# 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:** 8
**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-2023/987985/141 "2023-08-13T13:47:31Z")
**DQs:** 1. Real 2. Male ---
**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, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/142 "2023-08-13T13:50:18Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > 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? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > #1. I am not Terry of Terry and the Pirates. > Take 2 DQs. correct Admiral Togo Tojo Hideki ---
**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, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/143 "2023-08-13T13:57:27Z")
> [@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? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Donald Trump (??) > 2. Take a DQ. > 3. I am not Harry Truman. 1 was Senator Ted Stevens; 2 was Tilda Swinton. DQs: 1. last name begins with T? 2. living? ---
**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, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/144 "2023-08-13T14:03:00Z")
DQ1: Known for the Arts? DQ2: American? ---
**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, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/145 "2023-08-13T14:38:15Z")
**DQs:** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Only the first name starts with T 4. Living 5. Known for the Arts 6. American ---
**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, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/146 "2023-08-13T14:47:30Z")
IQ1: Did you marry Maria Kuschera? IQ2: Did you sing “I Don’t Wanna Play House”? IQ3: Did you sing “I Like Beer”? ---
**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, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/147 "2023-08-13T14:50:10Z")
#2. I am not Tammy Wynette. 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, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/148 "2023-08-13T15:04:59Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you marry Maria Kuschera? > IQ2: Did you sing “I Don’t Wanna Play House”? > IQ3: Did you sing “I Like Beer”? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > #2. I am not Tammy Wynette. > Take 2 DQs. Georg Ritter von Trapp correct Tom T Hall IQ1: Known for the performing arts, as listed in the Wikipedia article on the Arts? One 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 13, 2023, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/149 "2023-08-13T16:40:08Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@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. The Hag o" the Chalk is Tiffany Aching, in Terry Pratchett’s series of novels. Paul Theroux wrote _The Mosquito Coast_ and _The Great Railway Bazaar_, among other works. DQs: 1. Known for the performing arts? 2. Surname begins N - Z? ---
**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, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/150 "2023-08-13T17:09:09Z")
IQs: 1. Were you a painter known for your paintings of ships, such as _The Fighting Temerarie Tugged To Her Last Berth To Be Broken Up_ and _Dortdrecht: The Dort Packet Boat From Rotterdam Becalmed_? 2. Did your political career include early stints as President of the Board of Commissioners of the New York Police Department and Assistant Secretary of the Navy? 3.Did your lynching, torture, and subsequent open-casket funeral serve as a catalyst for the civil rights campaign? ---
**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, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/151 "2023-08-13T17:51:10Z")
IQs: 1. Was Mickey so fine, was he so fine he blew your mind (hey Mickey!)? 2. Were you the “great, great actor” and interpreter of Hamlet in _To Be or Not to Be_? 3. Did you (allegedly) initiate the tradition of the seventh-inning stretch? ---
**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, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/152 "2023-08-13T17:52:31Z")
**DQs:** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Only the first name starts with T 4. Living 5. Known for the Arts 6. American 7. Known for the Performing Arts 8. Surname begins with A - M **SMV** , take another DQ. SCAdian already asked about Performing 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 13, 2023, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/153 "2023-08-13T17:55:25Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > Qs: > > 1. Were you a painter known for your paintings of ships, such as _The Fighting Temerarie Tugged To Her Last Berth To Be Broken Up_ and _Dortdrecht: The Dort Packet Boat From Rotterdam Becalmed_? > 2. Did your political career include early stints as President of the Board of Commissioners of the New York Police Department and Assistant Secretary of the Navy? > 3.Did your lynching, torture, and subsequent open-casket funeral serve as a catalyst for the civil rights campaign? 1. I am not J. M. W. Turner. 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not Nat Turner. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > Qs: > > 1. Was Mickey so fine, was he so fine he blew your mind (hey Mickey!)? > 2. Were you the “great, great actor” and interpreter of Hamlet in _To Be or Not to Be_? > 3. Did you (allegedly) initiate the tradition of the seventh-inning stretch? 1. I am not Toni Basil. 2. Take a DQ. 3. I am not Ty Cobb (??) ---
**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, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/154 "2023-08-13T17:59:55Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I am not Toni Basil. > 2. Take a DQ. > 3. I am not Ty Cobb (??) 2 was Joseph Tura; 3 was William Howard Taft. DQs: 1. known for acting? 2. born before 1970? ---
**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, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/155 "2023-08-13T18:00:33Z")
**DQs:** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Only the first name starts with T 4. Living 5. Known for the Arts 6. American 7. Known for the Performing Arts 8. Surname begins with A - M 9. Known for acting 10. Born after 1970 ---
**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, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/156 "2023-08-13T18:18:23Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > > Qs: > > > > 1. Were you a painter known for your paintings of ships, such as _The Fighting Temerarie Tugged To Her Last Berth To Be Broken Up_ and _Dortdrecht: The Dort Packet Boat From Rotterdam Becalmed_? > > 2. Did your political career include early stints as President of the Board of Commissioners of the New York Police Department and Assistant Secretary of the Navy? > > 3.Did your lynching, torture, and subsequent open-casket funeral serve as a catalyst for the civil rights campaign? > > 1. I am not J. M. W. Turner. > 2. Take a DQ. > 3. I am not Nat Turner. Correct on Turner. 2. was Theodore Roosevelt. 3. was Emmitt Till. DQs: 1. Character actor? 2. Primarily comedic roles? 3. Born after 1990? ---
**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, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/157 "2023-08-13T18:22:52Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > 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**? Tiffani Thiessen, Sophronia Temminick correct. DQs: 1. Best known for TV? 2. Born after 1990? IQs: 1. Are you the main character of Mercedes Lackey’s _Arrows_ trilogy? 2. Are you a TV character who once said “Ivan, did you see the sunrise?” 3. Did you play The Chief on the TV show **Where in the World is Carmen San Diego**? ---
**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, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/158 "2023-08-13T18:31:24Z")
IQs: 1. Were you born Araminta Ross? 2. Did you write about an unusually named streetcar and a woman with a glass menagerie? 3. Is everyone in Gravity Falls a tad strange, except ironically you? ---
**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, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/159 "2023-08-13T18:38:03Z")
**DQs:** 1. Real 2. Male 3. Only the first name starts with T 4. Living 5. Known for the Arts 6. American (born in the U.S, with an American mom and a foreign dad, so dual nationality) 7. Known for the Performing Arts 8. Surname begins with A - M 9. Known for acting 10. Born after 1970 11. Not a character actor 12. Not known particularly for comedic roles 13. Born after 1990 14. Not best known for TV, but has done some TV work **kitap** , SMV asked about 1990 first, so take another DQ. ---
**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, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985/160 "2023-08-13T18:39:29Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are you the main character of Mercedes Lackey’s _Arrows_ trilogy? > 2. Are you a TV character who once said “Ivan, did you see the sunrise?” > 3. Did you play The Chief on the TV show **Where in the World is Carmen San Diego**? Take 3 DQs. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you born Araminta Ross? > 2. Did you write about an unusually named streetcar and a woman with a glass menagerie? > 3. Is everyone in Gravity Falls a tad strange, except ironically you? 1. I am not Tennessee Williams. Take 2 DQs. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2023/987985.md?page=9)