# 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:** 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 16, 2023, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/221 "2023-08-16T13:45:56Z")
**DQs** 1. Real 2. Last name only starts with F 3. Male 4. Dead 5. Not known for politics 6. American 7. Died after 1920 8. Known for the Arts ---
**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 16, 2023, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/222 "2023-08-16T13:55:10Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > > Qs; > > > > 1. Are you an Irish actor who’s played a slave owner, a sex addict, and a Holocaust survivor with special skills? > > 2. Are you a character actor who most commonly plays obnoxious but ultimately decent cops? > > 3. Are you going to _PUMP…YOU UP_? > > I know I know #3, but it’s not coming around. Take 3 DQs 1. was Michael Fassbender, in _12 Years A Slave_, _Shame_, and as Eric “Magneto” Lensherr in _X-Men: First Class._ 2. was Dennis Franz, of _Die Harder_ and _NYPD Blue._ 3. was Franz, one half of “Hans and Franz”, played by Dana Carvey and Kevin Nealon on _Saturday Night Live._ 2 DQs reserved, pending answers to previous DQs ---
**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 16, 2023, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/223 "2023-08-16T18:27:43Z")
Previous IQs: Did your dad eat very messily after sending you off to your likely death? - Faramir, son of Denethor, in _LOTR: ROTK_ Were you the police captain in charge of Hill Street Station? - Frank Furillo, on _Hill Street Blues_ Did you say in an 1856 speech in Cleveland that the relationship between the different races was the most important issue facing the United States? - Frederick Douglass DQs: Best known for the performing arts? Died after 1970? Won a top award in his field? IQs: Did you say that Washington’s New Jersey campaign of 1776-77 was “the most brilliant of any recorded in the annals of military achievements”? Was a small town just north of Calcutta, Ohio named after you? Were you Frasier and Lilith’s only child? ---
**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 16, 2023, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/224 "2023-08-16T18:35:07Z")
IQs: 1. Did you ask for the same thing Rodney Dangerfield never got? 2. Did Will Eisner do a graphic novel about you (a previously existing character)? 3. “Surely you’re joking, Mr…” ---
**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 16, 2023, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/225 "2023-08-16T18:38:46Z")
**DQs** 1. Real 2. Last name only starts with F 3. Male 4. Dead 5. Not known for politics 6. American 7. Died after 1920 8. Known for the Arts 9. Not known for the performing arts 10. Died after 1970 11. Won top awards in his field ---
**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 16, 2023, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/226 "2023-08-16T18:40:12Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you say that Washington’s New Jersey campaign of 1776-77 was “the most brilliant of any recorded in the annals of military achievements”? > Was a small town just north of Calcutta, Ohio named after you? > Were you Frasier and Lilith’s only child? 1. I am not Ben Franklin (??). Take 2 DQs. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > Qs: > > 1. Did you ask for the same thing Rodney Dangerfield never got? > 2. Did Will Eisner do a graphic novel about you (a previously existing character)? > 3. “Surely you’re joking, Mr…” 1. I am not Aretha Franklin. 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not Richard Feynman. ---
**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 16, 2023, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/227 "2023-08-16T18:52:48Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Aretha Franklin. > 2. Take a DQ. > 3. I am not Richard Feynman. 2 was Fagin. DQ: known for the literary arts? ---
**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 16, 2023, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/228 "2023-08-16T18:54:28Z")
Previous IQs: Did you say that Washington’s New Jersey campaign of 1776-77 was “the most brilliant of any recorded in the annals of military achievements”? - Not Ben Franklin, but Frederick the Great of Prussia Was a small town just north of Calcutta, Ohio named after you? - Noah Frederick (Fredericktown) Were you Frasier and Lilith’s only child? - Frederick Crane, on _Cheers_ and _Frasier_ Frederick x3! DQs: Best known for the visual arts? Famous spouse? Considered handsome? IQs: Did you head the RNC in the Eighties? Were you the action guy of _FYI_? Did you tell foes, via radio, to “stick that in your obsidian pipe and smoke it”? ---
**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 16, 2023, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/229 "2023-08-16T19:08:22Z")
[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:225, topic:987985, full:true”] **DQs** 1. Real 2. Last name only starts with F 3. Male 4. Dead 5. Not known for politics 6. American 7. Died after 1920 8. Known for the Arts 9. Not known for the performing arts 10. Died after 1970 11. Won top awards in his field 12. Known for the literary arts 13. Best known for the visual arts, but for the literary end of his field 14. No famous spouse 15. Not considered handsome ---
**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 16, 2023, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/230 "2023-08-16T19:09:24Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did you head the RNC in the Eighties? > Were you the action guy of _FYI_? > Did you tell foes, via radio, to “stick that in your obsidian pipe and smoke it”? #2. I am not Frank Fontana. Take 2 DQs. ---
**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 16, 2023, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/231 "2023-08-16T20:11:23Z")
IQs: 1. Are you the less-famous Communist writer? 2. Did you create Elektra? 3. Did your research into electromagnetism lead directly to the invention of electric motors, and help make electric power common? DQs: 1. Known for graphic novels? 2. First name starts A - M? ---
