# 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:** 4
**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 8, 2023, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/61 "2023-08-08T17:44:51Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > 1. I am not Lance Ito. > 2. I am not…Iphigenia? > 3. I am not Washington Irving. 2 was Isabella Rossellini. DQ: real? ---
**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 8, 2023, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/62 "2023-08-08T17:55:30Z")
IQs: 1. Did you repeatedly get thrown in jail for throwing bricks at a cat. 2. Are you given credit along with Joesph Raphson in the name of a method to find points where a function has a value of zero? 3. According to song, will I see you in my dreams after repeatedly wishing you good night. ---
**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 8, 2023, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/63 "2023-08-08T17:55:57Z")
IQs: 1. Did you have a hit with “Fancy”? 2. Were you Blackbeard’s second-in-command? 3. Is your work spoofed [here](https://www.theonion.com/i-rowboat-1819583491)? ---
**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 8, 2023, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/64 "2023-08-08T18:21:49Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Were you a diminutive Saturday morning cartoon detective? > > 2. Did you write _God Bless America_? > > 3. Are you the Silver Age Flash’s grandson? > > 1. No clue. DQ. > 2. I am not Irving Berlin. > 3. Bupkis. DQ for you. #1 was Inch High, Private Eye. #2 is correct. #3 is Impulse. DQs: 1. Male? 2. Last name starts with I? ---
**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 8, 2023, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/65 "2023-08-08T20:44:11Z")
Previous IQs: Did Ray Bradbury combine your name with others in a short-story title? - Icarus, in “Icarus Montgolfier Wright” about the joys of flight and exploration Were you Elendil’s eldest son? - Yes, Isildur, the lunkhead Were you a grumpy fictional resident of New Orleans? - Ignatius Reilly, in John Kennedy Toole’s _A Confederacy of Dunces_ Two DQs reserved. IQs: Were you Sid Caesar’s frequent female foil? Were you perhaps the greatest British engineer ever? As a young Boy Scout, did you have an adventure on a train? ---
**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 8, 2023, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/66 "2023-08-08T21:26:20Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you repeatedly get thrown in jail for throwing bricks at a cat. > 2. Are you given credit along with Joesph Raphson in the name of a method to find points where a function has a value of zero? > 3. According to song, will I see you in my dreams after repeatedly wishing you good night. 1. I am not Ignatz. 2. Yeah, a _really_ got no clue. 3. I am not Irene. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you have a hit with “Fancy”? > 2. Were you Blackbeard’s second-in-command? > 3. Is your work spoofed [here](https://www.theonion.com/i-rowboat-1819583491)? 1. I am not Iggy Azalea, nor am I up here wit’ some change to throw. 2. Arrggh, which I don’t know the cove, shipmate. 3. I am not Isaac Asimov. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Were you Sid Caesar’s frequent female foil? > Were you perhaps the greatest British engineer ever? > As a young Boy Scout, did you have an adventure on a train? 1. I am not Imogene Coco. 2. I am not Isambard Kingdom Brunel, and both James Watt and Thomas Telford would like to have a word with you. 3. I am not Indiana Jones, and I did not acquire a bullwhip, fedora, and scar aboard that train. ---
**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 8, 2023, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/67 "2023-08-08T21:28:20Z")
DQs: 1. Real. 2. Male. 3. First name starts with _“I”_. ---
**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 8, 2023, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/68 "2023-08-08T21:29:19Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > - I am not Ignatz. > - Yeah, a _really_ got no clue. > - I am not Irene. 1. Was Isaac Newton of the [Newton-Rhapson method](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton%27s_method). Other two are correct. DQ: Known for the arts? ---
**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 8, 2023, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/69 "2023-08-08T21:44:13Z")
IQs: 1. Did Gilbert Gottfried voice you in the animated version, but not the live-action version of a Disney movie? 2. Did you write _Come Back, Little Sheba_? 3. Did you win an Oscar for your performance in _Gaslight_? ---
