# 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:** 7
**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 12, 2023, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/121 "2023-08-12T03:05:40Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > IQ: > > 1. Was a book and movie made of your adventures with an enlarged fruit > 2. Did you carry seven million dollars in cash across the desert on foot to pay the bail of a Mexican drug lord. > 3. Did you play the cyclops and the Coen brother’s re-imagining of the Odyssey. > . Dunno, dunno and not John Goodman. ---
**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 12, 2023, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/122 "2023-08-12T03:06:48Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Did Sam save you and thus change history (in the show, at least) in an episode of _Quantum Leap_? > 2. Did a practical joker print a message on the back of your uniform stating that you were a jerk? > 3. Did Jim Freund, host of the _Hour of the Wolf_ radio show, call you up and ask how to pronounce the name of one of your characters? Not JFK, dunno and dunno. ---
**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 12, 2023, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/123 "2023-08-12T03:07:54Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you command one of the fleets involved in the Battle of Jutland? > 2. Are you a Gumby Cat known to Munkustrap? > 3. Do you keep one fingernail painted with red polish, to distract attention from your other fingers while you work? Not Jellicoe, not The Jellicle Cat and dunno. ---
**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 12, 2023, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/124 "2023-08-12T03:09:17Z")
J. 1. real 2. last name begins with J 3. male 4. dead 5. not from the USA 6. died before 1900 7. not known from the Arts 8. Caucasian 9. known for politics/military, indirectly 10. died after 1700 11. European 12. not of Noble birth 13. year apparently unknown, but probably died before 1800 14. from the Anglo-Irish isles 15. not known for a connection to the American colonies 16. not English As that brings us up to more than 20 earned DQs, no more IQs, please. ---
**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 12, 2023, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/125 "2023-08-12T03:51:51Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Did Sam save you and thus change history (in the show, at least) in an episode of _Quantum Leap_? > 2. Did a practical joker print a message on the back of your uniform stating that you were a jerk? > 3. Did Jim Freund, host of the _Hour of the Wolf_ radio show, call you up and ask how to pronounce the name of one of your characters? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not JFK, dunno and dunno. 1 was Jackie Kennedy; 2 was James T. Kirk, in the _Star Trek the Animated Series_ episode “[The Practical Joker](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/memoryalpha/images/5/58/Kirk_is_a_jerk.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20061122013745&path-prefix=en)”; 3 was J.R.R. Tolkien. (Freund asked him how to pronounce the name of Gandalf, which Tolkien said rhymed with “half”…which he pronounced like “have”.) 3 DQs reserved. ---
**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 12, 2023, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/126 "2023-08-12T06:28:29Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > - Was a book and movie made of your adventures with an enlarged fruit > - Did you carry seven million dollars in cash across the desert on foot to pay the bail of a Mexican drug lord. > - Did you play the cyclops and the Coen brother’s re-imagining of the Odyssey. 1. James Trotter of James and the giant peach. 2. James (Jimmy) McGil in Better call Saul 3. Correct. DQ: Involved tangentially in a rebellion against England? 1DQ resverved ---
**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 12, 2023, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/127 "2023-08-12T10:44:45Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Did you command one of the fleets involved in the Battle of Jutland? > > 2. Are you a Gumby Cat known to Munkustrap? > > 3. Do you keep one fingernail painted with red polish, to distract attention from your other fingers while you work? > > Not Jellicoe, not The Jellicle Cat and dunno IQ1 correct. IQ2 was Jenny Anydots (_all_ cats are Jellicle cats). IQ3 is Penn Jillette, of Penn and Teller. 2 DQs 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 12, 2023, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/128 "2023-08-12T11:29:13Z")
DQ: Are you Robert Jenkins, famous for losing your ear? And I have been reminded that James 6 of Scotland was the same as James 1 of England, so that’s my last 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 12, 2023, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/129 "2023-08-12T16:59:52Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > DQ: Are you Robert Jenkins, famous for losing your ear? > > And I have been reminded that James 6 of Scotland was the same as James 1 of England, so that’s my last DQ Great guess, @Prof.Pepperwinkle! I’m holding my DQs until **EH** responds, but I think you might have it. ---
