > 2. Were you a ~~steamship~~ mystery author and the creator of the above character? > 3. Did Bert Lahr play you, in drag? Three DQs. 2 is maybe (?) Jules Verne? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you meet Capt. Picard on Risa? > Were you a French official very helpful to the rebels during the American Revolution? > Was “Stinky” Mahmoud your friend? 1. Can’t think of her name. But she helped him with an archaeological exploration there. 2. I am not the Comte de Vergennes, the French Foreign Minister who convinced Louis XVI to send money and troops to those upstart rebels in America. 3. I am not Valentine Michael Smith, the Man From Mars. ---
**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 14, 2023, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/194 "2023-08-14T17:39:57Z")
DQs: 1. Real. 2. Female. 3. First name starts with “_V_”. 4. American. 5. Living. 6. Known for a field that is a mixture of the arts and business. 7. Born before 1970. @Elendil_s_Heir, your DQ is a duplicate of **DLR** ’s. Go ahead and ask another. ---
**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 14, 2023, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/195 "2023-08-14T18:08:51Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Did Ogden Nash say you needed a Kick in the Pance? > 2. Were you a ~~steamship~~ mystery author and the creator of the above character? > 3. Did Bert Lahr play you, in drag? > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > Three DQs. 2 is maybe (?) Jules Verne? 1 was Philo Vance; 2 was S.S. Van Dine; 3 was Queen Victoria. DQs: 1. born before 1950? 2. won any awards? 3. famous before 2000? ---
**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 14, 2023, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/196 "2023-08-14T19:26:31Z")
DQs: 1. Real. 2. Female. 3. First name starts with “_V_”. 4. American. 5. Living. 6. Known for a field that is a mixture of the arts and business. 7. Born before 1970. 8. Born before 1950. 9. Won two major awards in her field. 10. Famous before 2000. ---
**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 14, 2023, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/197 "2023-08-14T20:09:12Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. After your death were rumors circulated that you had converted to Christianity on your deathbed, even though you hadn’t? > > 2. Is there a museum in Indianapolis devoted to you and your works? > > 3. Were you marred to Eddie van Halen? > > 1. …not Richard Dawkins, not Julian the Apostate, not Bertrand Russell…Take a DQ. > 2. Take a DQ. > 3. I am not Valerie Bertinelli. #1 was Voltaire. #2 is Kurt Vonnegut. Correct on #3. Hmmm. Not Victoria’s Sectret, 'cause that was named after Queen Victoria. Not Gloria Vanderbilt. DQs: 1. Known for fashion? 2. Caucasian? IQs: 1. Are you in the Figure Skating Hall of Fame for designing Olympic swimsuits for American women contestants? 2. Did you appear in an episode of _Remington Steele_ as a celebrity who an unorthodox representative wanted to use to sell mayonnaise? 3. Did you play the Man from U.N.C.L.E.? ---
**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 14, 2023, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/198 "2023-08-14T21:51:37Z")
Whoot! Whoot! Dingadingandingading! Yes, I am Vera Wang, former figure skater-turned fashion designer, known for her wedding dresses, and, as the Prof pointed out, costumes for US Olympic team figure skaters! [![](https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/newscms/2021_20/1720165/vera-wang-today-sk-main-210520.jpg) ](https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/newscms/2021_20/1720165/vera-wang-today-sk-main-210520.jpg) (Jeez, not even a dozen DQs. Next time, I’m picking a 19th c. Undersecretary of Agriculture or something…) Congratulations, @Prof.Pepperwinkle! Also, I’m not Robert Vaughn. Don’t know IQ.2, though. ---
**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 15, 2023, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/199 "2023-08-15T12:20:43Z")
IQ2 was Virginia Mayo. Next up, I am [![](https://th.bing.com/th/id/R.fd8e3f4590cf045c85c19dc890ff9281?rik=v17UW9aAmuMlxw&pid=ImgRaw&r=0) ](https://th.bing.com/th/id/R.fd8e3f4590cf045c85c19dc890ff9281?rik=v17UW9aAmuMlxw&pid=ImgRaw&r=0) That is an **F** if it doesn’t show up. ---
**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 15, 2023, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/200 "2023-08-15T14:39:40Z")
IQ1: Were you a Red Skelton character? IQ2: Were you an actress who was allegedly lobotomized whilst on a psych ward? IQ2: Was the _Golden Hind_ your ship? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985.md?page=11)