# 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:** 23
**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 23, 2020, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/442 "2020-12-23T06:03:49Z")
IQ1: Were you defeated and killed by the Goths at Adrianople? IQ2: Were you a Swedish king who figures prominently in Flint’s 1632 series? ---
**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 23, 2020, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/443 "2020-12-23T14:28:29Z")
DQ: Roman? ---
**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 23, 2020, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/444 "2020-12-23T15:38:06Z")
IQs: 1. Was your role in a classic 1978 film first offered to Jack Webb? 2. Are you the most famous person from the former Wirsitz, Germany? 3. Are you Angelina Jolie’s father? DQs: 1. born west of Vienna? 2. born before 1000? ---
**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 23, 2020, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/445 "2020-12-23T21:06:04Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you defeated and killed by the Goths at Adrianople? > IQ2: Were you a Swedish king who figures prominently in Flint’s 1632 series? Not Vercingetorix or Vasa. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Was your role in a classic 1978 film first offered to Jack Webb? > 2. Are you the most famous person from the former Wirsitz, Germany? > 3. Are you Angelina Jolie’s father?.. Dunno, dunno and not Jon Voight. V. 1. real 2. dead 3. known for military or politics 4. last name starts with V 5. not American 6. in the armed forces 7. died prior to 1970 8. male 9. European 10. born before 1900 11. born before 1700 12. not born in or south of Vienna 13. not (a bloody) Roman 14. born west of Vienna 15. born after 1000 ---
**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 23, 2020, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/446 "2020-12-23T21:27:18Z")
IQs: 1. Did you, according to legend, wipe the brow of Jesus with your veil on his way to Golgotha? 2. Were you an explorer lauded by the cartographer Martin Waldseemuller? 3. Are you aka Eddie Brock (more or less)? ---
**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 24, 2020, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/447 "2020-12-24T00:10:34Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > IQ1: Were you defeated and killed by the Goths at Adrianople? > > IQ2: Were you a Swedish king who figures prominently in Flint’s 1632 series? > > Not Vercingetorix or Vasa. Emperor Valens. ✅ Gustavus Adolphus Vasa. DQ: Died in battle? ---
**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 24, 2020, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/448 "2020-12-24T19:53:40Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Was your role in a classic 1978 film first offered to Jack Webb? > 2. Are you the most famous person from the former Wirsitz, Germany? > 3. Are you Angelina Jolie’s father? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dunno, dunno and not Jon Voight. 1 was John Vernon, in _Animal House_; 2 was Wernher Von Braun. DQ: from England, Scotland, Ireland, or Wales? One DQ 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:** [December 24, 2020, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/449 "2020-12-24T22:08:35Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you, according to legend, wipe the brow of Jesus with your veil on his way to Golgotha? > 2. Were you an explorer lauded by the cartographer Martin Waldseemuller? > 3. Are you aka Eddie Brock (more or less)? Not St. Veronica (or St. Betty) or Amerigo Vespucci, and dunno. V. 1. real 2. dead 3. known for military or politics 4. last name starts with V 5. not American 6. in the armed forces 7. died prior to 1970 8. male 9. European 10. born before 1900 11. born before 1700 12. not born in or south of Vienna 13. not (a bloody) Roman 14. born west of Vienna 15. born after 1000 16. did not die in battle 17. from England, Scotland, Ireland, or Wales ---
**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 24, 2020, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/450 "2020-12-24T22:57:48Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > > 1. Did you, according to legend, wipe the brow of Jesus with your veil on his way to Golgotha? > > > 2. Were you an explorer lauded by the cartographer Martin Waldseemuller? > > > 3. Are you aka Eddie Brock (more or less)? > > Not St. Veronica (or St. Betty) or Amerigo Vespucci, and dunno. Correct, Correct, and Venom. DQ: Born after 1400? ---
**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 25, 2020, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/451 "2020-12-25T05:24:35Z")
V. 1. real 2. dead 3. known for military or politics 4. last name starts with V 5. not American 6. in the armed forces 7. died prior to 1970 8. male 9. European 10. born before 1900 11. born before 1700 12. not born in or south of Vienna 13. not (a bloody) Roman 14. born west of Vienna 15. born after 1000 16. did not die in battle 17. from England, Scotland, Ireland, or Wales 18. born after 1400 ---
