# Botticelli - Dec 2020 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [December 4, 2020, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225 "2020-12-04T19:33:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 18
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2020, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/341 "2020-12-18T18:36:05Z")
IQ1: Were you the keyboardist and main songwriter for The Zombies before forming a band named after yourself? IQ2: Were you the drummer in a band with your guitarist brother and eventually your bassist nephew? IQ3: Were you the subject of a 90s meme ridiculing you for not knowing the meaning of “ironic”? ---
**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:** [December 18, 2020, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/342 "2020-12-18T18:42:33Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > IQ1: Did you play John Hammond in _Jurassic Park_? > IQ2: Did you play Mrs. Lift in _Throw Momma From the Train_? > IQ3: Did Paul Fusco provide your voice in a titular mid 1980’s sitcom? DQ. DQ. Not … ALF? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain’s first commanding officer? > Were you one of the most notorious American spies since the end of the Cold War? > Were you played by both Greene and Olmos? DQ. It just wouldn’t br a Botticelli game without a JLC question from EH… 🙃 Not Aldrich Ames. DQ. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. What, you worry? > 2. Did you run for (US) president against Dwight Eisenhower? > 3. Do you host _Penn & Teller: Fool Us_ on the CW? Not Alfred E Neuman. Not … Adlai Stevenson? DQ. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Were you a leader in the 19th Century American Transcendentalist movement? > 2. Were you his famous daughter? > 3. Did you have a newspaper column called _The Conning Tower_ ? Not Mr Alcott (Bronson?). Not Louisa May Alcott. DQ. ~~**A**~~ 1 - Real 2 - First name starts with A 3 - Male 4 - Dead 5 - Not known from 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:** [December 18, 2020, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/343 "2020-12-18T18:44:07Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > > 1. Were you a leader in the 19th Century American Transcendentalist movement? > > > 2. Were you his famous daughter? > > > 3. Did you have a newspaper column called _The Conning Tower_ ? > > Not Mr Alcott (Bronson?). > Not Louisa May Alcott. > DQ. Correct on Amos Bronson & Louisa May Alcott. #3 was Franklin P. Adams. DQ: 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:** [December 18, 2020, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/344 "2020-12-18T18:45:21Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Were you the keyboardist and main songwriter for The Zombies before forming a band named after yourself? > IQ2: Were you the drummer in a band with your guitarist brother and eventually your bassist nephew? > IQ3: Were you the subject of a 90s meme ridiculing you for not knowing the meaning of “ironic”? Three DQs. ~~**A**~~ 1 - Real 2 - First name starts with A 3 - Male 4 - Dead 5 - Not known from the Arts 6 - Not 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:** [December 18, 2020, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/345 "2020-12-18T19:28:05Z")
IQs: 1. Do you routinely travel by Zeta-beams? 2. Are you Seth Graham-Smith’s (sp?) unlikely candidate for a vampire slayer? 3. Did you play the White Queen in Tim Burton’s _Alice in Wonderland_? ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2020, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/346 "2020-12-18T19:29:07Z")
IQs 1. Were you the Father of Greek Tragedy? 2. Were you the title character in #1’s trilogy? 3. Did your epic poem inspire numerous other Middle Age poets? ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2020, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/347 "2020-12-18T19:40:28Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > > > > IQ1: Were you the keyboardist and main songwriter for The Zombies before forming a band named after yourself? > > > IQ2: Were you the drummer in a band with your guitarist brother and eventually your bassist nephew? > > > IQ3: Were you the subject of a 90s meme ridiculing you for not knowing the meaning of “ironic”? > > Three DQs. Rod Argent Alex Van Halen Alanis Morissette DQ1: Born after 1900? DQ2: Known for politics? Holding 2 more ---
**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:** [December 18, 2020, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/348 "2020-12-18T20:04:13Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Not Alfred E Neuman. > Not … Adlai Stevenson? > DQ. Correct on 2. 3 (hosts _Fool Us_) is Allison Hannigan. DQ: European? IQs: 1. Did you say that A=A? 2. Did you play Han Solo? 3. Did you come to bury Caesar, not to praise him? ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2020, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/349 "2020-12-18T20:36:59Z")
IQ1: Are you a former Israeli general and Prime Minister of Israel? IQ2: Were you the primary antagonist in the live-action film version of _The Hobbit_, despite not appearing in the original novel at all? IQ3: Are a you minor character in a popular film series famous for the line “It’s a trap!!” ---