**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 16, 2023, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/232 "2023-08-16T20:12:36Z")
IQs: 1. Are you a Great Lakes Avenger whose “action figure” had _infinite_ points of articulation? 2. Are you the much-better-known hero the above character is sometimes mistaken for? 3. Are you a trend forecaster who coined the term “cocooning”? ---
**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 16, 2023, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/233 "2023-08-16T20:25:17Z")
Previous IQs: Did you head the RNC in the Eighties? - Frank Fahrenkopf Were you the action guy of _FYI_? - Yes, Frank Fontana, on _Murphy Brown_ Did you tell foes, via radio, to “stick that in your obsidian pipe and smoke it”? - Maj. Frank Burns, on _MASH_ Frank x3! DQs: Skilled at photography? Won a Pulitzer? IQs: Does a popular golf course in Akron, Ohio bear your name? Did you host a PBS series on the Constitution and the press? Could Chevy Chase tell us all today that you’re still 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 16, 2023, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/234 "2023-08-16T21:37:25Z")
[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:229, topic:987985”] **DQs** 1. Real 2. Last name only starts with F 3. Male 4. Dead 5. Not known for politics 6. American 7. Died after 1920 8. Known for the Arts 9. Not known for the performing arts 10. Died after 1970 11. Won top awards in his field 12. Known for the literary arts 13. Best known for the visual arts, but for the literary end of his field 14. No famous spouse 15. Not considered handsome 16. Not known for graphic novels, but works have been collected into something similar 17. First name starts with A-M. 18. Not skilled at photography 19. Did not win a Pulitzer ---
**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 16, 2023, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/235 "2023-08-16T21:40:24Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the less-famous Communist writer? > 2. Did you create Elektra? > 3. Did your research into electromagnetism lead directly to the invention of electric motors, and help make electric power common? 1. I am not Frederick Engels. 2. I am not Frank Miller. 3. Take a DQ. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you a Great Lakes Avenger whose “action figure” had _infinite_ points of articulation? > 2. Are you the much-better-known hero the above character is sometimes mistaken for? > 3. Are you a trend forecaster who coined the term “cocooning”? 1. I am not Flatman (??) 2. I am not Mr. Fantastic. 3. Take a DQ. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Does a popular golf course in Akron, Ohio bear your name? > Did you host a PBS series on the Constitution and the press? > Could Chevy Chase tell us all today that you’re still dead? #3. I am not Generalissimo Francisco Franco. Take 2 DQs. Well, that’s way over 20, so no more IQs please. Kindly ask all remaining DQs by 6pm EDT tomorrow. And, YES,. if you think you know who it is, by all means ask your FNLNQ! (First Name Last Name Question) at any time. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2023, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/236 "2023-08-16T22:11:11Z")
Boy things are moving fast. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > > > 1. Are you a friend of Peter Parker who volunteered for Vietnam? > > 2. Are you a former ethnically stereotypic spokescharacter for a corn chip? > > 3. Did you write and illustrate the comic that was the source for my Doper ID? > > 1. I am not Flash. > 2. I am not the Frito Bandito. > 3. Take a DQ. 1. Yes, Flash Thompson 2. Correct 3. Phil Foglio DQ: Known for comics? ---
**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 16, 2023, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/237 "2023-08-16T22:19:25Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Flatman (??) > 2. I am not Mr. Fantastic. > 3. Take a DQ. 3 (trend forecaster) was Faith Popcorn. 1 DQ reserved, I’d better use it wisely. ---
**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 16, 2023, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/238 "2023-08-16T23:11:36Z")
**DQs** 1. Real 2. Last name only starts with F 3. Male 4. Dead 5. Not known for politics 6. American 7. Died after 1920 8. Known for the Arts 9. Not known for the performing arts 10. Died after 1970 11. Won top awards in his field 12. Known for the literary arts 13. Best known for the visual arts, but for the literary end of his field 14. No famous spouse 15. Not considered handsome 16. Not known for graphic novels, but works have been collected into something similar 17. First name starts with A-M. 18. Not skilled at photography 19. Did not win a Pulitzer **20. Known for comic books** ---
**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 17, 2023, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/239 "2023-08-17T00:16:40Z")
Correct on Engels and Miller; IQ3 was Michael Faraday. Well, this scuppers me - I don’t know any comic book artists besides Mike Dringenberg and Dave McKean. So I’ll try to help the rest of yez out. DQs: 1. Known for superhero comics? 2. Known for a grimdark aesthetic? ---
**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 17, 2023, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/240 "2023-08-17T01:05:41Z")
**DQs** 1. Real 2. Last name only starts with F 3. Male 4. Dead 5. Not known for politics 6. American 7. Died after 1920 8. Known for the Arts 9. Not known for the performing arts 10. Died after 1970 11. Won top awards in his field 12. Known for the literary arts 13. Best known for the visual arts, but for the literary end of his field 14. No famous spouse 15. Not considered handsome 16. Not known for graphic novels, but works have been collected into something similar 17. First name starts with A-M. 18. Not skilled at photography 19. Did not win a Pulitzer 20. Known for writing comic books 21. Known for superhero comics 22. Not known for the grimdark aesthetic [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985.md?page=13)