# 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:** 18
**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 23, 2023, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/341 "2023-08-23T13:11:41Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. First name starts with _“M”_ 4. Not known for the arts 5. Dead 6. Not American 7. Not European 8. Not primarily known for politics/military, though they impinged on his field 9. Died before 1950 10. No surname _per se_, but the nearest equivalent begins A - M 11. Died before 1900 12. Asian 13. Died before 1500 ---
**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 23, 2023, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/342 "2023-08-23T13:23:03Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Did Edwin Arlington Robinson call you a “child of scorn”? > > 2. Did A. E. Housman say of you, “he died old”? > > 3. Did Richard Dreyfuss play you in _The Big Fix_? > > 1. DQ. > 2. I am not… Methuselah? > 3. DQ. #1 was Miniver Cheevy. #2 was Mithridates. #3 was Moses Wine. DQs: 1. From the Middle East? 2. Died before 100 AD? 3. Known from religion? ---
**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 23, 2023, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/343 "2023-08-23T13:47:58Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. First name starts with _“M”_ 4. Not known for the arts 5. Dead 6. Not American 7. Not European 8. Not primarily known for politics/military, though they impinged on his field 9. Died before 1950 10. No surname _per se_, but the nearest equivalent begins A - M 11. Died before 1900 12. Asian 13. Died before 1500 14. From the Middle East 15. Died after 100 CE 16. Known for religion ---
**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 23, 2023, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/344 "2023-08-23T13:57:41Z")
DQs: 1. founded a religion? 2. died before 1000 CE? 1 DQ reserved. ---
**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 23, 2023, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/345 "2023-08-23T14:30:54Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Male 3. First name starts with _“M”_ 4. Not known for the arts 5. Dead 6. Not American 7. Not European 8. Not primarily known for politics/military, though they impinged on his field 9. Died before 1950 10. No surname _per se_, but the nearest equivalent begins A - M 11. Died before 1900 12. Asian 13. Died before 1500 14. From the Middle East 15. Died after 100 CE 16. Known for religion 17. Founded a religion (although his followers would say he only revealed it) 18. Died before 1000 CE And we’re over 20 DQs now, so no more IQs. Please ask your remaining DQs/firstname-lastname by 9:00 pm Thursday, August 24. ---
**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 23, 2023, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/346 "2023-08-23T15:10:57Z")
Are you Mohammed? ---
**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 23, 2023, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/347 "2023-08-23T15:15:12Z")
Oh, yeah - previous IQs: Did you head the DM Scranton office? - Yes, Michael Scott, on _The Office_ Were you a presidential candidate with the middle name Stanley? - Michael S. Dukakis Did you build a replica of the starship _Protector_? - From _Galaxy Quest,_ yes, but this was Mathazar, the head Thermian ---
**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 23, 2023, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/348 "2023-08-23T16:52:34Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Are you Mohammed? Once again @Elendil_s_Heir susses me out. Yes, I am Muhammad ibn Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib, founder of Islam, trader, politician and warrior. Nicely done, **EH**! You’re up next. ---
**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 24, 2023, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/349 "2023-08-24T01:33:16Z")
Thanks! A great mystery person, **SMV.** Next up, let’s go with # Y ---
**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 24, 2023, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/350 "2023-08-24T03:10:40Z")
IQs: 1. Was Steve Dallas your date to a high school dance? 2. Are you the figurehead CEO of what once was a flourishing social media company? 3. Are you a Swedish metal guitarist, named by _Time_ as one of the one hundred best of all time? ---
**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 24, 2023, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/351 "2023-08-24T03:10:47Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a Russian cosmonaut? 2. Were you Maid Marian in _Robin Hood: Men in Tights_? 3. Did you wear a black-and-white keffiyeh? ---
**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 24, 2023, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/352 "2023-08-24T03:16:23Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Was Steve Dallas your date to a high school dance? > 2. Are you the figurehead CEO of what once was a flourishing social media company? > 3. Are you a Swedish metal guitarist, named by _Time_ as one of the one hundred best of all time? Not Yasmine, dunno, and not Yars Yohanssen. ---
**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 24, 2023, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/353 "2023-08-24T03:17:07Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Were you a Russian cosmonaut? > 2. Were you Maid Marian in _Robin Hood: Men in Tights_? > 3. Did you wear a black-and-white keffiyeh? Not Yuri Gagarin, dunno, and not Yasir Arafat. ---
**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 24, 2023, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/354 "2023-08-24T03:24:15Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not Yuri Gagarin, dunno, and not Yasir Arafat. 2 was Amy Yasbeck. DQ: real? ---
**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 24, 2023, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/355 "2023-08-24T03:29:43Z")
Y. 1. Real ---
**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 24, 2023, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/356 "2023-08-24T10:47:25Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Was Steve Dallas your date to a high school dance? > > 2. Are you the figurehead CEO of what once was a flourishing social media company? > > 3. Are you a Swedish metal guitarist, named by _Time_ as one of the one hundred best of all time? > > Not Yasmine, dunno, and not Yars Yohanssen. 1. was Yaz Pistachio, from _Bloom County_. 2. is Linda Yaccarino, CEO in name only of Twitter. 3. is Yngwie Malmsteen. DQs: 1. Female? 2. Dead? 3. American? ---
**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 24, 2023, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/357 "2023-08-24T13:34:06Z")
IQs: 1. Did you win a joint Nobel Peace Prize for your work facilitating the Israeli-Palestinian peace process? 2. Were you an Alabama senator who was the chief of the pro-slavery “Fire-Eaters” in the U.S. Senate? 3. Are you a former fanservice actress on _Baywatch_? ---
**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 24, 2023, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/358 "2023-08-24T13:45:16Z")
IQs: 1. Did you direct _The Lobster_ and _The Favourite_? 2. Did both paths of a fork in the road lead to your house in Montclair, NJ (which explains the directions you gave)? 3. Anyone can rob a bank. Did you and your boyfriend (who you called “Honey Bunny”) try to rob the patrons of a diner? ---
**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 24, 2023, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/359 "2023-08-24T15:34:34Z")
IQs: 1. Are you Rizzo the Rat’s main girlfriend in the Muppet movies? 2. Were you aka Amy Camus? 3. Are you a French-born cellist whose repertoire includes bluegrass? ---
**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 24, 2023, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/360 "2023-08-24T21:59:44Z")
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