**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:** [December 18, 2020, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/350 "2020-12-18T20:47:48Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > It just wouldn’t br a Botticelli game without a JLC question from EH… 🙃 Heh. I’ve asked about this guy before, too, in previous “A” rounds! Previous IQs: Were you Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain’s first commanding officer? - Col. Adelbert Ames of the 20th Maine, later a Carpetbagger governor of Mississippi Were you one of the most notorious American spies since the end of the Cold War? - Yes, Aldrich Ames Were you played by both Greene and Olmos? - Commander Adama on _Battlestar Galactica_ DQs: Died since 2000? Best known for a single incident? IQs: Were you the near-identical friend and perhaps lover of Jeff in the early cartoons of Matt Groening? Did you succeed Janet Reno as AG? Were you Gilraen’s husband? ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2020, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/351 "2020-12-18T22:28:52Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > > > > IQ1: Did you play John Hammond in _Jurassic Park_ ? > > > IQ2: Did you play Mrs. Lift in _Throw Momma From the Train_ ? > > > IQ3: Did Paul Fusco provide your voice in a titular mid 1980’s sitcom? > > DQ. > DQ. > Not … ALF? Sir Richard Attenborough, Anne Ramsey, correct holding 2 DQs ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2020, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/352 "2020-12-19T01:05:19Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > IQs > > 1. Are you an alliterative new wave singer/songwriter who also sang on Giorgio Moroder’s soundtrack for _Metropolis_? > 2. Were you a noted curmudgeon who is most famous for being a regular on _Sixty Minutes_? > 3. Are you the former lead singer of Yes who also sang on the soundtrack for _Metropolis_? Adam Ant, Correct, Jon Anderson. 2 DQs reserved. ---
**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:** [December 19, 2020, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/353 "2020-12-19T01:11:29Z")
~~**A**~~ 1 - Real 2 - First name starts with A 3 - Male 4 - Dead 5 - Not known from the Arts 6 - Not American 7 - Not born after 1900 8 - Known (though not primarily) for politics 9 - European 10 - Have not died (not even once!) since 2000 11 - Probably best known for a single incident ---
**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:** [December 19, 2020, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/354 "2020-12-19T01:29:17Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Do you routinely travel by Zeta-beams? > 2. Are you Seth Graham-Smith’s (sp?) unlikely candidate for a vampire slayer? > 3. Did you play the White Queen in Tim Burton’s _Alice in Wonderland_ ? 3 DQs. > [@MissTake](#): > > IQs > > 1. Were you the Father of Greek Tragedy? > 2. Were you the title character in #1’s trilogy? > 3. Did your epic poem inspire numerous other Middle Age poets? 3 DQs. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you say that A=A? > 2. Did you play Han Solo? > 3. Did you come to bury Caesar, not to praise him? DQ. Not 'Arrison Ford – or DQ, if you insist. Not Marc Antony. > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > IQ1: Are you a former Israeli general and Prime Minister of Israel? > IQ2: Were you the primary antagonist in the live-action film version of _The Hobbit_ , despite not appearing in the original novel at all? > IQ3: Are a you minor character in a popular film series famous for the line “It’s a trap!!” Not Arik Sharon. Not the long-dead Azog. Not Admiral Akbar. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you the near-identical friend and perhaps lover of Jeff in the early cartoons of Matt Groening? > Did you succeed Janet Reno as AG? > Were you Gilraen’s husband? DQ. DQ. Not … Arathorn? Which brings us up to at least 25 DQs already, so no more IQs. Please ask all earned DQs by 2030 EDT tomorrow (19 Dec). ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2020, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/355 "2020-12-19T01:35:51Z")
DQs Known for the Sciences? Was the single incident a positive one for this person? ---
**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:** [December 19, 2020, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/356 "2020-12-19T02:10:57Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > > 1. Do you routinely travel by Zeta-beams? > > > 2. Are you Seth Graham-Smith’s (sp?) unlikely candidate for a vampire slayer? > > > 3. Did you play the White Queen in Tim Burton’s _Alice in Wonderland_ ? > > 3 DQs. #1 is Adam Strange. #2 was Abraham Lincoln in the novel _Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter._ #3 was Anne Hathaway. DQ: Died after 1900? 2 DQs reserved. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2020, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/357 "2020-12-19T03:38:24Z")
DQ: From the UK? 2 DQs left ---
**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:** [December 19, 2020, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/358 "2020-12-19T04:23:05Z")
~~**A**~~ 1 - Real 2 - First name starts with A 3 - Male 4 - Dead 5 - Not known from the Arts 6 - Not American 7 - Not born after 1900 8 - Known (though not primarily) for politics 9 - European 10 - Have not died (not even once!) since 2000 11 - Probably best known for a single incident 12 - Not known for the Sciences 13 - The single incident was a positive one for this person 14 - Did not die after 1900 15 - From the UK ---
**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:** [December 19, 2020, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/359 "2020-12-19T04:55:56Z")
Previous IQs: Were you the near-identical friend and perhaps lover of Jeff in the early cartoons of Matt Groening? - Akbar: [https://www.amazon.com/Akbar-Jeffs-Guide-Life-Groening/dp/000718025X](https://www.amazon.com/Akbar-Jeffs-Guide-Life-Groening/dp/000718025X) Did you succeed Janet Reno as AG? - John Ashcroft Were you Gilraen’s husband? - Yes, Arathorn, father of Aragorn DQs: Held a government post at the time of the incident? Associated with London? ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2020, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/360 "2020-12-19T05:04:07Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > IQs > > > 1. Were you the Father of Greek Tragedy? > > 2. Were you the title character in #1’s trilogy? > > 3. Did your epic poem inspire numerous other Middle Age poets? 3 DQs. Aeschylus, Agamemnon, Dante Alighieri DQs Royalty? Did the single event occur before 1800? Is the single event still bear relevance today? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225.md?page=17) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225.md?page=19)