# Botticelli - December 2018 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [December 7, 2018, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2018/825745 "2018-12-07T13:00:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**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 16, 2018, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2018/825745/61 "2018-12-16T23:46:06Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Correct on all 3. > > IQs: > > 1. Were you an escaped slave and a female abolitionist? > 2. Were you a long-time editor-in-chief of _Cosmopolitan_? > 3. Did you write _Uncle Tom’s Cabin_? I am not Helen Gurney Brown (2) or Harriet Beecher Stowe (3), but I am Harriet Tubman! Next round goes to the Prof. ---
**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 16, 2018, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2018/825745/62 "2018-12-16T23:58:23Z")
Well, that was just a wild guess. On to: I am I. ---
**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 17, 2018, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2018/825745/63 "2018-12-17T14:24:05Z")
Way to go, **Prof. P.**! Previous IQs: Were you AKA Leo Walsh? - Harcourt Fenton “Harry” Mudd, on _ST:TOS_ Did your guards tell you to move back from a window after an attempt had been made on your life? - Yes, Harry Truman, after Puerto Rican assassins attacked Blair House Was your last name given to a boat in a Wes Anderson movie? - Yes, Harry Belafonte, in _The Life Aquatic_ Harry x3! On to I… IQs: Was a California college named after you? Are you the protagonist of _A Confederacy of Dunces_? Did you name a character in a novel after a firearms expert who wrote to you to suggest a different weapon for your best-known character? ---
**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 17, 2018, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2018/825745/64 "2018-12-17T14:27:12Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Was a California college named after you? > Are you the protagonist of _A Confederacy of Dunces_? > Did you name a character in a novel after a firearms expert who wrote to you to suggest a different weapon for your best-known character? #3. I am not Ian Fleming (??). Take 2 or 3 DQs. ---
**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 17, 2018, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2018/825745/65 "2018-12-17T17:13:50Z")
Previous IQs: Was a California college named after you? - Ignatius Loyola Are you the protagonist of _A Confederacy of Dunces_? - Ignatius Reilly Did you name a character in a novel after a firearms expert who wrote to you to suggest a different weapon for your best-known character? - Yes, Ian Fleming, who then created Maj. Boothroyd, MI6’s armorer DQs: Male? Real? IQs: Did you long serve in FDR’s Cabinet? Were you a top Bill Clinton aide? Are you a novelist from a prominent Latin American family? ---
**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 17, 2018, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2018/825745/66 "2018-12-17T22:15:02Z")
DQs: 1. Female 2. Real ---
**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 17, 2018, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2018/825745/67 "2018-12-17T22:16:02Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you long serve in FDR’s Cabinet? > Were you a top Bill Clinton aide? > Are you a novelist from a prominent Latin American family? Take 3 DQs. ---
**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, 2018, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2018/825745/68 "2018-12-18T00:14:32Z")
IQs: 1. Did you design the Louvre Pyramid and JFK Presidential Library? 2. Did you sign up with the _Pequod_? 3. Are you a Russian-born aircraft designer called the father of the helicopter? ---
**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, 2018, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2018/825745/69 "2018-12-18T04:38:19Z")
Previous IQs: Did you long serve in FDR’s Cabinet? - Harold Ickes Were you a top Bill Clinton aide? - His grandson, I think it was, also named Harold Ickes Are you a novelist from a prominent Latin American family? - Isabel Allende DQs: Living? American? First name start with I? IQs: Were you one of Sid Caesar’s costars? Were you known, perhaps more than anything else, for your vast collection of shoes? Were you Uther’s lover and Arthur’s mother? ---
**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, 2018, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2018/825745/70 "2018-12-18T12:24:10Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. Did you design the Louvre Pyramid and JFK Presidential Library? > 2. Did you sign up with the _Pequod_? > 3. Are you a Russian-born aircraft designer called the father of the helicopter? #1. I am not I. M. Pei. #2. Don’t call me Ishmael. Take a DQ for #3. ---
**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, 2018, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2018/825745/71 "2018-12-18T12:25:12Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Were you one of Sid Caesar’s costars? > Were you known, perhaps more than anything else, for your vast collection of shoes? > Were you Uther’s lover and Arthur’s mother? 1. I am not Imogene Coca. 2. I am not Imelda Marcos. 3. I am not Igraine. ---
**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, 2018, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2018/825745/72 "2018-12-18T12:26:22Z")
DQs: 1. Female 2. Real 3. Dead 4. American 5. First name starts with I ---
**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, 2018, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2018/825745/73 "2018-12-18T15:41:14Z")
Swept me! IQs: Did Chevy Chase impersonate you in a very hoarse voice over the phone in _Fletch_? Were you the racist leader of Rhodesia? Did your nanny allegedly introduce you, when you were a baby and he was an old man, to the man after whom you were named? ---
**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, 2018, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2018/825745/74 "2018-12-18T17:18:09Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Swept me! > > IQs: > > Did Chevy Chase impersonate you in a very hoarse voice over the phone in _Fletch_? > Were you the racist leader of Rhodesia? > Did your nanny allegedly introduce you, when you were a baby and he was an old man, to the man after whom you were named? #2. I am not Ian Smith. Take 2 DQs. ---
**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, 2018, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2018/825745/75 "2018-12-18T20:49:06Z")
Previous IQs: Did Chevy Chase impersonate you in a very hoarse voice over the phone in _Fletch_? - Igor Stravinsky Were you the racist leader of Rhodesia? - Yes, Ian Smith Did your nanny allegedly introduce you, when you were a baby and he was an old man, to the man after whom you were named? - Washington Irving, and George Washington DQs: Best known for the Arts? Died since 1950? IQs: Did you learn your spouse was cheating on you while you were both on a skiing holiday? Are you the daughter of that person? Did a Russian write about one day in your life? ---
**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, 2018, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2018/825745/76 "2018-12-18T21:31:07Z")
DQs: 1. Female 2. Real 3. Dead 4. American 5. First name starts with I 6. Best known for the Arts 7. Died before 1950 ---
**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, 2018, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2018/825745/77 "2018-12-18T21:32:19Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IQs: > > Did you learn your spouse was cheating on you while you were both on a skiing holiday? > Are you the daughter of that person? > Did a Russian write about one day in your life? #3. I am not Ivan Denisovich. Take 2 DQs. ---
**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, 2018, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2018/825745/78 "2018-12-18T23:39:15Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > #1. I am not I. M. Pei. > #2. Don’t call me Ishmael. > Take a DQ for #3. 3 was Igor Sikorsky. IQs: 1. In Greek mythology, are you a goddess who delivers messages and travels via the rainbow? 2. Aside from appearing in _The Wire_, were you named _People_’s Sexiest Man Alive this year? 3. Were you a chaos mathematician brought on as a consultant before the opening of a park? DQ: died after 1900? ---
**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, 2018, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2018/825745/79 "2018-12-19T00:15:38Z")
DQs: 1. Female 2. Real 3. Dead 4. American 5. First name starts with I 6. Best known for the Arts 7. Died before 1950 8. Died after 1900 ---
**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, 2018, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2018/825745/80 "2018-12-19T00:16:40Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > IQs: > > 1. In Greek mythology, are you a goddess who delivers messages and travels via the rainbow? > 2. Aside from appearing in _The Wire_, were you named _People_’s Sexiest Man Alive this year? > 3. Were you a chaos mathematician brought on as a consultant before the opening of a park? 1. I am not Iris. 2. I am not Idris Elba. 3. I am not Ian Malcolm. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2018/825745.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-december-2018/825745.md?page=5)