# Botticelli, February 2014 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [February 2, 2014, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337 "2014-02-02T06:47:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**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:** [February 14, 2014, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/201 "2014-02-14T13:54:38Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Not American 4. Last name starts with W 5. European 6. Alive 7. Not primarily known for 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:** [February 14, 2014, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/202 "2014-02-14T13:56:23Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did your grandson fire the Iron Chancellor? > IQ2: Did you and Meadowlark play together in Moscow? > IQ3: Are you a Pole who held a top job for over 25 years? Take a DQ for #1. I’m guessing #2’s a Harlem Globetrotter along with Mr. Lemon, but take a DQ. I am not Lech Walesa. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/203 "2014-02-14T18:07:19Z")
IQ: When doing an impression of you, is a breadbox mentioned? ---
**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:** [February 14, 2014, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/204 "2014-02-14T18:37:22Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ: When doing an impression of you, is a breadbox mentioned? Take a DQ. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/205 "2014-02-14T18:40:53Z")
That is Elizabeth Windsor (Queen Elizabeth II) DQ: From mainland Europe? ---
**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:** [February 14, 2014, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/206 "2014-02-14T18:54:17Z")
DQs: 1. Real 2. Female 3. Not American 4. Last name starts with W 5. European 6. Alive 7. Not primarily known for the Arts 8. From mainland Europe ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/207 "2014-02-14T18:58:40Z")
IQ: Are you a diminutive sex expert? ---
**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:** [February 14, 2014, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/208 "2014-02-14T19:05:46Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > IQ: Are you a diminutive sex expert? I am not Dr. Ruth Westheimer. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/209 "2014-02-14T19:09:15Z")
IQ1: Are you a figure skater who won Olympic gold in 1988? IQ2: Have you become comfortably numb? IQ3: Will you sell no wine before its time? ---
**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:** [February 14, 2014, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/210 "2014-02-14T19:39:20Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > IQ1: Are you a figure skater who won Olympic gold in 1988? > IQ2: Have you become comfortably numb? > IQ3: Will you sell no wine before its time? That went quicker than I thought. Okay, cue the Olympic theme… Yes! I am Katarina Witt! Good job, Spoons! ---
**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:** [February 14, 2014, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/211 "2014-02-14T19:47:57Z")
Congrats, **Spoons**! Previous IQs: Did you, between 1750 and 1850, do something twice that no other person in all of history ever did? - Only George Washington has had two unanimous votes in the Electoral College. Did you play a grizzled but soft-hearted football coach in _Heaven Can Wait_? - Jack Warden. Was Sousa’s “The Liberty Bell” (the _Monty Python_ theme song) played at an important ceremony of which you were the star, despite having no Sousa or Python connection yourself? - William J. Clinton’s 1993 inauguration. > [@etv78](#): > > IQ: When doing an impression of you, is a breadbox mentioned? The Queen? I don’t get this. Please explain. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/212 "2014-02-14T19:53:03Z")
“Is it bigger than breadbox?” ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/213 "2014-02-14T19:53:42Z")
It’s the Olympic TV coverage–we’ve been getting a lot of figure skating lately here in Canada, and the local news (out of Calgary) has reminded us a few times of the 1988 Calgary games. That was where Witt won gold; and I remember watching her skate for the gold. Thanks, **Professor**! I’ll be back with a letter soon. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/214 "2014-02-14T19:56:13Z")
I should add, as regards these: > [@](#): > > IQ2: Have you become comfortably numb? > IQ3: Will you sell no wine before its time? Roger Waters wrote the lyrics to the Pink Floyd song, “Comfortably Numb.” Orson Welles famously said, “We will sell no wine before its time,” in a series of commercials for (IIRC) Paul Masson wines. ---
**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:** [February 14, 2014, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/215 "2014-02-14T20:00:13Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > “Is it bigger than breadbox?” Still drawing a blank. ---
**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:** [February 14, 2014, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/216 "2014-02-14T22:46:41Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > IQ1: Did your grandson fire the Iron Chancellor? > IQ2: Did you and Meadowlark play together in Moscow? > IQ3: Are you a Pole who held a top job for over 25 years? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Take a DQ for #1. I’m guessing #2’s a Harlem Globetrotter along with Mr. Lemon, but take a DQ. > I am not Lech Walesa. Kaiser Wilhelm I. (Bismarck was fired by Wilhelm II.) Wilt Chamberlain played with the Globetrotters for a few years. Karol Wojtyla. (Walesa only held his top job for five years.) ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2014, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/217 "2014-02-15T22:40:03Z")
Sorry for the delay, folks. Your new letter is **J**. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2014, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/218 "2014-02-15T23:10:58Z")
IQ: Did the A-rod people like help fix you up with your current bf? IQ2: Were you apocryphally decapitated in a car accident? ---
**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:** [February 15, 2014, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/219 "2014-02-15T23:11:55Z")
IQs: 1. Do children set your head ablaze at a Fall festival? 2. Are you the Martian Manhunter? 3. Are you one of Sailor Moon’s cronies? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2014, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2014/680337/220 "2014-02-15T23:23:25Z")
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