**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 8, 2023, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/70 "2023-08-08T22:36:57Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did Gilbert Gottfried voice you in the animated version, but not the live-action version of a Disney movie? > 2. Did you write _Come Back, Little Sheba_? > 3. Did you win an Oscar for your performance in _Gaslight_? 1. I am not Iago. 2. Dunno. DQ. 3. I am not Ingrid Bergman (?). DQs: 1. Real. 2. Male. 3. First name starts with _“I”_. 4. Not known for the arts. ---
**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 9, 2023, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/71 "2023-08-09T00:01:29Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > 1. I am not Iggy Azalea, nor am I up here wit’ some change to throw. > 2. Arrggh, which I don’t know the cove, shipmate. > 3. I am not Isaac Asimov. 2 (Blackbeard’s first mate) was Israel Hands. DQ: living? ---
**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 9, 2023, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/72 "2023-08-09T03:40:52Z")
Swept me! Previous DQs: American? Political/military? IQs: Were you shown in a Disney cartoon as being very thin and very hungry? Did you originally create that character? Did you play a bureaucrat, an emperor, an android and a burglar? ---
**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 9, 2023, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/73 "2023-08-09T12:37:42Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Did Gilbert Gottfried voice you in the animated version, but not the live-action version of a Disney movie? > > 2. Did you write _Come Back, Little Sheba_? > > 3. Did you win an Oscar for your performance in _Gaslight_? > > 1. I am not Iago. > 2. Dunno. DQ. > 3. I am not Ingrid Bergman (? Correct, William Inge, Correct. 1 DQ reserved. ---
**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 9, 2023, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/74 "2023-08-09T12:58:40Z")
IQs: 1. Do you pal around with Mr. Fantastic, the Thing, and the Human Torch? 2. Were you a Texan philanthropist with (depending on how one pronounces it) an unflattering name? 3. Were you Llewyn Davis in _Inside Llewyn Davis_? ---
**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 9, 2023, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/75 "2023-08-09T14:52:50Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Swept me! > > Previous DQs: > > American? > Political/military? > > IQs: > > Were you shown in a Disney cartoon as being very thin and very hungry? > Did you originally create that character? > Did you play a bureaucrat, an emperor, an android and a burglar? 1. I am not Ichabod Crane. 2. I continue to fail to be Washington Irving. 3. I am not … Oscar Isaacs? > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Do you pal around with Mr. Fantastic, the Thing, and the Human Torch? > 2. Were you a Texan philanthropist with (depending on how one pronounces it) an unflattering name? > 3. Were you Llewyn Davis in _Inside Llewyn Davis_? 1. I am not Sue Storm, the Invisible Girl. 2. I am not Ima Hogg. 3. No clue. DQ. ---
**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 9, 2023, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/76 "2023-08-09T14:54:41Z")
DQs: 1. Real. 2. Male. 3. First name starts with _“I”_. 4. Not known for the arts. 5. Dead. 6. Not American. 7. Secondarily known for politics/military. ---
**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 9, 2023, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/77 "2023-08-09T15:03:21Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > 1. I am not Sue Storm, the Invisible Girl. > 2. I am not Ima Hogg. > 3. No clue. DQ. 3 was Oscar Isaac. DQ: died after 1900? ---
**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 9, 2023, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/78 "2023-08-09T19:09:36Z")
DQs: 1. Real. 2. Male. 3. First name starts with _“I”_. 4. Not known for the arts. 5. Dead. 6. Not American. 7. Secondarily known for politics/military. 8. Died before 1900. ---
**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 9, 2023, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/79 "2023-08-09T20:31:30Z")
Previous IQs: Were you shown in a Disney cartoon as being very thin and very hungry? - Yes, Ichabod Crane Did you originally create that character? - Yes, Washington Irving Did you play a bureaucrat, an emperor, an android and a burglar? - The late great Ian Holm, in _Brazil, Time Bandits, Alien_ and _The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring_ (the flashback scene from Bilbo’s time with Thorin & Co.). DQ: European? IQs: Were you a Catholic cleric who got a major American university named after you? Are you a novelist related to a late South American political leader? Did you play one of the gang in _BH90210_? ---
**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 9, 2023, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/80 "2023-08-09T20:57:18Z")
IQs: 1. Are you a female Muslim fencer? 2. Were you in a band called the Iguanas? 3. In _The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen_, are you a _Nautilus_ crew member Nemo refers to as Mr. Mate (though you’d like him to call you something else)? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985.md?page=5)