**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 13, 2023, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/130 "2023-08-13T02:02:01Z")
Damn, you’re good, **Prof. P.**! But then, we all knew that. For I am indeed # Robert Jenkins whose injury at the hands of Spanish officials led to perhaps the silliest-named conflict in history, the War of Jenkins’ Ear: [Robert Jenkins (master mariner) - Wikipedia](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Jenkins_(master_mariner)) Well done. ---
**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 13, 2023, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/131 "2023-08-13T02:12:17Z")
I wasn’t sure if it was Robert or Richard. Very nice choice, EH! I am… [![](https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIP.CTfMOLHJZm9WgUoNKUKt9QHaIO?pid=ImgDet&rs=1) ](https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIP.CTfMOLHJZm9WgUoNKUKt9QHaIO?pid=ImgDet&rs=1) ---
**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 13, 2023, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/132 "2023-08-13T02:34:10Z")
IQs: Did you provide the middle name of a legendary starship captain? Did you provide the middle name of a Civil War general from Ohio? Did you warn King Arthur and his knights about a small, unlikely but lethal foe? ---
**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 13, 2023, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/133 "2023-08-13T03:09:37Z")
Congrats, Prof.! IQs: 1. Did you describe the internet as a series of tubes? 2. Did you play Dr. Hickenlooper in _Asteroid City_? 3. Did the buck stop at your desk? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2023, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/134 "2023-08-13T04:57:45Z")
Congrats! 1. Did you play Elizabeth Burke on **White Collar**? 2. Are you the heroine of Gail Carriger’s **Finishing School** quartet? 3. Were you the little brother in the movie **Labyrinth**? ---
**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 13, 2023, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/135 "2023-08-13T12:37:28Z")
Great one, **Prof**! IQs: 1. Is your iconic duet with Mick Jagger sometimes called “Lips and Hips”? 2. Are you the Hag o’ the Chalk? 3. Did you write _The Mosquito Coast_ and _The Great Railway Bazaar_? ---
**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 13, 2023, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/136 "2023-08-13T13:14:24Z")
IQ1: Did you invent the Chicago typewriter? IQ2: Did you steal a pig and run away? IQ3: Did you steal a piece of beef? ---
**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 13, 2023, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/137 "2023-08-13T13:33:48Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you provide the middle name of a legendary starship captain? > Did you provide the middle name of a Civil War general from Ohio? > Did you warn King Arthur and his knights about a small, unlikely but lethal foe? 1. I am not Tiberius Caesar. 2. I am not Tecumseh. 3. I am not the one some call… Tim. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you describe the internet as a series of tubes? > 2. Did you play Dr. Hickenlooper in _Asteroid City_? > 3. Did the buck stop at your desk? 1. I am not Donald Trump (??) 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not Harry Truman. > [@kitap](#): > > - Did you play Elizabeth Burke on **White Collar**? > - Are you the heroine of Gail Carriger’s **Finishing School** quartet? > - Were you the little brother in the movie **Labyrinth**? 1. I am not Toby. Take 2 DQs. > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Is your iconic duet with Mick Jagger sometimes called “Lips and Hips”? > 2. Are you the Hag o’ the Chalk? > 3. Did you write _The Mosquito Coast_ and _The Great Railway Bazaar_? 1. I am not Tina Turner (??) Take 2 DQs. > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you invent the Chicago typewriter? > IQ2: Did you steal a pig and run away? > IQ3: Did you steal a piece of beef? #2. I am not Tom, Tom, the Piper’s Son. Take 2 DQs. ---
**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 13, 2023, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/138 "2023-08-13T13:39:53Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > Q1: Did you invent the Chicago typewriter? > > IQ2: Did you steal a pig and run away? > > IQ3: Did you steal a piece of beef? > > #2. I am not Tom, Tom, the Piper’s Son. > Take 2 DQs. John Taliaferro Thompson correct Taffy (…was a Welshman, Taffy was a thief.) Let’s start with the basics… DQ1: Real? DQ2: Female? ---
**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 13, 2023, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/139 "2023-08-13T13:45:13Z")
IQ1: Was the Dragon Lady your frequent opponent? IQ2: Did you command the winning side at Tsushima? IQ3: Were you the best-known prime minister of Nihon? ---
**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 13, 2023, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/140 "2023-08-13T13:47:11Z")
#1. I am not Terry of Terry and the Pirates. Take 2 DQs. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985.md?page=8)