**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 27, 2020, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/452 "2020-12-27T13:21:27Z")
IQs: 1. Did you discover methane? 2. Did you play the lead in _The Man Who Laughs_? 3. Are you the title character of a song by the Monkees? ---
**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 27, 2020, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/453 "2020-12-27T16:33:40Z")
IQ1: Did you paint _The Astronomer_ and _The Milkmaid_? IQ2: Were you a military engineer famous for your fortress designs? IQ3: Did you paint a triple portrait of an English king? ---
**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 27, 2020, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/454 "2020-12-27T17:47:34Z")
IQs: 1. Were you played by Bert Lahr in drag? 2. Did you sue Samsung over an ad with a nonhuman character referencing you? 3. In the classic 1931 film adaption of the novel in which you appear, are your and your best friend’s first names switched? ---
**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 27, 2020, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/455 "2020-12-27T20:23:42Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you discover methane? > 2. Did you play the lead in _The Man Who Laughs_? > 3. Are you the title character of a song by the Monkees? Dunno, not Valentino and not Valerie. > [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did you paint _The Astronomer_ and _The Milkmaid_? > IQ2: Were you a military engineer famous for your fortress designs? > IQ3: Did you paint a triple portrait of an English king? Not Vermeer, Vaudemilles (sp?) or Van Dyck. > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > 1. Were you played by Bert Lahr in drag? > 2. Did you sue Samsung over an ad with a nonhuman character referencing you? > 3. In the classic 1931 film adaption of the novel in which you appear, are your and your best friend’s first names switched? Dunno, dunno and not Viktor von Frankenstein. ---
**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 27, 2020, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/456 "2020-12-27T20:25:29Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > IQs: > > > > > 1. Did you discover methane? > > > 2. Did you play the lead in _The Man Who Laughs_ ? > > > 3. Are you the title character of a song by the Monkees? > > Dunno, not Valentino and not Valerie. #1 was Alessandro Volta. #2 was Conrad Veidt. #3 was Valleri, but close enough. DQ: Born before 1600? 1 DQ 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:** [December 27, 2020, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/457 "2020-12-27T21:32:55Z")
V. 1. real 2. dead 3. known for military or politics 4. last name starts with V 5. not American 6. in the armed forces 7. died prior to 1970 8. male 9. European 10. born before 1900 11. born before 1700 12. not born in or south of Vienna 13. not (a bloody) Roman 14. born west of Vienna 15. born after 1000 16. did not die in battle 17. from England, Scotland, Ireland, or Wales 18. born after 1400 19. born after 1600 ---
**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 27, 2020, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/458 "2020-12-27T21:45:04Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@SCAdian](#): > > > > IQ1: Did you paint _The Astronomer_ and _The Milkmaid_ ? > > > > > IQ2: Were you a military engineer famous for your fortress designs? > > > IQ3: Did you paint a triple portrait of an English king? > > Not Vermeer, Vaudemilles (sp?) or Van Dyck. ✅ Vauban. ✅ One DQ 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 27, 2020, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/459 "2020-12-27T22:13:04Z")
IQ1: Were you a British admiral after whom a traditional rum drink was named? IQ2: Did you play Mini-Me? IQ3: Were you a female senior Brit intel officer during WW II? ---
**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 28, 2020, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/460 "2020-12-28T03:59:08Z")
DQ: Best known for naval matters or campaigns? ---
**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 28, 2020, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225/461 "2020-12-28T14:24:38Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Were you a British admiral after whom a traditional rum drink was named? > … Dingdingding! Yes, I am “Old Grog,” better known as # **Admiral Edward Vernon** Also known as the namesake of George Washington’s estate, Mount Vernon: [Edward Vernon - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Vernon) [Mount Vernon - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Vernon) Well done, **SCAdian**! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225.md?page=22) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-dec-2020/927225.md?page=24)