# Botticelli - August 2024 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [July 31, 2024, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070 "2024-07-31T19:27:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 14
**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 25, 2024, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/261 "2024-08-25T15:29:43Z")
IQs: 1. Are your parents Hiram and Hermione, and your family’s butler Smithers? 2. Did you round the Cape of Good Hope? 3. Are you a co-owner of SUR? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2024, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/262 "2024-08-25T15:30:26Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a British Music Hall singer of the early 20th Century, who popularized _Won’t You Come Home, Bill Bailey_ in England? > 2. Were you a leader of the Suffragette movement in the U.S.? > 3. Did you play King Tut on the 1960’s _Batman_ TV show? 1. Take a DQ (I had to look that up to verify it wasn’t me) 2. Take a DQ 3. I am not Victor Bueno ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2024, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/263 "2024-08-25T15:32:04Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Are your parents Hiram and Hermione, and your family’s butler Smithers? > 2. Did you round the Cape of Good Hope? > 3. Are you a co-owner of SUR? Take 3 DQs ---
**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 25, 2024, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/264 "2024-08-25T15:32:26Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > 1. Were you a British Music Hall singer of the early 20th Century, who popularized _Won’t You Come Home, Bill Bailey_ in England? > > 2. Were you a leader of the Suffragette movement in the U.S.? > > 3. Did you play King Tut on the 1960’s _Batman_ TV show? > > 1. Take a DQ (I had to look that up to verify it wasn’t me) > 2. Take a DQ > 3. I am not Victor Bueno #1 was Victoria Monks. #2 was Victoria Woodhull. #3 was, indeed, Victor Buono. 2 DQs reserved. Remember, you can cut off more IQs once you are sure of 20 DQs, as you are now. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2024, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/265 "2024-08-25T15:55:56Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Remember, you can cut off more IQs once you are sure of 20 DQs, as you are now. Thanks, I will cut off DQs as of 8/28/24, 0900 (9 am) CDT. No more IQs. ---
**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 25, 2024, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/266 "2024-08-25T16:33:38Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Are your parents Hiram and Hermione, and your family’s butler Smithers? > 2. Did you round the Cape of Good Hope? > 3. Are you a co-owner of SUR? > [@knoodler](#): > > Take 3 DQs 1 was Veronica Lodge, in _Archie_ comics; 2 was Vasco da Gama; 3 was Lisa Vanderpump. DQ: most famous in the 1940s? 2 DQs reserved. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2024, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/267 "2024-08-25T16:49:36Z")
[quote=“knoodler, post:259, topic:1005070, full:true”] DQs: 1. Real 2. Female 3. First name begins with V 4. Dead 5. Not American 6. Was European 7. Died after 1924 8. Known for the Arts 9. Died after 2000 10. Died after 2010 11. Not from continental Europe 12. Known for performing arts 13. North of Vienna (conditionally) 14. West of Vienna (conditionally) 15. I am from the British Isles\* 16. I am best known for music 17. I held a top award in my field 18. I am known for singing 19. I was famous in the 1940s ---
**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 25, 2024, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/268 "2024-08-25T17:32:47Z")
DQs: 1. Caucasian? 2. Last name starts with N to 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 25, 2024, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/269 "2024-08-25T17:33:30Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > > IQs: > > Were you the first European person known to be born in North America? > > Did you write a famous letter to the editor of the New York _Sun_ in 1897? > > Did you ride on the Danville train, 'til so much cavalry came, and tore up the tracks again? > > 1. Take a DQ > 2. I am not the “Yes, Virginia” person > 3. I am not Virgil Kane 1. was Virginia Dare, born in the Roanoke Island colony in North Carolina’s Outer Banks in 1587. 2. Correct on Virginia O’Hanlon. 3. Correct (though misspelled) on Virgil Caine. One DQ reserved. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2024, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/270 "2024-08-25T19:09:13Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Female 3. First name begins with V 4. Dead 5. Not American 6. Was European 7. Died after 1924 8. Known for the Arts 9. Died after 2000 10. Died after 2010 11. Not from continental Europe 12. Known for performing arts 13. North of Vienna (conditionally) 14. West of Vienna (conditionally) 15. I am from the British Isles\* 16. I am best known for music 17. I held a top award in my field 18. I am known for singing 19. I was famous in the 1940s 20. I was Caucasian 21. Last name does not start with N to Z ---
**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 26, 2024, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/271 "2024-08-26T00:51:36Z")
Previous IQs: Did you appear in a TV ad with Jennifer Aniston, but not onscreen at the same time? - [Victoria Beckham, for Uber](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JpaUYHkHcg) Did you once play Princess Irulan? - Yes, Virginia Madsen, in the David Lynch _Dune_ Did you repeatedly play the mother of a woman much older than you? - Vicki Lawrence, in the “Mama’s Family” sketches on _The Carol Burnett Show_ Three DQs reserved. ---
**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 26, 2024, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/272 "2024-08-26T01:25:11Z")
I have my “Are you Firstname Lastname?” question. May I ask it? ---
**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 26, 2024, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/273 "2024-08-26T02:44:27Z")
Reserved DQ: Are you named-dropped in the title of a Pink Floyd song? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2024, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/274 "2024-08-26T03:03:16Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > I have my “Are you Firstname Lastname?” question. May I ask it? Let’s hear it. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2024, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/275 "2024-08-26T14:01:55Z")
1 hour to get your last DQ in. @Elendil_s_Heir , @Slow_Moving_Vehicle , you are in the queue. ---
**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 26, 2024, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/276 "2024-08-26T17:45:05Z")
Post #273 was my only DQ. ---
**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 27, 2024, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/277 "2024-08-27T02:56:21Z")
Right, then. Are you well-known for singing “We’ll Meet Again” during WWII? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2024, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/278 "2024-08-27T03:29:59Z")
It’s good you came back, otherwise I would’ve awarded **Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle** the crown. I am… **Vera Lynn** , popular singer and erstwhile chanteuse of wartime Great Britain, as well as before and after The Big One. Take it away, @Elendil_s_Heir! ---
**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 27, 2024, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/279 "2024-08-27T14:59:09Z")
Well solved, **EH!** Nicely played, **knoodler!** ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2024, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070/280 "2024-08-27T15:12:39Z")
Thanks, and thanks for tipping me on game strategies. One thing: I can’t figure why a lot of IQs were asked which clearly were outside of what the DQs established. (Like male names or fictional characters.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2024/1005070.md?page=15)